Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Tuesday, March 22, 2011 · Wells Fargo Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-4 in a shootout on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at Wells Fargo Center. The Flyers outshot the Capitals 33-23.
Goals came from Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Knuble, Dennis Wideman, Kris Versteeg, Claude Giroux, Andreas Nodl, Daniel Brière and Marcus Johansson.
Michal Neuvirth made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Brian Boucher stopped 13 of 14.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Brooks Laich (1)1–007:52 WSH
Mike Knuble (1)Jason Chimera (1), Marcus Johansson (1)2–017:46 WSH
2nd period
Dennis Wideman (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Mike Knuble (1)3–001:22 WSH · PPG
Kris Versteeg (1)Matt Carle (1), Andrej Meszaros (1)3–108:05 PHI
Claude Giroux (1)Andreas Nodl (1), Braydon Coburn (1)3–219:26 PHI
3rd period
Andreas Nodl (1)Claude Giroux (1)3–309:58 PHI
Daniel Brière (1)Kimmo Timonen (1), Ville Leino (1)3–414:15 PHI
Marcus Johansson (1)Mike Knuble (2), Scott Hannan (1)4–416:41 WSH
SO period
Alexander SeminUnassisted6–400:00 WSH
Team stats
WSHPHI
23Shots on goal33
44%Faceoff %56%
1/2Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes4
17Hits29
21Blocked shots14
7Giveaways9
8Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 08:26
Scott Hartnell · high sticking2 min - 1st 09:40
Alexander Semin · high sticking double minor4 min - 1st 19:24Daniel Carcillo · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 03:54Jay Beagle · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 22Mike KnubleR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 17:39 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 23:17 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:39 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 21:57 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 16:11 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 24:20 |
| 23Scott HannanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 20:28 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:48 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:08 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:26 |
| 18Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:31 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:52 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:56 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 09:56 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:20 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:15 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:58 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27:19 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | W | 33 | 29 | 4 | .879 | 65:00 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 15Andreas NodlR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 17:52 |
| 28Claude GirouxR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 20:49 |
| 10Kris VersteegR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 17:32 |
| 22Ville LeinoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 20:28 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20:10 |
| 5Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27:26 |
| 25Matt CarleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 27:02 |
| 41Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 29:00 |
| 44Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 26:28 |
| 11Blair BettsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:22 |
| 13Daniel CarcilloL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 05:38 |
| 17Jeff CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | 20:18 |
| 18Mike RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:13 |
| 19Scott HartnellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:30 |
| 21James van RiemsdykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:42 |
| 36Darroll PoweC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:44 |
| 6Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:54 |
| 24Nick BoyntonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Brian BoucherG | O | 14 | 13 | 1 | .929 | 43:38 |
| 35Sergei BobrovskyG | 9 | 6 | 3 | .667 | 21:22 |