Washington Capitals vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Sunday, March 14, 2010 · United Center
NBC (HD) · TSN
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 in overtime on Sunday, March 14, 2010 at United Center. The Capitals outshot the Blackhawks 30–23.
Jonathan Toews scored twice. John Madden, Brooks Laich, Nicklas Backstrom and Eric Fehr also scored.
Jose Theodore made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Antti Niemi stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Jonathan Toews (1)Niklas Hjalmarsson (1), Patrick Kane (1)0–107:00 CHI- Jonathan Toews (2)Patrick Sharp (1), Patrick Kane (2)0–216:54 CHI ·
2nd period
John Madden (1)Duncan Keith (1)0–306:54 CHI
3rd period
Brooks Laich (1)Mike Green (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1)1–305:29 WSH · 
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Joe Corvo (1), Mike Green (2)2–307:32 WSH
Eric Fehr (1)David Steckel (1), John Carlson (1)3–307:45 WSH
Team stats
WSHCHI
3023
39%61%
1/51/3
2112
4332
1912
36
1013
Penalties
- 5:11 into the first period
Alexander Semin · hooking2 min - 6:32 into the first period
Andrew Ladd · cross checking2 min - 12:16 into the first periodAlex Ovechkin · boarding5 min
- 12:16 into the first periodAlex Ovechkin · game misconduct10 min
- 16:26 into the first periodAlexander Semin · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodAdam Burish · slashing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodEric Belanger · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodColin Fraser · roughing2 min
- 3:51 into the third periodJordan Hendry · high sticking double minor4 min
- 5:29 into the third periodColin Fraser · high sticking2 min
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 21:19 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 30:23 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:40 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 23:09 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:54 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:49 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:14 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:50 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:42 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:07 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:24 |
| 18Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:51 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:55 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:22 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:51 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:15 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:21 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:03 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 19Jonathan ToewsC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 18:41 |
| 88Patrick KaneR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17:14 |
| 10Patrick SharpR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:12 |
| 11John MaddenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:41 |
| 2Duncan KeithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 32:40 |
| 4Niklas HjalmarssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:05 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:18 |
| 22Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 32Kris VersteegR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:59 |
| 33Dustin ByfuglienR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 16:36 |
| 36Dave BollandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:06 |
| 37Adam BurishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:08 |
| 46Colin FraserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:58 |
| 82Tomas KopeckyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:36 |
| 5Brent SopelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:43 |
| 6Jordan HendryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:41 |
| 7Brent SeabrookD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 28:39 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 04:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Antti NiemiG | O | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 39Cristobal HuetG | 0 | 0 | – |