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Green puts Caps back in win column News Sports Entertainment Radio TV My Region Member Centre Login Sign UpHalifax (Shearwater) Change City9c Tomorrow0c Snow and blowing snow Hockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool FIFA World Cup Vancouver Now Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis Auto Racing Story Tools EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Green puts Caps back in win columnLast Updated Saturday December 12 2009 119 AM ET Comments0Recommend5The Associated Press Alexander Semin scored two goals Mike Green connected 116 into overtime and the Washington Capitals rallied to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 43 on Friday nightThe Capitals entered with the best record in the NHL and Carolina had the worst But the Hurricanes converted two of their first three shots to take a 20 lead with 14 minutes elapsedSemin tied it by scoring twice in the second period and Tomas Fleischmann gave Washington its first lead with 1708 remaining in regulation hammering home a pass from Mathieu Perreault during a delayed penalty callCarolinas Tim Gleason then scored a shorthanded goal with 630 left to tie the game again Gleason who had his face bloodied by a puck earlier in the period stole the puck in his own end and skated in on a breakawayIn overtime Green ended it with a wrist shot from between the circlesJiri Tlusty acquired last week from Toronto marked his first goal in a Carolina uniform with Eric Staal also scoringCam Ward made 36 saves but it wasnt enough to prevent Carolina from sinking to 1123 on the roadIn rebounding from a 30 loss at Buffalo on Wednesday night the Capitals outshot Carolina 3716 during regulation and improved to 800 this season within the Southeast DivisionTlusty put the Hurricanes up 10 at 201 of the first period with his first goal since last March 29 with TorontoHe was making his Carolina debut after being called up from Albany of the AHL earlier Friday Veteran forwards Erik Cole and Chad LaRose will miss several games the team announced earlier in the dayStaal scored at 1356 stuffing the puck past Jose Theodore after taking a pass from Patrick Dwyer who came from Albany with TlustyAfter outshooting Carolina 144 in the first period the Capitals needed more than 7 minutes to get their first shot on goal in the second periodSemin cut the gap to 21 with a shot from the right circle that went through Brett Carsons legs and over Wards sho...