Washington Capitals vs Ottawa Senators
Regular season · Wednesday, December 7, 2011 · Scotiabank Place
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Ottawa Senators 5-3 on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at Scotiabank Place. The Capitals outshot the Senators 44-34.
Goals came from Jeff Halpern, Erik Condra, Nick Foligno, Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin, Troy Brouwer, Milan Michalek and John Carlson.
Tomas Vokoun made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Craig Anderson stopped 39 of 43.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Jeff Halpern (1)Dennis Wideman (1), Troy Brouwer (1)1–002:12 WSH
Erik Condra (1)Erik Karlsson (1), Zack Smith (1)1–112:43 OTT
Nick Foligno (1)Sergei Gonchar (1)1–217:54 OTT
3rd period
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Brooks Laich (1), John Carlson (1)2–209:45 WSH · PPG
Alex Ovechkin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Dmitry Orlov (1)3–213:50 WSH
Troy Brouwer (1)Marcus Johansson (1), John Carlson (2)4–214:05 WSH
Milan Michalek (1)Colin Greening (1)4–316:08 OTT · PPG
John Carlson (1)Jeff Halpern (1)5–319:14 WSH · EN
Team stats
WSHOTT
44Shots on goal34
57%Faceoff %43%
1/4Power play1/6
19Penalty minutes15
13Hits21
19Blocked shots7
9Giveaways12
10Takeaways12
Penalties
- 1st 05:39
Jesse Winchester · fighting5 min - 1st 05:39
Troy Brouwer · fighting5 min - 1st 09:23Nicklas Backstrom · hooking2 min
- 1st 11:10Sergei Gonchar · interference2 min
- 1st 11:10Craig Anderson · tripping2 min
- 2nd 08:12Chris Neil · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2nd 14:42Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 15:51Jason Chimera · hooking2 min
- 3rd 00:34Joel Ward · slashing2 min
- 3rd 08:46Erik Karlsson · tripping2 min
- 3rd 13:12Nick Foligno · roughing2 min
- 3rd 13:12Brooks Laich · roughing2 min
- 3rd 16:03Alexander Semin · hooking2 min
- 3rd 17:02Joel Ward · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 27:35 |
| 15Jeff HalpernC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 14:24 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 20:49 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 14:15 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 18:06 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:56 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 12:21 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 26:38 |
| 81Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:35 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 16:10 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:18 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:46 |
| 50Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:41 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:07 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:56 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 27:40 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | W | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 60:00 |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Ottawa Senators
| 9Milan MichalekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 6 | 21:41 |
| 14Colin GreeningC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:39 |
| 15Zack SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:50 |
| 22Erik CondraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:38 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:42 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 27:55 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25:12 |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 20:24 |
| 16Bobby ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:45 |
| 18Jesse WinchesterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:36 |
| 19Jason SpezzaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 22:03 |
| 23Kaspars DaugavinsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:58 |
| 25Chris NeilR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:54 |
| 28Zenon KonopkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:41 |
| 2Jared CowenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:16 |
| 4Chris PhillipsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:38 |
| 5Brian LeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:36 |
| 7David RundbladD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Alex AuldG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Craig AndersonG | L | 43 | 39 | 4 | .907 | 59:15 |