Ottawa Senators vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, March 30, 2010 · Verizon Center
SNET-E · RDS (HD) · CSN-DC (HD)
Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 in overtime on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at Verizon Center. The Senators outshot the Capitals 31–21.
Alexander Semin scored twice and Jason Spezza scored twice. Peter Regin, Chris Campoli, Mike Green, Mathieu Perreault and Alex Kovalev also scored.
Brian Elliott made 17 saves on 21 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Regin (1)Jason Spezza (1), Daniel Alfredsson (1)1–001:24 OTT
Alexander Semin (1)Jose Theodore (1)1–103:01 WSH · 
Jason Spezza (1)Matt Cullen (1), Erik Karlsson (1)2–104:31 OTT · 
Chris Campoli (1)Daniel Alfredsson (2), Jason Spezza (2)3–116:06 OTT
2nd period
- Alexander Semin (2)Alex Ovechkin (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1)3–212:04 WSH
Mike Green (1)Tom Poti (1), Jason Chimera (1)3–312:58 WSH
3rd period
Mathieu Perreault (1)Eric Fehr (1)3–400:24 WSH- Jason Spezza (2)Mike Fisher (1), Erik Karlsson (2)4–405:13 OTT ·
Overtime
Alex Kovalev (1)Erik Karlsson (3), Daniel Alfredsson (3)5–404:41 OTT ·
Team stats
OTTWSH
3121
45%55%
3/41/5
108
2623
288
1516
814
Penalties
- 1:53 into the first period
Erik Karlsson · tripping2 min - 3:46 into the first period
Matt Bradley · tripping2 min - 0:36 into the second periodErik Karlsson · boarding2 min
- 5:01 into the second periodNick Foligno · hooking2 min
- 8:55 into the second periodAlexander Semin · tripping2 min
- 14:28 into the second periodChris Neil · slashing2 min
- 1:33 into the third periodMike Fisher · holding2 min
- 3:49 into the third periodMathieu Perreault · interference2 min
- 4:27 into overtimeNicklas Backstrom · tripping2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 5 | 20:53 |
| 19Jason SpezzaC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 4 | 18:58 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 24:26 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:45 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 17:52 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 14:47 |
| 43Peter ReginC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:32 |
| 14Chris CampoliD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:22 |
| 18Jesse WinchesterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 10:20 |
| 22Chris KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:15 |
| 25Chris NeilR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:48 |
| 47Zack SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:49 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:16 |
| 73Jarkko RuutuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:16 |
| 4Chris PhillipsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:02 |
| 5Andy SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 21:51 |
| 39Matt CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:34 |
| 55Brian LeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Brian ElliottG | W | 21 | 4 | .809 |
| 33Pascal LeclaireG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 28Alexander SeminR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 24:17 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 28:28 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:15 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26:25 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:36 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:34 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:46 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 31:44 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:33 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:31 |
| 18Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:41 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:21 |
| 53Quintin LaingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:52 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:55 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:15 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:06 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:46 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | O | 31 | 5 | .839 |