🦅 Away Capitals 2-2-0
2–7
Final
🌪️ Home Hurricanes 1-2-0
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦅 WSH 1102
🌪️ CAR 0347

Capitals at Hurricanes

Hurricanes beat Capitals 7–2 at PNC Arena on October 12, 2005.

🗓 📍 PNC Arena, Raleigh 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Hurricanes lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Eric Staal
1 G, 3 A
3 shots · 20:25 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Rod Brind'Amour
1 G, 2 A
6 shots · 25:32 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Bret Hedican
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · 20:41 TOI

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin Go-ahead 1st · 10:28
Assists: Andrew Cassels · beat Cam Ward
1–0
2nd period
🌪️ Matt Cullen PP Tying 2nd · 03:11
Assists: Rod Brind'Amour, Oleg Tverdovsky · beat Olie Kolzig
1–1
🦅 Dainius Zubrus Go-ahead 2nd · 04:21
Unassisted · beat Cam Ward
2–1
🌪️ Eric Staal PP Tying 2nd · 05:58
Assists: Erik Cole, Frantisek Kaberle · beat Olie Kolzig
2–2
🌪️ Bret Hedican Go-ahead 2nd · 18:36
Assists: Eric Staal, Cory Stillman · beat Olie Kolzig
2–3
3rd period
🌪️ Erik Cole 3rd · 01:45
Assists: Cory Stillman, Eric Staal · beat Olie Kolzig
2–4
🌪️ Justin Williams 3rd · 03:57
Assists: Rod Brind'Amour · beat Olie Kolzig
2–5
🌪️ Rod Brind'Amour PP 3rd · 07:57
Assists: Eric Staal, Bret Hedican · beat Olie Kolzig
2–6
🌪️ Niklas Nordgren 3rd · 14:45
Assists: Matt Cullen, Bret Hedican · beat Brent Johnson
2–7

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🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Friesen · Zubrus · Willsie 17:17
L2 Ovechkin · Cassels · Sykora 13:53
L3 Gordon · Sutherby · Bradley 13:06
L4 Pettinger · Clark · Clymer 10:29
D1 Heward · Witt 25:35
D2 Eminger · Muir 19:52
D3 Biron · Green 14:30
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Stillman · Brind'Amour · Staal 21:50
L2 Cole · Cullen · Williams 18:20
L3 Nordgren · Vasicek · Adams 12:25
L4 Zigomanis · Boulerice 8:26
D1 Hedican · Commodore 19:06
D2 Kaberle · Tverdovsky 17:09
D3 Wesley · Ward 13:54
D4 Wallin 11:11

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH CAR🌪️
28 Shots on goal 36
0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 3/7
7 Hits 11
17 Blocked shots 15
4 Takeaways 1
5 Giveaways 2
16 Penalty minutes 12
WSH shooting 7.1% (2/28) CAR shooting 19.4% (7/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
19/25
.760 SV% · 6 GA · 47:53 TOI
Brent Johnson
10/11
.909 SV% · 1 GA · 12:03 TOI
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 59:44 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

1 of 9 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 1st 10:28 · 1–0
WSH CAR
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⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Hurricanes lead the season series 1–0
Feb 252004 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 2–1 Feb 122004 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 3–3 OT Jan 292004 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 5–3 Jan 92004 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 1–4 Nov 152003 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 2–1
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❓ WSH vs CAR, answered

Who won Capitals vs Hurricanes on October 12, 2005?

Hurricanes won 7–2. The final score was Capitals 2, Hurricanes 7.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Dainius Zubrus.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Bret Hedican, Eric Staal, Erik Cole, Justin Williams, Matt Cullen, Niklas Nordgren, Rod Brind'Amour.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 19 saves on 25 shots (.760 save percentage).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Hurricanes played?

At PNC Arena in Raleigh, the Hurricanes home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Hurricanes season series?

Hurricanes lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeOct 10 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 2–3 AfterOct 13 🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH 5–3
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeOct 8 🌪️CAR @ 🏝️NYI 2–3 AfterOct 15 🌪️CAR @ 😈NJD 6–1
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