National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Carolina 4, Washington 2
Thursday, December 31, 2015 6:00 PM
When: 6:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 31, 2015
Where: PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Referees: Steve Kozari, Mike Leggo
Linesmen: Matt MacPherson, Jonny Murray
Attendance: 14134
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 0112
Carolina 0134
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
15:31 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
7:48 - Hurricanes Phillip Di Giuseppe (EV) Assists: Joakim Nordstrom , Jordan Staal
9:49 - Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (EV) Assists: Karl Alzner , Matt Niskanen
Penalties
4:16 - Capitals Dmitry Orlov (2) Illegal Check to head
 5:49 - Hurricanes Andrej Nestrasil (2) Roughing
 5:49 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Roughing
 11:06 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Goaltender interference
3rd Period
Scoring
0:51 - Hurricanes Eric Staal (EV) Assists: Elias Lindholm , Kris Versteeg
5:16 - Hurricanes Jeff Skinner (EV) Assists: Riley Nash , Victor Rask
14:16 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Brooks Laich
19:42 - Hurricanes Andrej Nestrasil (EV) (EN) Assists: Eric Staal , John-Michael Liles
Penalties
None.
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 59:09
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 28:25
Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 13:41
Alex Ovechkin LW 1 0 1 -1 0 6 20:05
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -3 2 2 21:30
Justin Williams RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 12:53
Nicklas Backstrom C 1 0 1 E 0 2 20:37
Brooks Laich C 0 1 1 E 0 4 12:22
Zach Sill C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 10:33
Jason Chimera LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 12:49
Karl Alzner D 0 1 1 E 0 4 22:56
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 -2 4 1 11:45
Michael Latta C 0 0 0 E 0 1 11:37
Connor Carrick D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 9:58
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 0 0 +2 0 2 12:18
T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 19:54
Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 E 0 2 23:36
Marcus Johansson LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 15:26
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 14:26
Carolina Hurricanes
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Cam Ward G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Eddie Lack G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Noah Hanifin D 0 0 0 E 0 1 17:55
Jordan Staal C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 15:20
Eric Staal C 1 1 2 +1 0 2 23:04
Andrej Nestrasil C 1 0 1 +1 2 3 15:55
Elias Lindholm C 0 1 1 E 0 4 20:14
Jay McClement C 0 0 0 E 0 2 10:17
Riley Nash C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 9:05
Chris Terry LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 9:51
John-Michael Liles D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 21:29
Justin Faulk D 0 0 0 E 0 1 22:51
Kris Versteeg RW 0 1 1 +1 0 3 18:01
Phillip Di Giuseppe LW 1 0 1 E 0 2 13:05
Joakim Nordstrom LW 0 1 1 +2 0 0 14:23
Victor Rask C 0 1 1 E 0 1 15:02
Jeff Skinner LW 1 0 1 -1 0 6 15:43
Brett Pesce D 0 0 0 E 0 3 17:10
Ron Hainsey D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 20:55
Jaccob Slavin D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 19:40
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Philipp Grubauer L (5-3-1) 36 33 3 .917 0 59:09
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Eddie Lack W (5-7-3) 32 30 2 .938 0 60:00