Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes

Fri, Dec 20, 2013 · PNC Arena · 2013–14 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

4 – 2

Final

Carolina Hurricanes

The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 on Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at PNC Arena. Nicklas Backstrom led the way with 4 points. Philipp Grubauer made 39 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–41.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	3	1	4	29
CAR	1	1	0	2	41

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	17:12	CAR	EV	Jordan Staal (1) · wrist	Alexander Semin (1), Justin Faulk (1)	0–1
2nd	00:41	WSH	PP	Marcus Johansson (1) · wrist	Nicklas Backstrom (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)	1–1
2nd	08:34	WSH	PP	John Carlson (1) · slap	Nicklas Backstrom (2), Troy Brouwer (1)	2–1
2nd	11:16	CAR	PP	Riley Nash (1) · wrist	Andrej Sekera (1), Nathan Gerbe (1)	2–2
2nd	15:29	WSH	PP	Troy Brouwer (1) · tip-in	Mike Green (1), Nicklas Backstrom (3)	3–2
3rd	19:35	WSH	SH EN	Alex Ovechkin (1) · wrist	Nicklas Backstrom (4), Martin Erat (1)	4–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:54	CAR	Eric Staal	interference	2
1st	11:12	WSH	Karl Alzner	holding the stick	2
1st	19:40	CAR	Eric Staal	high sticking	2
2nd	03:17	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	interference	2
2nd	08:19	CAR	Tuomo Ruutu	holding	2
2nd	10:34	WSH	Karl Alzner	delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	14:11	CAR	Alexander Semin	tripping	2
3rd	00:28	WSH	Troy Brouwer	tripping	2
3rd	09:41	CAR	Tim Gleason	roughing	2
3rd	09:41	WSH	John Erskine	roughing	2
3rd	15:10	WSH	John Carlson	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.98 · CAR 3.75 · xG% WSH 44.3

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	4	4	0	2	5	1	3	56.3	20:13	26
20	Troy Brouwer	R	1	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	60.0	18:19	25
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	1	2	0	0	5	1	0		17:59	24
74	John Carlson	D	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	0		22:13	26
52	Mike Green	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	3		21:08	23
10	Martin Erat	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1	16.7	16:47	23
90	Marcus Johansson	L	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	0		10:58	15
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	4		19:13	25
81	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2		19:11	23
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		18:14	23
4	John Erskine	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	4		17:30	23
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	33.3	16:56	24
61	Steve Oleksy	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4		16:45	19
84	Mikhail Grabovski	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50.0	14:42	21
16	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0		12:33	20
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	46.2	12:07	17
24	Aaron Volpatti	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		7:18	9
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		7:12	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Philipp Grubauer	W	41	39	2	.951	60:00

Carolina Hurricanes

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
4	Andrej Sekera	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		26:19	28
27	Justin Faulk	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	4	2		22:50	30
11	Jordan Staal	C	1	0	1	+1	0	5	6	0	47.8	18:57	23
28	Alexander Semin	R	0	1	1	0	2	6	0	0		18:48	22
14	Nathan Gerbe	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0		18:07	23
20	Riley Nash	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	2	0	50.0	12:29	19
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	-1	0	6	0	0		22:43	26
12	Eric Staal	C	0	0	0	-1	4	6	1	0	66.7	22:30	26
15	Tuomo Ruutu	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	3	0		19:17	27
65	Ron Hainsey	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3		18:12	26
6	Tim Gleason	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1		16:57	22
44	Jay Harrison	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0		16:36	22
73	Brett Bellemore	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		14:36	23
39	Patrick Dwyer	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		13:01	22
19	Jiri Tlusty	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		11:02	17
22	Manny Malhotra	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	57.1	9:24	15
18	Radek Dvorak	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		7:44	11
21	Drayson Bowman	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		5:38	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Cam Ward	L	28	25	3	.893	58:58