Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Friday, December 20, 2013 · PNC Arena

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4–2

Final

SOG 29–41

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CSN-DC · FS-CR

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Friday, December 20, 2013 at PNC Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 41-29.

Goals came from Jordan Staal, Marcus Johansson, John Carlson, Riley Nash, Troy Brouwer and Alex Ovechkin.

Philipp Grubauer made 39 saves on 41 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 25 of 28.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	3	1	4	29
CAR	1	1	0	2	41

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Jordan Staal (1)Alexander Semin (1), Justin Faulk (1)0–117:12 CAR

2nd period

Marcus Johansson (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)1–100:41 WSH · PPG
John Carlson (1)Nicklas Backstrom (2), Troy Brouwer (1)2–108:34 WSH · PPG
Riley Nash (1)Andrej Sekera (1), Nathan Gerbe (1)2–211:16 CAR · PPG
Troy Brouwer (1)Mike Green (1), Nicklas Backstrom (3)3–215:29 WSH · PPG

3rd period

Alex Ovechkin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (4), Martin Erat (1)4–219:35 WSH · EN

Team stats

WSHCAR

29Shots on goal41

45%Faceoff %55%

3/4Power play1/5

12Penalty minutes10

23Hits34

23Blocked shots7

10Giveaways20

14Takeaways19

Penalties

1st 05:54Eric Staal · interference2 min
1st 11:12Karl Alzner · holding the stick2 min
1st 19:40Eric Staal · high sticking2 min
2nd 03:17Nicklas Backstrom · interference2 min
2nd 08:19Tuomo Ruutu · holding2 min
2nd 10:34Karl Alzner · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 14:11Alexander Semin · tripping2 min
3rd 00:28Troy Brouwer · tripping2 min
3rd 09:41Tim Gleason · roughing2 min
3rd 09:41John Erskine · roughing2 min
3rd 15:10John Carlson · hooking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

19Nicklas BackstromC	0	4	4	0	5	1	3	2	56	20:13
8Alex OvechkinL	1	1	2	0	5	1	0	0	–	17:59
20Troy BrouwerR	1	1	2	0	2	2	0	2	60	18:19
10Martin EratR	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	17	16:47
90Marcus JohanssonC	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	–	10:58
52Mike GreenD	0	1	1	0	2	1	3	0	–	21:08
74John CarlsonD	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	2	–	22:13
16Eric FehrR	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	–	12:33
24Aaron VolpattiL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	07:18
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	33	16:56
42Joel WardR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	18:14
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	07:12
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	46	12:07
84Mikhail GrabovskiC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50	14:42
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	–	17:30
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	–	19:13
61Steve OleksyD	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	–	16:45
81Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	–	19:11

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG	W	41	39	2	.951	60:00
70Braden HoltbyG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

11Jordan StaalC	1	0	1	+1	5	6	0	0	48	18:57
14Nathan GerbeC	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	18:07
20Riley NashC	1	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	50	12:29
28Alexander SeminR	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	2	–	18:48
4Andrej SekeraD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	26:19
27Justin FaulkD	0	1	1	0	2	4	2	0	–	22:50
12Eric StaalC	0	0	0	-1	6	1	0	4	67	22:30
15Tuomo RuutuR	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	2	–	19:17
18Radek DvorakR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	07:44
19Jiri TlustyC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:02
21Drayson BowmanL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	05:38
22Manny MalhotraC	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	57	09:24
39Patrick DwyerR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	13:01
53Jeff SkinnerC	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	–	22:43
6Tim GleasonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	–	16:57
44Jay HarrisonD	0	0	0	0	3	7	0	0	–	16:36
65Ron HainseyD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	–	18:12
73Brett BellemoreD	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	14:36

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Cam WardG	L	28	25	3	.893	58:58
35Justin PetersG		0	0	0	–	00:00