Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals

Saturday, September 21, 2019, 7:00 PM ET Capital One Arena, Washington Preseason Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 on Saturday, September 21, 2019 at home.

Final score, Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals
Team	Goals	2019-2020 record
Carolina Hurricanes	2	38-25-5
at Washington Capitals	3	41-20-8

Goals by period

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

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	4	3	8	15
Washington Capitals	6	8	6	20

Three stars

B. Pinho, Washington Capitals (2 goals)
B. Leason, Washington Capitals (1 goal)
J. Kuokkanen, Carolina Hurricanes (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	06:44	Washington Capitals	Brett Leason (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	CAR 0, WSH 1
1st	16:00	Washington Capitals	Brian Pinho (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	CAR 0, WSH 2
3rd	08:31	Washington Capitals	Brian Pinho (2)	Garrett Pilon (1), Lucas Johansen (1)	Power play	CAR 0, WSH 3
3rd	11:30	Carolina Hurricanes	Brock McGinn (1)	Lucas Wallmark (1)	Even strength	CAR 1, WSH 3
3rd	14:54	Carolina Hurricanes	Janne Kuokkanen (1)	Jake Bean (1), Martin Necas (1)	Even strength	CAR 2, WSH 3

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	15	20
Power play	0 of 3	1 of 2
Penalty minutes	6	8
Hits	23	20
Blocked shots	13	17
Giveaways	3	14
Takeaways	6	8
Faceoffs won	26/52 (50%)	26/52 (50%)

Box score

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 23 B. McGinn	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0		15:42
Number 29 B. Gibbons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		15:31
Number 43 E. Luostarinen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	50%	14:15
Number 44 J. Gauthier	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	4	1		17:06
Number 45 M. Geekie	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	54.5%	17:00
Number 59 J. Kuokkanen	C	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0		13:38
Number 61 R. Suzuki	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	41.7%	13:32
Number 71 L. Wallmark	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1	57.9%	18:56
Number 78 S. Lorentz	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		12:45
Number 88 M. Necas	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		16:48
Number 92 C. Markison	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14:12
Number 93 H. Shinkaruk	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1		14:05
Number 4 H. Fleury	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	1		18:28
Number 24 J. Bean	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	3	2		18:16
Number 33 F. Claesson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	2		17:55
Number 42 G. Forsling	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		19:14
Number 51 J. Gardiner	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3		20:47
Number 55 R. McKeown	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0		18:53

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 A. Forsberg	10	8	2	.800	29:12
Number 47 J. Reimer	10	9	1	.900	28:34	Loss

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals 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 14 R. Panik	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0		16:11
Number 21 G. Hathaway	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	0		13:47
Number 23 M. Sgarbossa	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	50%	14:57
Number 40 G. Pilon	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	37.5%	12:54
Number 45 A. Jonsson-Fjallby	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	0		12:45
Number 49 B. Leason	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0		14:41
Number 62 C. Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		16:36
Number 63 S. Gersich	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	0	0		13:20
Number 64 B. Pinho	C	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1		13:01
Number 72 T. Boyd	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	64.7%	16:18
Number 87 L. O'Brien	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	3	0		13:18
Number 92 E. Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	46.7%	17:10
Number 3 N. Jensen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		21:15
Number 22 L. Johansen	D	0	1	1	-1	2	1	0	0	0		18:29
Number 29 C. Djoos	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0		19:32
Number 33 R. Gudas	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	3	1	0		17:48
Number 34 J. Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	5	0		20:41
Number 38 C. Williams	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0		19:22

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 I. Samsonov	15	13	2	.867	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:04	Washington Capitals	Michael Sgarbossa	Slashing	2
1st	03:19	Washington Capitals	Lucas Johansen	High sticking	2
2nd	06:00	Washington Capitals	Evgeny Kuznetsov	Slashing	2
3rd	00:41	Carolina Hurricanes	Roland McKeown	Interference	2
3rd	07:15	Carolina Hurricanes	Haydn Fleury	Slashing	2
3rd	18:05	Washington Capitals	Christian Djoos	Interference	2
3rd	18:05	Carolina Hurricanes	Janne Kuokkanen	Embellishment	2

