Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes

Wednesday, September 30, 2015, 7:00 PM ET PNC Arena, Raleigh Preseason Final/2OT

Final score

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 in overtime on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at home.

Final score, Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes
Team	Goals	2015-2016 record
Washington Capitals	3	56-18-8
at Carolina Hurricanes	4	35-31-16

Goals by period

Goals by period, Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
Washington Capitals	2	1	0	0	0	3
Carolina Hurricanes	1	2	0	0	1	4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
Washington Capitals	9	10	11	4	0	34
Carolina Hurricanes	9	14	3	1	0	27

Three stars

N. Gerbe, Carolina Hurricanes (1 goal)
E. Staal, Carolina Hurricanes (2 assists)
R. Nash, Carolina Hurricanes (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	00:20	Washington Capitals	Alex Ovechkin (2)	Karl Alzner (1), Braden Holtby (1)	Even strength	WSH 1, CAR 0
1st	04:19	Carolina Hurricanes	Elias Lindholm (1)	Kris Versteeg (1), Eric Staal (1)	Even strength	WSH 1, CAR 1
1st	04:51	Washington Capitals	Stanislav Galiev (1)	Jason Chimera (2), Ryan Stanton (1)	Even strength	WSH 2, CAR 1
2nd	05:47	Washington Capitals	Michael Latta (1)	Sean Collins (1), Brooks Laich (2)	Even strength	WSH 3, CAR 1
2nd	06:17	Carolina Hurricanes	Riley Nash (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	WSH 3, CAR 2
2nd	08:36	Carolina Hurricanes	Nathan Gerbe (1)	Eric Staal (2), Justin Faulk (1)	Power play	WSH 3, CAR 3

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

Shootout

Shootout attempts in order
Team	Shooter	Result
Carolina Hurricanes	Victor Rask	Saved
Washington Capitals	T.J. Oshie	Goal
Carolina Hurricanes	Jeff Skinner	Goal
Washington Capitals	Evgeny Kuznetsov	Saved
Carolina Hurricanes	Chris Terry	Saved
Washington Capitals	Stanislav Galiev	Saved
Carolina Hurricanes	Nathan Gerbe	Goal
Washington Capitals	Andre Burakovsky	Saved

Team stats

Team stats, Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes
Stat	Washington Capitals	Carolina Hurricanes
Shots on goal	34	27
Power play	0 of 3	1 of 4
Penalty minutes	17	15
Hits	25	13
Blocked shots	12	12
Giveaways	7	11
Takeaways	12	9
Faceoffs won	23/55 (41.8%)	32/55 (58.2%)

Box score

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	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	19:50
Number 14 J. Williams	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17:48
Number 18 C. Stephenson	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	13:45
Number 21 B. Laich	C	0	1	1	+1	5	3	1	0	11:54
Number 25 J. Chimera	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	16:53
Number 46 M. Latta	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0	11:44
Number 49 S. Galiev	R	1	0	1	+1	2	3	2	0	12:51
Number 53 S. Collins	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	11:30
Number 65 A. Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1	16:14
Number 77 T. Oshie	R	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	0	18:54
Number 90 M. Johansson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	17:05
Number 92 E. Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	19:11
Number 2 M. Niskanen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0	25:41
Number 4 T. Chorney	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	19:02
Number 20 R. Stanton	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	5	18:19
Number 27 K. Alzner	D	0	1	1	+1	2	3	2	1	20:27
Number 58 C. Carrick	D	0	0	0	+1	4	1	4	3	18:12
Number 88 N. Schmidt	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	18:01

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 J. Peters	4	4	0	1.000	25:00	OT loss
Number 70 B. Holtby	23	20	3	.870	40:00

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Time on ice
Number 11 J. Staal	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	18:06
Number 12 E. Staal	C	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	18:48
Number 14 N. Gerbe	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	3	0	18:54
Number 16 E. Lindholm	C	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	17:34
Number 18 J. McClement	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	12:12
Number 20 R. Nash	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	16:09
Number 24 B. Malone	C	0	0	0	-1	4	0	3	0	08:41
Number 25 C. Terry	L	0	0	0	-1	4	1	1	0	12:14
Number 32 K. Versteeg	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	19:31
Number 42 J. Nordstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	09:39
Number 49 V. Rask	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	18:07
Number 53 J. Skinner	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	17:15
Number 5 N. Hanifin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	25:09
Number 26 J. Liles	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	21:19
Number 27 J. Faulk	D	0	1	1	-1	5	3	1	0	24:11
Number 47 M. Jordan	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	19:43
Number 54 B. Pesce	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	15:01
Number 74 J. Slavin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	16:33

