🦅 Away Capitals 23-38-9
5–1
Final
🌪️ Home Hurricanes 47-18-6
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦅 WSH 2215
🌪️ CAR 0101

Capitals at Hurricanes

Capitals beat Hurricanes 5–1 at PNC Arena on March 29, 2006.

🗓 📍 PNC Arena, Raleigh 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–2
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Matt Bradley
2 G
3 shots · 18:10 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Brian Willsie
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 14:47 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Brent Johnson
49 saves
0.980 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Brian Willsie Go-ahead 1st · 02:35
Assists: Matt Pettinger, Jeff Halpern · beat Cam Ward
1–0
🦅 Matt Bradley 1st · 09:48
Assists: Brian Sutherby · beat Cam Ward
2–0
2nd period
🦅 Matt Bradley 2nd · 02:02
Assists: Ben Clymer, Brooks Laich · beat Cam Ward
3–0
🌪️ Rod Brind'Amour PP 2nd · 08:21
Assists: Anton Babchuk, Mark Recchi · beat Brent Johnson
3–1
🦅 Alex Ovechkin PP 2nd · 09:38
Assists: Brian Willsie, Dainius Zubrus · beat Cam Ward
4–1
3rd period
🦅 Chris Clark SH 3rd · 18:20
Unassisted · beat Cam Ward
5–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Zubrus · Clark 18:52
L2 Halpern · Bradley · Clymer 18:03
L3 Pettinger · Sutherby · Willsie 13:53
L4 Fata · Laich 8:24
D1 Majesky · Morrisonn 23:05
D2 Heward · Muir 17:58
D3 Eminger · Yonkman 15:37
D4 Biron 4:34
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Stillman · Staal · Williams 22:21
L2 Brind'Amour · Cullen · Recchi 20:38
L3 Whitney · Adams · LaRose 14:36
L4 Aucoin · Adams 4:54
D1 Kaberle · Ward 21:16
D2 Babchuk · Commodore 18:46
D3 Tverdovsky · Wesley 16:21

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH CAR🌪️
28 Shots on goal 50
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
6 Hits 10
14 Blocked shots 13
15 Takeaways 10
2 Giveaways 8
16 Penalty minutes 10
WSH shooting 17.9% (5/28) CAR shooting 2.0% (1/50)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Brent Johnson
49/50
.980 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
23/28
.821 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

1 of 6 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 09:38 · 4–1
WSH CAR
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 3-2 (60% win rate, 5 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 2-3-1 (33% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 4–1
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 3–2
Mar 252006 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 3–1 Jan 212006 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 2–5 Oct 222005 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 4–0 Oct 122005 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 2–7 Feb 252004 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 2–1
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❓ WSH vs CAR, answered

Who won Capitals vs Hurricanes on March 29, 2006?

Capitals won 5–1. The final score was Capitals 5, Hurricanes 1.

Who scored for Capitals?

Matt Bradley (2), Alex Ovechkin, Brian Willsie, Chris Clark.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Rod Brind'Amour.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Brent Johnson made 49 saves on 50 shots (.980 save percentage).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 23 saves on 28 shots (.821 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?

Capitals lead the season series 3–2 after 5 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMar 25 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 3–1 AfterMar 30 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeMar 27 ⚡TBL @ 🌪️CAR 1–2 AfterMar 31 🐆FLA @ 🌪️CAR 2–3
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