Game information

Carolina Hurricanes head coach: Rod Brind'Amour
Washington Capitals head coach: Todd Reirden
Referees: Chris Rooney, Frederick L'Ecuyer
Linesmen: Pierre Racicot, Mark Shewchyk
Carolina Hurricanes scratches: Jordan Staal, Erik Haula, Justin Faulk, Nino Niederreiter, Petr Mrazek, Ryan Dzingel, Max McCormick, Gregory Hofmann, Dougie Hamilton, Teuvo Teravainen, Jordan Martinook, Jaccob Slavin, Brett Pesce, Trevor van Riemsdyk, Alex Nedeljkovic, Alex Lintuniemi, Warren Foegele, Kyle Wood, Clark Bishop, Sebastian Aho, Callum Booth, David Cotton, Luke Stevens, Spencer Smallman, Max Zimmer, Matt Filipe, Jeremy Helvig, Jack LaFontaine, Chase Priskie, Stelio Mattheos, Luke Martin, Eetu Makiniemi, Ville Rasanen, Andrei Svechnikov, Jack Drury, Luke Henman, Lenni Killinen, Jesper Sellgren, Jacob Kucharski, Jacob Pritchard, Domenick Fensore, Cade Webber, Patrik Puistola, Jamieson Rees, Pyotr Kochetkov, Anttoni Honka, Blake Murray, Tuukka Tieksola, Kirill Slepets, Kevin Wall, Massimo Rizzo
Washington Capitals scratches: Igor Ignatushkin, Alex Ovechkin, Michail Yunkov, Peter Guggisberg, T.J. Oshie, Nicklas Backstrom, Lars Eller, John Carlson, Braden Holtby, Dmitry Orlov, Nic Dowd, Garrett Haar, Tom Wilson, Brendan Leipsic, Chandler Stephenson, Sergey Kostenko, Tyler Lewington, Philippe Maillet, Jakub Vrana, Vitek Vanecek, Connor Hobbs, Beck Malenstyn, Michal Kempny, Damien Riat, Kris Bindulis, Sebastian Walfridsson, Benton Maass, Tobias Geisser, Kristian Roykas Marthinsen, Riley Sutter, Martin Fehérváry, Kody Clark, Eric Florchuk, Alexander Alexeyev, Alex Kannok-Leipert, Mitchell Gibson, Joe Snively, Bobby Nardella, Connor McMichael, Aliaksei Protas, Martin Has

2019-2020 season series

Every Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals game in the 2019-2020 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Carolina Hurricanes 2 at Washington Capitals 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals, Sat, Sep 21, 2019
Washington Capitals 4 at Carolina Hurricanes 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes, Sun, Sep 29, 2019
Carolina Hurricanes 2 at Washington Capitals 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals, Wed, Jul 29, 2020

Other NHL games on Sep 21

Other NHL games on Saturday, September 21, 2019
Matchup	Status	Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets, Sat, Sep 21, 2019
Colorado Avalanche 3 at Minnesota Wild 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Minnesota Wild, Sat, Sep 21, 2019
New York Islanders 3 at New Jersey Devils 4	Final Preseason	Game page: New York Islanders at New Jersey Devils, Sat, Sep 21, 2019
New York Rangers 1 at Philadelphia Flyers 4	Final Preseason	Game page: New York Rangers at Philadelphia Flyers, Sat, Sep 21, 2019
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Buffalo Sabres 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres, Sat, Sep 21, 2019
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Ottawa Senators 0	Final Preseason	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Ottawa Senators, Sat, Sep 21, 2019
Florida Panthers 6 at Dallas Stars 0	Final Preseason	Game page: Florida Panthers at Dallas Stars, Sat, Sep 21, 2019
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at Nashville Predators 5	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Nashville Predators, Sat, Sep 21, 2019
Vegas Golden Knights 3 at San Jose Sharks 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Vegas Golden Knights at San Jose Sharks, Sat, Sep 21, 2019
Boston Bruins 2 at Chicago Blackhawks 3	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Boston Bruins at Chicago Blackhawks, Sat, Sep 21, 2019
Anaheim Ducks 3 at Arizona Coyotes 4	Final/2OT Preseason	Game page: Anaheim Ducks at Arizona Coyotes, Sat, Sep 21, 2019
Vancouver Canucks 5 at Los Angeles Kings 7	Final Preseason	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Los Angeles Kings, Sat, Sep 21, 2019