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» Carolina Hurricanes 6 Washington Capitals 3

February 23,2008 (Saturday)
in Raleigh,North Carolina - RBC Center

Goals/Period	1	2	3	Tot
WAS	2	1	0	3
CAR	1	3	2	6

Shots	1	2	3	Tot
WAS	12	14	8	34
CAR	11	16	15	42

PowerPlay	PP Game	PP Season	PK Season
WAS	2 / 4	46 / 255 (18.0%)	213 / 265 (80.4%)
CAR	4 / 7	56 / 317 (17.7%)	212 / 278 (76.3%)

Start: 5:00pm
Attendance: 18,680
Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Justin StPierre
Officials: Andy McElman, Mark Wheler

Washington Capitals	Game #62	28-30-4	60 Pts	Prev Game vs NYI	Next Game vs NJ
Carolina Hurricanes	Game #65	32-28-5	69 Pts	Prev Game at ATL	Next Game at NJ

Three Stars: (1) Matt Cullen (CAR) (2) Joe Corvo (CAR) (3) Eric Staal (CAR)

Goals

1st Period
1.	WAS	Mike Green [16] [c17] ( Alexander Ovechkin [31] )	6:06
2.	CAR	Matt Cullen [10] [c128] (Powerplay) ( Ray Whitney [33], Joe Corvo [24] )	13:24
3.	WAS	Alexander Semin [18] [c66] (Powerplay) ( Alexander Ovechkin [32], Tomas Fleischmann [17] )	16:13
2nd Period
4.	CAR	Matt Cullen [11] [c129] (Powerplay) ( Erik Cole [23], Joe Corvo [25] )	3:43
5.	CAR	Erik Cole [15] [c123] (Powerplay) ( Eric Staal [28], Ray Whitney [34] )	5:56
6.	WAS	Brooks Laich [11] [c26] (Powerplay) ( Alexander Ovechkin [33], Mike Green [24] )	8:47
7.	CAR	Eric Staal [30] [c115] (GW) ( Sergei Samsonov [12], Tim Conboy [3] )	16:39
3rd Period
8.	CAR	Andrew Ladd [9] [c26] ( Tim Conboy [4], Sergei Samsonov [13] )	3:50
9.	CAR	Joe Corvo [7] [c42] (Powerplay) ( Eric Staal [29], Matt Cullen [32] )	7:44

Goalies

Goalie	Career	Team	Decision	Min	GA	Shots	Saves	Record	sGAA
Olaf Kolzig	Career	WAS	L	60	6	42	36	21-19-6	3.02
Cam Ward	Career	CAR	W	60	3	34	31	26-20-4	2.89

Penalties

1st Period
1.	WAS	Donald Brashear	[8]	Fighting	5	11:47
2.	CAR	Wade Brookbank	[9]	Fighting	5	11:47
3.	WAS	Mike Green	[3]	Roughing	2	12:01
4.	CAR	Andrew Ladd	[2]	Slashing	2	15:26
5.	WAS	Sami Lepisto	[1]	Hooking	2	18:05
6.	WAS	Shaone Morrisonn	[7]	Hooking	2	19:16
2nd Period
7.	WAS	Tomas Fleischmann	[4]	Hooking	2	1:46
8.	WAS	Tom Poti	[2]	Cross checking	2	5:21
9.	CAR	Tim Gleason	[2]	Interference	2	7:55
10.	CAR	Andrew Ladd	[2]	Tripping	2	12:31
3rd Period
11.	CAR	Erik Cole	[2]	High Sticking	2	1:16
12.	WAS	Viktor Kozlov	[1]	Hi stick - double minor	4	6:34

Faceoffs

Washington Capitals
	Game			Season
Player	FW	FL	FO%	FW	FL	FO%

Nicklas Backstrom	8	10	44.4%	314	364	46.3%
Viktor Kozlov	6	8	42.9%	178	206	46.4%
Boyd Gordon	6	8	42.9%	340	279	54.9%
Dave Steckel	9	3	75.0%	473	376	55.7%
Brooks Laich	5	5	50.0%	189	204	48.1%
Tomas Fleischmann	1	0	100.0%	12	11	52.2%
Alexander Ovechkin	0	1	.0%	4	9	30.8%

