Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes
Preseason · Friday, September 21, 2018 · PNC Arena
NBCSWA
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 5–1 on Friday, September 21, 2018 at PNC Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 26–18.
Goals came from Valentin Zykov, Jordan Staal, Nicklas Backstrom, Jordan Martinook, Jaccob Slavin and Martin Necas.
Petr Mrazek made 9 saves on 10 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 15 of 18.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Valentin Zykov (2)Andrei Svechnikov (2), Jaccob Slavin (2)0–102:19 CAR · 
Jordan Staal (1)Jaccob Slavin (3), Brock McGinn (1)0–211:33 CAR
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Aaron Ness (1), Dmitry Orlov (1)1–212:21 WSH
Jordan Martinook (1)Warren Foegele (2)1–313:36 CAR ·
3rd period
Jaccob Slavin (2)Valentin Zykov (1), Jordan Staal (1)1–417:16 CAR · 
Martin Necas (2)Warren Foegele (3), Dougie Hamilton (1)1–519:23 CAR ·
Team stats
WSHCAR
1826
49%51%
0/42/5
108
2035
169
87
520
Penalties
- 1:54 into the first period
Sergei Shumakov · high sticking2 min - 7:18 into the first period
Sebastian Aho · high sticking2 min - 12:53 into the first periodHaydn Fleury · tripping2 min
- 1:20 into the second periodNicklas Backstrom · holding2 min
- 5:47 into the second periodCalvin de Haan · interference2 min
- 18:13 into the second periodWarren Foegele · slashing2 min
- 1:50 into the third periodAaron Ness · holding2 min
- 16:56 into the third periodShane Gersich · high sticking2 min
- 19:42 into the third periodMadison Bowey · hooking2 min
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:16 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 24:18 |
| 55Aaron NessD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:57 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:58 |
| 17Sergei ShumakovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:18 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:16 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:23 |
| 24Riley BarberR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:02 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:25 |
| 61Juuso IkonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:45 |
| 63Shane GersichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:24 |
| 72Travis BoydC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:43 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:35 |
| 87Liam O'BrienC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 11:29 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 24:39 |
| 21Lucas JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:52 |
| 22Madison BoweyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:45 |
| 34Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:36 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | 7 | 1 | .857 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 18 | 3 | .833 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 74Jaccob SlavinD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 23:41 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18:04 |
| 13Warren FoegeleL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 14:54 |
| 73Valentin ZykovL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:19 |
| 23Brock McGinnL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 37Andrei SvechnikovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:07 |
| 48Jordan MartinookL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:02 |
| 88Martin NecasC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:53 |
| 19Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 21:53 |
| 7Phillip Di GiuseppeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:42 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:11 |
| 20Sebastian AhoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:49 |
| 71Lucas WallmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:34 |
| 86Teuvo TeravainenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:16 |
| 4Haydn FleuryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:23 |
| 22Brett PesceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:07 |
| 27Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:46 |
| 44Calvin de HaanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:44 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Petr MrazekG | W | 10 | 1 | .900 |
| 35Alex NedeljkovicG | 8 | 0 | 1.000 |