The Washington Capitals were defeated by the Carolina Hurricanes, 6 to 3, on December 28, 2009.

Final

Hurricanes

10-22-7

6

Capitals

24-9-6

3

Team

CAR

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

CAR

WSH

Tuomo Ruutu (PP) assisted by Eric Staal and Ray Whitney

Eric Staal (EV) assisted by Matt Cullen and Jussi Jokinen

Jussi Jokinen (EV) assisted by Matt Cullen and Eric Staal

2nd period

CAR

WSH

Mike Green (PP) assisted by Tomas Fleischmann and Alex Ovechkin

Brandon Sutter (EV) assisted by Tuomo Ruutu

Eric Fehr (EV) assisted by Brooks Laich

3rd period

CAR

WSH

Brooks Laich (PP) assisted by Alex Ovechkin and Mike Green

Sergei Samsonov (EV) assisted by Eric Staal and Jussi Jokinen

Eric Staal (EV-EN) unassisted

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 (W) C. Ward	1	0	0	31	28	.903	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Andrew Alberts A. Alberts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		3	1	0	0	15:10
Rod Brind'Amour R. Brind'Amour	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		3	4	75.0	0	0	0	0	4:19
Brett Carson B. Carson	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	1	0	0	12:57
Matt Cullen M. Cullen	0	2	2	+3	0	0	0	0	0		15	24	62.5	0	1	1	0	21:27
Patrick Dwyer P. Dwyer	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		1	4	25.0	1	3	1	0	14:52
Tim Gleason T. Gleason	0	0	0	+3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	5	1	1	20:58
Jussi Jokinen J. Jokinen	1	2	3	+4	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	1	2	50.0	0	0	1	0	18:31
Tom Kostopoulos T. Kostopoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		1	3	1	0	15:14
Joni Pitkanen J. Pitkanen	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	4	1	2	29:09
Tuomo Ruutu T. Ruutu	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	0	5	20.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	18:04
Sergei Samsonov S. Samsonov	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	0	0		0	0	1	0	9:28
Eric Staal E. Staal	2	3	5	+4	4	0	1	0	4	50.0	0	0		3	1	1	0	18:20
Brandon Sutter B. Sutter	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	4	25.0	10	17	58.8	1	0	3	0	18:30
Scott Walker S. Walker	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	4:51
Niclas Wallin N. Wallin	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	2	0	0	18:39
Aaron Ward A. Ward	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		3	2	0	0	18:29
Ray Whitney R. Whitney	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	1	1	18:39
Stephane Yelle S. Yelle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	8	37.5	0	1	1	0	11:45

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jose Theodore (L) J. Theodore	0	1	0	25	20	.800	5	5.06	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Karl Alzner K. Alzner	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	1	0	1	14:13
Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	3	0.0	6	19	31.6	1	0	1	0	20:50
Matt Bradley M. Bradley	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	0	0	0	8:21
John Erskine J. Erskine	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	15:37
Eric Fehr E. Fehr	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	3	33.3	0	0		1	1	2	0	11:51
Tomas Fleischmann T. Fleischmann	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	2	15:46
Boyd Gordon B. Gordon	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0	2	4	50.0	0	2	0	1	8:43
Mike Green M. Green	1	1	2	-1	2	1	1	3	33.3	0	0		0	1	1	0	30:23
Mike Knuble M. Knuble	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		1	0	1	0	16:24
Brooks Laich B. Laich	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	2	50.0	2	4	50.0	1	1	0	1	18:23
Quintin Laing Q. Laing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	1	0	0	6:41
Brendan Morrison B. Morrison	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	0.0	4	14	28.6	0	0	1	0	16:12
Shaone Morrisonn S. Morrisonn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		3	0	0	2	16:45
Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	0	2	2	-2	0	0	2	7	0.0	0	0		2	1	1	2	24:56
Jeff Schultz J. Schultz	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	2	0	1	16:34
Alexander Semin A. Semin	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	20:26
Tyler Sloan T. Sloan	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	3	0	1	14:28
David Steckel D. Steckel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	12	18	66.7	1	1	0	0	14:17