Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Wednesday, October 12, 2005 · RBC Center
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 7-2 on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 36-28.
Goals came from Alex Ovechkin, Matt Cullen, Dainius Zubrus, Eric Staal, Bret Hedican, Erik Cole, Justin Williams, Rod Brind'Amour and Niklas Nordgren.
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (4)Andrew Cassels (2)1–010:28 WSH
2nd period
Matt Cullen (1)Rod Brind'Amour (2), Oleg Tverdovsky (3)1–103:11 CAR · PPG
Dainius Zubrus (2)Unassisted2–104:21 WSH
Eric Staal (5)Erik Cole (1), Frantisek Kaberle (1)2–205:58 CAR · PPG
Bret Hedican (1)Eric Staal (1), Cory Stillman (1)2–318:36 CAR
3rd period
Erik Cole (1)Cory Stillman (2), Eric Staal (2)2–401:45 CAR
Justin Williams (1)Rod Brind'Amour (3)2–503:57 CAR
Rod Brind'Amour (1)Eric Staal (3), Bret Hedican (2)2–607:57 CAR · PPG
Niklas Nordgren (1)Matt Cullen (1), Bret Hedican (3)2–714:45 CAR
Team stats
WSHCAR
28Shots on goal36
35%Faceoff %65%
0/6Power play3/7
16Penalty minutes12
7Hits11
17Blocked shots15
5Giveaways2
4Takeaways1
Penalties
- 1st 03:29
Bret Hedican · slashing2 min - 1st 05:06Glen Wesley · hooking2 min
- 1st 07:22
Steve Eminger · hooking2 min - 1st 12:54Erik Cole · holding2 min
- 1st 14:39Kevyn Adams · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 1st 19:32Matt Pettinger · holding2 min
- 2nd 01:52Jeff Friesen · hooking2 min
- 2nd 04:21Steve Eminger · slashing2 min
- 2nd 08:40Niklas Nordgren · interference2 min
- 2nd 13:05Cory Stillman · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3rd 06:40Brian Sutherby · hooking2 min
- 3rd 09:22Steve Eminger · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 18:33Jamie Heward · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 20:00Brendan Witt · roughing2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.