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Monday, December 28, 2009 · Verizon Center

Hurricanes 6 at Capitals 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 93OVR Eric Staal Hurricanes First Star 2G · 3A · 4 SOG L 93OVR Jussi Jokinen Hurricanes Second Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG L 80OVR Tuomo Ruutu Hurricanes Third Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 7:44 Tuomo Ruutu (1) PPG Eric Staal (1), Ray Whitney (1) · Wrist CAR 1 – 0 WSH
  2. 10:14 Eric Staal (1) Matt Cullen (1), Jussi Jokinen (1) · Wrist CAR 2 – 0 WSH
  3. 14:30 Jussi Jokinen (1) Matt Cullen (2), Eric Staal (2) · Wrist CAR 3 – 0 WSH

2nd Period

  1. 1:14 Mike Green (1) PPG Tomas Fleischmann (1), Alex Ovechkin (1) · Slap CAR 3 – 1 WSH
  2. 3:32 Brandon Sutter (1) Tuomo Ruutu (1) · Wrist CAR 4 – 1 WSH
  3. 12:56 Eric Fehr (1) Brooks Laich (1) · Wrist CAR 4 – 2 WSH

3rd Period

  1. 1:22 Brooks Laich (1) PPG Alex Ovechkin (2), Mike Green (1) · Wrist CAR 4 – 3 WSH
  2. 10:00 Sergei Samsonov (1) Eric Staal (3), Jussi Jokinen (2) · Wrist CAR 5 – 3 WSH
  3. 18:28 Eric Staal (2) Unassisted · Wrist CAR 6 – 3 WSH

Carolina Hurricanes

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Eric Staal C 2 3 4 3 1 +4 18:20 4.08
Jussi Jokinen L 1 2 3 0 0 +4 18:31 2.88
Tuomo Ruutu L 1 1 5 0 0 +1 18:04 1.90
Matt Cullen C 0 2 0 0 1 +3 21:27 1.80
Brandon Sutter C 1 0 4 1 0 +1 18:30 1.35
Sergei Samsonov L 1 0 4 0 0 +1 9:28 1.25
Ray Whitney L 0 1 1 0 0 +1 18:39 0.85
Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 2 5 +3 20:58 0.55
Joni Pitkanen D 0 0 1 1 4 +2 29:09 0.53
Tom Kostopoulos R 0 0 3 1 3 0 15:14 0.43
Niclas Wallin D 0 0 0 1 2 +2 18:39 0.40
Stephane Yelle C 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:45 0.10
Patrick Dwyer R 0 0 0 1 3 -1 14:52 0.05
Brett Carson D 0 0 0 2 1 +1 12:57 0.05
Andrew Alberts D 0 0 0 3 1 0 15:10 0.05
Aaron Ward D 0 0 1 3 2 0 18:29 0.02
Rod Brind'Amour C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 4:19 -0.15
Scott Walker R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 4:51 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Cam Ward W 31 28 3 .903 60:00 0.55

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Alex Ovechkin L 0 2 7 2 1 -2 24:56 1.48
Mike Green D 1 1 3 0 1 -1 30:23 1.40
Brooks Laich C 1 1 2 1 1 0 18:23 1.38
Eric Fehr C 1 0 3 1 1 +1 11:51 1.28
Tomas Fleischmann L 0 1 1 0 0 -2 15:46 0.30
David Steckel C 0 0 2 1 1 0 14:17 0.20
Quintin Laing L 0 0 0 2 1 0 6:41 0.05
Boyd Gordon C 0 0 1 0 2 -1 8:43 -0.02
Jeff Schultz D 0 0 1 0 2 -1 16:34 -0.02
Mike Knuble R 0 0 3 1 0 -2 16:24 -0.03
Tyler Sloan D 0 0 0 0 3 -1 14:28 -0.05
Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 0 3 0 0 16:45 -0.10
Matt Bradley R 0 0 0 2 0 -1 8:21 -0.15
John Erskine D 0 0 2 1 0 -2 15:37 -0.15
Karl Alzner D 0 0 1 0 1 -2 14:13 -0.22
Brendan Morrison C 0 0 1 0 0 -2 16:12 -0.32
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 3 1 0 -2 20:50 -0.33
Alexander Semin R 0 0 1 0 0 -3 20:26 -0.37
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jose Theodore L 25 20 5 .800 59:14 -1.75