The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes, 4 to 3, in overtime on December 11, 2009.

Final

Hurricanes

7-18-6

3

Capitals

20-6-6

4

Team

CAR

WSH

1

2

0

2

0

2

3

1

OT

0

1

Total

3

4

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

CAR

WSH

Jiri Tlusty (EV) assisted by Brandon Sutter and Tom Kostopoulos

1

0

Eric Staal (EV) assisted by Tom Kostopoulos and Aaron Ward

2

0

2nd period

CAR

WSH

Alexander Semin (EV) assisted by Alex Ovechkin and Jeff Schultz

2

1

Alexander Semin (EV) assisted by Nicklas Backstrom

2

3rd period

CAR

WSH

Tomas Fleischmann (EV) assisted by Mathieu Perreault and John Erskine

2

3

Tim Gleason (SH) unassisted

3

OT

CAR

WSH

Mike Green (EV) assisted by Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin

3

4

Hurricanes

Capitals

Goals

3

4

Shots

19

40

Penalty Minutes

6

4

Power-Play Goals

0

Power-Play Opportunities

2

3

Faceoff Wins

28

Hits

19

11

Giveaways

13

10

Takeaways

7

15

Hurricanes

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Cam Ward (O)	1	40	4	36	.900	61:16

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Andrew Alberts	0	0	+1	2	0	16:52	5	1	1	0
Rod Brind'Amour	0	0	0	0	0	6:28	0	0	0	0
Brett Carson	0	0	+1	0	0	22:45	2	8	3	0
Matt Cullen	0	0	-2	0	3	20:22	0	2	1	2
Patrick Dwyer	0	0	0	0	1	19:11	2	0	0	0
Tim Gleason	1	0	0	0	2	10:42	1	4	1	1
Jay Harrison	0	0	-3	0	2	21:52	2	3	2	0
Jussi Jokinen	0	0	-2	0	0	16:41	0	0	0	0
Tom Kostopoulos	0	2	+1	0	0	14:29	1	2	0	0
Joni Pitkanen	0	0	-1	2	1	29:52	0	4	1	0
Tuomo Ruutu	0	0	-1	0	1	16:14	4	0	0	0
Eric Staal	1	0	+1	0	4	22:22	0	0	1	0
Brandon Sutter	0	1	-1	0	1	12:31	1	1	1	0
Jiri Tlusty	1	0	-1	0	1	10:27	0	1	0	0
Scott Walker	0	0	0	0	0	9:13	0	0	1	0
Aaron Ward	0	1	0	0	0	19:00	0	1	0	0
Ray Whitney	0	0	+1	2	2	20:37	0	0	1	4
Stephane Yelle	0	0	+1	0	1	9:26	1	1	0	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Jose Theodore (W)	1	19	3	16	.842	61:03

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Nicklas Backstrom	0	2	+3	0	0	22:55	1	2	1	0
Matt Bradley	0	0	0	0	1	11:42	1	0	1	1
Chris Clark	0	0	0	0	1	10:06	0	0	0	0
John Erskine	0	1	+1	0	1	15:52	0	1	1	0
Eric Fehr	0	0	-1	0	1	9:56	0	0	0	0
Tomas Fleischmann	1	0	-1	0	5	14:32	0	0	0	0
Mike Green	1	0	0	0	5	29:01	3	2	0	0
Milan Jurcina	0	0	+1	0	0	15:23	0	1	0	0
Mike Knuble	0	0	-1	0	4	15:35	1	0	0	2
Brooks Laich	0	0	-1	2	2	14:51	0	0	2	1
Brendan Morrison	0	0	0	0	0	18:21	2	0	0	2
Shaone Morrisonn	0	0	0	0	0	17:55	1	2	0	0
Alex Ovechkin	0	2	+3	0	6	23:36	1	1	0	3
Mathieu Perreault	0	1	-1	0	3	10:20	0	0	0	1
Tom Poti	0	0	-1	0	3	18:37	1	0	1	1
Jeff Schultz	0	1	+1	0	0	21:10	0	4	1	2
Alexander Semin	2	0	+2	0	7	20:31	0	0	2	2
David Steckel	0	0	0	0	1	10:54	0	0	1	0