The Washington Capitals were easily defeated by the Carolina Hurricanes, 6 to 2, on January 5.

Final

Hurricanes

22-13-4

6

Capitals

18-13-6

2

Team

CAR

WSH

1

0

2

1

0

3

5

0

Total

6

2

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

CAR

WSH

Nic Dowd (EV) assisted by Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Beck Malenstyn

0

1

Dylan Strome (PP) assisted by John Carlson and Alex Ovechkin

0

2

2nd period

CAR

WSH

Brent Burns (EV) assisted by Andrei Svechnikov and Sebastian Aho

1

2

3rd period

CAR

WSH

Seth Jarvis (EV) assisted by Dmitry Orlov and Vasily Ponomarev

2

Andrei Svechnikov (PP) assisted by Sebastian Aho and Brent Burns

3

2

Brent Burns (PP) assisted by Andrei Svechnikov and Sebastian Aho

4

2

Dmitry Orlov (SH-EN) unassisted

5

2

Vasily Ponomarev (EV) assisted by Jesperi Kotkaniemi

6

2

Hurricanes

Capitals

Goals

6

2

Shots

34

17

Penalty Minutes

6

Power-Play Goals

2

1

Power-Play Opportunities

3

Faceoff Wins

37

24

Hits

11

14

Giveaways

5

12

Takeaways

6

4

Hurricanes

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Pyotr Kochetkov (W)	1	17	2	15	.882	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Sebastian Aho	0	3	+1	0	3	20:03	1	0	0	0
Michael Bunting	0	0	0	0	1	14:41	2	1	1	0
Brent Burns	2	1	+2	0	6	22:07	0	0	1	1
Jalen Chatfield	0	0	+1	0	2	16:37	1	1	1	1
Tony DeAngelo	0	0	-1	0	0	3:53	0	0	0	0
Jack Drury	0	0	-1	0	2	13:08	0	0	0	1
Seth Jarvis	1	0	+1	0	3	20:17	1	1	0	0
Jesperi Kotkaniemi	0	1	+1	2	4	19:01	1	1	0	0
Brendan Lemieux	0	0	+2	0	1	9:37	1	0	0	0
Jordan Martinook	0	0	0	0	2	15:46	2	0	0	0
Dmitry Orlov	1	1	+2	0	3	15:06	0	0	0	0
Brett Pesce	0	0	+1	0	1	20:01	0	2	0	1
Vasily Ponomarev	1	1	+2	0	1	10:29	0	1	0	0
Brady Skjei	0	0	+1	0	0	20:14	1	0	1	0
Jaccob Slavin	0	0	0	2	2	19:20	0	2	0	2
Jordan Staal	0	0	0	0	1	16:42	0	1	0	0
Andrei Svechnikov	1	2	+1	2	2	19:12	1	0	0	0
Teuvo Teravainen	0	0	+1	0	0	19:31	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Darcy Kuemper (L)	1	33	5	28	.848	59:01

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Nicolas Aube-Kubel	0	1	0	0	0	14:12	1	0	0	0
Ethan Bear	0	0	-1	0	0	18:56	1	2	1	0
John Carlson	0	1	-1	0	1	22:10	0	2	1	0
Nic Dowd	1	0	0	0	1	17:02	1	3	0	1
Joel Edmundson	0	0	-2	0	0	19:48	1	2	2	0
Martin Fehervary	0	0	0	0	0	20:05	1	0	0	0
Nick Jensen	0	0	-1	0	2	18:04	1	1	1	0
Evgeny Kuznetsov	0	0	0	2	1	15:58	0	0	1	0
Hendrix Lapierre	0	0	0	0	1	12:46	0	0	1	0
Beck Malenstyn	0	1	-1	2	2	16:27	3	0	1	0
Anthony Mantha	0	0	-3	0	1	12:17	1	0	0	0
Connor McMichael	0	0	-2	0	1	13:42	1	0	1	0
Alex Ovechkin	0	1	-1	0	1	15:57	0	0	0	0
Max Pacioretty	0	0	-1	0	3	14:31	1	0	1	0
Aliaksei Protas	0	0	-1	0	2	13:20	0	5	0	2
Dylan Strome	1	0	-1	0	1	15:19	0	1	0	0
Tom Wilson	0	0	-1	0	0	18:28	2	0	2	0
Trevor van Riemsdyk	0	0	0	2	0	18:11	0	2	0	1