Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Wednesday, November 24, 2010 · RBC Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at RBC Center. The Capitals outshot the Hurricanes 38–32.
Nicklas Backstrom scored twice. Sergei Samsonov, Eric Staal and Brooks Laich also scored.
Semyon Varlamov made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Justin Peters stopped 35 of 38.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Tomas Fleischmann (1)1–013:18 WSH
2nd period
- Nicklas Backstrom (2)Alex Ovechkin (2), John Carlson (1)2–001:01 WSH
3rd period
Sergei Samsonov (1)Joni Pitkanen (1), Ian White (1)2–104:04 CAR
Eric Staal (1)Jeff Skinner (1), Tuomo Ruutu (1)2–208:05 CAR · 
Brooks Laich (1)Alex Ovechkin (3)3–212:07 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHCAR
3832
56%44%
1/41/4
1717
2721
1816
512
611
Penalties
- 2:51 into the first period
Jason Chimera · cross checking2 min - 2:51 into the first period
Tuomo Ruutu · diving2 min - 8:16 into the first periodMatt Bradley · fighting5 min
- 8:16 into the first periodTroy Bodie · fighting5 min
- 10:06 into the first periodSemyon Varlamov · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 16:19 into the first periodJamie McBain · tripping2 min
- 0:36 into the second periodTuomo Ruutu · charging2 min
- 0:36 into the second periodBoyd Gordon · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 7:18 into the second periodBrooks Laich · slashing2 min
- 15:55 into the second periodSergei Samsonov · hooking2 min
- 18:46 into the second periodJeff Schultz · hooking2 min
- 6:48 into the third periodJohn Erskine · tripping2 min
- 8:23 into the third periodJiri Tlusty · tripping2 min
- 12:02 into the third periodJeff Skinner · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 10 | 21:55 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 20:59 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:00 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 21:50 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26:39 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:23 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:10 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 09:55 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:23 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:44 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:58 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:02 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:37 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:30 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:47 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:37 |
| 44Brian FaheyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:59 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 24:16 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | – |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 24:37 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:50 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:22 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:34 |
| 7Ian WhiteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:18 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27:01 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:26 |
| 19Jiri TlustyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:52 |
| 20Troy BodieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 04:00 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:47 |
| 29Ryan CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:02 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:34 |
| 39Patrick DwyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:44 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:27 |
| 4Jamie McBainD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:44 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:12 |
| 44Jay HarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:24 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 27:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Justin PetersG | L | 38 | 3 | .921 |