National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, Carolina 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 24, 2007
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Greg Devorski, Chris Rooney
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Brad Kovachik
Attendance: 13650
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 0112
Washington 2125
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
3:03 - Capitals Mike Green (PP) Assists: Michael Nylander , Tom Poti
6:17 - Capitals Alexander Ovechkin (PP) Assists: Michael Nylander , Nicklas Backstrom
Penalties
2:48 - Hurricanes Bret Hedican (2) Hooking
 5:19 - Hurricanes Matt Cullen (2) Tripping
 11:11 - Capitals Chris Clark (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
11:30 - Capitals Michael Nylander (PP) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom
19:51 - Hurricanes Erik Cole (EV) Assists: Cory Stillman
Penalties
11:26 - Hurricanes Bret Hedican (2) Interference
 13:15 - Capitals John Erskine (2) Holding the stick
 15:33 - Hurricanes Rod Brind'Amour (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
2:09 - Hurricanes Ray Whitney (EV) Assists: Glen Wesley
18:10 - Capitals Alexander Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Shaone Morrisonn
19:21 - Capitals Boyd Gordon (SH) (EN) Assists: David Steckel
Penalties
16:17 - Hurricanes Trevor Letowski (2) Closing hand on puck
 16:17 - Capitals Michael Nylander (2) Hooking
 19:01 - Capitals Mike Green (2) Charging
Carolina Hurricanes
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Cam Ward G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
John Grahame G 0 0 0 0 0 59:04 51:06 4:41 3:17 0 0 - - - - -
Glen Wesley D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 23 17:36 15:29 0:06 2:01 0 0 - - - - -
Dennis Seidenberg D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 24 19:36 17:39 1:15 0:42 0 0 - - - - -
Frantisek Kaberle D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 28 18:34 16:34 1:26 0:34 0 0 - - - - -
Bret Hedican D 0 0 0 -1 4 2 25 19:14 18:02 0:38 0:34 0 0 - - - - -
Niclas Wallin D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 29 21:37 20:28 0:10 0:59 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 E 2 3 20 18:33 15:20 2:35 0:38 0 0 - - 8 8 50
Justin Williams RW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 24 18:14 15:27 2:22 0:25 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Staal C 0 0 0 E 0 3 23 18:50 16:10 2:06 0:34 0 0 - - 11 8 58
Ray Whitney LW 1 0 1 E 0 3 23 18:18 15:22 2:18 0:38 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Ladd LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 15 11:31 10:52 0:39 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Rod Brind'Amour C 0 0 0 -2 2 2 26 20:49 17:56 2:34 0:19 0 0 - - 21 9 70
Trevor Letowski RW 0 0 0 E 2 1 15 9:59 8:16 0:39 1:04 0 0 - - 4 3 57
Erik Cole LW 1 0 1 E 0 2 24 18:07 15:33 2:00 0:34 0 0 - - - - -
Craig Adams RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 7 4:49 3:09 0:00 1:40 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 23 17:39 15:16 0:39 1:44 0 0 - - - - -
Jeffrey Hamilton C 0 0 0 E 0 1 6 5:46 3:11 2:35 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Larose RW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 19 15:12 14:33 0:39 0:00 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Cory Stillman LW 0 1 1 E 0 3 24 21:15 18:01 2:32 0:42 0 0 - - - - -
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Brent Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Olaf Kolzig G 0 0 0 0 0 59:52 51:36 3:17 4:59 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Pothier D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 24 20:10 19:32 0:13 0:25 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Poti D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 25 23:41 17:16 3:04 3:21 0 0 - - - - -
John Erskine D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 24 18:42 17:29 0:00 1:13 0 0 - - - - -
Alexander Ovechkin LW 2 0 2 E 0 6 22 19:31 16:39 2:52 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Matt Bradley RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 13 8:36 8:36 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Boyd Gordon RW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 22 17:09 14:08 0:08 2:53 0 1 - - 3 8 27
Chris Clark RW 0 0 0 E 2 1 19 16:30 15:52 0:38 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Pettinger LW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 18 14:11 12:16 0:00 1:55 0 0 - - 2 1 67
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 2 2 E 0 1 17 14:59 11:11 2:31 1:17 0 0 - - 2 4 33
Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 E 0 4 18 13:23 11:22 0:00 2:01 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Milan Jurcina D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 23 18:28 16:22 0:00 2:06 0 0 - - - - -
Viktor Kozlov RW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 19 16:50 16:12 0:38 0:00 0 0 - - 6 16 27
Shaone Morrisonn D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 25 20:20 17:14 0:13 2:53 0 0 - - - - -
David Steckel LW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 20 13:50 11:50 0:08 1:52 0 0 - - 10 6 62
Tomas Fleischmann C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 15 12:50 12:25 0:25 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Green C 1 0 1 +1 2 2 25 18:49 15:45 3:04 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Donald Brashear LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 12 8:48 8:48 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Nylander C 1 2 3 -2 2 1 20 16:22 13:51 2:31 0:00 1 0 - - 5 9 36
Goaltending
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
John Grahame L (5-7-1) 33 29 4 .879 0 59:04
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Olaf Kolzig W (25-21-6) 37 35 2 .946 0 59:52