Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes

Friday, September 21, 2018, 7:30 PM ET PNC Arena, Raleigh Preseason Final

Final score

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 5–1 on Friday, September 21, 2018 at home.

Final score, Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes
Team	Goals	2018-2019 record
Washington Capitals	1	48-26-8
at Carolina Hurricanes	5	46-29-7

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Washington Capitals	7	3	8	18
Carolina Hurricanes	12	6	8	26

Three stars

J. Slavin, Carolina Hurricanes (1 goal, 2 assists)
J. Martinook, Carolina Hurricanes (1 goal)
W. Foegele, Carolina Hurricanes (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	02:19	Carolina Hurricanes	Valentin Zykov (2)	Andrei Svechnikov (2), Jaccob Slavin (2)	Power play	WSH 0, CAR 1
1st	11:33	Carolina Hurricanes	Jordan Staal (1)	Jaccob Slavin (3), Brock McGinn (1)	Even strength	WSH 0, CAR 2
1st	12:21	Washington Capitals	Nicklas Backstrom (1)	Aaron Ness (1), Dmitry Orlov (1)	Even strength	WSH 1, CAR 2
1st	13:36	Carolina Hurricanes	Jordan Martinook (1)	Warren Foegele (2)	Shorthanded	WSH 1, CAR 3
3rd	17:16	Carolina Hurricanes	Jaccob Slavin (2)	Valentin Zykov (1), Jordan Staal (1)	Power play	WSH 1, CAR 4
3rd	19:23	Carolina Hurricanes	Martin Necas (2)	Warren Foegele (3), Dougie Hamilton (1)	Even strength, Empty net	WSH 1, CAR 5

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

Team stats

Team stats, Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes
Stat	Washington Capitals	Carolina Hurricanes
Shots on goal	18	26
Power play	0 of 4	2 of 5
Penalty minutes	10	8
Hits	20	35
Blocked shots	16	9
Giveaways	8	7
Takeaways	5	20
Faceoffs won	23/47 (48.9%)	24/47 (51.1%)

Box score

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 13 J. Vrana	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		17:58
Number 17 S. Shumakov	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1		14:18
Number 18 C. Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	50%	17:16
Number 19 N. Backstrom	C	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	0	45.5%	19:16
Number 20 L. Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	80%	16:23
Number 24 R. Barber	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:02
Number 26 N. Dowd	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	42.9%	12:25
Number 61 J. Ikonen	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		10:45
Number 63 S. Gersich	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2		10:24
Number 72 T. Boyd	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	33.3%	13:43
Number 77 T. Oshie	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	50%	18:35
Number 87 L. O'Brien	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	4	0		11:29
Number 2 M. Niskanen	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0		24:39
Number 9 D. Orlov	D	0	1	1	-1	0	4	1	2		24:18
Number 21 L. Johansen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		15:52
Number 22 M. Bowey	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2		21:45
Number 34 J. Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	6	1		19:36
Number 55 A. Ness	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2		13:57

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 I. Samsonov	7	6	1	.857	19:19
Number 70 B. Holtby	18	15	3	.833	39:57	Loss

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 7 P. Di Giuseppe	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0		14:42
Number 11 J. Staal	C	1	1	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	64.3%	18:04
Number 13 W. Foegele	L	0	2	2	+2	2	0	2	0	0		14:54
Number 14 J. Williams	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		15:11
Number 20 S. Aho	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	44.4%	14:49
Number 23 B. McGinn	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	2	0		16:47
Number 37 A. Svechnikov	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		12:07
Number 48 J. Martinook	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	5	0	0		13:02
Number 71 L. Wallmark	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	50%	10:34
Number 73 V. Zykov	L	1	1	2	0	0	2	3	1	1		14:19
Number 86 T. Teravainen	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0	66.7%	15:16
Number 88 M. Necas	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	0	62.5%	14:53
Number 4 H. Fleury	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	0		16:23
Number 19 D. Hamilton	D	0	1	1	+2	0	3	4	0	0		21:53
Number 22 B. Pesce	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0		17:07
Number 27 J. Faulk	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0		20:46
Number 44 C. de Haan	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0		17:44
Number 74 J. Slavin	D	1	2	3	+2	0	1	1	1	1		23:41

