Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Sunday, December 26, 2010 · RBC Center

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3–2

30–35

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 on Sunday, December 26, 2010 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 35–30.

Goals came from Mathieu Perreault, Jussi Jokinen, David Steckel, Alex Ovechkin and Tuomo Ruutu.

Semyon Varlamov made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 27 of 30.

Goals
WSH	1	2	0	3	30
CAR	0	1	1	2	35

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Mathieu Perreault (1)Alexander Semin (1), Brooks Laich (1)1–013:33 WSH

2nd period

Jussi Jokinen (1)Tuomo Ruutu (1), Jeff Skinner (1)1–107:32 CAR
David Steckel (1)Alex Ovechkin (1)2–110:26 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (1)Mike Green (1)3–118:02 WSH

3rd period

Tuomo Ruutu (1)Jay Harrison (1), Jussi Jokinen (1)3–200:30 CAR

Team stats

WSHCAR

3035

49%51%

0/20/4

1017

1921

1416

213

1214

Penalties

1:25 into the first periodBrooks Laich · tripping2 min
14:58 into the first periodAlex Ovechkin · interference2 min
18:54 into the first periodTim Gleason · charging5 min
18:54 into the first periodMatt Hendricks · roughing2 min
18:54 into the first periodTim Gleason · game misconduct10 min
2:20 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
4:50 into the third periodKarl Alzner · high sticking2 min
16:05 into the third periodJamie McBain · tripping2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	1	2	+2	8	1	1	2	100	22:01
21Brooks LaichL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	2	33	16:23
28Alexander SeminR	0	1	1	+1	4	2	0	0	–	16:47
39David SteckelC	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	69	15:33
85Mathieu PerreaultC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	67	03:19
52Mike GreenD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	4	0	–	29:43
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	33	22:19
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	21:02
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	12:52
26Matt HendricksC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	2	–	10:21
63Andrew GordonR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	06:48
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	10:43
90Marcus JohanssonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	13:31
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	−1	1	4	0	0	–	11:56
23Scott HannanD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	23:37
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	+1	0	4	1	2	–	21:03
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	4	0	–	22:11
89Tyler SloanD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	0	–	10:02

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Semyon VarlamovG	W	35	33	2	.943	59:58
30Michal NeuvirthG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

15Tuomo RuutuR	1	1	2	+1	3	2	2	0	–	16:11
36Jussi JokinenL	1	1	2	+1	4	1	1	0	50	16:14
53Jeff SkinnerC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	57	13:16
44Jay HarrisonD	0	1	1	+1	1	2	3	0	–	16:33
11Zach BoychukL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	05:23
12Eric StaalC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	2	0	38	22:21
14Sergei SamsonovL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	19:34
16Brandon SutterC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	1	0	56	17:23
20Troy BodieR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	04:38
26Erik ColeL	0	0	0	−1	2	4	0	0	–	18:58
29Ryan CarterC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	75	06:51
39Patrick DwyerR	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	–	16:42
59Chad LaRoseR	0	0	0	−1	1	4	0	0	–	16:29
4Jamie McBainD	0	0	0	−1	3	1	1	2	–	17:22
6Tim GleasonD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	15	–	05:42
7Ian WhiteD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	21:21
25Joni PitkanenD	0	0	0	−1	4	1	2	0	–	33:20
77Joe CorvoD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	2	0	–	26:00

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
30Cam WardG	L	30	27	3	.900	58:39
60Justin PetersG		0	0	0	–	00:00