Edmonton Oilers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, March 9, 2011 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-0 on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Oilers 36-22.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice and Eric Fehr scored twice. Alexander Semin also scored.
Braden Holtby made 22 saves on 22 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 31 of 36.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (1)Jason Arnott (1), Alexander Semin (1)0–105:38 WSH · PPG
Eric Fehr (1)John Carlson (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)0–210:32 WSH · PPG
3rd period
- Alex Ovechkin (2)Marcus Johansson (1)0–303:10 WSH
- Eric Fehr (2)Jason Chimera (1), Brooks Laich (1)0–407:47 WSH
Alexander Semin (1)Marco Sturm (1), Dennis Wideman (1)0–514:30 WSH
Team stats
EDMWSH
22Shots on goal36
40%Faceoff %60%
0/4Power play2/5
10Penalty minutes8
15Hits22
12Blocked shots14
8Giveaways14
5Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 09:34
Tom Gilbert · slashing2 min - 1st 14:28
Scott Hannan · interference2 min - 1st 20:00Jason Arnott · hooking2 min
- 2nd 04:14Ryan Jones · kneeing2 min
- 2nd 08:53Nikolai Khabibulin · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
- 2nd 16:06Alex Plante · tripping2 min
- 3rd 08:39Matt Hendricks · interference2 min
- 3rd 10:32Alexander Semin · slashing2 min
- 3rd 11:33Magnus Paajarvi · holding2 min
Edmonton Oilers
| 10Shawn HorcoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:23 |
| 12Alexandre GirouxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:22 |
| 13Andrew CoglianoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:42 |
| 14Jordan EberleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:31 |
| 16Colin FraserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:46 |
| 22Jean-Francois JacquesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:35 |
| 23Linus OmarkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 28Ryan JonesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:42 |
| 33Steve MacIntyreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:27 |
| 85Liam ReddoxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:48 |
| 89Sam GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:12 |
| 91Magnus PaajarviL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:56 |
| 2Jim VandermeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:27 |
| 5Ladislav SmidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:50 |
| 26Kurtis FosterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 15:36 |
| 43Jason StrudwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:06 |
| 48Alex PlanteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:03 |
| 77Tom GilbertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | L | 36 | 31 | 5 | .861 | 60:00 |
| 40Devan DubnykG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 18:39 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 13:16 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 17:54 |
| 18Marco SturmL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:46 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:43 |
| 44Jason ArnottC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:57 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:44 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:34 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:52 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:47 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:20 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:18 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:55 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:18 |
| 23Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:35 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:31 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 13:33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1.000 | 59:34 |