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 34 P. Mrazek	10	9	1	.900	40:00	Win
Number 35 A. Nedeljkovic	8	8	0	1.000	19:48

Penalties

Penalties, Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	01:54	Washington Capitals	Sergei Shumakov	High sticking	2
1st	07:18	Carolina Hurricanes	Sebastian Aho	High sticking	2
1st	12:53	Carolina Hurricanes	Haydn Fleury	Tripping	2
2nd	01:20	Washington Capitals	Nicklas Backstrom	Holding	2
2nd	05:47	Carolina Hurricanes	Calvin de Haan	Interference	2
2nd	18:13	Carolina Hurricanes	Warren Foegele	Slashing	2
3rd	01:50	Washington Capitals	Aaron Ness	Holding	2
3rd	16:56	Washington Capitals	Shane Gersich	High sticking	2
3rd	19:42	Washington Capitals	Madison Bowey	Hooking	2

Game information

Washington Capitals head coach: Todd Reirden
Carolina Hurricanes head coach: Rod Brind'Amour
Referees: Jean Hebert, Francois St-Laurent
Linesmen: Matt MacPherson, Jesse Marquis
Washington Capitals scratches: Brooks Orpik, Igor Ignatushkin, Alex Ovechkin, Michail Yunkov, Peter Guggisberg, John Carlson, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Devante Smith-Pelly, Brett Connolly, Michael Sgarbossa, Garrett Haar, Tom Wilson, Sergey Kostenko, Christian Djoos, Jayson Megna, Brian Pinho, Tyler Lewington, Andre Burakovsky, Nathan Walker, Pheonix Copley, Vitek Vanecek, Steven Spinner, Connor Hobbs, Colby Williams, Mark Simpson, Beck Malenstyn, Michal Kempny, Garrett Pilon, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Damien Riat, Chase Priskie, Mason Mitchell, Kris Bindulis, Hampus Gustafsson, Sebastian Walfridsson, Benton Maass, Tobias Geisser, Kristian Roykas Marthinsen, Mathias Bau, Riley Sutter, Martin Fehérváry, Kody Clark, Eric Florchuk, Alexander Alexeyev, Maximilian Kammerer, Alex Kannok-Leipert, Mitchell Gibson
Carolina Hurricanes scratches: Scott Darling, Greg McKegg, Micheal Ferland, Gregory Hofmann, Victor Rask, Trevor Carrick, Saku Maenalanen, Trevor van Riemsdyk, Patrick Brown, Roland McKeown, Josh Wesley, Clark Bishop, Nicolas Roy, Callum Booth, David Cotton, Aleksi Saarela, Luke Stevens, Spencer Smallman, Steven Lorentz, Andrew Poturalski, Dan Renouf, Adam Fox, Max Zimmer, Julien Gauthier, Matt Filipe, Cliff Pu, Jake Bean, Janne Kuokkanen, Jeremy Helvig, Jack LaFontaine, Michael Fora, Morgan Geekie, Stelio Mattheos, Luke Martin, Eetu Luostarinen, Eetu Makiniemi, Brendan De Jong, Ville Rasanen, Jack Drury, Luke Henman, Lenni Killinen, Jesper Sellgren, Jacob Kucharski

2018-2019 season series

Every Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes game in the 2018-2019 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Washington Capitals 1 at Carolina Hurricanes 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes, Fri, Sep 21, 2018
Carolina Hurricanes 5 at Washington Capitals 4	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals, Fri, Sep 28, 2018

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Matchup	Status	Details
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Buffalo Sabres 3 at Toronto Maple Leafs 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs, Fri, Sep 21, 2018
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 at Nashville Predators 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Nashville Predators, Fri, Sep 21, 2018
Columbus Blue Jackets 0 at St. Louis Blues 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at St. Louis Blues, Fri, Sep 21, 2018
Calgary Flames 3 at Winnipeg Jets 4	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Calgary Flames at Winnipeg Jets, Fri, Sep 21, 2018