Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Tuesday, January 2, 2018 · PNC Arena
FS-CR · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 in overtime on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at PNC Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 38-26.
Victor Rask scored twice and Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Alex Chiasson, Devante Smith-Pelly, Dmitry Orlov, Elias Lindholm and Teuvo Teravainen also scored.
Braden Holtby made 34 saves on 38 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 21 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Victor Rask (9)Unassisted0–105:21 CAR
Alex Chiasson (7)Chandler Stephenson (8)1–106:39 WSH
Devante Smith-Pelly (6)Jay Beagle (8), Brooks Orpik (6)2–112:53 WSH
2nd period
Dmitry Orlov (5)Taylor Chorney (3)3–108:48 WSH- Victor Rask (10)Justin Williams (18), Jeff Skinner (15)3–211:15 CAR · PPG
3rd period
Elias Lindholm (11)Derek Ryan (14)3–305:40 CAR
Teuvo Teravainen (10)Sebastian Aho (19)3–407:04 CAR
Alex Ovechkin (25)Nicklas Backstrom (24)4–412:45 WSH
OT period
- Alex Ovechkin (26)Nicklas Backstrom (25)5–401:57 WSH
Team stats
WSHCAR
26Shots on goal38
47%Faceoff %53%
0/2Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes4
25Hits20
14Blocked shots10
10Giveaways22
10Takeaways20
Penalties
- 1st 17:16
Brooks Orpik · boarding2 min - 2nd 09:44Evgeny Kuznetsov · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 16:47
Haydn Fleury · hooking2 min - 3rd 01:06Evgeny Kuznetsov · slashing2 min
- 3rd 07:19Jaccob Slavin · interference2 min
- 3rd 18:05Tom Wilson · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 20:01 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:54 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:53 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 15:38 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:11 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 13:53 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:28 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 21:13 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 22:28 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:45 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:17 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:40 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:11 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:46 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:06 |
| 22Madison BoweyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:06 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 30:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 38 | 34 | 4 | .895 | 61:57 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 49Victor RaskC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 17:26 |
| 7Derek RyanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:46 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:23 |
| 20Sebastian AhoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 | 18:05 |
| 28Elias LindholmC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 18:56 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:17 |
| 86Teuvo TeravainenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 17:46 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 20:19 |
| 23Brock McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:04 |
| 34Phillip Di GiuseppeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:22 |
| 42Joakim NordstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:36 |
| 71Lucas WallmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:26 |
| 4Haydn FleuryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:16 |
| 5Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 20:32 |
| 22Brett PesceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:47 |
| 27Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:30 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:56 |
| 74Jaccob SlavinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | O | 26 | 21 | 5 | .808 | 61:47 |
| 33Scott DarlingG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |