Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes

Thu, Dec 31, 2015 · PNC Arena · 2015–16 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

2 – 4

Final

Carolina Hurricanes

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 4–2 on Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at PNC Arena. Eric Staal led the way with 2 points. Eddie Lack made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 32–37.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	1	2	32
CAR	0	1	3	4	37

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	07:48	CAR	EV	Phillip Di Giuseppe (3) · snap	Joakim Nordstrom (6), Jordan Staal (8)	0–1
2nd	09:49	WSH	EV	Nicklas Backstrom (11) · snap	Karl Alzner (8), Matt Niskanen (13)	1–1
3rd	00:51	CAR	EV	Eric Staal (8) · wrist	Elias Lindholm (11), Kris Versteeg (17)	1–2
3rd	05:16	CAR	EV	Jeff Skinner (15) · snap	Riley Nash (4), Victor Rask (15)	1–3
3rd	14:16	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (21) · snap	Brooks Laich (4)	2–3
3rd	19:42	CAR	SH EN	Andrej Nestrasil (4) · backhand	Eric Staal (16), John-Michael Liles (7)	2–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	15:31	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	hooking	2
2nd	04:16	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	illegal check to head	2
2nd	05:49	CAR	Andrej Nestrasil	roughing	2
2nd	05:49	WSH	Tom Wilson	roughing	2
2nd	11:06	WSH	Tom Wilson	interference goalkeeper	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 2.83 · CAR 5.00 · xG% WSH 36.2

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	5	0		28:25	31
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	1	1	0	0	4	2	4		22:56	29
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	44.4	20:37	25
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	-1	0	6	4	0		20:05	24
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	50.0	12:22	22
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2		23:36	30
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	-3	2	2	1	2		21:30	30
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	1	50.0	19:54	25
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		15:26	19
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	1	40.0	14:26	20
4	Taylor Chorney	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		13:41	19
14	Justin Williams	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	100.0	12:53	19
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		12:49	19
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	+2	0	2	2	0		12:18	15
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-2	4	1	6	0		11:45	18
46	Michael Latta	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	46.7	11:37	15
23	Zach Sill	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	50.0	10:33	17
58	Connor Carrick	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	3		9:58	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Philipp Grubauer	L	36	33	3	.917	59:09

Carolina Hurricanes

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
12	Eric Staal	C	1	1	2	+1	0	2	3	1	66.7	23:04	26
26	John-Michael Liles	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1		21:29	29
16	Elias Lindholm	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	66.7	20:14	25
32	Kris Versteeg	R	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0		18:01	22
15	Andrej Nestrasil	C	1	0	1	+1	2	3	0	0		15:55	24
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	0	1	-1	0	6	0	0		15:43	21
11	Jordan Staal	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	0	47.6	15:20	26
49	Victor Rask	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	50.0	15:02	22
42	Joakim Nordstrom	C	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	1		14:23	23
34	Phillip Di Giuseppe	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	1		13:05	21
20	Riley Nash	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		9:05	16
27	Justin Faulk	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		22:51	27
65	Ron Hainsey	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	1		20:55	26
74	Jaccob Slavin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	0		19:40	25
5	Noah Hanifin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		17:55	18
54	Brett Pesce	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2		17:10	19
18	Jay McClement	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	50.0	10:17	17
25	Chris Terry	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		9:51	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Eddie Lack	W	32	30	2	.938	60:00