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2006-07 regular season

Hurricanes at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0

Capitals beat Hurricanes 5–2 at Capital One Arena on October 7, 2006.

CAR – WSH
27–35
Shots on goal
1/5–2/8
Power play
19–29
Hits
21–12
Blocked shots
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Alexander Semin
3 G
6 shots · 13:35 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Chris Clark
3 A
1 shots · 21:14 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Brian Pothier
3 A
26:29 TOI

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Alexander Semin Go-ahead 1st · 12:38
Assists: Chris Clark · beat Cam Ward
0–1
2nd period
🌪️ Andrew Ladd PP Tying 2nd · 01:40
Assists: Tim Gleason, Justin Williams · beat Olie Kolzig
1–1
🌪️ Niclas Wallin Go-ahead 2nd · 05:21
Assists: Scott Walker, Eric Belanger · beat Olie Kolzig
2–1
🦅 Alexander Semin Tying 2nd · 09:11
Assists: Brian Pothier, Rico Fata · beat Cam Ward
2–2
3rd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin Go-ahead 3rd · 08:03
Assists: Chris Clark · beat Cam Ward
2–3
🦅 Alex Ovechkin PP 3rd · 13:03
Assists: Brian Pothier, Chris Clark · beat Cam Ward
2–4
🦅 Alexander Semin PP 3rd · 17:13
Assists: Kris Beech, Brian Pothier · beat Cam Ward
2–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Brind'Amour · Staal · Williams 17:54
L2 Whitney · Ladd · Walker 15:25
L3 Belanger · Adams · Letowski 12:46
L4 Cole · Adams · LaRose 8:03
D1 Commodore · Wallin 23:11
D2 Gleason · Wesley 19:52
D3 Babchuk · Tanabe 15:48
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Clymer · Clark 21:18
L2 Zubrus · Beech · Zednik 18:01
L3 Fata · Sutherby · Semin 13:35
L4 Brashear · Laich · Klepis 9:22
L5 Fleischmann 8:16
D1 Pothier · Eminger 24:00
D2 Morrisonn · Green 17:20
D3 Heward 14:21

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR WSH🦅
27 Shots on goal 35
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/8
19 Hits 29
21 Blocked shots 12
7 Takeaways 8
12 Giveaways 15
20 Penalty minutes 14
CAR shooting 7.4% (2/27) WSH shooting 14.3% (5/35)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
30/35
.857 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
25/27
.926 SV% · 2 GA · 59:49 TOI

Where the goals came from

2 of 7 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 08:03 · 2–3 Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 13:03 · 2–4
CAR WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 2nd — 2–2
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 2nd: 0-0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 1–0
Apr 72006 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 4–3 Apr 52006 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 4–3 SO Apr 32006 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 5–6 OT Mar 292006 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 5–1 Mar 252006 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 3–1
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Who won Hurricanes vs Capitals on October 7, 2006?

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

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Andrew Ladd, Niclas Wallin.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alexander Semin (3), Alex Ovechkin (2).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 30 saves on 35 shots (.857 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 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?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeOct 6 😈NJD @ 🌪️CAR 4–0 AfterOct 11 🌪️CAR @ 🐆FLA 3–6
🦅 Capitals
BeforeOct 5 🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR 2–5 AfterOct 12 🦅WSH @ 🌲MIN 2–3
Also on October 7
🇨🇦MTL 3–2 🍁TOR ⚔️BUF 4–3 🏛️OTT 🗽NYR 5–4 🔔PHI 🐆FLA 0–6 🐦ATL 🐙DET 2–0 🐧PIT 🐻BOS 3–2 ⚡TBL 🐯NSH 5–6 🌲MIN 😈NJD 1–3 ⭐DAL
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