	35	35	50.0%	1818	1773	50.6%

Carolina Hurricanes
	Game			Season
Player	FW	FL	FO%	FW	FL	FO%

Eric Staal	15	13	53.6%	597	712	45.6%
Keith Aucoin	3	16	15.8%	55	100	35.5%
Matt Cullen	11	1	91.7%	283	230	55.2%
Trevor Letowski	4	4	50.0%	161	219	42.4%
Wade Brookbank	0	1	.0%	0	1	.0%
Scott Walker	1	0	100.0%	9	11	45.0%
Andrew Ladd	1	0	100.0%	3	2	60.0%

	35	35	50.0%	2020	1977	50.5%

Washington Capitals Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
3	Tom Poti	D	645	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	22:27	0:58	6:41
4	John Erskine	D	211	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1	14:16	0:00	2:43
8	Alexander Ovechkin	LW	225	0	3	3	0	0	8	0	5	23:03	5:13	1:08
10	Matt Bradley	RW	391	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	7:40	0:00	0:00
15	Boyd Gordon	RW-C	184	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	15:18	0:58	5:45
18	Matt Pettinger	LW	333	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	16:05	0:30	2:31
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	19:23	4:29	0:57
21	Brooks Laich	C	213	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	13:06	1:36	2:50
23	Milan Jurcina	D	176	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	16:42	0:02	2:41
25	Viktor Kozlov	C-LW	811	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	15:13	1:10	0:00
26	Shaone Morrisonn	D	260	0	0	0	1	2	5	4	2	23:37	0:00	5:24
28	Alexander Semin	LW	172	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	18:25	4:41	0:11
39	Dave Steckel	LW	74	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	12:17	0:00	5:26
42	Sami Lepisto	D	2	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	0	11:34	0:00	1:06
43	Tomas Fleischmann	C-LW	101	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	17:26	3:31	0:00
52	Mike Green	C	86	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	25:25	5:07	1:08
53	Quintin Laing	LW	36	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	8:59	0:00	1:44
87	Donald Brashear	LW	907	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	2	7:59	0:00	0:00

			5071	3	5	8	-5	19	34	14	20

Carolina Hurricanes Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
2	Glen Wesley	D	1441	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5:14	0:00	0:47
5	Frantisek Kaberle	D	476	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	16:44	2:17	1:55
6	Bret Hedican	D	973	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	20:57	0:42	2:57
7	Niclas Wallin	D	389	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	17:19	0:03	2:30
8	Matt Cullen	C	720	2	1	3	1	0	5	0	1	17:48	6:49	0:06
12	Eric Staal	C	310	1	2	3	0	0	3	0	3	25:42	8:12	3:04
13	Ray Whitney	LW	905	0	2	2	-1	0	3	1	0	25:29	8:28	2:54
14	Sergei Samsonov	LW	640	0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	14:02	1:48	0:00
16	Andrew Ladd	LW	137	1	0	1	2	4	5	0	4	15:38	2:48	0:00
18	Ryan Bayda	LW	92	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	14:18	0:00	0:11
19	Trevor Letowski	RW	600	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	9:09	0:00	2:29
24	Scott Walker	RW	729	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17:56	2:02	0:58
26	Erik Cole	LW	401	1	1	2	-1	2	4	0	5	22:25	7:58	1:36
28	Wade Brookbank	D	91	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	1	3:45	0:00	0:00
37	Keith Aucoin	C	36	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	16:03	2:08	0:00
38	Tim Conboy	D	7	0	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	8:52	0:00	0:41
42	Tim Gleason	D	246	0	0	0	-1	2	0	5	2	22:08	0:14	2:28
77	Joe Corvo	D	336	1	2	3	0	0	5	2	0	20:56	7:55	0:00

			8866	6	12	18	5	13	42	18	24

Transactions Since last game)

Washington Capitals Transactions

Feb 22,2008 - Eric Fehr recalled from Hershey
Feb 22,2008 - Sami Lepisto recalled from Hershey

Carolina Hurricanes Transactions