Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes

Wed, Oct 27, 2010 · RBC Center · 2010–11 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 0

Final

Carolina Hurricanes

The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–0 on Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at RBC Center. Nicklas Backstrom scored twice. Michal Neuvirth made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 0–0.

Linescore

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

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	10:47	WSH	EV	Matt Hendricks (1) · wrist	David Steckel (1), John Erskine (1)	1–0
3rd	12:23	WSH	EV	Nicklas Backstrom (1) · snap	Mike Knuble (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)	2–0
3rd	18:32	WSH	SH EN	Nicklas Backstrom (2) · wrist	Mike Knuble (2), Jeff Schultz (1)	3–0

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	11:27	WSH	Karl Alzner	boarding	2
1st	16:35	CAR	Joe Corvo	interference	2
2nd	07:16	CAR	Eric Staal	holding	2
2nd	08:44	WSH	Mathieu Perreault	hooking	2
2nd	11:25	CAR	Tuomo Ruutu	holding	2
2nd	12:07	WSH	Mike Green	roughing	2
2nd	16:50	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	charging	2
3rd	17:17	WSH	Mike Green	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 4.54 · CAR 1.81 · xG% WSH 71.5

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	2	0	2	+2	0	4	1	2	64.7	18:24	20
22	Mike Knuble	R	0	2	2	+2	0	3	0	1		15:52	20
55	Jeff Schultz	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	3		23:03	27
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	+1	2	5	2	0		17:09	18
26	Matt Hendricks	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	4	1	40.0	16:24	21
4	John Erskine	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	0		15:29	20
39	David Steckel	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1	76.5	12:21	24
52	Mike Green	D	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	3		23:43	27
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2		20:08	23
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2		17:33	23
28	Alexander Semin	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		16:59	19
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	50.0	16:22	20
89	Tyler Sloan	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		16:08	20
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		13:24	18
14	Tomas Fleischmann	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	72.7	12:42	17
85	Mathieu Perreault	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	37.5	11:50	14
16	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		11:18	16
10	Matt Bradley	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	5	0		11:11	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Michal Neuvirth	W	29	29	0	1.000	60:00

Carolina Hurricanes

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
25	Joni Pitkanen	D	-2	0	0	2	1		27:27	30
77	Joe Corvo	D	-2	2	2	2	3		21:56	22
12	Eric Staal	C	-2	2	6	1	0	56.5	21:30	27
36	Jussi Jokinen	L	-2	0	0	2	2	50.0	21:16	27
4	Jamie McBain	D	-1	0	1	0	6		20:28	27
33	Anton Babchuk	D	0	0	0	0	2		18:58	24
59	Chad LaRose	R	-1	0	5	4	0		18:08	26
14	Sergei Samsonov	L	-2	0	2	0	0		17:03	24
15	Tuomo Ruutu	L	-1	2	1	2	0	50.0	16:57	24
6	Tim Gleason	D	-1	0	2	0	3		16:47	23
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	4	0	0		16:44	21
16	Brandon Sutter	C	0	0	1	0	1	25.0	16:27	25
26	Erik Cole	L	0	0	2	2	0		15:31	20
44	Jay Harrison	D	0	0	0	1	0		14:29	20
29	Tom Kostopoulos	R	-1	0	0	3	1		11:43	17
39	Patrick Dwyer	R	-1	0	2	3	1		10:43	18
21	Drayson Bowman	L	0	0	1	1	0		4:37	8
22	Zac Dalpe	C	0	0	0	0	0		4:13	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Cam Ward	L	32	30	2	.938	59:03