Florida Panthers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, January 29, 2010 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Florida Panthers 4–1 on Friday, January 29, 2010 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Panthers 40–36.
Mike Knuble scored twice. Nicklas Backstrom, Stephen Weiss and Jeff Schultz also scored.
Michal Neuvirth made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Tomas Vokoun stopped 36 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Mike Knuble (1), Mike Green (1)0–107:26 WSH ·
2nd period
Stephen Weiss (1)Cory Stillman (1), Dennis Seidenberg (1)1–104:22 FLA
Mike Knuble (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1)1–204:47 WSH
3rd period
Jeff Schultz (1)Alexander Semin (1), Tomas Fleischmann (1)1–304:46 WSH- Mike Knuble (2)Nicklas Backstrom (2)1–407:25 WSH
Team stats
FLAWSH
3640
57%43%
0/51/3
812
1924
2212
413
55
Penalties
- 4:24 into the first period
Mike Green · elbowing2 min - 5:44 into the first period
Bryan McCabe · hooking2 min - 18:15 into the first periodTom Poti · tripping2 min
- 8:35 into the second periodBryan Allen · roughing2 min
- 13:05 into the second periodAlexander Semin · cross checking2 min
- 13:05 into the second periodKeith Ballard · diving2 min
- 16:51 into the second periodBrendan Morrison · roughing2 min
- 18:24 into the second periodBryan McCabe · roughing2 min
- 7:48 into the third periodJohn Erskine · cross checking2 min
- 19:02 into the third periodMike Knuble · delaying game smothering puck2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 9Stephen WeissC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:22 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:48 |
| 4Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:31 |
| 11Gregory CampbellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:20 |
| 14Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 18:15 |
| 19Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 15:04 |
| 27Steve ReinprechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:04 |
| 28Kamil KrepsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:17 |
| 32Michal RepikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:04 |
| 41Shawn MatthiasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:08 |
| 67Michael FrolikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:36 |
| 71Kenndal McArdleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:57 |
| 85Rostislav OleszL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 15:14 |
| 2Keith BallardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:59 |
| 5Bryan AllenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:58 |
| 24Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:11 |
| 43Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:19 |
| 44Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 18:11 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | L | 40 | 4 | .900 |
| 30Scott ClemmensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 7 | 15:59 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 14:18 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 17:27 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:21 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:31 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:23 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:24 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:46 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:40 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:18 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:33 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 17:12 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:03 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:40 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:21 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:49 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:43 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:34 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | W | 36 | 1 | .972 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |