Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, February 26, 2013 · Verizon Center
CSN-DC · FS-CR
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0 on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Hurricanes 40-33.
Goals came from Nicklas Backstrom, John Erskine and John Carlson.
Braden Holtby made 33 saves on 33 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 37 of 40.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Mike Ribeiro (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)0–107:21 WSH · PPG
2nd period
John Erskine (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), John Carlson (1)0–200:31 WSH
3rd period
John Carlson (1)Mathieu Perreault (1), Joel Ward (1)0–311:28 WSH
Team stats
CARWSH
33Shots on goal40
52%Faceoff %48%
0/2Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes4
24Hits20
16Blocked shots20
7Giveaways13
10Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 02:02
Ryan Murphy · holding2 min - 1st 06:52Jussi Jokinen · holding2 min
- 1st 13:47
Jason Chimera · interference2 min - 2nd 19:03John Erskine · tripping2 min
- 3rd 09:00Tim Wallace · boarding2 min
- 3rd 19:40Jay Harrison · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 8Kevin WestgarthR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:14 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:46 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:24 |
| 19Jiri TlustyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:36 |
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:31 |
| 22Zac DalpeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:14 |
| 23Jeremy WelshC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:13 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 21:08 |
| 29Tim WallaceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:14 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:01 |
| 39Patrick DwyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:55 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:48 |
| 5Marc-Andre GragnaniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:53 |
| 7Ryan MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:42 |
| 24Bobby SanguinettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:53 |
| 27Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 23:56 |
| 44Jay HarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 25:47 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | L | 40 | 37 | 3 | .925 | 60:00 |
| 31Dan EllisG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:48 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 22:30 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:52 |
| 9Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:54 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 17:20 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:11 |
| 4John ErskineD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:34 |
| 15Joey CrabbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:19 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 13:44 |
| 17Wojtek WolskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:57 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 16:02 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14:46 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:23 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:39 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:21 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:46 |
| 36Tomas KundratekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:07 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 33 | 33 | 0 | 1.000 | 59:53 |