Washington Capitals vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Saturday, October 29, 2011 · Rogers Arena
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Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Washington Capitals 7-4 on Saturday, October 29, 2011 at Rogers Arena. The Canucks outshot the Capitals 43-32.
Maxim Lapierre scored twice, Alex Ovechkin scored twice, Chris Higgins scored twice and Alexander Edler scored twice. Mike Knuble, Marcus Johansson and Henrik Sedin also scored.
Roberto Luongo made 28 saves on 32 shots for the win; Michal Neuvirth stopped 22 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Maxim Lapierre (1)Dale Weise (1), Kevin Bieksa (1)0–103:31 VAN
Alex Ovechkin (1)Troy Brouwer (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1)1–108:55 WSH
Chris Higgins (1)Dan Hamhuis (1), David Booth (1)1–213:17 VAN · PPG
Alexander Edler (1)Sami Salo (1), Ryan Kesler (1)1–319:56 VAN · PPG
2nd period
- Alex Ovechkin (2)Nicklas Backstrom (2), John Carlson (1)2–301:25 WSH · PPG
Mike Knuble (1)Unassisted3–305:07 WSH- Alexander Edler (2)Henrik Sedin (1), Daniel Sedin (1)3–408:00 VAN
Marcus Johansson (1)Dennis Wideman (1)4–417:54 WSH
3rd period
Henrik Sedin (1)Ryan Kesler (2), Alexander Edler (1)4–506:18 VAN- Chris Higgins (2)Jannik Hansen (1), Manny Malhotra (1)4–606:52 VAN
- Maxim Lapierre (2)Kevin Bieksa (2), Dan Hamhuis (2)4–710:25 VAN
Team stats
WSHVAN
32Shots on goal43
40%Faceoff %60%
1/4Power play2/5
10Penalty minutes8
11Hits25
18Blocked shots6
5Giveaways5
4Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 05:55
Alexander Sulzer · high sticking2 min - 1st 11:27
Joel Ward · high sticking2 min - 1st 15:49Alexander Semin · hooking2 min
- 1st 16:42Ryan Kesler · hooking2 min
- 1st 19:51Jeff Halpern · tripping2 min
- 2nd 00:26Dan Hamhuis · slashing2 min
- 2nd 05:07Alexander Edler · ps tripping on breakaway0 min
- 2nd 11:08Troy Brouwer · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 04:15Alex Ovechkin · interference2 min
- 3rd 08:17Sami Salo · holding2 min
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 18:48 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:55 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 16:29 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 14:29 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:37 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:56 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 25:53 |
| 15Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:59 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:10 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 09:13 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:33 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:16 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:57 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:57 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:10 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:53 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:43 |
| 62Sean CollinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 09:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | 17 | 14 | 3 | .824 | 20:00 | |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | L | 26 | 22 | 4 | .846 | 40:00 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 23Alexander EdlerD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 6 | 21:41 |
| 17Ryan KeslerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16:59 |
| 20Chris HigginsL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 14:14 |
| 33Henrik SedinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 17:42 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 6 | 14:00 |
| 2Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 24:03 |
| 3Kevin BieksaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 22:25 |
| 7David BoothL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 14:47 |
| 22Daniel SedinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 18:24 |
| 27Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 12:14 |
| 32Dale WeiseR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:18 |
| 36Jannik HansenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:26 |
| 6Sami SaloD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:22 |
| 9Cody HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:50 |
| 14Alexandre BurrowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 17:40 |
| 54Aaron VolpattiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:00 |
| 4Keith BallardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:11 |
| 52Alexander SulzerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roberto LuongoG | W | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 59:51 |
| 35Cory SchneiderG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |