Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Saturday, October 8, 2011 · Verizon Center

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3–4

Final/OT

SOG 31–36

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in overtime on Saturday, October 8, 2011 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Hurricanes 36-31.

Eric Staal scored twice. Alexander Semin, Jason Chimera, Brooks Laich, Jussi Jokinen and Mike Green also scored.

Michal Neuvirth made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Brian Boucher stopped 32 of 36.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
CAR	0	1	2	0	3	31
WSH	0	2	1	1	4	36

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Eric Staal (1)Jussi Jokinen (1), Jeff Skinner (1)1–012:16 CAR · PPG
Alexander Semin (1)John Carlson (1)1–114:28 WSH
Jason Chimera (1)Joel Ward (1), Karl Alzner (1)1–219:39 WSH

3rd period

Eric Staal (2)Jeff Skinner (2), Joni Pitkanen (1)2–200:18 CAR · PPG
Brooks Laich (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1)2–316:15 WSH · PPG
Jussi Jokinen (1)Jeff Skinner (3), Eric Staal (1)3–318:41 CAR

OT period

Mike Green (1)Dennis Wideman (1), Nicklas Backstrom (2)3–402:24 WSH · PPG

Team stats

CARWSH

31Shots on goal36

46%Faceoff %54%

2/4Power play2/5

10Penalty minutes8

29Hits27

22Blocked shots17

11Giveaways5

8Takeaways14

Penalties

1st 07:27Alexei Ponikarovsky · holding2 min
1st 09:39Chad LaRose · slashing2 min
1st 13:34Alex Ovechkin · cross checking2 min
2nd 10:38John Carlson · tripping2 min
2nd 19:49John Carlson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
3rd 15:08Joni Pitkanen · boarding2 min
3rd 15:45Brandon Sutter · tripping2 min
OT 00:00Alexander Semin · boarding2 min
OT 01:29Jussi Jokinen · holding2 min

Season series

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

12Eric StaalC	2	1	3	-1	6	1	0	0	41	22:10
53Jeff SkinnerC	0	3	3	-1	3	2	0	0	–	19:53
36Jussi JokinenL	1	1	2	+1	5	0	2	2	33	16:50
25Joni PitkanenD	0	1	1	+1	1	3	1	2	–	25:07
13Anthony StewartR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:04
15Tuomo RuutuR	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	–	14:37
16Brandon SutterC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	60	17:52
19Jiri TlustyC	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	10:15
22Zac DalpeC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	07:50
23Alexei PonikarovskyL	0	0	0	+1	4	2	0	2	–	16:16
37Tim BrentC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57	11:17
39Patrick DwyerR	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	18:08
59Chad LaRoseR	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	–	15:20
5Bryan AllenD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	18:26
6Tim GleasonD	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	–	22:54
28Justin FaulkD	0	0	0	-2	0	3	5	0	–	19:16
44Jay HarrisonD	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	–	16:36
51Tomas KaberleD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	–	21:00

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Cam WardG		0	0	0	–	00:00
33Brian BoucherG	O	36	32	4	.889	62:07

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

19Nicklas BackstromC	0	2	2	0	3	4	2	0	60	20:47
8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	–	20:38
21Brooks LaichL	1	0	1	0	3	3	2	0	63	21:27
25Jason ChimeraL	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	13:20
28Alexander SeminR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	4	–	15:22
42Joel WardR	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	100	15:29
6Dennis WidemanD	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	20:51
27Karl AlznerD	0	1	1	+1	2	2	2	0	–	18:49
52Mike GreenD	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	22:48
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	4	–	18:00
15Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	42	11:14
20Troy BrouwerR	0	0	0	+1	2	6	0	0	–	14:24
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	100	18:28
26Matt HendricksC	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	100	09:59
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	10:03
85Mathieu PerreaultC	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	20	12:50
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	–	23:18
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	15:47

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Tomas VokounG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Michal NeuvirthG	W	31	28	3	.903	62:19