Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Wednesday, February 10, 2010 · Centre Bell

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5–6

38–39

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 6–5 in overtime on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 39–38.

Brooks Laich scored a hat trick and Tomas Plekanec scored twice. Scott Gomez, Tom Pyatt, Nicklas Backstrom, Glen Metropolit, Maxim Lapierre and Mike Green also scored.

Carey Price made 33 saves on 38 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 21 of 25.

Goals
WSH	1	1	3	0	5	38
MTL	1	4	0	1	6	39

Scoring

1st period

Scott Gomez (1)Brian Gionta (1), Tom Pyatt (1)0–100:36 MTL
Brooks Laich (1)Tomas Fleischmann (1), Alexander Semin (1)1–106:23 WSH

2nd period

Tom Pyatt (1)Ryan O'Byrne (1), Scott Gomez (1)1–200:41 MTL
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Mike Green (1)2–201:11 WSH
Glen Metropolit (1)David Desharnais (1), Roman Hamrlik (1)2–312:45 MTL ·
Maxim Lapierre (1)Sergei Kostitsyn (1), Travis Moen (1)2–412:57 MTL
Tomas Plekanec (1)Sergei Kostitsyn (2), Hal Gill (1)2–518:56 MTL

3rd period

Mike Green (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1)3–500:16 WSH ·
Brooks Laich (2)Unassisted4–509:02 WSH
Brooks Laich (3)Mike Knuble (1), Alex Ovechkin (2)5–519:41 WSH

Overtime

Tomas Plekanec (2)Sergei Kostitsyn (3)5–604:52 MTL

Team stats

WSHMTL

3839

47%53%

1/71/5

1014

1715

1526

Penalties

1:39 into the first periodSergei Kostitsyn · tripping2 min
12:05 into the first periodBen Maxwell · hooking2 min
17:32 into the first periodAlexander Semin · hooking2 min
17:50 into the first periodBrian Gionta · interference2 min
7:15 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
11:28 into the second periodBrendan Morrison · hooking2 min
14:26 into the second periodRyan O'Byrne · roughing2 min
0:13 into the third periodTomas Plekanec · slashing2 min
7:02 into the third periodJeff Schultz · holding2 min
11:06 into the third periodBrendan Morrison · tripping2 min
12:31 into the third periodHal Gill · slashing2 min
17:28 into the third periodGlen Metropolit · hooking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

21Brooks LaichL	3	0	3	0	4	1	3	0	33	17:32
8Alex OvechkinL	0	2	2	+1	8	2	0	0	–	29:30
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	1	2	+1	3	1	0	0	53	26:14
52Mike GreenD	1	1	2	+2	3	3	0	0	–	30:52
14Tomas FleischmannL	0	1	1	−2	4	0	0	0	21	20:04
22Mike KnubleR	0	1	1	+1	5	1	0	0	–	21:17
28Alexander SeminR	0	1	1	−1	2	0	1	2	–	19:52
9Brendan MorrisonC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	4	62	12:26
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	11:41
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	100	08:18
16Eric FehrR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:43
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	07:18
53Quintin LaingL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	04:22
2Brian PothierD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	2	0	–	21:39
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	3	0	–	14:09
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	−2	1	2	3	0	–	11:44
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	+1	1	4	0	0	–	18:24
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	23:03

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
30Michal NeuvirthG		14	12	2	.857	25:40
60Jose TheodoreG	O	25	21	4	.840	37:17

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

74Sergei KostitsynL	0	3	3	+2	1	1	0	2	–	15:02
14Tomas PlekanecC	2	0	2	0	8	1	0	2	48	22:21
91Scott GomezC	1	1	2	0	4	0	1	0	59	25:08
94Tom PyattC	1	1	2	+1	7	0	2	0	–	16:11
15Glen MetropolitC	1	0	1	−1	3	0	0	2	57	12:21
21Brian GiontaR	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	–	25:38
32Travis MoenL	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:54
40Maxim LapierreC	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	33	09:14
58David DesharnaisC	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	50	08:13
20Ryan O'ByrneD	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	–	17:14
44Roman HamrlikD	0	1	1	−1	1	1	2	0	–	28:14
75Hal GillD	0	1	1	+1	2	2	11	2	–	21:35
36Matt D'AgostiniR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	08:44
52Mathieu DarcheL	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	13:27
61Ben MaxwellC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	05:07
6Jaroslav SpacekD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	25:44
26Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	06:25
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	+2	3	1	4	0	–	30:58

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
31Carey PriceG	W	38	33	5	.868	64:47
41Jaroslav HalakG		0	0	0	–	00:00