Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Thursday, March 28, 2019 · PNC Arena
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Thursday, March 28, 2019 at PNC Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 26-20.
Goals came from Nino Niederreiter, Brett Connolly, Warren Foegele, Jakub Vrana and Nic Dowd.
Braden Holtby made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Curtis McElhinney stopped 17 of 20.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nino Niederreiter (22)Justin Williams (28), Sebastian Aho (51)0–104:31 CAR
Brett Connolly (22)Brooks Orpik (7)1–105:13 WSH
2nd period
Warren Foegele (8)Justin Faulk (24), Brett Pesce (20)1–212:30 CAR
3rd period
Jakub Vrana (23)Evgeny Kuznetsov (49), Christian Djoos (8)2–201:35 WSH
Nic Dowd (7)Nick Jensen (17)3–215:04 WSH
Team stats
WSHCAR
20Shots on goal26
39%Faceoff %61%
0/1Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes2
19Hits25
13Blocked shots10
9Giveaways10
13Takeaways12
Penalties
- 2nd 16:01
Justin Williams · tripping2 min - 3rd 15:45
Brooks Orpik · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:49 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:10 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:22 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:28 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:00 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:18 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:28 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 22:10 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:28 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:36 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:57 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:03 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:42 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:23 |
| 72Travis BoydC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:04 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:00 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:39 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:25 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 26 | 24 | 2 | .923 | 59:58 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 13Warren FoegeleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 10:02 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:38 |
| 20Sebastian AhoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:25 |
| 21Nino NiederreiterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:19 |
| 22Brett PesceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:44 |
| 27Justin FaulkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:10 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:05 |
| 23Brock McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:48 |
| 37Andrei SvechnikovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:44 |
| 42Greg McKeggC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:01 |
| 48Jordan MartinookL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:32 |
| 71Lucas WallmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:57 |
| 79Micheal FerlandL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 86Teuvo TeravainenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:11 |
| 19Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:04 |
| 44Calvin de HaanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:19 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:09 |
| 74Jaccob SlavinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:31 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Petr MrazekG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Curtis McElhinneyG | L | 20 | 17 | 3 | .850 | 58:08 |