Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals

Monday, September 21, 2015, 7:00 PM ET Verizon Center, Washington Preseason Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2–0 on Monday, September 21, 2015 at home.

Final score, Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals
Team	Goals	2015-2016 record
Carolina Hurricanes	0	35-31-16
at Washington Capitals	2	56-18-8

Goals by period

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

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	11	6	9	26
Washington Capitals	4	18	9	31

Three stars

T. Wilson, Washington Capitals (1 goal)
D. Roy, Washington Capitals (1 goal)
E. Lack, Carolina Hurricanes (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
3rd	03:31	Washington Capitals	Tom Wilson (1)	Christian Djoos (1), Brooks Laich (1)	Even strength	CAR 0, WSH 1
3rd	13:11	Washington Capitals	Derek Roy (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	CAR 0, WSH 2

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	26	31
Power play	0 of 2	0 of 3
Penalty minutes	8	6
Hits	16	22
Blocked shots	13	19
Giveaways	6	11
Takeaways	5	8
Faceoffs won	43/66 (65.2%)	23/66 (34.8%)

Box score

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player	Position	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Time on ice
Number 11 J. Staal	C	-1	2	0	1	1	18:19
Number 12 E. Staal	C	-1	0	3	0	1	18:51
Number 15 A. Nestrasil	C	-1	2	0	0	0	14:15
Number 20 R. Nash	C	0	0	2	0	1	16:05
Number 22 Z. Boychuk	L	0	0	0	2	0	09:07
Number 24 B. Malone	C	0	2	0	0	1	13:46
Number 32 K. Versteeg	R	-1	0	2	1	0	16:30
Number 33 D. Ryan	C	0	0	3	0	0	15:46
Number 34 P. Di Giuseppe	L	0	0	4	3	1	14:15
Number 48 B. Sutter	C	0	0	0	0	0	09:55
Number 61 S. Tolchinsky	L	-1	0	0	0	0	15:05
Number 72 C. Sandlak	L	0	0	1	3	0	09:25
Number 4 H. Fleury	D	-2	0	1	2	1	17:52
Number 7 R. Murphy	D	-1	2	3	1	2	19:51
Number 41 D. Biega	D	-1	0	4	2	1	23:25
Number 45 K. Lowe	D	0	0	0	0	0	17:53
Number 54 B. Pesce	D	0	0	0	0	4	18:27
Number 65 R. Hainsey	D	0	0	3	1	0	23:16

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 E. Lack	22	22	0	1.000	39:57
Number 35 D. MacIntyre	9	7	2	.778	20:00	Loss

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Time on ice
Number 8 A. Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	2	15:51
Number 10 D. Roy	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	2	18:12
Number 13 J. Vrana	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	13:25
Number 21 B. Laich	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	1	13:15
Number 24 R. Barber	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:40
Number 25 J. Chimera	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	1	16:16
Number 43 T. Wilson	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	1	12:48
Number 48 C. Camper	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	15:10
Number 49 S. Galiev	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	14:25
Number 53 S. Collins	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	13:15
Number 77 T. Oshie	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	15:36
Number 92 E. Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	15:36
Number 2 M. Niskanen	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	2	1	21:34
Number 9 D. Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	21:36
Number 27 K. Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19:49
Number 29 C. Djoos	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	3	17:46
Number 55 A. Ness	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	17:53
Number 58 C. Carrick	D	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	16:53

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 39 D. Ellis	12	12	0	1.000	27:47	Win
Number 70 B. Holtby	14	14	0	1.000	32:13

Penalties

Penalties, Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	07:43	Carolina Hurricanes	Andrej Nestrasil	Cross checking	2
2nd	01:32	Carolina Hurricanes	Ryan Murphy	Slashing	2
2nd	15:22	Washington Capitals	Connor Carrick	Hooking	2
2nd	16:25	Carolina Hurricanes	Jordan Staal	Interference	2
3rd	11:12	Carolina Hurricanes	Brad Malone	Holding	2
3rd	11:12	Washington Capitals	Connor Carrick	Holding	2
3rd	14:20	Washington Capitals	Connor Carrick	Interference	2

