Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Friday, December 16, 2016 · PNC Arena

WashingtonCapitalsAway

4–3

Final/SO

SOG 26–30

CarolinaHurricanesHome

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in a shootout on Friday, December 16, 2016 at PNC Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 30-26.

Goals came from Jeff Skinner, Alex Ovechkin, Justin Williams, Justin Faulk, Teuvo Teravainen and T.J. Oshie.

Philipp Grubauer made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 23 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
WSH	0	2	1	0	1	4	26
CAR	1	1	1	0	0	3	30

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Jeff Skinner (12)Derek Ryan (8), Victor Rask (15)0–105:46 CAR

2nd period

Alex Ovechkin (14)Nicklas Backstrom (18), John Carlson (13)1–106:25 WSH · PPG
Justin Williams (7)Evgeny Kuznetsov (14), Matt Niskanen (11)2–111:13 WSH
Justin Faulk (5)Sebastian Aho (10), Teuvo Teravainen (7)2–213:31 CAR

3rd period

Teuvo Teravainen (8)Sebastian Aho (11), Jaccob Slavin (10)2–300:40 CAR · PPG
T.J. Oshie (10)Dmitry Orlov (11), Matt Niskanen (12)3–313:56 WSH

SO period

T.J. OshieUnassisted4–300:00 WSH

Team stats

WSHCAR

26Shots on goal30

43%Faceoff %57%

1/2Power play1/6

12Penalty minutes4

24Hits18

18Blocked shots21

11Giveaways10

10Takeaways13

Penalties

1st 06:41Justin Faulk · hooking2 min
1st 16:12Brooks Orpik · hooking2 min
2nd 00:20Matt Niskanen · holding2 min
2nd 05:16Derek Ryan · hooking2 min
2nd 07:18Matt Niskanen · interference2 min
2nd 08:41Nate Schmidt · hooking2 min
3rd 00:32Nicklas Backstrom · holding2 min
3rd 03:46Alex Ovechkin · tripping2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

2Matt NiskanenD	0	2	2	+1	1	3	1	4	–	22:11
8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	0	6	1	0	2	–	19:41
14Justin WilliamsR	1	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	–	13:11
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	41	20:32
77T.J. OshieR	1	0	1	0	4	2	1	0	–	20:21
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	38	16:07
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	0	–	19:32
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	0	–	24:51
10Brett ConnollyR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	09:19
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	08:32
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	44	14:31
26Daniel WinnikL	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	–	13:35
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	–	12:15
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	56	14:33
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	19:00
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	3	0	–	20:59
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	–	19:00
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	16:42

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG	W	30	27	3	.900	65:00
70Braden HoltbyG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

20Sebastian AhoR	0	2	2	0	3	1	0	0	100	18:09
86Teuvo TeravainenL	1	1	2	0	4	0	1	0	35	16:18
33Derek RyanC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	75	17:05
49Victor RaskC	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	47	19:21
53Jeff SkinnerC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	18:37
27Justin FaulkD	1	0	1	+1	5	3	0	2	–	24:33
74Jaccob SlavinD	0	1	1	0	2	1	3	0	–	22:01
11Jordan StaalC	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	73	19:27
16Elias LindholmC	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	100	16:38
18Jay McClementC	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	75	09:14
21Lee StempniakR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	15:25
23Brock McGinnL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	3	0	100	09:17
25Viktor StalbergL	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	10:57
42Joakim NordstromC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	16:13
5Noah HanifinD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	19:26
22Brett PesceD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	20:29
26Matt TennysonD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	14:09
65Ron HainseyD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	–	24:34

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Cam WardG	O	26	23	3	.885	64:58
32Michael LeightonG		0	0	0	–	00:00