Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes

Wed, Nov 24, 2010 · RBC Center · 2010–11 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 2

Final

Carolina Hurricanes

The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 on Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at RBC Center. Nicklas Backstrom scored twice. Semyon Varlamov made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 38–32.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	1	3	38
CAR	0	0	2	2	32

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	13:18	WSH	EV	Nicklas Backstrom (1) · wrist	Alex Ovechkin (1), Tomas Fleischmann (1)	1–0
2nd	01:01	WSH	EV	Nicklas Backstrom (2) · wrist	Alex Ovechkin (2), John Carlson (1)	2–0
3rd	04:04	CAR	EV	Sergei Samsonov (1) · tip-in	Joni Pitkanen (1), Ian White (1)	2–1
3rd	08:05	CAR	PP	Eric Staal (1) · wrist	Jeff Skinner (1), Tuomo Ruutu (1)	2–2
3rd	12:07	WSH	PP	Brooks Laich (1) · tip-in	Alex Ovechkin (3)	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	02:51	WSH	Jason Chimera	cross checking	2
1st	02:51	CAR	Tuomo Ruutu	diving	2
1st	08:16	WSH	Matt Bradley	fighting	5
1st	08:16	CAR	Troy Bodie	fighting	5
1st	10:06	WSH	Semyon Varlamov	delaying game puck over glass	2
1st	16:19	CAR	Jamie McBain	tripping	2
2nd	00:36	CAR	Tuomo Ruutu	charging	2
2nd	00:36	WSH	Boyd Gordon	delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	07:18	WSH	Brooks Laich	slashing	2
2nd	15:55	CAR	Sergei Samsonov	hooking	2
2nd	18:46	WSH	Jeff Schultz	hooking	2
3rd	06:48	WSH	John Erskine	tripping	2
3rd	08:23	CAR	Jiri Tlusty	tripping	2
3rd	12:02	CAR	Jeff Skinner	slashing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 5.48 · CAR 4.18 · xG% WSH 56.7

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	3	3	+2	0	10	5	0		21:55	24
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	2	0	2	+2	0	5	2	0	27.8	20:59	27
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	3		26:39	27
21	Brooks Laich	C	1	0	1	0	2	5	0	2	60.0	21:50	26
14	Tomas Fleischmann	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	50.0	11:00	14
3	Tom Poti	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1		24:30	29
55	Jeff Schultz	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	4		24:16	29
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2		19:37	25
28	Alexander Semin	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		18:58	23
15	Boyd Gordon	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2	76.5	15:10	22
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		13:23	18
39	David Steckel	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	73.3	12:02	17
26	Matt Hendricks	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	50.0	11:44	15
4	John Erskine	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2		10:47	17
16	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		9:55	12
44	Brian Fahey	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1		8:59	14
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	40.0	8:37	11
10	Matt Bradley	R	0	0	0	0	5	1	5	0		8:23	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Semyon Varlamov	W	32	30	2	.938	59:59

Carolina Hurricanes

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
25	Joni Pitkanen	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2		27:01	31
12	Eric Staal	C	1	0	1	0	0	5	3	2	46.2	24:37	28
7	Ian White	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	4		19:18	26
14	Sergei Samsonov	L	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0		18:50	24
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	1		15:34	22
15	Tuomo Ruutu	L	0	1	1	0	4	3	2	1	50.0	15:22	23
77	Joe Corvo	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2		27:26	30
6	Tim Gleason	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		20:12	28
26	Erik Cole	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0		17:47	25
36	Jussi Jokinen	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	33.3	16:34	22
59	Chad LaRose	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	0		16:27	26
39	Patrick Dwyer	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		15:44	22
16	Brandon Sutter	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	53.3	15:26	24
4	Jamie McBain	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1		13:44	17
44	Jay Harrison	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		12:24	16
19	Jiri Tlusty	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0		6:52	11
29	Ryan Carter	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	40.0	4:02	7
20	Troy Bodie	R	0	0	0	+1	5	0	0	0		4:00	6

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
60	Justin Peters	L	38	35	3	.921	58:35