Ottawa Senators vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, December 3, 2011 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Ottawa Senators 3–2 in overtime on Saturday, December 3, 2011 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Senators 35–34.
Goals came from Nicklas Backstrom, Erik Karlsson, Troy Brouwer, Milan Michalek and Brooks Laich.
Michal Neuvirth made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Craig Anderson stopped 32 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nicklas Backstrom (1)John Carlson (1)0–101:58 WSH
2nd period
Erik Karlsson (1)Jason Spezza (1)1–100:58 OTT
3rd period
Troy Brouwer (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Dennis Wideman (1)1–205:01 WSH
Milan Michalek (1)Daniel Alfredsson (1), Nick Foligno (1)2–216:45 OTT
Overtime
Brooks Laich (1)Jason Chimera (1), Karl Alzner (1)2–300:12 WSH
Team stats
OTTWSH
3435
48%52%
0/10/4
82
2124
1413
68
77
Penalties
- 8:23 into the first period
Kaspars Daugavins · hooking2 min - 13:20 into the first period
Jason Chimera · slashing2 min - 1:54 into the second periodErik Karlsson · tripping2 min
- 16:19 into the second periodNick Foligno · holding the stick2 min
- 8:25 into the third periodChris Neil · cross checking2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 9Milan MichalekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 17:52 |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:56 |
| 19Jason SpezzaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 16:17 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:16 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 26:39 |
| 14Colin GreeningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:23 |
| 15Zack SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:32 |
| 16Bobby ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:10 |
| 18Jesse WinchesterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:19 |
| 22Erik CondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:44 |
| 23Kaspars DaugavinsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:30 |
| 25Chris NeilR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:11 |
| 28Zenon KonopkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:43 |
| 2Jared CowenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28:22 |
| 4Chris PhillipsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:43 |
| 5Brian LeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:39 |
| 7David RundbladD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:13 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 21:36 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Alex AuldG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Craig AndersonG | O | 35 | 3 | .914 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:55 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:15 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:36 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 20:45 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20:58 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 22:10 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:41 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 25:11 |
| 15Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:38 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:27 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:01 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:22 |
| 50Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:31 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:40 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:27 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:26 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:32 |
| 81Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:04 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |