Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, March 31, 2015 · Verizon Center
CSN-DC · FS-CR
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at Verizon Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 25-20.
Goals came from Mike Green, Alex Ovechkin, Nathan Gerbe, Eric Staal, Brooks Laich and Joel Ward.
Braden Holtby made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 16 of 20.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mike Green (8)Tom Wilson (13), Curtis Glencross (22)0–102:46 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (50)Evgeny Kuznetsov (23), Matt Niskanen (26)0–211:12 WSH
2nd period
Nathan Gerbe (9)Alexander Semin (13)1–205:00 CAR
Eric Staal (22)Chris Terry (8), John-Michael Liles (17)2–210:33 CAR
Brooks Laich (7)Jason Chimera (12), Mike Green (34)2–317:06 WSH
Joel Ward (17)Alex Ovechkin (27), Evgeny Kuznetsov (24)2–418:28 WSH
Team stats
CARWSH
25Shots on goal20
45%Faceoff %55%
0/2Power play0/0
0Penalty minutes4
18Hits34
11Blocked shots12
8Giveaways7
7Takeaways12
Penalties
- 3rd 01:57
Evgeny Kuznetsov · slashing2 min - 3rd 14:50Brooks Orpik · tripping2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17:37 |
| 14Nathan GerbeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:05 |
| 25Chris TerryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:16 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:24 |
| 26John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 19:55 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:02 |
| 15Andrej NestrasilC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:08 |
| 16Elias LindholmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:29 |
| 18Jay McClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:12 |
| 24Brad MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:22 |
| 39Patrick DwyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 12:07 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:33 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:09 |
| 7Ryan MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:26 |
| 27Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 24:46 |
| 41Danny BiegaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 16:51 |
| 65Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 23:20 |
| 73Brett BellemoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 14:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | L | 20 | 16 | 4 | .800 | 60:00 |
| 31Anton KhudobinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 15:13 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 15:35 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 16:02 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:02 |
| 22Curtis GlencrossL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:12 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:02 |
| 42Joel WardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:00 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:49 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:27 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:14 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:00 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:09 |
| 46Michael LattaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:31 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:05 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 16:51 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:17 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:00 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:31 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Justin PetersG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 25 | 23 | 2 | .920 | 60:00 |