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2005-06 regular season

Hurricanes at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Hurricanes lead the season series 2–1

Capitals beat Hurricanes 5–2 at Capital One Arena on January 21, 2006.

CAR – WSH
33–27
Shots on goal
0/9–2/7
Power play
15–29
Hits
16–18
Blocked shots
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Chris Clark
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 14:02 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Matt Pettinger
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 14:57 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Olie Kolzig
31 saves
0.939 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Brian Willsie PP Go-ahead 1st · 14:38
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Dainius Zubrus · beat Martin Gerber
0–1
🦅 Matt Pettinger 1st · 18:39
Assists: Brian Sutherby, Nolan Yonkman · beat Martin Gerber
0–2
2nd period
🦅 Ben Clymer PP 2nd · 17:33
Assists: Brooks Laich, Matt Pettinger · beat Martin Gerber
0–3
3rd period
🌪️ Erik Cole SH 3rd · 09:21
Unassisted · beat Olie Kolzig
1–3
🌪️ Rod Brind'Amour 3rd · 11:34
Assists: Justin Williams, Matt Cullen · beat Olie Kolzig
2–3
🦅 Brooks Laich 3rd · 16:46
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Chris Clark · beat Martin Gerber
2–4
🦅 Chris Clark Empty net 3rd · 19:55
Assists: Brendan Witt, Brian Sutherby
2–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Brind'Amour · Cullen · Williams 25:07
L2 Whitney · Cole · Staal 21:05
L3 Ladd · Adams · Adams 12:35
L4 LaRose · Boulerice 3:46
D1 Tverdovsky · Hedican 19:04
D2 Commodore · Wallin 17:01
D3 Kaberle · Babchuk 12:31
D4 Hutchinson 7:14
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Sutherby · Laich 17:14
L2 Pettinger · Gordon · Clymer 15:16
L3 Zubrus · Clark · Bradley 12:46
L4 Friesen · Forbes · Willsie 10:31
D1 Witt · Morrisonn 25:40
D2 Muir · Biron 21:12
D3 Majesky · Yonkman 12:02

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR WSH🦅
33 Shots on goal 27
0/9 Power play (goals / chances) 2/7
15 Hits 29
16 Blocked shots 18
4 Takeaways 6
13 Giveaways 12
14 Penalty minutes 18
CAR shooting 6.1% (2/33) WSH shooting 18.5% (5/27)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Martin Gerber
22/26
.846 SV% · 4 GA · 58:10 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
31/33
.939 SV% · 2 GA · 59:56 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 2-2-1 (40% win rate, 5 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
After 2nd — 0–3
Hurricanes
Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Hurricanes lead the season series 2–1
Oct 222005 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 4–0 Oct 122005 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 2–7 Feb 252004 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 2–1 Feb 122004 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 3–3 OT Jan 292004 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 5–3
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Who won Hurricanes vs Capitals on January 21, 2006?

Capitals won 5–2. The final score was Hurricanes 2, Capitals 5.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Erik Cole, Rod Brind'Amour.

Who scored for Capitals?

Ben Clymer, Brian Willsie, Brooks Laich, Chris Clark, Matt Pettinger.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Martin Gerber made 22 saves on 26 shots (.846 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Hurricanes vs Capitals season series?

Hurricanes lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeJan 19 🏝️NYI @ 🌪️CAR 3–4 AfterJan 23 🇨🇦MTL @ 🌪️CAR 3–7
🦅 Capitals
BeforeJan 19 🎵STL @ 🦅WSH 4–5 AfterJan 23 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 3–2
Also on January 21
🏝️NYI 2–3 😈NJD 🔔PHI 2–1 🐧PIT 🐙DET 4–3 🏔️COL 🦈SJS 4–3 👑LAK 🗽NYR 3–2 🐻BOS ⚡TBL 2–0 🐦ATL 🍁TOR 0–7 🏛️OTT 🧥CBJ 2–7 🐯NSH
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