Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes Game Boxscore

FINAL	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T
WSH	1	1	1		(0 - 0)	3
CAR	0	0	2		(0 - 0)	2

Scoring Summary

1st Period
13:18	WSH	N. Backstrom (8) Wrist - ASST: A. Ovechkin (17) AND T. Fleischmann (6)	1 - 0 WSH

2nd Period
01:01	WSH	N. Backstrom (9) Wrist - ASST: A. Ovechkin (18) AND J. Carlson (8)	2 - 0 WSH

3rd Period
04:04	CAR	S. Samsonov (5) Tip-In - ASST: J. Pitkanen (10) AND I. White (6)	2 - 1 WSH
08:05	CAR	PPG - E. Staal (10) Wrist - ASST: J. Skinner (11) AND T. Ruutu (9)	2 - 2 TIE
12:07	WSH	PPG - B. Laich (6) Tip-In - ASST: A. Ovechkin (19)	3 - 2 WSH

Penalty Summary

1st Period
02:51	WSH	Jason Chimera : Cross checking (Tuomo Ruutu)
02:51	CAR	Tuomo Ruutu : Diving (Jason Chimera)
08:16	WSH	Matt Bradley : Fighting (maj) (Troy Bodie)
08:16	CAR	Troy Bodie : Fighting (maj) (Matt Bradley)
10:06	WSH	Semyon Varlamov : Delaying Game-Puck over glass
16:19	CAR	Jamie McBain : Tripping (Matt Hendricks)

2nd Period
00:36	CAR	Tuomo Ruutu : Charging (Eric Fehr)
00:36	WSH	Boyd Gordon : Delaying Game-Puck over glass
07:18	WSH	Brooks Laich : Slashing (Brandon Sutter)
15:55	CAR	Sergei Samsonov : Hooking (Alex Ovechkin)
18:46	WSH	Jeff Schultz : Hooking (Chad LaRose)

3rd Period
06:48	WSH	John Erskine : Tripping (Chad LaRose)
08:23	CAR	Jiri Tlusty : Tripping (Nicklas Backstrom)
12:02	CAR	Jeff Skinner : Slashing (Karl Alzner)

Stats

Washington Capitals Skaters
No.	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA	FO%	TOI
3	T. Poti	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	-	24:30
4	J. Erskine	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	-	10:47
8	A. Ovechkin	L	0	3	3	2	0	10	5	0	1	1	-	21:55
10	M. Bradley	R	0	0	0	0	5	1	5	0	0	0	-	8:23
14	T. Fleischmann	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	50%	11:00
15	B. Gordon	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2	0	0	76%	15:10
16	E. Fehr	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	0	0	-	9:55
19	N. Backstrom	C	2	0	2	2	0	5	2	0	1	2	28%	20:59
21	B. Laich	C	1	0	1	0	2	5	0	2	2	0	60%	21:50
25	J. Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	13:23
26	M. Hendricks	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	50%	11:44
27	K. Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	-	19:37
28	A. Semin	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	-	18:58
39	D. Steckel	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	73%	12:02
44	B. Fahey	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	-	8:59
55	J. Schultz	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	4	0	0	-	24:16
74	J. Carlson	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	2	-	26:39
90	M. Johansson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	40%	8:37

Washington Capitals Goaltenders
No.	Player	EV	PP	SH	Saves - Shots	Sv%	PIM	TOI
1	S. Varlamov (W) 1-1-0	28 - 29	2 - 3	0 - 0	30 - 32	.938	2	59:59
30	M. Neuvirth	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	-	0	0:00

Carolina Hurricanes Skaters
No.	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA	FO%	TOI
4	J. McBain	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	-	13:44
6	T. Gleason	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	0	1	-	20:12
7	I. White	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	-	19:18
12	E. Staal	C	1	0	1	0	0	5	3	2	1	1	46%	24:37
14	S. Samsonov	L	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	18:50
15	T. Ruutu	C	0	1	1	0	4	3	2	1	1	1	50%	15:22
16	B. Sutter	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	3	53%	15:26
19	J. Tlusty	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	6:52
20	T. Bodie	R	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	-	4:00
25	J. Pitkanen	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	-	27:01
26	E. Cole	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	0%	17:47
29	R. Carter	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	0	0	40%	4:02
36	J. Jokinen	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	2	1	33%	16:34
39	P. Dwyer	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	-	15:44
44	J. Harrison	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	-	12:24
53	J. Skinner	L	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0%	15:34
59	C. LaRose	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0%	16:27
77	J. Corvo	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2	3	2	-	27:26

Carolina Hurricanes Goaltenders
No.	Player	EV	PP	SH	Saves - Shots	Sv%	PIM	TOI
30	C. Ward	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	-	0	0:00
60	J. Peters (L) 0-3-1	25 - 27	9 - 10	1 - 1	35 - 38	.921	0	58:35

Official Game Reports

SHOTS BY PERIOD

PERIOD	WSH	CAR
1st	13	6
2nd	14	19
3rd	11	7
Total	38	32

TEAM STATS

CATEGORY	WSH	CAR
Power Plays	1/4	1/4
Hits	27	21
Faceoff Wins	37	29
Giveaways	5	12
Takeaways	6	11
Blocked Shots	18	16
Penalty Minutes	17	17

Additional Game Facts

OFFICIALS
Referees: Francois StLaurent, Stephen Walkom
Linesmen: Ryan Galloway, Tim Nowak

HEAD COACHES
Bruce Boudreau: (Washington Capitals)
Paul Maurice: (Carolina Hurricanes)

Washington Capitals SCRATCHES
Mike Green
DJ King
Mike Knuble

Carolina Hurricanes SCRATCHES
Jon Matsumoto

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