Ottawa Senators vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, January 7, 2010 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Ottawa Senators 5–2 on Thursday, January 7, 2010 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Senators 38–28.
Nicklas Backstrom scored twice. Boyd Gordon, Mike Knuble, Chris Phillips, Alex Ovechkin and Jonathan Cheechoo also scored.
Jose Theodore made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Pascal Leclaire stopped 33 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Boyd Gordon (1)Matt Bradley (1), David Steckel (1)0–109:29 WSH
Mike Knuble (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Mike Green (1)0–217:46 WSH
2nd period
Chris Phillips (1)Nick Foligno (1), Alex Kovalev (1)1–217:45 OTT
3rd period
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Jeff Schultz (1)1–300:26 WSH- Nicklas Backstrom (2)Tom Poti (1)1–410:45 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (1)Matt Bradley (2), Shaone Morrisonn (1)1–518:34 WSH
Jonathan Cheechoo (1)Shean Donovan (1), Peter Regin (1)2–519:05 OTT
Team stats
OTTWSH
2838
43%57%
0/30/3
88
2321
1118
617
414
Penalties
- 10:24 into the first period
Brendan Morrison · interference2 min - 14:33 into the first periodAlex Ovechkin · tripping2 min
- 6:59 into the second period
Nick Foligno · holding2 min - 15:18 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 4:30 into the third periodMike Green · roughing2 min
- 4:30 into the third periodJarkko Ruutu · roughing2 min
- 7:08 into the third periodTom Poti · interference2 min
- 14:36 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · high sticking2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 10Shean DonovanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 09:06 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | 18:52 |
| 41Jonathan CheechooR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 13:40 |
| 43Peter ReginC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 20:22 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:15 |
| 4Chris PhillipsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 20:05 |
| 9Milan MichalekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:58 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 17:58 |
| 18Jesse WinchesterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:05 |
| 22Chris KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 25Chris NeilR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:14 |
| 26Ryan ShannonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 15:48 |
| 73Jarkko RuutuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:52 |
| 17Filip KubaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:25 |
| 24Anton VolchenkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 18:39 |
| 39Matt CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:58 |
| 45Alexandre PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 16:57 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:30 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Brian ElliottG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Pascal LeclaireG | L | 38 | 5 | .868 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 10 | 20:09 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 19:33 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 09:54 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:10 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:50 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:35 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:46 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:07 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:11 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:54 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:32 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:11 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:04 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:54 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:15 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 18:57 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:09 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |