Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, February 7, 2017 · Verizon Center
CSN-DC · FS-CR
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-0 on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Hurricanes 28-23.
Goals came from Alex Ovechkin, Brett Connolly, Lars Eller, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Marcus Johansson.
Braden Holtby made 23 saves on 23 shots for the win; Eddie Lack stopped 23 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (26)Matt Niskanen (26), Nicklas Backstrom (39)0–110:23 WSH · PPG
Brett Connolly (11)Andre Burakovsky (18), John Carlson (21)0–213:47 WSH
3rd period
Lars Eller (10)Brett Connolly (5), Nate Schmidt (13)0–306:10 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov (12)Marcus Johansson (19), Justin Williams (13)0–406:37 WSH
Marcus Johansson (17)Alex Ovechkin (24), Matt Niskanen (27)0–514:12 WSH · PPG
Team stats
CARWSH
23Shots on goal28
64%Faceoff %36%
0/3Power play2/3
6Penalty minutes6
10Hits22
17Blocked shots14
9Giveaways7
11Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 08:58
Ron Hainsey · tripping2 min - 1st 17:12Klas Dahlbeck · hooking2 min
- 2nd 01:51
Justin Williams · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 2nd 14:14Evgeny Kuznetsov · interference2 min
- 3rd 01:55T.J. Oshie · tripping2 min
- 3rd 12:34Teuvo Teravainen · holding2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:37 |
| 16Elias LindholmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:06 |
| 18Jay McClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:25 |
| 20Sebastian AhoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:04 |
| 21Lee StempniakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:55 |
| 23Brock McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:28 |
| 25Viktor StalbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:49 |
| 33Derek RyanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 42Joakim NordstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:42 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:38 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:57 |
| 86Teuvo TeravainenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 5Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:03 |
| 6Klas DahlbeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:31 |
| 22Brett PesceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:51 |
| 27Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 22:49 |
| 65Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:15 |
| 74Jaccob SlavinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Eddie LackG | L | 28 | 23 | 5 | .821 | 59:49 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17:18 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 11:45 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 16:01 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 23:10 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:28 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:30 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:22 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:37 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:00 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:47 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 14:54 |
| 26Daniel WinnikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:30 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:32 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:10 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:52 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:08 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:58 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 18:58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 23 | 23 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 |