Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Thursday, March 18, 2010 · RBC Center
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Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 in overtime on Thursday, March 18, 2010 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 29-28.
Joe Corvo scored twice. Eric Staal, Brett Carson, Chad LaRose, Eric Fehr and Ray Whitney also scored.
Justin Peters made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Semyon Varlamov stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
2nd period
Joe Corvo (1)Matt Bradley (1), Scott Walker (1)1–000:30 WSH
Eric Staal (1)Jussi Jokinen (1), Joni Pitkanen (1)1–104:36 CAR · PPG- Joe Corvo (2)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Brooks Laich (1)2–119:48 WSH · PPG
3rd period
Brett Carson (1)Joni Pitkanen (2)2–212:44 CAR
Chad LaRose (1)Jussi Jokinen (2)2–318:25 CAR
Eric Fehr (1)Brendan Morrison (1), Nicklas Backstrom (2)3–319:50 WSH
OT period
Ray Whitney (1)Unassisted3–404:02 CAR
Team stats
WSHCAR
28Shots on goal29
53%Faceoff %47%
1/3Power play1/5
12Penalty minutes8
19Hits28
12Blocked shots16
1Giveaways9
5Takeaways9
Penalties
- 2nd 03:15
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 2nd 03:33Shaone Morrisonn · high sticking double minor4 min
- 2nd 08:27Mike Knuble · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 10:57
Brett Carson · hooking2 min - 2nd 14:34Sergei Samsonov · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 19:15Rod Brind'Amour · tripping2 min
- 3rd 08:59Mike Knuble · holding2 min
- 3rd 16:32Tom Poti · interference2 min
- 3rd 16:32Tuomo Ruutu · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 19:42 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 25:02 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:26 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:49 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:00 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 19:25 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 09:35 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:23 |
| 18Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:02 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:56 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:03 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:03 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:45 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:20 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:07 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 26:26 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:55 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | O | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 62:30 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20:44 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:20 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 29:28 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:14 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 15:09 |
| 27Brett CarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:45 |
| 28Jamie McBainD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 25:29 |
| 11Zach BoychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 11:21 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:03 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:58 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:49 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:46 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:32 |
| 29Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:48 |
| 39Patrick DwyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:16 |
| 5Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 24:34 |
| 44Jay HarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:35 |
| 45Alexandre PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Manny LegaceG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 60Justin PetersG | W | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 64:02 |