Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Thursday, April 11, 2019 · Capital One Arena
USA · SN360 · TVAS2 · FS-CR
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at Capital One Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 29–18.
Nicklas Backstrom scored twice and Andrei Svechnikov scored twice. Alex Ovechkin and Lars Eller also scored.
Braden Holtby made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Petr Mrazek stopped 14 of 17.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nicklas Backstrom (1)John Carlson (1), Brooks Orpik (1)0–109:58 WSH- Nicklas Backstrom (2)Evgeny Kuznetsov (1), John Carlson (2)0–213:10 WSH ·
Alex Ovechkin (1)Tom Wilson (1), John Carlson (3)0–318:05 WSH ·
3rd period
Andrei Svechnikov (1)Lucas Wallmark (1), Dougie Hamilton (1)1–305:07 CAR- Andrei Svechnikov (2)Lucas Wallmark (2), Justin Faulk (1)2–307:26 CAR
Lars Eller (1)Unassisted2–419:23 WSH ·
Team stats
CARWSH
2918
58%42%
0/32/4
86
3735
917
711
69
Penalties
- 12:32 into the first period
Justin Faulk · high sticking2 min - 16:31 into the first periodMicheal Ferland · interference2 min
- 1:46 into the second periodAndrei Svechnikov · hooking2 min
- 4:07 into the second period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 13:05 into the second periodJustin Williams · holding the stick2 min
- 11:14 into the third periodJakub Vrana · hooking2 min
- 16:29 into the third periodT.J. Oshie · high sticking2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 37Andrei SvechnikovR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 13:37 |
| 71Lucas WallmarkC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 08:26 |
| 19Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 19:59 |
| 27Justin FaulkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26:10 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 15:16 |
| 13Warren FoegeleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:03 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:58 |
| 20Sebastian AhoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 26:10 |
| 21Nino NiederreiterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:58 |
| 23Brock McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:47 |
| 42Greg McKeggC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 07:50 |
| 48Jordan MartinookL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:57 |
| 79Micheal FerlandL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:39 |
| 86Teuvo TeravainenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:12 |
| 4Haydn FleuryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 07:19 |
| 22Brett PesceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:48 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:30 |
| 74Jaccob SlavinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 25:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Petr MrazekG | L | 17 | 3 | .824 |
| 35Curtis McElhinneyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 25:32 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18:13 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:26 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:36 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:48 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:37 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:27 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:17 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:28 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:12 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:40 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:43 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:27 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:59 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:36 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:18 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 07:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |