Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals

Sunday, October 5, 2014, 3:00 PM ET Verizon Center, Washington Preseason Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5–2 on Sunday, October 5, 2014 at home.

Final score, Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals
Team	Goals	2014-2015 record
Carolina Hurricanes	2	30-41-11
at Washington Capitals	5	45-26-11

Goals by period

Goals by period, Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Carolina Hurricanes	0	1	1	2
Washington Capitals	2	3	0	5

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Carolina Hurricanes	3	9	9	21
Washington Capitals	12	12	14	38

Three stars

T. Brouwer, Washington Capitals (1 goal, 1 assist)
J. Chimera, Washington Capitals (1 goal)
B. Orpik, Washington Capitals (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	05:20	Washington Capitals	Evgeny Kuznetsov (1)	Liam O'Brien (3), Chris Brown (1)	Even strength	CAR 0, WSH 1
1st	05:54	Washington Capitals	Jason Chimera (2)	Brooks Laich (3), Matt Niskanen (3)	Even strength	CAR 0, WSH 2
2nd	01:54	Carolina Hurricanes	Jiri Tlusty (1)	Riley Nash (2), Ryan Murphy (4)	Power play	CAR 1, WSH 2
2nd	03:28	Washington Capitals	Troy Brouwer (3)	Brooks Orpik (2), Andre Burakovsky (2)	Even strength	CAR 1, WSH 3
2nd	09:55	Washington Capitals	Alex Ovechkin (3)	Brooks Orpik (3), Marcus Johansson (2)	Even strength	CAR 1, WSH 4
2nd	16:03	Washington Capitals	Brooks Laich (2)	Troy Brouwer (2), Matt Niskanen (4)	Shorthanded	CAR 1, WSH 5
3rd	02:08	Carolina Hurricanes	John-Michael Liles (1)	Alexander Semin (2), Jiri Tlusty (1)	Power play	CAR 2, WSH 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals
Stat	Carolina Hurricanes	Washington Capitals
Shots on goal	21	38
Power play	2 of 9	0 of 4
Penalty minutes	10	20
Hits	15	15
Blocked shots	14	14
Giveaways	7	7
Takeaways	4	3
Faceoffs won	35/56 (62.5%)	21/56 (37.5%)

Box score

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 12 E. Staal	C	0	0	0	-2	4	3	0	0	0	47.1%	20:45
Number 14 N. Gerbe	C	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0		17:02
Number 16 E. Lindholm	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	4	1	0	100%	13:20
Number 18 J. McClement	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	63.6%	13:56
Number 19 J. Tlusty	L	1	1	2	-2	0	2	2	1	1		23:05
Number 20 R. Nash	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	1	0	81.8%	13:23
Number 22 Z. Boychuk	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0		11:28
Number 25 C. Terry	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17:54
Number 28 A. Semin	R	0	1	1	-2	2	0	1	1	0		20:48
Number 49 V. Rask	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	58.3%	16:38
Number 53 J. Skinner	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		00:12
Number 59 C. LaRose	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	100%	09:43
Number 4 A. Sekera	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	3	0		20:37
Number 6 T. Gleason	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	0		18:12
Number 7 R. Murphy	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	1	0		19:42
Number 26 J. Liles	D	1	0	1	-1	0	1	1	1	1		17:38
Number 27 J. Faulk	D	0	0	0	-3	0	3	1	3	0		21:26
Number 65 R. Hainsey	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	1	0		16:11

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 A. Khudobin	38	33	5	.868	60:00	Loss

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 A. Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	+1	4	4	3	0		15:57
Number 16 E. Fehr	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		15:58
Number 19 N. Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	46.7%	15:50
Number 20 T. Brouwer	R	1	1	2	+2	0	1	1	0	50%	16:47
Number 21 B. Laich	C	1	1	2	+2	2	2	0	1	57.1%	13:18
Number 25 J. Chimera	L	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	0		12:14
Number 42 J. Ward	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1		15:04
Number 65 A. Burakovsky	L	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	0	12.5%	12:04
Number 67 C. Brown	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		12:09
Number 87 L. O'Brien	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	4	0		09:53
Number 90 M. Johansson	L	0	1	1	+2	2	2	0	0		15:19
Number 92 E. Kuznetsov	C	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	1	16.7%	13:55
Number 2 M. Niskanen	D	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	1		20:37
Number 27 K. Alzner	D	0	0	0	+2	2	1	0	4		15:43
Number 38 J. Hillen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		18:20
Number 44 B. Orpik	D	0	2	2	+3	0	3	1	1		20:03
Number 74 J. Carlson	D	0	0	0	+2	2	2	2	3		22:05
Number 88 N. Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2		17:47

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 70 B. Holtby	21	19	2	.905	59:33	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	11:04	Washington Capitals	Brooks Laich	Hooking	2
1st	12:34	Carolina Hurricanes	Alexander Semin	Hooking	2
1st	18:05	Carolina Hurricanes	Elias Lindholm	Slashing	2
1st	18:17	Washington Capitals	Nicklas Backstrom	Closing hand on puck	2
1st	19:58	Washington Capitals	Alex Ovechkin	Charging	2
1st	19:58	Carolina Hurricanes	Eric Staal	Elbowing	2
1st	19:58	Washington Capitals	Alex Ovechkin	Roughing	2
2nd	06:03	Washington Capitals	John Carlson	Hooking	2
2nd	11:06	Washington Capitals	Marcus Johansson	Holding	2
2nd	15:31	Washington Capitals	Evgeny Kuznetsov	Tripping	2
2nd	16:49	Washington Capitals	Jason Chimera	Slashing	2
3rd	00:41	Washington Capitals	Karl Alzner	Interference	2
3rd	02:52	Carolina Hurricanes	Chad LaRose	Hooking	2
3rd	09:21	Carolina Hurricanes	Eric Staal	Cross checking	2
3rd	15:00	Washington Capitals	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2

Game information

Carolina Hurricanes head coach: Bill Peters
Washington Capitals head coach: Barry Trotz
Referees: Francis Charron, Frederick L'Ecuyer
Linesmen: Tim Nowak, Matt MacPherson
Carolina Hurricanes scratches: Jay Harrison, Drew MacIntyre, Patrick Dwyer, Jordan Staal, Brad Malone, Brett Bellemore, Greg Nemisz, Jared Staal, Michal Jordan, Kyle Hagel, Rasmus Rissanen, Beau Schmitz, Ben Holmstrom, Danny Biega, Austin Levi, Justin Shugg, Brody Sutter, Dennis Robertson, Gregory Hofmann, Keegan Lowe, Carter Sandlak, Phillip Di Giuseppe, Daniel Altshuller, Brock McGinn, Brendan Woods, Trevor Carrick, Jaccob Slavin, Erik Karlsson, Collin Olson, Brendan Collier, Brent Pedersen, Tyler Ganly, Brett Pesce, Sergey Tolchinsky, Patrick Brown, Haydn Fleury, Alex Nedeljkovic, Warren Foegele, Josh Wesley, Lucas Wallmark, Clark Bishop, Kyle Jenkins
Washington Capitals scratches: Sergei Zimakov, John Erskine, Maxim Orlov, Igor Shadilov, Ivan Nepriayev, Igor Ignatushkin, Kris Newbury, Mike Green, Dane Byers, Michail Yunkov, Peter Guggisberg, Tim Kennedy, Chris Conner, Jon Landry, Tim Spencer, Jay Beagle, Mike Moore, Tomas Kundratek, Philippe Cornet, Joel Broda, Dmitry Orlov, Michael Latta, Patrick Wey, Edward Pasquale, Garrett Mitchell, Casey Wellman, Aaron Volpatti, Stanislav Galiev, Philipp Grubauer, Caleb Herbert, Erik Burgdoerfer, Brandon Anderson, Steve Oleksy, Garrett Haar, Patrick Koudys, Travis Boyd, Cameron Schilling, Tom Wilson, Chandler Stephenson, Connor Carrick, Austin Wuthrich, Thomas Di Pauli, Riley Barber, Sergey Kostenko, Christian Djoos, Cody Reichard, Dustin Gazley, Joe Diamond, Brian Pinho, Tyler Lewington, Blake Heinrich, Madison Bowey, Zachary Sanford, Miles Koules, Nathan Walker, Pheonix Copley, Braden Pimm, Jan Urbas, Jakub Vrana, Vitek Vanecek, Shane Gersich, Steven Spinner, Kevin Elgestal, Wade Epp, Cole Wilson, Taran Kozun, Braden Christoffer