Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, October 17, 2015 · Verizon Center
CSN-DC · FS-SE
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 on Saturday, October 17, 2015 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Hurricanes 34-19.
Goals came from T.J. Oshie, Nicklas Backstrom, Jeff Skinner, John Carlson and Alex Ovechkin.
Braden Holtby made 18 saves on 19 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 30 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
T.J. Oshie (2)Nicklas Backstrom (1)0–115:57 WSH · PPG
3rd period
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Unassisted0–201:38 WSH
Jeff Skinner (1)Unassisted1–207:45 CAR
John Carlson (2)Nicklas Backstrom (2), T.J. Oshie (2)1–309:43 WSH · PPG
Alex Ovechkin (3)Unassisted1–416:11 WSH
Team stats
CARWSH
19Shots on goal34
52%Faceoff %48%
0/4Power play2/2
6Penalty minutes10
16Hits19
10Blocked shots19
12Giveaways15
7Takeaways15
Penalties
- 1st 14:14
Brock McGinn · tripping2 min - 1st 16:51
Brooks Laich · tripping2 min - 2nd 04:56Jay Beagle · tripping2 min
- 2nd 06:18John Carlson · slashing2 min
- 3rd 09:30Ryan Murphy · hooking2 min
- 3rd 10:09Brooks Orpik · interference2 min
- 3rd 19:50Evgeny Kuznetsov · boarding2 min
- 3rd 19:50Kris Versteeg · slashing2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:05 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:50 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:21 |
| 14Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:36 |
| 15Andrej NestrasilC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:51 |
| 16Elias LindholmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:54 |
| 18Jay McClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:58 |
| 23Brock McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:38 |
| 24Brad MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:19 |
| 25Chris TerryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:06 |
| 32Kris VersteegR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:54 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:22 |
| 5Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:30 |
| 7Ryan MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:49 |
| 26John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 21:31 |
| 27Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 22:08 |
| 47Michal JordanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:51 |
| 65Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | L | 34 | 30 | 4 | .882 | 60:00 |
| 31Eddie LackG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15:21 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 19:54 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:34 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:26 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:43 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:05 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:28 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:34 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:34 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:44 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:58 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:50 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:52 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:00 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:31 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:36 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:02 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 19 | 18 | 1 | .947 | 60:00 |