National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Carolina 5, Washington 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Ian Walsh, Brad Watson
Linesmen: Thor Nelson, Vaughan Rody
Attendance: 17903
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 1405
Washington 0112
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
19:25 - Hurricanes Eric Staal (EV) Unassisted
Penalties
2:44 - Capitals Bench (2) Too many men on ice
 9:40 - Hurricanes Joe Corvo (2) Interference
2nd Period
Scoring
3:52 - Hurricanes Matt Cullen (SH) Assists: Tim Gleason
7:42 - Hurricanes Patrick Eaves (SH) Assists: Matt Cullen , Chad Larose
16:24 - Hurricanes Chad Larose (EV) Assists: Ray Whitney , Matt Cullen
18:05 - Hurricanes Patrick Eaves (PP) Assists: Ray Whitney , Dennis Seidenberg
19:57 - Capitals Alexander Semin (PP) Assists: Alexander Ovechkin , Sergei Fedorov
Penalties
3:37 - Hurricanes Joni Pitkanen (2) Boarding
 7:10 - Hurricanes Rod Brind'Amour (2) Tripping
 7:57 - Capitals Brooks Laich (2) Holding the stick
 16:40 - Capitals John Erskine (2) Roughing
 19:48 - Hurricanes Ray Whitney (2) Holding
3rd Period
Scoring
18:14 - Capitals Sergei Fedorov (EV) Assists: Alexander Semin , Shaone Morrisonn
Penalties
4:25 - Capitals Brooks Laich (2) Tripping
 18:40 - Capitals Mike Green (2) Hooking
 19:55 - Hurricanes Rod Brind'Amour (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 60:00 47:37 7:27 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 1 1 +1 0 1 27 21:17 17:19 1:27 2:31 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Conboy D 0 0 0 E 0 1 6 3:17 3:17 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Gleason D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 26 18:20 15:23 0:00 2:57 0 0 - - - - -
Niclas Wallin D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 22 16:08 15:38 0:00 0:30 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Cullen C 1 2 3 +2 0 1 27 18:25 14:07 2:20 1:58 0 1 - - 7 10 41
Eric Staal C 1 0 1 +1 0 5 30 23:03 16:37 4:35 1:51 0 0 - - 8 14 36
Ray Whitney LW 0 2 2 E 2 1 22 17:36 14:54 2:42 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Samsonov LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 25 19:11 16:03 3:08 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tuomo Ruutu C 0 0 0 E 0 5 26 21:10 17:52 3:18 0:00 0 0 - - 2 0 100
Rod Brind'Amour C 0 0 0 E 4 1 25 17:25 12:21 2:33 2:31 0 0 - - 11 7 61
Scott Walker RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 6 2:53 2:53 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Joni Pitkanen D 0 0 0 E 2 1 24 17:44 13:24 3:24 0:56 0 0 - - - - -
Anton Babchuk D 0 0 0 E 0 0 29 23:58 17:15 5:14 1:29 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Ryan C 0 0 0 E 0 4 19 12:32 12:22 0:10 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Eaves RW 2 0 2 +1 0 3 23 16:11 13:06 1:42 1:23 1 1 - - - - -
Chad Larose RW 1 1 2 +1 0 3 26 18:19 13:43 2:27 2:09 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Dwight Helminen C 0 0 0 E 0 0 8 4:05 4:05 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Joe Corvo D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 30 22:12 16:28 4:15 1:29 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 59:49 47:37 4:56 7:16 0 0 - - - - -
Jose Theodore G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
John Erskine D 0 0 0 E 2 0 20 13:57 11:48 0:13 1:56 0 0 - - - - -
Alexander Ovechkin LW 0 1 1 -2 0 6 23 24:10 16:52 4:28 2:50 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Bradley RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 9 7:23 7:23 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Boyd Gordon RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 12:27 8:24 0:13 3:50 0 0 - - 3 2 60
Eric Fehr RW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 17 12:24 12:24 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 -2 0 4 24 19:26 15:24 2:40 1:22 0 0 - - 11 6 65
Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 +1 4 2 21 14:39 10:56 2:21 1:22 0 0 - - 1 4 20
Milan Jurcina D 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 15:09 12:33 0:00 2:36 0 0 - - - - -
Viktor Kozlov RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19 15:13 13:13 2:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Shaone Morrisonn D 0 1 1 E 0 0 25 19:16 16:24 0:00 2:52 0 0 - - - - -
Alexander Semin LW 1 1 2 -1 0 6 26 22:46 16:42 2:56 3:08 1 0 - - - - -
David Steckel LW 0 0 0 E 0 5 18 13:01 11:35 0:00 1:26 0 0 - - 10 5 67
Tomas Fleischmann C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 17:40 14:17 2:16 1:07 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Staffan Kronwall D 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 13:29 13:11 0:15 0:03 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Green D 0 0 0 -3 2 8 30 27:53 20:49 4:28 2:36 0 0 - - - - -
Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 E 0 0 25 21:07 15:48 0:28 4:51 0 0 - - - - -
Donald Brashear LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 5 4:12 4:12 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Fedorov C 1 1 2 -2 0 1 22 17:14 14:52 2:22 0:00 0 0 - - 9 10 47
Goaltending
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cam Ward W (39-23-5) 41 39 2 .951 0 60:00
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Michal Neuvirth L (2-1-0) 30 25 5 .833 0 59:49