Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Monday, December 21, 2015 · PNC Arena
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 on Monday, December 21, 2015 at PNC Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 32-21.
Goals came from Michael Latta, Jason Chimera and Kris Versteeg.
Philipp Grubauer made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 19 of 21.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Michael Latta (3)Andre Burakovsky (6), Dmitry Orlov (10)1–015:52 WSH
2nd period
Jason Chimera (9)John Carlson (21), Jay Beagle (6)2–012:49 WSH
3rd period
Kris Versteeg (5)John-Michael Liles (5), Eric Staal (14)2–102:18 CAR
Team stats
WSHCAR
21Shots on goal32
60%Faceoff %40%
0/2Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes4
24Hits24
27Blocked shots13
7Giveaways5
9Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 03:39
Karl Alzner · interference2 min - 2nd 05:50
Eric Staal · holding2 min - 2nd 17:17Jay Beagle · tripping2 min
- 2nd 19:08Jeff Skinner · interference2 min
- 3rd 18:29Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:15 |
| 46Michael LattaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 06:18 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:03 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:07 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:57 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:04 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:20 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:33 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:40 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:26 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:06 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:16 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:22 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:10 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:44 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:45 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | W | 32 | 31 | 1 | .969 | 60:00 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:07 |
| 32Kris VersteegR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:37 |
| 26John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:47 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:20 |
| 15Andrej NestrasilC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:54 |
| 16Elias LindholmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 20:13 |
| 18Jay McClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 08:27 |
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:48 |
| 24Brad MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:46 |
| 34Phillip Di GiuseppeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:27 |
| 42Joakim NordstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:05 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:23 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:02 |
| 5Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:03 |
| 27Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 25:33 |
| 54Brett PesceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:00 |
| 65Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 23:00 |
| 74Jaccob SlavinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:29 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | L | 21 | 19 | 2 | .905 | 57:59 |
| 31Eddie LackG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |