Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes

Tue, Jan 2, 2018 · PNC Arena · 2017–18 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

5 – 4

Final/OT

Carolina Hurricanes

The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5–4 in overtime on Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at PNC Arena. Victor Rask scored twice; Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Braden Holtby made 34 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–38.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
WSH	2	1	1	1	5	26
CAR	1	1	2	0	4	38

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:21	CAR	EV	Victor Rask (9) · wrist	Unassisted	0–1
1st	06:39	WSH	EV	Alex Chiasson (7) · wrist	Chandler Stephenson (8)	1–1
1st	12:53	WSH	EV	Devante Smith-Pelly (6) · wrist	Jay Beagle (8), Brooks Orpik (6)	2–1
2nd	08:48	WSH	EV	Dmitry Orlov (5) · wrist	Taylor Chorney (3)	3–1
2nd	11:15	CAR	PP	Victor Rask (10) · snap	Justin Williams (18), Jeff Skinner (15)	3–2
3rd	05:40	CAR	EV	Elias Lindholm (11) · snap	Derek Ryan (14)	3–3
3rd	07:04	CAR	EV	Teuvo Teravainen (10) · deflected	Sebastian Aho (19)	3–4
3rd	12:45	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (25) · backhand	Nicklas Backstrom (24)	4–4
OT	01:57	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (26) · snap	Nicklas Backstrom (25)	5–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	17:16	WSH	Brooks Orpik	boarding	2
2nd	09:44	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	cross checking	2
2nd	16:47	CAR	Haydn Fleury	hooking	2
3rd	01:06	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	slashing	2
3rd	07:19	CAR	Jaccob Slavin	interference	2
3rd	18:05	WSH	Tom Wilson	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 1.88 · CAR 4.53 · xG% WSH 29.4

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	2	0	2	+3	0	2	1	0		20:01	20
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	2	2	+1	0	1	1	1	52.6	18:54	21
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	2	3		22:28	24
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	1	0	1	+2	0	3	0	3		21:13	25
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	1	0	1	+2	0	5	3	0		15:38	17
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	0	50.0	13:53	19
4	Taylor Chorney	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	3		13:28	18
39	Alex Chiasson	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	0		13:11	17
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		9:53	12
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	4	2	0		30:51	31
29	Christian Djoos	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1		17:41	24
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	20.0	16:06	20
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0	100.0	15:46	19
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	50.0	15:40	18
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	100.0	15:17	18
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-1	2	3	2	0		13:11	17
22	Madison Bowey	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0		13:06	14
10	Brett Connolly	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2		12:45	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	38	34	4	.895	61:57

Carolina Hurricanes

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
49	Victor Rask	C	2	0	2	+1	0	5	1	0	62.5	17:26	20
28	Elias Lindholm	C	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	0		18:56	23
20	Sebastian Aho	C	0	1	1	-3	0	4	1	0		18:05	25
86	Teuvo Teravainen	C	1	0	1	-1	0	4	1	0		17:46	24
14	Justin Williams	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	80.0	17:23	21
7	Derek Ryan	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	55.6	16:46	21
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	1		16:17	20
27	Justin Faulk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		22:30	26
22	Brett Pesce	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		20:47	24
5	Noah Hanifin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	1		20:32	23
11	Jordan Staal	C	0	0	0	-2	0	5	2	0	50.0	20:19	26
74	Jaccob Slavin	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2		20:16	25
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		16:56	22
4	Haydn Fleury	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2		15:16	19
23	Brock McGinn	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		15:04	18
42	Joakim Nordstrom	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		11:36	16
71	Lucas Wallmark	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	50.0	8:26	12
34	Phillip Di Giuseppe	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	6	0		8:22	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Cam Ward	OTL	26	21	5	.808	61:47