Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Tuesday, April 2, 2013 · PNC Arena
CSN-DC+ · FS-CR
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-3 on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at PNC Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 34-19.
Jiri Tlusty scored a hat trick, Alex Ovechkin scored twice and Mike Green scored twice. Joel Ward also scored.
Braden Holtby made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Justin Peters stopped 10 of 12.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jiri Tlusty (1)Bobby Sanguinetti (1), Alexander Semin (1)0–111:32 CAR- Jiri Tlusty (2)Marc-Andre Bergeron (1), Eric Staal (1)0–214:07 CAR · PPG
Alex Ovechkin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), John Carlson (1)1–219:21 WSH
2nd period
Mike Green (1)Nicklas Backstrom (2), Alex Ovechkin (1)2–200:42 WSH · PPG- Jiri Tlusty (3)Eric Staal (2), Alexander Semin (2)2–301:52 CAR · PPG
- Mike Green (2)Nicklas Backstrom (3)3–304:26 WSH
- Alex Ovechkin (2)Nicklas Backstrom (4), Marcus Johansson (1)4–311:06 WSH
Joel Ward (1)Marcus Johansson (2)5–319:15 WSH · SHG
Team stats
WSHCAR
19Shots on goal34
48%Faceoff %52%
1/3Power play2/4
10Penalty minutes8
33Hits19
20Blocked shots15
8Giveaways7
7Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 00:53
Jordan Staal · roughing2 min - 1st 00:53
Mike Ribeiro · roughing2 min - 1st 06:41Alexander Semin · tripping2 min
- 1st 12:34Jay Beagle · interference2 min
- 2nd 00:18Jeff Skinner · delaying game smothering puck2 min
- 2nd 01:16Alex Ovechkin · hooking2 min
- 2nd 18:32Nicklas Backstrom · hooking2 min
- 3rd 01:08Jay Harrison · tripping2 min
- 3rd 08:44John Carlson · cross checking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 0 | 18:38 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 19:59 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 16:36 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 24:21 |
| 42Joel WardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:19 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 21:03 |
| 9Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:45 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:44 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:02 |
| 24Aaron VolpattiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:00 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:53 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:37 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:26 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:52 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:32 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:17 |
| 38Jack HillenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 21:16 |
| 61Steve OleksyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:31 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 60:00 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 19Jiri TlustyC | 3 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3 | 20:30 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 | 20:29 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 | 20:19 |
| 24Bobby SanguinettiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:23 |
| 47Marc-Andre BergeronD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 21:31 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:50 |
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:58 |
| 21Drayson BowmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:55 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:59 |
| 37Tim BrentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:31 |
| 39Patrick DwyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:38 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 22:10 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:12 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:51 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:48 |
| 44Jay HarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:48 |
| 73Brett BellemoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:40 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dan EllisG | 7 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 24:26 | |
| 35Justin PetersG | L | 12 | 10 | 2 | .833 | 33:44 |