Carolina Hurricanes (1-0-0 2pts) v. Washington Capitals (2-0-0 4pts)
Game Recap:
The Washington Capitals look to keep their winning ways going as they play their first game of the season at home against the Carolina Hurricanes. For the majority of the first period the Hurricanes would generate chances against the Capitals, but Braden Holtby would stand tall in net for the Capitals. Then late in the period Garnet Hathaway would pick off a poor pass attempt by Joel Edmundson and then drive to the net to score his first as Capital and to give them the 1-0 lead heading into the first intermission.
In the second period the Capitals would still have some time to work on their first powerplay opportunity, but would not be able to convert. Then they would gain another opportunity when Jordan Staal would be called for tripping, but again could not convert on the powerplay. However, midway through the second it would be TJ Oshie who would bat the puck down and then get it past James Reimer to give the Capitals a 2-0 lead after an Official review. The Capitals would try to make it 3-0 off another potential Hathaway goal, but after a Coach’s Challenge it was ruled that Brendan Leipsic did in fact interfere with Reimer, and the goal would not count as a result.
Then in the third period Radko Gudas would take an interference penalty and the Hurricanes would finally get their powerplay on point as Erik Haula would tap in a Teuvu Teravainen pass past Braden Holtby to cut the Capitals lead to one. The after killing off a Tom Wilson penalty, the Capitals would have a breakdown in their own zone and Jaccob Slavin would capitalize by getting the puck past Holtby to tie the game at two. Then in overtime the Capitals would dominate with 7 shots on goal and a powerplay opportunity, but were unable to capitalize. However, for the Hurricanes they would only need one shot to win it as Jake Gardiner would wrist a shot past Holtby to win the game 3-2 in overtime.
Lineups:
Carolina Hurricanes:
Nino Niederreiter — Sebastian Aho — Teuvo Teravainen
Andrei Svechnikov — Jordan Staal — Brock McGinn
Ryan Dzingel — Erik Haula — Martin Necas
Warren Foegele — Lucas Wallmark — Jordan Martinook
Jaccob Slavin — Dougie Hamilton
Joel Edmundson — Brett Pesce
Jake Gardiner — Haydn Fleury
James Reimer
Petr Mrazek
Scratched: None
Injured: Trevor van Riemsdyk (shoulder)
Tonight's lines vs. the Caps #LetsGoCanes pic.twitter.com/MV04KgQ8VP
— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) October 5, 2019
Washington Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana — Lars Eller — T.J. Oshie
Carl Hagelin — Chandler Stephenson — Richard Panik
Brendan Leipsic — Nic Dowd — Garnet Hathaway
Jonas Siegenthaler — John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov — Nick Jensen
Martin Fehervary — Radko Gudas
Braden Holtby
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Tyler Lewington, Travis Boyd
Injured: Michal Kempny (hamstring)
Suspended: Evgeny Kuznetsov
If it ain't broke… #CapsCanes #ALLCAPS | @GEICO pic.twitter.com/qRZKSisPVF
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 5, 2019
First Period:
WAS Penalty – 6:45 – Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for Interference
CAR Penalty – 8:11 – Erik Haula 2 minutes for Interference
WAS Goal – 17:23 – Garnet Hathaway (1) from Brendan Leipsic (1)
Bouncerooo #ALLCAPS #CapsIsles pic.twitter.com/7Nkmmd6BBL
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 5, 2019
CAR Penalty – 19:22 – Nino Niederreiter 2 minutes for Slashing
End of 1st
Second Period:
CAR Penalty – 4:29 – Jordan Staal 2 minutes for Tripping
WAS Penalty – 8:19 – Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for Interference
WAS Goal – 11:40 – TJ Oshie (2) from Jakub Vrana (1) and Radko Gudas (2)
Oshie 4 president!!!! #ALLCAPS #CapsCanes pic.twitter.com/yqmFo45PKx
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 6, 2019
CAR Penalty – 13:25 – Martin Necas 2 minutes for Tripping
CAR Penalty – 18:51 – Andrei Svechnikov 2 minutes for High Sticking
End of 2nd
Third Period:
WAS Penalty – 1:59 – Radko Gudas 2 minutes for Interference
CAR PPG – 2:36 – Erik Haula (2) from Teuvu Teravainen (2) and Andrei Svechnikov (2)
HAULA!!!
Now we're playing with POWER! pic.twitter.com/2I9BFWHE0J
— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) October 6, 2019
WAS Penalty – 7:17 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Tripping
CAR Goal – 9:50 – Jaccob Slavin (1) from Jordan Martinook (1) and Warren Foegele (1)
E L I T E pic.twitter.com/8otYKOCCIN
— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) October 6, 2019
CAR Penalty – 12:29 – Joel Edmundson 2 minutes for Holding
WAS Penalty – 12:29 – Lars Eller 2 minutes for High Sticking
End of 3rd
Overtime:
CAR Penalty – :19 – Jordan Staal 2 minutes for Hooking
CAR Goal – 4:04 – Jake Gardiner (1) from Andrei Svechnikov (2)
End of OT:
Next Up:
Washington (2-0-1 5pts) v. Dallas (0-1-0 0pts)
Carolina (2-0-0 4pts) v. Tampa Bay (1-1-0 2pts)
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