
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 10:47 | WSH | Matt Hendricks (1) Wrist Shot - Assists: D. Steckel (1) & J. Erskine (1) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| none | ||
| 3rd Period | ||
| 12:23 | WSH | Nicklas Backstrom (2) Snap Shot - Assists: M. Knuble (2) & A. Ovechkin (5) |
| 18:32 | WSH | SHG - EN - Nicklas Backstrom (3) Wrist Shot - Assists: M. Knuble (3) & J. Schultz (2) |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 11:27 | WSH | Karl Alzner : Boarding - 2 min |
| 16:35 | CAR | Joe Corvo : Interference - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 07:16 | CAR | Eric Staal : Holding - 2 min |
| 08:44 | WSH | Mathieu Perreault : Hooking - 2 min |
| 11:25 | CAR | Tuomo Ruutu : Holding - 2 min |
| 12:07 | WSH | Mike Green : Roughing - 2 min |
| 16:50 | WSH | Alex Ovechkin : Charging - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 17:17 | WSH | Mike Green : Tripping - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
WSH |
7 | 11 | 15 | 33 |
CAR |
8 | 11 | 10 | 29 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
WSH |
30 M. Neuvirth (W) | 23 - 23 | 5 - 5 | 1 - 1 | 29 - 29 | 1.000 | 60:00 |
CAR |
30 C. Ward (L) | 21 - 23 | 3 - 3 | 6 - 6 | 30 - 32 | 0.938 | 59:03 |
| Skater Stats |
WSH |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 J. Erskine | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:45 | 0:00 | 2:44 | 15:29 |
| 8 A. Ovechkin | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13:41 | 3:28 | 0:00 | 17:09 |
| 22 M. Bradley | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:54 | 0:00 | 0:17 | 11:11 |
| 14 T. Fleischmann | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:14 | 0:42 | 0:46 | 12:42 |
| 16 E. Fehr | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:07 | 2:11 | 0:00 | 11:18 |
| 19 N. Backstrom | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14:11 | 1:59 | 2:14 | 18:24 |
| 21 B. Laich | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:32 | 1:59 | 1:51 | 16:22 |
| 9 M. Knuble | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12:00 | 1:59 | 1:53 | 15:52 |
| 25 J. Chimera | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:46 | 0:00 | 2:38 | 13:24 |
| 26 M. Hendricks | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:34 | 1:55 | 2:55 | 16:24 |
| 27 K. Alzner | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17:15 | 0:00 | 0:18 | 17:33 |
| 28 A. Semin | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:02 | 2:11 | 1:46 | 16:59 |
| 20 D. Steckel | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:21 | 0:00 | 2:00 | 12:21 |
| 52 M. Green | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16:22 | 4:10 | 3:11 | 23:43 |
| 55 J. Schultz | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:26 | 0:00 | 5:37 | 23:03 |
| 74 J. Carlson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:53 | 0:00 | 2:15 | 20:08 |
| 85 M. Perreault | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11:34 | 0:16 | 0:00 | 11:50 |
| T. Sloan | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:53 | 0:00 | 2:15 | 16:08 |
CAR |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 J. McBain | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 17:01 | 1:58 | 1:29 | 20:28 |
| 6 T. Gleason | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 14:37 | 0:11 | 1:59 | 16:47 |
| 12 E. Staal | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 6 | 14:49 | 5:34 | 1:07 | 21:30 |
| 14 S. Samsonov | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 12:17 | 4:46 | 0:00 | 17:03 |
| 15 T. Ruutu | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 14:11 | 2:46 | 0:00 | 16:57 |
| 16 B. Sutter | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:19 | 1:50 | 1:18 | 16:27 |
| 21 D. Bowman | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4:11 | 0:26 | 0:00 | 4:37 |
| 22 Z. Dalpe | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:47 | 0:26 | 0:00 | 4:13 |
| 25 J. Pitkanen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 19:38 | 5:38 | 2:11 | 27:27 |
| 72 E. Cole | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:12 | 1:03 | 0:16 | 15:31 |
| 25 T. Kostopoulos | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 10:07 | 0:19 | 1:17 | 11:43 |
| 33 A. Babchuk | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:14 | 2:44 | 0:00 | 18:58 |
| 36 J. Jokinen | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 15:57 | 5:06 | 0:13 | 21:16 |
| 39 P. Dwyer | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 7:42 | 0:45 | 2:16 | 10:43 |
| 44 J. Harrison | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:00 | 0:34 | 1:55 | 14:29 |
| 53 J. Skinner | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:52 | 1:52 | 0:00 | 16:44 |
| 59 C. LaRose | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 15:41 | 0:34 | 1:53 | 18:08 |
| 77 J. Corvo | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 15:55 | 5:15 | 0:46 | 21:56 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18680 |
| Referees | Brad Watson, Francois StLaurent |
| Linesmen | Jonny Murray, Tim Nowak |
