Dallas Stars vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Monday, March 8, 2010 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Dallas Stars beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 in a shootout on Monday, March 8, 2010 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Stars 52–26.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Tom Poti, Brad Richards, Trevor Daley and James Neal also scored.
Marty Turco made 49 saves on 52 shots for the win; Semyon Varlamov stopped 23 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Tom Poti (1)David Steckel (1), Matt Bradley (1)0–102:51 WSH
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (1)Alexander Semin (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1)0–214:37 WSH ·
3rd period
Brad Richards (1)Matt Niskanen (1), Mike Ribeiro (1)1–201:33 DAL · 
Trevor Daley (1)Brad Richards (1), Loui Eriksson (1)2–204:46 DAL · 
James Neal (1)Jere Lehtinen (1), Stephane Robidas (1)3–207:53 DAL- Alex Ovechkin (2)Nicklas Backstrom (2), Mike Green (1)3–316:44 WSH
Shootout
Loui ErikssonUnassisted5–300:00 DAL
Team stats
DALWSH
2652
45%55%
2/21/3
64
2021
2723
615
99
Penalties
- 12:17 into the second period
Karlis Skrastins · hooking2 min - 12:52 into the second periodStephane Robidas · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 17:09 into the second periodSteve Ott · interference2 min
- 1:02 into the third period
Mike Green · hooking2 min - 3:45 into the third periodMatt Bradley · holding2 min
Dallas Stars
| 91Brad RichardsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21:42 |
| 18James NealL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:18 |
| 21Loui ErikssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:21 |
| 26Jere LehtinenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:25 |
| 63Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 21:05 |
| 3Stephane RobidasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:57 |
| 5Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:59 |
| 6Trevor DaleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 24:00 |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 12:17 |
| 10Brenden MorrowL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:26 |
| 13Krys BarchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:51 |
| 14Jamie BennL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:32 |
| 17Toby PetersenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 07:29 |
| 24Brandon SegalR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:16 |
| 29Steve OttC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:42 |
| 28Mark FistricD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:54 |
| 37Karlis SkrastinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:27 |
| 44Jeff WoywitkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:34 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Kari LehtonenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Marty TurcoG | W | 52 | 3 | .942 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 26:00 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 25:29 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:38 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 18:36 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:38 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 24:11 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 28:17 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:07 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 08:08 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:09 |
| 18Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:16 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19:53 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:41 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:18 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:17 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:40 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:11 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | O | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |