🌪️ Away Hurricanes 49-20-6
4–3
Final / SO
🦅 Home Capitals 25-38-11
Goals 1st2nd3rdSOF
🌪️ CAR 20114
🦅 WSH 02103

Hurricanes at Capitals

Hurricanes beat Capitals 4–3 in a shootout at Capital One Arena on April 5, 2006.

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Hurricanes lead the season series 4–3
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Cory Stillman
3 A
3 shots · 19:58 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Eric Staal
1 G, 1 A
11 shots · 20:22 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Dainius Zubrus
2 G
3 shots · 26:36 TOI

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🌪️ Eric Staal Go-ahead 1st · 02:52
Assists: Cory Stillman, Andrew Hutchinson · beat Brent Johnson
1–0
🌪️ Matt Cullen 1st · 05:28
Assists: Eric Staal, Cory Stillman · beat Brent Johnson
2–0
2nd period
🦅 Jeff Halpern PP 2nd · 07:30
Assists: Jamie Heward, Brian Willsie · beat Martin Gerber
2–1
🦅 Dainius Zubrus Tying 2nd · 08:19
Assists: Alex Ovechkin · beat Martin Gerber
2–2
3rd period
🦅 Dainius Zubrus PP Go-ahead 3rd · 07:11
Assists: Jeff Halpern, Alex Ovechkin · beat Martin Gerber
2–3
🌪️ Mark Recchi PP Tying 3rd · 13:25
Assists: Doug Weight, Cory Stillman · beat Brent Johnson
3–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Brind'Amour · Staal · Williams 21:55
L2 Stillman · Cullen · Weight 17:11
L3 Adams · Vasicek · Recchi 15:09
L4 Whitney · Adams 9:08
D1 Kaberle · Commodore 22:18
D2 Ward · Hedican 19:37
D3 Tverdovsky · Wesley 16:24
D4 Hutchinson 5:03
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Zubrus · Halpern 26:36
L2 Clark · Willsie · Bradley 18:02
L3 Fata · Laich · Sutherby 10:39
L4 Robitaille · Fehr · Beech 6:10
D1 Heward · Eminger 28:42
D2 Morrisonn · Majesky 24:05
D3 Yonkman · Biron 9:18

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR WSH🦅
33 Shots on goal 30
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/9
15 Hits 32
19 Blocked shots 12
5 Takeaways 8
8 Giveaways 22
18 Penalty minutes 12
CAR shooting 12.1% (4/33) WSH shooting 10.0% (3/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Martin Gerber
27/30
.900 SV% · 3 GA · 65:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Brent Johnson
30/33
.909 SV% · 3 GA · 64:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 7-0 (100% win rate, 7 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-6 (0% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 2nd: 12-3-1 (75% win rate, 16 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 5-5-4 (36% win rate, 14 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Hurricanes lead the season series 4–3
Apr 32006 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 5–6 OT Mar 292006 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 5–1 Mar 252006 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 3–1 Jan 212006 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 2–5 Oct 222005 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 4–0
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Who won Hurricanes vs Capitals on April 5, 2006?

Hurricanes won 4–3 in a shootout. The final score was Hurricanes 4, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Eric Staal, Mark Recchi, Matt Cullen.

Who scored for Capitals?

Dainius Zubrus (2), Jeff Halpern.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Martin Gerber made 27 saves on 30 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Brent Johnson made 30 saves on 33 shots (.909 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 4–3 after 7 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeApr 3 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 5–6 AfterApr 7 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 4–3
🦅 Capitals
BeforeApr 3 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 5–6 AfterApr 7 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 4–3
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