Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Wednesday, October 27, 2010 · RBC Center

WashingtonCapitalsAway

3–0

33–29

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–0 on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at RBC Center. The Capitals outshot the Hurricanes 33–29.

Nicklas Backstrom scored twice. Matt Hendricks also scored.

Michal Neuvirth made 29 saves on 29 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 30 of 32.

Goals
WSH	1	0	2	3	33
CAR	0	0	0	0	29

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Matt Hendricks (1)David Steckel (1), John Erskine (1)1–010:47 WSH

3rd period

Nicklas Backstrom (1)Mike Knuble (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)2–012:23 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom (2)Mike Knuble (2), Jeff Schultz (1)3–018:32 WSH · ·

Team stats

WSHCAR

3329

59%41%

0/30/5

106

2023

1620

43

56

Penalties

11:27 into the first periodKarl Alzner · boarding2 min
16:35 into the first periodJoe Corvo · interference2 min
7:16 into the second periodEric Staal · holding2 min
8:44 into the second periodMathieu Perreault · hooking2 min
11:25 into the second periodTuomo Ruutu · holding2 min
12:07 into the second periodMike Green · roughing2 min
16:50 into the second periodAlex Ovechkin · charging2 min
17:17 into the third periodMike Green · tripping2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

19Nicklas BackstromC	2	0	2	+2	4	1	2	0	65	18:24
22Mike KnubleR	0	2	2	+2	3	0	1	0	–	15:52
8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	+1	5	2	0	2	–	17:09
26Matt HendricksC	1	0	1	+1	3	4	1	0	40	16:24
39David SteckelC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	76	12:21
4John ErskineD	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	15:29
55Jeff SchultzD	0	1	1	+2	1	1	3	0	–	23:03
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	+1	0	5	0	0	–	11:11
14Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	73	12:42
16Eric FehrR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	11:18
21Brooks LaichL	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	50	16:22
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	13:24
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:59
85Mathieu PerreaultC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	38	11:50
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	17:33
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	4	–	23:43
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	20:08
89Tyler SloanD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	16:08

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
30Michal NeuvirthG	W	29	29	0	1.000	60:00
70Braden HoltbyG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

12Eric StaalC	0	0	0	−2	6	1	0	2	57	21:30
14Sergei SamsonovL	0	0	0	−2	2	0	0	0	–	17:03
15Tuomo RuutuR	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	2	50	16:57
16Brandon SutterC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	25	16:27
21Drayson BowmanL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	04:37
22Zac DalpeC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	04:13
26Erik ColeL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	15:31
29Tom KostopoulosR	0	0	0	−1	0	3	1	0	–	11:43
36Jussi JokinenL	0	0	0	−2	0	2	2	0	50	21:16
39Patrick DwyerR	0	0	0	−1	2	3	1	0	–	10:43
53Jeff SkinnerC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	16:44
59Chad LaRoseR	0	0	0	−1	5	4	0	0	–	18:08
4Jamie McBainD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	6	0	–	20:28
6Tim GleasonD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	3	0	–	16:47
25Joni PitkanenD	0	0	0	−2	0	2	1	0	–	27:27
33Anton BabchukD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	18:58
44Jay HarrisonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:29
77Joe CorvoD	0	0	0	−2	2	2	3	2	–	21:56

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
30Cam WardG	L	32	30	2	.938	59:03
60Justin PetersG		0	0	0	–	00:00