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 E. Lack	34	31	3	.912	64:54	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	16:18	Carolina Hurricanes	Elias Lindholm	Hooking	2
2nd	06:57	Washington Capitals	Andre Burakovsky	Holding	2
2nd	07:20	Washington Capitals	Karl Alzner	Tripping	2
2nd	11:25	Carolina Hurricanes	Chris Terry	Roughing	2
2nd	11:25	Washington Capitals	Connor Carrick	Roughing	2
2nd	11:25	Washington Capitals	Connor Carrick	Cross checking	2
2nd	15:49	Washington Capitals	Stanislav Galiev	Tripping	2
2nd	18:23	Washington Capitals	T.J. Oshie	Roughing	2
2nd	18:23	Carolina Hurricanes	Justin Faulk	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	18:23	Washington Capitals	Brooks Laich	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	18:23	Carolina Hurricanes	Brad Malone	Roughing	2
2nd	18:23	Carolina Hurricanes	Brad Malone	Roughing	2
3rd	09:03	Carolina Hurricanes	Chris Terry	Delaying game illegal play by goalie	2

Game information

Washington Capitals head coach: Barry Trotz
Carolina Hurricanes head coach: Bill Peters
Referees: Francois St-Laurent, Mark Lemelin
Linesmen: Derek Nansen, Mark Shewchyk
Washington Capitals scratches: Sergei Zimakov, Maxim Orlov, Igor Shadilov, Brooks Orpik, Dan Ellis, Ivan Nepriayev, Derek Roy, Igor Ignatushkin, Chris Bourque, Michail Yunkov, Peter Guggisberg, Mark Dekanich, Nicklas Backstrom, Paul Carey, Jay Beagle, Mike Moore, John Carlson, Aaron Ness, Max Sauve, Zach Sill, Chris Brown, Dmitry Orlov, Garrett Mitchell, Austin Fyten, Joey Leach, Philipp Grubauer, Caleb Herbert, Erik Burgdoerfer, Carter Camper, Garrett Haar, Travis Boyd, Tom Wilson, Thomas Di Pauli, Riley Barber, Sergey Kostenko, Christian Djoos, Liam O'Brien, Alex Basso, Dustin Gazley, Brian Pinho, Tyler Lewington, Madison Bowey, Zachary Sanford, Miles Koules, Nathan Walker, Robert Shea, Jakub Vrana, 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
Carolina Hurricanes scratches: Ron Hainsey, Drew MacIntyre, James Wisniewski, T.J. Hensick, Zach Boychuk, Andrej Nestrasil, Rasmus Rissanen, Danny Biega, Justin Shugg, Brody Sutter, Gregory Hofmann, Keegan Lowe, Ryan Murphy, Carter Sandlak, Phillip Di Giuseppe, Daniel Altshuller, Brock McGinn, Brendan Woods, Trevor Carrick, Erik Karlsson, Collin Olson, Brendan Collier, Tyler Ganly, Sergey Tolchinsky, Patrick Brown, Haydn Fleury, Alex Nedeljkovic, Roland McKeown, Warren Foegele, Josh Wesley, Lucas Wallmark, Clark Bishop, Kyle Jenkins, Rasmus Tirronen, Sebastian Aho, Nicolas Roy, Callum Booth, David Cotton, Derek Ryan, Luke Stevens, Spencer Smallman, Steven Lorentz

2015-2016 season series

Every Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes 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 30

Other NHL games on Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Matchup	Status	Details
Boston Bruins 2 at New York Rangers 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Boston Bruins at New York Rangers, Wed, Sep 30, 2015
New Jersey Devils 4 at Philadelphia Flyers 2	Final Preseason	Game page: New Jersey Devils at Philadelphia Flyers, Wed, Sep 30, 2015
Detroit Red Wings 7 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins, Wed, Sep 30, 2015