Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes

Fri, Jan 12, 2018 · PNC Arena · 2017–18 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

4 – 3

Final

Carolina Hurricanes

The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 on Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at PNC Arena. Alex Ovechkin led the way with 3 points. Philipp Grubauer made 36 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–39.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	2	4	27
CAR	1	1	1	3	39

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:20	CAR	PP	Jordan Staal (13) · wrist	Justin Williams (20), Sebastian Aho (21)	0–1
1st	07:25	WSH	PP	Lars Eller (9) · wrist	Jakub Vrana (7), Alex Ovechkin (20)	1–1
2nd	00:28	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (28) · slap	John Carlson (30), Evgeny Kuznetsov (28)	2–1
2nd	08:50	CAR	PP	Sebastian Aho (16) · slap	Justin Faulk (10), Jordan Staal (15)	2–2
3rd	01:49	CAR	EV	Jeff Skinner (14) · snap	Lee Stempniak (1), Haydn Fleury (6)	2–3
3rd	16:52	WSH	EV	Brett Connolly (10) · snap	Unassisted	3–3
3rd	19:58	WSH	EV	Jay Beagle (5) · backhand	Nicklas Backstrom (28), Alex Ovechkin (21)	4–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:10	WSH	Brett Connolly	interference	2
1st	05:28	CAR	Klas Dahlbeck	holding	2
1st	18:28	CAR	Haydn Fleury	hooking	2
2nd	03:37	CAR	Justin Faulk	interference	2
2nd	08:45	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	holding	2
2nd	09:11	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	slashing	2
2nd	15:24	WSH	John Carlson	holding	2
3rd	04:03	CAR	Noah Hanifin	hooking	2
3rd	05:10	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 3.04 · CAR 3.57 · xG% WSH 46.0

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	2	3	+2	0	3	1	0		22:34	23
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+1	2	4	0	0		24:33	28
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	+2	2	2	0	1	56.3	21:20	27
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	38.5	17:24	20
20	Lars Eller	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	1	46.2	16:38	23
10	Brett Connolly	R	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0		13:51	18
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	100.0	11:46	17
83	Jay Beagle	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0	73.3	11:35	17
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0		22:56	24
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	+2	0	3	2	2		22:18	24
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0		17:38	21
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		17:20	19
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0		13:59	17
29	Christian Djoos	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		13:56	19
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	2		12:39	17
22	Madison Bowey	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		12:12	13
39	Alex Chiasson	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		11:33	15
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9:33	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Philipp Grubauer	W	39	36	3	.923	60:00

Carolina Hurricanes

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
11	Jordan Staal	C	1	1	2	-1	0	2	1	3	48.0	22:29	30
20	Sebastian Aho	C	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0		18:04	24
27	Justin Faulk	D	0	1	1	-1	2	6	1	0		24:59	27
14	Justin Williams	R	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	1	100.0	16:49	21
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	0	1	+1	0	6	0	0		15:06	22
4	Haydn Fleury	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	2		13:39	17
21	Lee Stempniak	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0		13:35	21
74	Jaccob Slavin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	3		25:36	26
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	3		21:53	30
5	Noah Hanifin	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	1		20:21	28
86	Teuvo Teravainen	C	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0		17:27	24
49	Victor Rask	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1	56.3	16:13	22
23	Brock McGinn	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0		14:59	24
16	Marcus Kruger	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	66.7	11:32	16
19	Josh Jooris	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		10:47	14
6	Klas Dahlbeck	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	2		10:23	16
71	Lucas Wallmark	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	28.6	10:01	17
34	Phillip Di Giuseppe	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		8:23	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Cam Ward	L	27	23	4	.852	59:47