Game information

Carolina Hurricanes head coach: Bill Peters
Washington Capitals head coach: Barry Trotz
Referees: Francis Charron, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Jay Sharrers, Tim Nowak
Carolina Hurricanes scratches: John-Michael Liles, Jay McClement, James Wisniewski, Cam Ward, T.J. Hensick, Nathan Gerbe, Chris Terry, Michal Jordan, Rasmus Rissanen, Justin Faulk, Jeff Skinner, Joakim Nordstrom, Justin Shugg, Gregory Hofmann, Victor Rask, Daniel Altshuller, Brock McGinn, Brendan Woods, Trevor Carrick, Jaccob Slavin, Erik Karlsson, Collin Olson, Brendan Collier, Tyler Ganly, Elias Lindholm, Patrick Brown, Alex Nedeljkovic, Roland McKeown, Warren Foegele, Josh Wesley, Lucas Wallmark, Clark Bishop, Kyle Jenkins, Rasmus Tirronen, Noah Hanifin, Sebastian Aho, Nicolas Roy, Callum Booth, David Cotton, Luke Stevens, Spencer Smallman, Steven Lorentz
Washington Capitals scratches: Sergei Zimakov, Maxim Orlov, Igor Shadilov, Brooks Orpik, Justin Williams, Ivan Nepriayev, Igor Ignatushkin, Chris Bourque, Justin Peters, Michail Yunkov, Peter Guggisberg, Taylor Chorney, Mark Dekanich, Nicklas Backstrom, Paul Carey, Jay Beagle, Mike Moore, John Carlson, Max Sauve, Zach Sill, Marcus Johansson, Chris Brown, Michael Latta, Garrett Mitchell, Austin Fyten, Ryan Stanton, Joey Leach, Philipp Grubauer, Caleb Herbert, Erik Burgdoerfer, Garrett Haar, Travis Boyd, Chandler Stephenson, Thomas Di Pauli, Sergey Kostenko, Liam O'Brien, Alex Basso, Dustin Gazley, Nate Schmidt, Brian Pinho, Tyler Lewington, Andre Burakovsky, Madison Bowey, Zachary Sanford, Miles Koules, Nathan Walker, Robert Shea, Vitek Vanecek, Shane Gersich, Steven Spinner, Kevin Elgestal, Cole Wilson, Taran Kozun, Jonas Siegenthaler, Connor Hobbs, Ilya Samsonov, Colby Williams, Tim McGauley, Cody Murphy, Daniel Gibb, Trevor Cox, Keoni Texeira

2015-2016 season series

Every Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals game in the 2015-2016 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Carolina Hurricanes 0 at Washington Capitals 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals, Mon, Sep 21, 2015
Washington Capitals 3 at Carolina Hurricanes 4	Final/2OT Preseason	Game page: Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes, Wed, Sep 30, 2015

Other NHL games on Sep 21

Other NHL games on Monday, September 21, 2015
Matchup	Status	Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets 0	Final/2OT Preseason	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets, Mon, Sep 21, 2015
Philadelphia Flyers 2 at New York Islanders 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Philadelphia Flyers at New York Islanders, Mon, Sep 21, 2015
New Jersey Devils 3 at New York Rangers 6	Final Preseason	Game page: New Jersey Devils at New York Rangers, Mon, Sep 21, 2015
New York Islanders 3 at Philadelphia Flyers 5	Final Preseason	Game page: New York Islanders at Philadelphia Flyers, Mon, Sep 21, 2015
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 at Ottawa Senators 3	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Ottawa Senators, Mon, Sep 21, 2015
Ottawa Senators 1 at Toronto Maple Leafs 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Ottawa Senators at Toronto Maple Leafs, Mon, Sep 21, 2015
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Minnesota Wild 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild, Mon, Sep 21, 2015
Edmonton Oilers 3 at Calgary Flames 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Calgary Flames, Mon, Sep 21, 2015
Calgary Flames 2 at Edmonton Oilers 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Calgary Flames at Edmonton Oilers, Mon, Sep 21, 2015
Los Angeles Kings 5 at Arizona Coyotes 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Arizona Coyotes, Mon, Sep 21, 2015
San Jose Sharks 0 at Vancouver Canucks 1	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: San Jose Sharks at Vancouver Canucks, Mon, Sep 21, 2015