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21/9/2008
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Washington Capitals 5 , Carolina Hurricanes 3
Shots: 33 - 43
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:57/63=90 %, Challenges:35/44=77 %
PP: 0 of 3 (15 shots), Passing:72/85=84 %, Challenges:41/49=82 %
Attendance: 9138 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 257692 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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02:13 1-0
Eric Fehr [2] (Alexander Semin, Michael Nylander)
06:46 1-1
Ray Whitney [3] (Rod Brind'Amour)
10:36 2-1
Alexander Ovechkin [4] (Nicklas Bäckström)
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22:05 3-1
Alexander Ovechkin [5] (Tom Poti, Nicklas Bäckström)
26:18 3-2
Tuomo Ruutu [1] (Eric Staal, Justin Williams)
28:34 4-2
Alexander Semin [3] (Michael Nylander, Nicklas Bäckström)
31:56 5-2
Nicklas Bäckström [2] (Alexander Ovechkin, Donald Brashear)
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44:27 5-3
Joe Jensen [1] (Chad LaRose, Sergei Samsonov)
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Penalty summary:
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35:21
Eric Staal (2 min for hooking)
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45:13
Sergei Fedorov (2 min for hooking)
53:53
Sergei Fedorov (2 min for slashing)
56:31
Karl Alzner (2 min for slashing)
59:23
Rod Brind'Amour (2 min for diving)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Bradley 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 -1 15.30 7
R Chris Clark 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.30 5
R Eric Fehr 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 16.40 7
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 16.20 7
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 4 2 0 0 4 -1 17.20 8
C Michael Nylander 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 16.40 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 20.10 9
L Donald Brashear 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 5
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.20 6
L Alexander Semin 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 16.20 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 2 1 5 3 1 2 0 2 20.50 10
D Karl Alzner 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 17.40 6
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 19.20 7
D Mike Green 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 29.40 7
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.50 6
D Brian Pothier 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 19.50 6
D Tom Poti 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 19.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 3 0 40 0 0 60.00 10
G Daren Machesney 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Wade Brookbank 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6.50 6
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 -1 12.50 8
R Scott Walker 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 -2 20.40 7
R Justin Williams 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 20.40 7
C Joe Jensen 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 6.50 6
C Matt Cullen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.10 6
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 -2 17.40 8
C Eric Staal 0 1 4 4 0 1 2 0 20.50 9
L Chad LaRose 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.50 8
L Sergei Samsonov 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 -1 13.40 7
L Ray Whitney 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 -2 20.40 7
L Tuomo Ruutu 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 18.40 7
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 11.50 6
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 19.00 6
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 26.10 7
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 -1 12.50 5
D Joe Corvo 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 -2 20.30 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 29.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 5 0 14 0 0 32.00 4
G Michael Leighton 0 0 14 0 0 28.00 9
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nicklas Bäckström
2nd star: Alexander Ovechkin
3rd star: Alexander Semin
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Donald Brashear ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Joe Jensen ended his 5 game point drought.
-Tuomo Ruutu ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes: