Period 1
	Car	Was	Time		Scoring Detail
	1	0	19:25		Er.Staal 28

	Player	Team	Time		Penalty
	.Team	Was	2:44		Too many men
	Jo.Corvo	Car	9:40		Interference

	Period 2
	Car	Was	Time		Scoring Detail
	2	0	3:52		Ma.Cullen 20	( Ti.Gleason ) (sh)
	3	0	7:42		Pa.Eaves 4	( Ma.Cullen, Ch.LaRose ) (sh)
	4	0	16:24		Ch.LaRose 14	( Ra.Whitney, Ma.Cullen )
	5	0	18:05		Pa.Eaves 5	( Ra.Whitney, De.Seidenberg ) (pp)
	5	1	19:57		Al.Semin 26	( Al.Ovechkin, Se.Fedorov ) (pp)

	Player	Team	Time		Penalty
	Jo.Pitkanen	Car	3:37		Boarding
	Ro.Brind'Amour	Car	7:10		Tripping
	Br.Laich	Was	7:57		Stick Holding
	Jo.Erskine	Was	16:40		Roughing
	Ra.Whitney	Car	19:48		Holding

	Period 3
	Car	Was	Time		Scoring Detail
	5	2	18:14		Se.Fedorov 7	( Al.Semin, Sh.Morrisonn )

	Player	Team	Time		Penalty
	Br.Laich	Was	4:25		Tripping
	Mi.Green	Was	18:40		Hooking
	Ro.Brind'Amour	Car	19:55		Hooking

Shots on goal	1	2	3	---	F
Carolina Hurricanes	10	10	10	---	30
Washington Capitals	11	16	14	---	41

Power-play opportunites
	Hurricanes	1-of-5
	Capitals	1-of-4

Goaltenders:
	Hurricanes	Ca.Ward	-W (41 shots, 39 saves)	Record: 27-21-3
	Capitals	Mi.Neuvirth	-L (30 shots, 25 saves)	Record: 2-1-0

Penalty Shots:
	Hurricanes	Er.Staal 19:25, Period 1 (Made)

Individual Stats
Carolina Hurricanes
	PM, S			PM, S
Anton Babchuk	0, 0		Rod Brind'Amour	0, 1
Tim Conboy	0, 1		Joe Corvo	+1, 0
Matt Cullen	+2, 1		Patrick Eaves	+1, 3
Tim Gleason	+1, 1		Dwight Helminen	0, 0
Chad LaRose	+1, 3		Joni Pitkanen	0, 1
Tuomo Ruutu	0, 5		Michael Ryan	0, 4
Sergei Samsonov	0, 1		Dennis Seidenberg	+1, 1
Eric Staal	+1, 5		Scott Walker	0, 2
Niclas Wallin	+1, 0		Cam Ward	0, 0
Ray Whitney	0, 1
Washington Capitals
	PM, S			PM, S
Nicklas Backstrom	-2, 4		Matt Bradley	0, 1
Donald Brashear	0, 1		John Erskine	0, 0
Sergei Fedorov	-2, 1		Eric Fehr	+1, 2
Tomas Fleischmann	-1, 1		Boyd Gordon	0, 1
Mike Green	-3, 8		Milan Jurcina	0, 0
Viktor Kozlov	-1, 2		Staffan Kronwall	0, 1
Brooks Laich	+1, 2		Shaone Morrisonn	0, 0
Michal Neuvirth	0, 0		Alexander Ovechkin	-2, 6
Jeff Schultz	0, 0		Alexander Semin	-1, 6
Dave Steckel	0, 5

Three stars of the game:

1. Matt Cullen

2. Patrick Eaves

3. Cam Ward

Attendance: 17,903

Referees: Ian Walsh, Brad Watson

Linesmen: Thor Nelson, Vaughan Rody