The Washington Capitals eked out a victory over 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

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

CAR

WSH

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

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

2nd period

CAR

WSH

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

Alexander Semin (EV) assisted by Nicklas Backstrom

3rd period

CAR

WSH

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

Tim Gleason (SH) unassisted

CAR

WSH

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

Hurricanes

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Hurricanes

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Cam Ward (O) C. Ward	0	0	1	40	36	.900	4	3.92	0	61

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Andrew Alberts A. Alberts	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0		0	0		5	1	0	1	16:52
Rod Brind'Amour R. Brind'Amour	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	4	100.0	0	0	0	0	6:28
Brett Carson B. Carson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0		0	0		2	8	0	3	22:45
Matt Cullen M. Cullen	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	0.0	6	16	37.5	0	2	2	1	20:22
Patrick Dwyer P. Dwyer	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	0	0	0	19:11
Tim Gleason T. Gleason	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	50.0	0	0		1	4	1	1	10:42
Jay Harrison J. Harrison	0	0	0	-3	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		2	3	0	2	21:52
Jussi Jokinen J. Jokinen	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0		2	3	66.7	0	0	0	0	16:41
Tom Kostopoulos T. Kostopoulos	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0		1	1	100.0	1	2	0	0	14:29
Joni Pitkanen J. Pitkanen	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	4	0	1	29:52
Tuomo Ruutu T. Ruutu	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		4	0	0	0	16:14
Eric Staal E. Staal	1	0	1	+1	0	0	4	25.0	6	16	37.5	0	0	0	1	22:22
Brandon Sutter B. Sutter	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0.0	6	10	60.0	1	1	0	1	12:31
Jiri Tlusty J. Tlusty	1	0	1	-1	0	0	1	100.0	0	0		0	1	0	0	10:27
Scott Walker S. Walker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	1	9:13
Aaron Ward A. Ward	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	1	0	0	19:00
Ray Whitney R. Whitney	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0	4	1	20:37
Stephane Yelle S. Yelle	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0	3	6	50.0	1	1	0	0	9:26

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jose Theodore (W) J. Theodore	1	0	0	19	16	.842	3	2.95	0	61

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	0	2	2	+3	0	0	0	0		11	18	61.1	1	2	0	1	22:55
Matt Bradley M. Bradley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	1	0	1	1	11:42
Chris Clark C. Clark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	10:06
John Erskine J. Erskine	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	1	0	1	15:52
Eric Fehr E. Fehr	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	9:56
Tomas Fleischmann T. Fleischmann	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	5	20.0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	14:32
Mike Green M. Green	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	5	20.0	0	0		3	2	0	0	29:01
Milan Jurcina M. Jurcina	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	1	0	0	15:23
Mike Knuble M. Knuble	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0		1	0	2	0	15:35
Brooks Laich B. Laich	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0	1	3	33.3	0	0	1	2	14:51
Brendan Morrison B. Morrison	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	11	45.5	2	0	2	0	18:21
Shaone Morrisonn S. Morrisonn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	2	0	0	17:55
Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	0	2	2	+3	0	0	0	6	0.0	1	2	50.0	1	1	3	0	23:36
Mathieu Perreault M. Perreault	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0	2	7	28.6	0	0	1	0	10:20
Tom Poti T. Poti	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		1	0	1	1	18:37
Jeff Schultz J. Schultz	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	4	2	1	21:10
Alexander Semin A. Semin	2	0	2	+2	0	0	0	7	28.6	0	1	0.0	0	0	2	2	20:31
David Steckel D. Steckel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	7	10	70.0	0	0	0	1	10:54