National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, Carolina 4
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 14, 2009
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Chris Lee, Wes McCauley
Linesmen: Jean Morin, Pierre Racicot
Attendance: 18277
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Carolina 12104
Washington 2201SO5
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
9:53 - Hurricanes Erik Cole (EV) Assists: Eric Staal , Ray Whitney
10:59 - Capitals Mike Green (EV) Assists: Alexander Semin , Nicklas Backstrom
18:01 - Capitals Alexander Ovechkin (PP) Assists: Mike Green , Alexander Semin
Penalties
16:45 - Hurricanes Niclas Wallin (2) Interference
2nd Period
Scoring
1:30 - Capitals Alexander Semin (PP) Assists: Brooks Laich , Alexander Ovechkin
5:57 - Hurricanes Eric Staal (EV) Assists: Ray Whitney , Dennis Seidenberg
12:27 - Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (PP) Assists: Michael Nylander , Alexander Semin
19:52 - Hurricanes Ray Whitney (EV) Assists: Erik Cole , Eric Staal
Penalties
0:40 - Hurricanes Eric Staal (2) Interference
 1:57 - Capitals Michael Nylander (2) Holding
 3:25 - Hurricanes Jussi Jokinen (2) Cross checking
 7:07 - Hurricanes Tim Gleason (2) Roughing
 7:07 - Hurricanes Ray Whitney (2) Roughing
 7:07 - Capitals John Erskine (2) Roughing
 7:07 - Capitals Tom Poti (2) Roughing
 11:05 - Hurricanes Erik Cole (2) High sticking
 14:29 - Capitals Tom Poti (2) Elbowing
 17:39 - Capitals Alexander Semin (2) Hooking
3rd Period
Scoring
10:47 - Hurricanes Niclas Wallin (EV) Assists: Dennis Seidenberg , Matt Cullen
Penalties
None.
Overtime
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
1:17 - Capitals Tom Poti (2) Hooking
Carolina Hurricanes
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Cam Ward G 0 0 0 0 0 64:33 52:16 7:21 4:56 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Leighton G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dennis Seidenberg D 0 2 2 +2 0 3 22 17:51 16:52 0:00 0:59 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Conboy D 0 0 0 E 0 0 3 2:36 2:36 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 25 18:21 16:20 0:00 2:01 0 0 - - - - -
Niclas Wallin D 1 0 1 +1 2 1 18 13:09 12:10 0:00 0:59 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Cullen C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 29 23:39 18:15 3:35 1:49 0 0 - - 10 8 56
Eric Staal C 1 2 3 +3 2 6 34 24:40 18:07 4:41 1:52 0 0 - - 14 14 50
Ray Whitney LW 1 2 3 +4 2 3 27 22:01 17:43 4:18 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Samsonov LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 22 15:37 13:08 2:29 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tuomo Ruutu C 0 0 0 +1 0 4 27 21:54 16:53 4:41 0:20 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Rod Brind'Amour C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 24 18:38 13:44 2:29 2:25 0 0 - - 6 10 38
Ryan Bayda LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 2 1:28 1:28 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Joni Pitkanen D 0 0 0 +3 0 2 28 26:38 22:13 2:29 1:56 0 0 - - - - -
Erik Cole LW 1 1 2 +3 2 4 31 21:34 17:48 2:59 0:47 0 0 - - - - -
Anton Babchuk D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 27 23:08 19:17 1:55 1:56 0 0 - - - - -
Jussi Jokinen LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 18 11:03 10:45 0:18 0:00 0 0 - - 3 0 100
Patrick Eaves RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 11 6:06 5:45 0:00 0:21 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Larose RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 26 20:42 18:24 0:00 2:18 0 0 - - 0 3 0
Joe Corvo D 0 0 0 E 0 4 31 25:54 18:20 5:33 2:01 0 0 - - - - -
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Michal Neuvirth G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jose Theodore G 0 0 0 0 0 65:00 52:36 4:56 7:28 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Poti D 0 0 0 E 6 1 34 22:09 20:36 0:11 1:22 0 0 - - - - -
John Erskine D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 27 18:25 17:49 0:00 0:36 0 0 - - - - -
Alexander Ovechkin LW 1 1 2 -2 0 8 23 23:49 19:04 4:45 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Matt Bradley RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 11:41 11:00 0:00 0:41 0 0 - - - - -
Boyd Gordon RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 21 16:57 13:01 0:00 3:56 0 0 - - 5 6 45
Eric Fehr RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 11 8:17 8:17 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 1 1 2 -2 0 2 24 22:04 17:09 4:35 0:20 1 0 - - 12 9 57
Brooks Laich C 0 1 1 E 0 3 24 17:44 11:06 3:37 3:01 0 0 - - 2 3 40
Milan Jurcina D 0 0 0 E 0 0 23 14:55 14:13 0:11 0:31 0 0 - - - - -
Viktor Kozlov RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 17 14:05 13:13 0:21 0:31 0 0 - - - - -
Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 33 20:34 16:28 0:00 4:06 0 0 - - - - -
Keith Aucoin D 0 0 0 E 0 0 9 8:22 8:22 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 0 4 0
Alexander Semin LW 1 3 4 -3 2 6 23 21:33 16:58 4:35 0:00 1 0 - - 0 1 0
David Steckel LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 23 15:41 11:54 0:00 3:47 0 0 - - 10 3 77
Tomas Fleischmann C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 16:08 12:37 0:51 2:40 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Mike Green D 1 1 2 -3 0 3 37 26:27 18:43 4:45 2:59 0 0 - - - - -
Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 E 0 0 32 20:26 17:04 0:00 3:22 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Nylander C 0 1 1 -1 2 0 16 12:43 11:54 0:49 0:00 0 0 - - 6 6 50
Goaltending
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cam Ward L (39-23-5) 31 27 4 .871 0 64:33
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jose Theodore W (32-17-5) 32 28 4 .875 0 65:00
Shootout
CAR Score Score WAS
Tuomo Ruutu Viktor Kozlov
Jussi Jokinen Alexander Semin
- N/A Alexander Ovechkin
0 2