Washington Capitals vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Saturday, October 30, 2010 · Scotiabank Saddledome
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Calgary Flames 7–2 on Saturday, October 30, 2010 at Scotiabank Saddledome. The Flames outshot the Capitals 29–28.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Olli Jokinen, Curtis Glencross, Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Green, Matt Bradley, Alexander Semin and David Steckel also scored.
Michal Neuvirth made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 21 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Olli Jokinen (1)Jay Bouwmeester (1)0–100:44 CGY
Curtis Glencross (1)Brendan Mikkelson (1), Brendan Morrison (1)0–211:05 CGY
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Mike Green (1), Brooks Laich (1)1–215:22 WSH ·
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (1)Mike Green (2), Nicklas Backstrom (1)2–203:43 WSH · - Alex Ovechkin (2)Alexander Semin (1), Jason Chimera (1)3–203:55 WSH ·
Mike Green (1)Alexander Semin (2), Nicklas Backstrom (2)4–210:28 WSH
Matt Bradley (1)Unassisted5–210:41 WSH
Alexander Semin (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Nicklas Backstrom (3)6–213:55 WSH
David Steckel (1)Unassisted7–218:23 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHCGY
2829
44%56%
3/40/6
1713
1821
187
147
57
Penalties
- 5:18 into the first period
Robyn Regehr · holding2 min - 7:52 into the first period
Boyd Gordon · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 11:33 into the first periodMatt Hendricks · fighting5 min
- 11:33 into the first periodTim Jackman · fighting5 min
- 11:33 into the first periodMatt Hendricks · roughing2 min
- 14:59 into the first periodAlex Tanguay · hooking2 min
- 1:54 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2:16 into the second periodCurtis Glencross · tripping2 min
- 11:34 into the second periodMatt Hendricks · tripping2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodNicklas Backstrom · boarding2 min
- 18:23 into the second periodMark Giordano · ps holding on breakaway0 min
- 18:31 into the second periodJeff Schultz · tripping2 min
- 14:15 into the third periodJohn Carlson · interference2 min
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 1 | 16:20 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 7 | 18:33 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 16:26 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 24:55 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:08 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:19 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:38 |
| 39David SteckelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:41 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:33 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:28 |
| 17DJ KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:02 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:03 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:07 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:40 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:49 |
| 44Brian FaheyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:20 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:51 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:15 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Calgary Flames
| 8Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:22 |
| 13Olli JokinenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:07 |
| 20Curtis GlencrossL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 13:15 |
| 4Jay BouwmeesterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 22:57 |
| 29Brendan MikkelsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:48 |
| 10Niklas HagmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 11Mikael BacklundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:44 |
| 12Jarome IginlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:08 |
| 15Tim JackmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:17 |
| 17Rene BourqueR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:09 |
| 18Matt StajanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:12 |
| 24Craig ConroyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:37 |
| 40Alex TanguayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:24 |
| 44Stefan MeyerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:21 |
| 3Ian WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:41 |
| 5Mark GiordanoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:18 |
| 6Cory SarichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:58 |
| 28Robyn RegehrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Miikka KiprusoffG | L | 27 | 6 | .778 |
| 35Henrik KarlssonG | 1 | 1 | .000 |