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29/1/2009
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Carolina Hurricanes 5 , Washington Capitals 1
Shots: 31 - 19

PP: 2 of 5 (13 shots), Passing:69/87=79 %, Challenges:47/58=79 %

PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:60/76=78 %, Challenges:22/43=50 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (RBC Center)
Ticket income: 786030 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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00:43 0-1

Sidney Crosby [27] (Mike Green)
01:46 1-1

Ray Whitney [21] (David Booth, Patrick Kane)
05:25 2-1

Rod Brind'Amour [15] (Patrick Kane, Tim Gleason)PP
13:04 3-1

Ryan Kesler [5] (Francis Bouillon, Joe Corvo)
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28:57 4-1

Tuomo Ruutu [21] (Evgeny Malkin)
39:35 5-1

Tuomo Ruutu [22] (Joe Corvo, Evgeny Malkin)PP
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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04:24

Owen Nolan (2 min for holding the stick)
05:54

Boyd Gordon (2 min for high-sticking)
09:25

Chad LaRose (2 min for roughing)
09:25

Boyd Gordon (2 min for roughing)
14:44

Sergei Fedorov (2 min for high-sticking)
18:26

Alexandre Giroux (2 min for tripping)
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23:36

Patrick Kane (2 min for hooking)
26:19

Scott Walker (2 min for roughing)
26:19

Tom Poti (2 min for roughing)
36:55

Joe Corvo (2 min for roughing)
36:55

Martin Havlat (2 min for roughing)
38:39

Sergei Fedorov (2 min for elbowing)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Neil 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 10.40 6
R Ryan Kesler 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 8
R David Booth 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 17.20 5
R Patrick Kane 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 15.40 8
C Chad LaRose 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 6.30 5
C Matt Cullen 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 18.00 7
C Rod Brind'Amour 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 18.00 7
C Evgeny Malkin 0 2 6 3 1 1 0 0 17.30 9
L Curtis Glencross 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 8.40 7
L Scott Walker 0 0 2 2 0 4 2 1 15.50 8
L Ray Whitney 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.20 8
L Tuomo Ruutu 2 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 17.30 9
D Francis Bouillon 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 18.30 6
D Tim Gleason 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 1 15.10 9
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 1 4 2 3 0 0 21.00 7
D Joe Corvo 0 2 2 4 1 1 2 1 25.40 10
D Danny Markov 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 16.20 6
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 23.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tim Thomas 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Lukas Kaspar 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 9.00 6
R Eric Fehr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.40 4
R Sergei Fedorov 0 0 1 4 1 0 4 0 13.10 6
R Martin Havlat 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 17.00 5
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 -1 8.40 4
C Jim Dowd 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 5
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 20.10 6
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 -1 19.30 7
L Alexandre Giroux 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 -1 8.40 5
L Owen Nolan 0 0 1 6 2 6 2 0 17.20 7
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 5
L Alexander Semin 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 19.10 7
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 17.50 5
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 20.50 5
D Brian Pothier 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 -2 19.30 4
D Dan McGillis 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 16.40 5
D Tom Poti 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 -1 20.10 6
D Mike Green 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 25.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 5 0 26 0 0 60.00 5
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tuomo Ruutu
2nd star: Evgeny Malkin
3rd star: Joe Corvo
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Patrick Kane notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Ray Whitney scored the 300th goal of his career.
-Tim Gleason has marked a new career high in assists with 20 assists.
-Rod Brind'Amour scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Tim Gleason notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Evgeny Malkin notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Ryan Kesler finally ended his 25 game goal drought.
-Francis Bouillon ended his 7 game point drought.
Notes for Washington Capitals:
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 4( 25) , Portland Pirates 1( 13)
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1-0 LOW Ryan Bayda (Brandon Sutter)
2-0 LOW Brandon Sutter (Ryan Bayda, Pat Dwyer)
2-1 POR Chris Bourque (François Bouchard, Sasha Pokulok)
3-1 LOW Stefan Chaput
4-1 LOW Bobby Hughes (Bryan Rodney)
Goalies: Justin Peters - Michal Neuvirth