🌪️ Away Hurricanes 9-22-7
6–3
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 24-8-6
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🌪️ CAR 3126
🦅 WSH 0213

Hurricanes at Capitals

Hurricanes beat Capitals 6–3 at Capital One Arena on December 28, 2009.

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2009-10 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Eric Staal
2 G, 3 A
4 shots · 18:20 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Jussi Jokinen
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · 18:31 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Tuomo Ruutu
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 18:04 TOI

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🌪️ Tuomo Ruutu PP Go-ahead 1st · 07:44
Assists: Eric Staal, Ray Whitney · beat Jose Theodore
1–0
🌪️ Eric Staal 1st · 10:14
Assists: Matt Cullen, Jussi Jokinen · beat Jose Theodore
2–0
🌪️ Jussi Jokinen 1st · 14:30
Assists: Matt Cullen, Eric Staal · beat Jose Theodore
3–0
2nd period
🦅 Mike Green PP 2nd · 01:14
Assists: Tomas Fleischmann, Alex Ovechkin · beat Cam Ward
3–1
🌪️ Brandon Sutter 2nd · 03:32
Assists: Tuomo Ruutu · beat Jose Theodore
4–1
🦅 Eric Fehr 2nd · 12:56
Assists: Brooks Laich · beat Cam Ward
4–2
3rd period
🦅 Brooks Laich PP 3rd · 01:22
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Mike Green · beat Cam Ward
4–3
🌪️ Sergei Samsonov 3rd · 10:00
Assists: Eric Staal, Jussi Jokinen · beat Jose Theodore
5–3
🌪️ Eric Staal Empty net 3rd · 18:28
Unassisted
6–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Whitney · Jokinen · Cullen 18:39
L2 Ruutu · Sutter · Staal 18:20
L3 Yelle · Kostopoulos · Dwyer 14:52
L4 Samsonov · Brind'Amour · Walker 4:51
D1 Pitkanen · Gleason 25:04
D2 Wallin · Ward 18:34
D3 Alberts · Carson 14:04
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Semin 20:50
L2 Laich · Morrison · Knuble 16:24
L3 Fleischmann · Steckel · Fehr 14:17
L4 Laing · Gordon · Bradley 8:21
D1 Green · Morrisonn 23:34
D2 Schultz · Erskine 16:06
D3 Sloan · Alzner 14:20

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR WSH🦅
26 Shots on goal 31
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
18 Hits 15
24 Blocked shots 14
13 Takeaways 7
5 Giveaways 11
12 Penalty minutes 10
CAR shooting 23.1% (6/26) WSH shooting 9.7% (3/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Jose Theodore
20/25
.800 SV% · 5 GA · 59:14 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located
Tuomo Ruutu · 1st 07:44 · 1–0 Eric Staal · 1st 10:14 · 2–0 Jussi Jokinen · 1st 14:30 · 3–0 Mike Green · 2nd 01:14 · 3–1 Brandon Sutter · 2nd 03:32 · 4–1 Eric Fehr · 2nd 12:56 · 4–2 Brooks Laich · 3rd 01:22 · 4–3 Sergei Samsonov · 3rd 10:00 · 5–3 Eric Staal · 3rd 18:28 · 6–3
CAR WSH
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🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 3–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 3 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 4–2
Hurricanes
Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 2–1
Dec 112009 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 3–4 OT Nov 302009 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 3–2 Mar 212009 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 1–4 Mar 142009 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 4–5 SO Mar 32009 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 5–2
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❓ CAR vs WSH, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Capitals on December 28, 2009?

Hurricanes won 6–3. The final score was Hurricanes 6, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Eric Staal (2), Brandon Sutter, Jussi Jokinen, Sergei Samsonov, Tuomo Ruutu.

Who scored for Capitals?

Brooks Laich, Eric Fehr, Mike Green.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 20 saves on 25 shots (.800 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Hurricanes vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeDec 26 🔔PHI @ 🌪️CAR 4–3 AfterDec 31 🗽NYR @ 🌪️CAR 2–1
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 26 😈NJD @ 🦅WSH 1–4 AfterDec 30 🦅WSH @ 🦈SJS 2–5
Also on December 28
🐦ATL 2–3 😈NJD 🐙DET 0–1 🧥CBJ 🇨🇦MTL 2–4 🏛️OTT 🐻BOS 1–2 ⚡TBL 🔥CGY 4–1 🛢️EDM 🌲MIN 4–3 👑LAK 🌵PHX 2–3 🦈SJS
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