🦅 Away Capitals 22-38-9
3–1
Final
🌪️ Home Hurricanes 46-17-6
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦅 WSH 1113
🌪️ CAR 0011

Capitals at Hurricanes

Capitals beat Hurricanes 3–1 at PNC Arena on March 25, 2006.

🗓 📍 PNC Arena, Raleigh 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Season series tied 2–2
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 22:25 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Dainius Zubrus
1 G
3 shots · 23:29 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Olie Kolzig
33 saves
0.971 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin Go-ahead 1st · 01:50
Assists: Brooks Laich · beat Martin Gerber
1–0
2nd period
🦅 Matt Pettinger SH 2nd · 00:46
Assists: Shaone Morrisonn · beat Martin Gerber
2–0
3rd period
🌪️ Rod Brind'Amour PP 3rd · 03:02
Assists: Ray Whitney, Justin Williams · beat Olie Kolzig
2–1
🦅 Dainius Zubrus PP 3rd · 11:35
Assists: Bryan Muir, Alex Ovechkin · beat Martin Gerber
3–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Zubrus · Halpern 22:25
L2 Pettinger · Clark · Bradley 17:02
L3 Sutherby · Willsie · Clymer 13:52
L4 Fata · Laich 7:48
D1 Morrisonn · Majesky 23:48
D2 Muir · Heward 19:54
D3 Eminger · Yonkman 11:01
D4 Biron 5:01
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Staal · Brind'Amour · Williams 23:52
L2 Stillman · Cullen · Recchi 17:28
L3 Adams · Adams · LaRose 11:53
L4 Whitney · Ladd · Aucoin 8:04
D1 Kaberle · Ward 21:52
D2 Commodore · Wesley 18:06
D3 Babchuk · Tverdovsky 15:38

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH CAR🌪️
21 Shots on goal 34
1/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/8
14 Hits 19
9 Blocked shots 14
4 Takeaways 5
3 Giveaways 7
18 Penalty minutes 16
WSH shooting 14.3% (3/21) CAR shooting 2.9% (1/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
33/34
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 59:57 TOI
🌪️Hurricanes
Martin Gerber
18/21
.857 SV% · 3 GA · 58:32 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

1 of 4 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 1st 01:50 · 1–0
WSH CAR
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 0-5-4 (0% win rate, 9 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 6-6-1 (46% win rate, 13 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-4-1 (29% win rate, 7 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 2–2
Jan 212006 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 2–5 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
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❓ WSH vs CAR, answered

Who won Capitals vs Hurricanes on March 25, 2006?

Capitals won 3–1. The final score was Capitals 3, Hurricanes 1.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Dainius Zubrus, Matt Pettinger.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Rod Brind'Amour.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 33 saves on 34 shots (.971 save percentage).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Martin Gerber made 18 saves on 21 shots (.857 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?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMar 23 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 3–4 AfterMar 29 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 5–1
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeMar 22 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 AfterMar 27 ⚡TBL @ 🌪️CAR 1–2
Also on March 25
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