Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes

Fri, Nov 4, 2011 · RBC Center · 2011–12 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

5 – 1

Final

Carolina Hurricanes

The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5–1 on Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at RBC Center. Alex Ovechkin led the way with 2 points. Michal Neuvirth made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 32–25.

Linescore

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

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:26	CAR	EV	Anthony Stewart (1) · deflected	Jay Harrison (1), Jeff Skinner (1)	0–1
2nd	01:28	WSH	EV	Jeff Halpern (1) · wrist	Mike Knuble (1), Karl Alzner (1)	1–1
2nd	02:37	WSH	EV	Troy Brouwer (1) · tip-in	Marcus Johansson (1), Cody Eakin (1)	2–1
3rd	03:15	WSH	PP	John Carlson (1) · slap	Nicklas Backstrom (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)	3–1
3rd	10:49	WSH	EV	Cody Eakin (1) · wrist	Alexander Semin (1)	4–1
3rd	15:52	WSH	EV	Nicklas Backstrom (1) · wrist	Alex Ovechkin (2), Troy Brouwer (1)	5–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	18:36	CAR	Cam Ward	tripping	2
2nd	04:36	WSH	Joel Ward	hooking	2
2nd	07:31	WSH	Roman Hamrlik	holding	2
2nd	12:59	WSH	Matt Hendricks	interference goalkeeper	2
2nd	15:38	CAR	Eric Staal	interference	2
3rd	02:02	CAR	Tuomo Ruutu	boarding	2
3rd	18:37	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 2.88 · CAR 1.77 · xG% WSH 61.9

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	2	2	+1	0	3	0	0		20:13	21
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	1	2	+1	2	2	0	0	64.3	19:17	23
20	Troy Brouwer	R	1	1	2	+2	0	1	1	2		12:52	19
50	Cody Eakin	C	1	1	2	+2	0	1	1	1		8:45	13
74	John Carlson	D	1	0	1	+2	0	4	0	4		21:24	22
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		17:41	24
28	Alexander Semin	R	0	1	1	+1	0	5	1	1		17:24	19
22	Mike Knuble	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1		15:40	21
15	Jeff Halpern	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	57.1	12:56	20
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	1	25.0	12:27	18
6	Dennis Wideman	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1		22:06	26
44	Roman Hamrlik	D	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	2		19:27	23
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	54.5	18:52	24
55	Jeff Schultz	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18:25	25
4	John Erskine	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		15:55	23
26	Matt Hendricks	C	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	1	42.9	13:58	20
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	1	50.0	12:51	21
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	66.7	12:37	18

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Michal Neuvirth	W	25	24	1	.960	59:47

Carolina Hurricanes

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
44	Jay Harrison	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2		22:09	25
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	1	1	+1	0	6	1	0		17:30	21
13	Anthony Stewart	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		11:51	22
51	Tomas Kaberle	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0		21:13	25
12	Eric Staal	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	1	50.0	20:49	27
6	Tim Gleason	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3		20:02	23
5	Bryan Allen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	4		19:49	21
59	Chad LaRose	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3	3	0		19:29	25
25	Joni Pitkanen	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	2		19:01	25
16	Brandon Sutter	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	61.5	18:18	22
4	Jamie McBain	D	0	0	0	-4	0	1	0	2		17:46	24
19	Jiri Tlusty	L	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	1	100.0	16:33	23
39	Patrick Dwyer	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	3		16:23	21
23	Alexei Ponikarovsky	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	7	1		16:06	23
15	Tuomo Ruutu	L	0	0	0	-1	2	3	2	2	50.0	15:06	26
21	Drayson Bowman	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		8:37	12
37	Tim Brent	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	16.7	7:31	13
11	Zach Boychuk	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	100.0	6:34	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Cam Ward	L	32	27	5	.844	60:00