Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Thursday, December 31, 2015 · PNC Arena
CSN-DC · FS-CR
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 4-2 on Thursday, December 31, 2015 at PNC Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 37-32.
Goals came from Phillip Di Giuseppe, Nicklas Backstrom, Eric Staal, Jeff Skinner, Alex Ovechkin and Andrej Nestrasil.
Eddie Lack made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Philipp Grubauer stopped 33 of 36.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Phillip Di Giuseppe (3)Joakim Nordstrom (6), Jordan Staal (8)0–107:48 CAR
Nicklas Backstrom (11)Karl Alzner (8), Matt Niskanen (13)1–109:49 WSH
3rd period
Eric Staal (8)Elias Lindholm (11), Kris Versteeg (17)1–200:51 CAR
Jeff Skinner (15)Riley Nash (4), Victor Rask (15)1–305:16 CAR
Alex Ovechkin (21)Brooks Laich (4)2–314:16 WSH
Andrej Nestrasil (4)Eric Staal (16), John-Michael Liles (7)2–419:42 CAR · EN
Team stats
WSHCAR
32Shots on goal37
47%Faceoff %53%
0/0Power play0/3
8Penalty minutes2
35Hits27
18Blocked shots9
8Giveaways9
13Takeaways16
Penalties
- 1st 15:31
Evgeny Kuznetsov · hooking2 min - 2nd 04:16Dmitry Orlov · illegal check to head2 min
- 2nd 05:49
Andrej Nestrasil · roughing2 min - 2nd 05:49Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
- 2nd 11:06Tom Wilson · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 20:05 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:37 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:22 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 28:25 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:56 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:53 |
| 23Zach SillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:33 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:49 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:45 |
| 46Michael LattaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:37 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 12:18 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:54 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:26 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:26 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:41 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 21:30 |
| 58Connor CarrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:58 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | L | 36 | 33 | 3 | .917 | 59:09 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 23:04 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:20 |
| 15Andrej NestrasilC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:55 |
| 16Elias LindholmC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:14 |
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:05 |
| 32Kris VersteegR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:01 |
| 34Phillip Di GiuseppeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:05 |
| 42Joakim NordstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 14:23 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:02 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 15:43 |
| 26John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:29 |
| 18Jay McClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:17 |
| 25Chris TerryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:51 |
| 5Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:55 |
| 27Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:51 |
| 54Brett PesceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:10 |
| 65Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 20:55 |
| 74Jaccob SlavinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Eddie LackG | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 60:00 |