Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Friday, January 12, 2018 · PNC Arena

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4–3

Final

SOG 27–39

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Friday, January 12, 2018 at PNC Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 39-27.

Goals came from Jordan Staal, Lars Eller, Alex Ovechkin, Sebastian Aho, Jeff Skinner, Brett Connolly and Jay Beagle.

Philipp Grubauer made 36 saves on 39 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 23 of 27.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	2	4	27
CAR	1	1	1	3	39

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Jordan Staal (13)Justin Williams (20), Sebastian Aho (21)0–103:20 CAR · PPG
Lars Eller (9)Jakub Vrana (7), Alex Ovechkin (20)1–107:25 WSH · PPG

2nd period

Alex Ovechkin (28)John Carlson (30), Evgeny Kuznetsov (28)2–100:28 WSH
Sebastian Aho (16)Justin Faulk (10), Jordan Staal (15)2–208:50 CAR · PPG

3rd period

Jeff Skinner (14)Lee Stempniak (1), Haydn Fleury (6)2–301:49 CAR
Brett Connolly (10)Unassisted3–316:52 WSH
Jay Beagle (5)Nicklas Backstrom (28), Alex Ovechkin (21)4–319:58 WSH

Team stats

WSHCAR

27Shots on goal39

53%Faceoff %47%

1/4Power play2/5

10Penalty minutes8

22Hits13

7Blocked shots16

9Giveaways10

17Takeaways18

Penalties

1st 03:10Brett Connolly · interference2 min
1st 05:28Klas Dahlbeck · holding2 min
1st 18:28Haydn Fleury · hooking2 min
2nd 03:37Justin Faulk · interference2 min
2nd 08:45Dmitry Orlov · holding2 min
2nd 09:11Evgeny Kuznetsov · slashing2 min
2nd 15:24John Carlson · holding2 min
3rd 04:03Noah Hanifin · hooking2 min
3rd 05:10Nicklas Backstrom · tripping2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	2	3	+2	3	1	0	0	–	22:34
10Brett ConnollyR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	2	–	13:51
13Jakub VranaL	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	100	11:46
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	2	56	21:20
20Lars EllerC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	1	0	46	16:38
83Jay BeagleC	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	73	11:35
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	2	38	17:24
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	2	–	24:33
18Chandler StephensonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	09:33
25Devante Smith-PellyR	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	–	13:59
39Alex ChiassonR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	11:33
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	-1	1	3	2	0	–	12:39
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	–	17:38
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	+2	3	2	2	0	–	22:18
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	2	–	22:56
22Madison BoweyD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	12:12
29Christian DjoosD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	13:56
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	–	17:20

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG	W	39	36	3	.923	60:00
70Braden HoltbyG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

11Jordan StaalC	1	1	2	-1	2	1	3	0	48	22:29
20Sebastian AhoR	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	–	18:04
14Justin WilliamsR	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	0	100	16:49
21Lee StempniakR	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	13:35
53Jeff SkinnerC	1	0	1	+1	6	0	0	0	–	15:06
4Haydn FleuryD	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	–	13:39
27Justin FaulkD	0	1	1	-1	6	1	0	2	–	24:59
16Marcus KrugerC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	67	11:32
19Josh JoorisR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	10:47
23Brock McGinnL	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	14:59
34Phillip Di GiuseppeL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	08:23
49Victor RaskC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	56	16:13
71Lucas WallmarkC	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	29	10:01
86Teuvo TeravainenL	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	–	17:27
5Noah HanifinD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	2	–	20:21
6Klas DahlbeckD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	2	2	–	10:23
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	3	0	–	21:53
74Jaccob SlavinD	0	0	0	-2	3	1	3	0	–	25:36

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Cam WardG	L	27	23	4	.852	59:47
33Scott DarlingG		0	0	0	–	00:00