Final Score

Washington

Capitals

2

Thursday, December 31, 2015, 1:08 PM

National Hockey League -

FINAL

4

Carolina

Hurricanes

Scoring Summary

1st period
No goal
2nd period
07:48 CAR Phillip Di Giuseppe (3) : Joakim Nordstrom (6) and Jordan Staal (8)
09:49 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (11) : Karl Alzner (8) and Matt Niskanen (13)
3rd period
00:51 CAR Eric Staal (8) : Elias Lindholm (11) and Kris Versteeg (17)
05:16 CAR Jeff Skinner (15) : Riley Nash (4) and Victor Rask (15)
14:16 WSH Alex Ovechkin (21) : Brooks Laich (4)
19:42 CAR EN Andrej Nestrasil (4) : Eric Staal (16) and John-Michael Liles (7)

Penalty Summary

1st period
15:31 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov - Hooking
2nd period
04:16 WSH Dmitry Orlov - Illegal check to head
05:49 WSH Tom Wilson - Roughing
05:49 CAR Andrej Nestrasil - Roughing
11:06 WSH Tom Wilson - Interference on goalkeeper

Statistics Capitals Washington

Skaters

# Player POS G A PTS +/- PEN PIM S BS MS GvA TkA Hits FOW FOL PPTOI SHTOI Shifts TOI
8 Alex Ovechkin LW 1 0 1 -1 0 0 6 2 0 2 1 4 - - 0 0 24 20.08
65 Andre Burakovsky LW 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 - - 0 0 15 12.3
21 Brooks Laich C 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2.8 22 12.37
58 Connor Carrick D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 - - 0 0 14 9.97
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -3 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 - - 0 0.7 30 21.5
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 -1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 6 0 0 20 14.43
25 Jason Chimera LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 - - 0 1.18 19 12.82
14 Justin Williams RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.62 19 12.88
27 Karl Alzner D 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 1 2 - - 0 3.95 29 22.93
90 Marcus Johansson LW 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 - - 0 0 19 15.43
2 Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 - - 0 4.12 31 28.42
46 Michael Latta C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 8 0 0 15 11.62
88 Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 - - 0 1.88 30 23.6
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 8 10 0 1.75 25 20.62
77 T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 1.77 25 19.9
4 Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - 0 1.35 19 13.68
43 Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 -2 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 6 - - 0 1.42 18 11.75
23 Zach Sill C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 4 4 0 1.47 17 10.55
70 Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 0 0
31 Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 0

Goalies

# Goalie Lvl 1st 2nd 3rd Saves-Shots SV% TOI
70 Braden Holtby 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0
31 Philipp Grubauer (L) 11 - 11 14 - 15 8 - 10 33 - 36 0.917 59.15

Statistics Hurricanes Carolina

Skaters

# Player POS G A PTS +/- PEN PIM S BS MS GvA TkA Hits FOW FOL PPTOI SHTOI Shifts TOI
15 Andrej Nestrasil C 1 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 - - 2.32 0 24 15.92
54 Brett Pesce D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 - - 2.2 0 19 17.17
25 Chris Terry LW 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 - - 0 0 17 9.85
16 Elias Lindholm C 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 3 4 2 3.68 0 25 20.23
12 Eric Staal C 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 6 3 3.87 0 26 23.07
74 Jaccob Slavin D 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 - - 0 0 25 19.67
18 Jay Mcclement C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 5 5 0 0 17 10.28
53 Jeff Skinner C 1 0 1 -1 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 - - 2.52 0 21 15.72
42 Joakim Nordstrom C 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 - - 0 0 23 14.38
26 John-Michael Liles D 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 - - 2.03 0 29 21.48
11 Jordan Staal C 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 10 11 2.13 0 26 15.33
27 Justin Faulk D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 2 - - 3.8 0 27 22.85
32 Kris Versteeg RW 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 - - 0 0 22 18.02
5 Noah Hanifin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 - - 3.97 0 18 17.92
34 Phillip Di Giuseppe LW 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 3 - - 0 0 21 13.08
20 Riley Nash C 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 9.08
65 Ron Hainsey D 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 - - 0 0 26 20.92
49 Victor Rask C 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 6 3.48 0 22 15.03
30 Cam Ward G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 0 0
31 Eddie Lack G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 0 0

Goalies

# Goalie Lvl 1st 2nd 3rd Saves-Shots SV% TOI
30 Cam Ward 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0
31 Eddie Lack (W) 8 - 8 12 - 13 10 - 11 30 - 32 0.938 60

Score Line

FINAL 1st 2nd 3rd T
Capitals 0 1 1 2
Hurricanes 0 1 3 4

Stars of the game

CAR Eric Staal
CAR Kris Versteeg
CAR Eddie Lack

Team Stats

Category Capitals Hurricanes
Power Plays 0/0 0/3
Hits 35 27
Faceoff Wins 28 31
Giveaways 13 16
Takeaways 18 9
Missed Shots 12 14
Blocked Shots 8 9
Penalty Minutes 8 2

Shots

Period Capitals Hurricanes
First 8 11
Second 13 15
Third 11 11
Total 32 37