Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, March 10, 2010 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 in overtime on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Hurricanes 39–31.
Mike Green scored twice. Alexander Semin, Patrick Dwyer, Tuomo Ruutu, Jussi Jokinen and Tomas Fleischmann also scored.
Jose Theodore made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Manny Legace stopped 35 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Alexander Semin (1)Brendan Morrison (1), John Carlson (1)0–102:24 WSH
Mike Green (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)0–217:59 WSH · 
Patrick Dwyer (1)Tom Kostopoulos (1), Jay Harrison (1)1–218:17 CAR
2nd period
Tuomo Ruutu (1)Chad LaRose (1)2–208:43 CAR- Mike Green (2)Alex Ovechkin (2), Brooks Laich (1)2–311:02 WSH ·
Jussi Jokinen (1)Tuomo Ruutu (1), Joni Pitkanen (1)3–315:03 CAR ·
Overtime
Tomas Fleischmann (1)Unassisted3–403:20 WSH
Team stats
CARWSH
3139
44%56%
1/52/4
810
2924
2311
512
312
Penalties
- 5:57 into the first period
Tomas Fleischmann · tripping2 min - 8:59 into the first periodDavid Steckel · holding2 min
- 10:25 into the first period
Sergei Samsonov · hooking2 min - 17:04 into the first periodAlexandre Picard · hooking2 min
- 0:48 into the second periodBrett Carson · holding2 min
- 9:41 into the second periodAlexandre Picard · tripping2 min
- 14:01 into the second periodScott Walker · clipping2 min
- 19:16 into the second periodJoe Corvo · interference2 min
- 3:17 into the third periodAlexander Semin · slashing2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 15Tuomo RuutuR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 15:49 |
| 29Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:33 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:17 |
| 39Patrick DwyerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:25 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:56 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 30:16 |
| 44Jay HarrisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:22 |
| 11Zach BoychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:10 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 24:14 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 22:32 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:29 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 17:47 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:14 |
| 32Oskar OsalaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:46 |
| 5Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 26:27 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:45 |
| 27Brett CarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:47 |
| 45Alexandre PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:15 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Manny LegaceG | O | 39 | 4 | .897 |
| 60Justin PetersG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 5 | 21:23 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 26:22 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:06 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 15:11 |
| 18Eric BelangerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:31 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 21:47 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:58 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 18:58 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:40 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:24 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:00 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 17:29 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:47 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:28 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:56 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:01 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:31 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |