Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Saturday, April 20, 2019 · Capital One Arena
NBC · SN1 · SN360 · TVAS
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6–0 on Saturday, April 20, 2019 at Capital One Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 30–28.
Nicklas Backstrom scored twice. Brett Connolly, Tom Wilson, Nic Dowd and Alex Ovechkin also scored.
Braden Holtby made 30 saves on 30 shots for the win; Petr Mrazek stopped 22 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nicklas Backstrom (4)John Carlson (4), Tom Wilson (2)0–107:33 WSH ·
2nd period
- Nicklas Backstrom (5)Alex Ovechkin (3)0–214:21 WSH
Brett Connolly (1)Alex Ovechkin (4), Nicklas Backstrom (2)0–316:11 WSH
3rd period
Tom Wilson (2)Evgeny Kuznetsov (4), John Carlson (5)0–401:04 WSH · 
Nic Dowd (1)Unassisted0–508:57 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (3)Evgeny Kuznetsov (5), Nicklas Backstrom (3)0–610:14 WSH ·
Team stats
CARWSH
3028
46%54%
0/53/4
810
3248
1714
1317
514
Penalties
- 1:08 into the first period
Saku Maenalanen · roughing2 min - 4:41 into the first period
Brett Connolly · hooking2 min - 5:42 into the first periodLucas Wallmark · high sticking2 min
- 4:18 into the second periodEvgeny Kuznetsov · high sticking2 min
- 7:56 into the second periodJohn Carlson · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 12:02 into the second periodJonas Siegenthaler · hooking2 min
- 19:07 into the second periodSebastian Aho · tripping2 min
- 8:57 into the third periodDougie Hamilton · ps slash on breakaway0 min
- 10:12 into the third periodLucas Wallmark · holding2 min
- 17:29 into the third periodNick Jensen · hooking2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 8Saku MaenalanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:40 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 13Warren FoegeleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:58 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:07 |
| 15Aleksi SaarelaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:10 |
| 20Sebastian AhoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | 17:49 |
| 21Nino NiederreiterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 23Brock McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:16 |
| 36Patrick BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:58 |
| 42Greg McKeggC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:36 |
| 71Lucas WallmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:44 |
| 86Teuvo TeravainenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:40 |
| 19Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:09 |
| 22Brett PesceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:18 |
| 27Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:11 |
| 44Calvin de HaanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:10 |
| 74Jaccob SlavinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 24:55 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Petr MrazekG | L | 28 | 6 | .786 |
| 35Curtis McElhinneyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 4 | 16:43 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 18:05 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:41 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18:18 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 20:10 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:17 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:43 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:56 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:49 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:58 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:43 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:42 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:31 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:20 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:24 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:00 |
| 34Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:28 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 30 | 0 | 1.000 |