Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Tuesday, January 5, 2010 · Verizon Center

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2–4

26–43

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–2 on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 43–26.

Alexander Semin scored twice. Tomas Fleischmann, Josh Gorges, Eric Fehr and Benoit Pouliot also scored.

Michal Neuvirth made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 39 of 43.

Goals
MTL	0	1	1	2	26
WSH	0	3	1	4	43

Scoring

2nd period

Tomas Fleischmann (1)Unassisted0–105:14 WSH ·
Josh Gorges (1)Unassisted1–114:03 MTL
Eric Fehr (1)Brooks Laich (1), Mike Green (1)1–215:45 WSH
Alexander Semin (1)Tom Poti (1), Tomas Fleischmann (1)1–316:21 WSH

3rd period

Benoit Pouliot (1)Marc-Andre Bergeron (1), Andrei Markov (1)2–311:10 MTL ·
Alexander Semin (2)Tomas Fleischmann (2)2–417:58 WSH

Team stats

MTLWSH

2643

42%58%

1/31/4

108

1330

1812

1113

712

Penalties

17:56 into the first periodBenoit Pouliot · roughing2 min
3:16 into the second periodJaroslav Spacek · hooking2 min
10:14 into the second periodJason Chimera · hooking2 min
16:21 into the second periodTom Poti · roughing2 min
16:21 into the second periodScott Gomez · roughing2 min
19:32 into the second periodMaxim Lapierre · roughing2 min
5:13 into the third periodRoman Hamrlik · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
10:44 into the third periodMike Knuble · holding2 min
13:30 into the third periodMike Knuble · slashing2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

57Benoit PouliotL	1	0	1	−1	2	0	0	2	–	16:54
26Josh GorgesD	1	0	1	+1	1	1	4	0	–	19:28
47Marc-Andre BergeronD	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	10:56
79Andrei MarkovD	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	23:54
13Michael CammalleriL	0	0	0	−1	5	0	0	0	100	19:48
14Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	45	21:33
15Glen MetropolitC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	33	13:34
17Georges LaraqueR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:42
21Brian GiontaR	0	0	0	−1	3	2	0	0	–	19:52
32Travis MoenL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:17
36Matt D'AgostiniR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	13:37
40Maxim LapierreC	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	33	10:11
67Max PaciorettyL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	0	–	14:14
91Scott GomezC	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	2	44	18:45
6Jaroslav SpacekD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	2	–	17:53
22Paul MaraD	0	0	0	−2	0	3	2	0	–	14:17
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	–	22:10
75Hal GillD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	4	0	–	16:32

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
31Carey PriceG	L	43	39	4	.907	58:25
41Jaroslav HalakG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

14Tomas FleischmannL	1	2	3	+2	3	0	1	0	67	15:32
28Alexander SeminR	2	0	2	+1	8	1	0	0	–	17:53
16Eric FehrR	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	11:03
21Brooks LaichL	0	1	1	+2	2	4	0	0	50	18:36
3Tom PotiD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	2	–	21:30
52Mike GreenD	0	1	1	+2	4	4	2	0	–	30:28
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	–	23:05
9Brendan MorrisonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	58	15:15
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	09:54
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	45	20:35
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	–	16:18
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	2	–	11:11
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	83	12:09
53Quintin LaingL	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	–	09:10
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	−1	0	3	1	0	–	12:48
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	17:02
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	12:02
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	1	0	–	19:03

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
30Michal NeuvirthG	W	26	24	2	.923	60:00
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	00:00