Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Friday, November 4, 2011 · RBC Center

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5–1

Final

SOG 32–25

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-1 on Friday, November 4, 2011 at RBC Center. The Capitals outshot the Hurricanes 32-25.

Goals came from Anthony Stewart, Jeff Halpern, Troy Brouwer, John Carlson, Cody Eakin and Nicklas Backstrom.

Michal Neuvirth made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 27 of 32.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	2	3	5	32
CAR	1	0	0	1	25

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Anthony Stewart (1)Jay Harrison (1), Jeff Skinner (1)0–103:26 CAR

2nd period

Jeff Halpern (1)Mike Knuble (1), Karl Alzner (1)1–101:28 WSH
Troy Brouwer (1)Marcus Johansson (1), Cody Eakin (1)2–102:37 WSH

3rd period

John Carlson (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)3–103:15 WSH · PPG
Cody Eakin (1)Alexander Semin (1)4–110:49 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Alex Ovechkin (2), Troy Brouwer (1)5–115:52 WSH

Team stats

WSHCAR

32Shots on goal25

50%Faceoff %50%

1/3Power play0/4

8Penalty minutes6

6Hits27

15Blocked shots25

5Giveaways9

9Takeaways2

Penalties

1st 18:36Cam Ward · tripping2 min
2nd 04:36Joel Ward · hooking2 min
2nd 07:31Roman Hamrlik · holding2 min
2nd 12:59Matt Hendricks · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 15:38Eric Staal · interference2 min
3rd 02:02Tuomo Ruutu · boarding2 min
3rd 18:37Nicklas Backstrom · tripping2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	0	2	2	+1	3	0	0	0	–	20:13
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	2	64	19:17
20Troy BrouwerR	1	1	2	+2	1	1	2	0	–	12:52
50Cody EakinC	1	1	2	+2	1	1	1	0	–	08:45
15Jeff HalpernC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	57	12:56
22Mike KnubleR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	15:40
28Alexander SeminR	0	1	1	+1	5	1	1	0	–	17:24
90Marcus JohanssonC	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	25	12:27
27Karl AlznerD	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	17:41
74John CarlsonD	1	0	1	+2	4	0	4	0	–	21:24
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	55	18:52
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	67	12:37
26Matt HendricksC	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	2	43	13:58
42Joel WardR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	2	50	12:51
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	15:55
6Dennis WidemanD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	22:06
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	2	–	19:27
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	18:25

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Tomas VokounG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Michal NeuvirthG	W	25	24	1	.960	59:47

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

13Anthony StewartR	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	11:51
53Jeff SkinnerC	0	1	1	+1	6	1	0	0	–	17:30
44Jay HarrisonD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	–	22:09
11Zach BoychukL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	100	06:34
12Eric StaalC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	2	50	20:49
15Tuomo RuutuR	0	0	0	-1	3	2	2	2	50	15:06
16Brandon SutterC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	62	18:18
19Jiri TlustyC	0	0	0	-3	1	0	1	0	100	16:33
21Drayson BowmanL	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	08:37
23Alexei PonikarovskyL	0	0	0	-1	0	7	1	0	–	16:06
37Tim BrentC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	17	07:31
39Patrick DwyerR	0	0	0	-1	1	4	3	0	–	16:23
59Chad LaRoseR	0	0	0	-2	3	3	0	0	–	19:29
4Jamie McBainD	0	0	0	-4	1	0	2	0	–	17:46
5Bryan AllenD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	0	–	19:49
6Tim GleasonD	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	–	20:02
25Joni PitkanenD	0	0	0	-3	1	0	2	0	–	19:01
51Tomas KaberleD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	21:13

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Cam WardG	L	32	27	5	.844	60:00
33Brian BoucherG		0	0	0	–	00:00