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2007-08 regular season

Hurricanes at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Hurricanes lead the season series 3–2

Hurricanes beat Capitals 2–1 at Capital One Arena on February 8, 2008.

CAR – WSH
23–34
Shots on goal
20–23
Hits
20–10
Blocked shots
6–9
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Erik Cole
1 G
2 shots · 18:12 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Andrew Ladd
1 G
1 shots · 09:59 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Cam Ward
33 saves
0.971 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🌪️ Erik Cole Go-ahead 1st · 03:56
Assists: Cory Stillman, Frantisek Kaberle · beat Brent Johnson
1–0
🌪️ Andrew Ladd 1st · 14:47
Assists: Sergei Samsonov, Rod Brind'Amour · beat Brent Johnson
2–0
3rd period
🦅 Alexander Semin 3rd · 09:44
Unassisted · beat Cam Ward
2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Stillman · Staal · Brind'Amour 23:48
L2 Whitney · Cole · Samsonov 18:12
L3 Ladd · Aucoin · Walker 10:43
L4 Hamilton · Letowski 7:09
D1 Gleason · Hedican 20:50
D2 Commodore · Wallin 18:16
D3 Wesley · Kaberle 15:18
D4 Brookbank 3:43
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Semin 23:30
L2 Fleischmann · Kozlov · Laich 16:27
L3 Gordon · Fehr · Steckel 12:06
L4 Laing · Brashear · Bradley 7:18
D1 Poti · Morrisonn 22:48
D2 Jurcina · Green 16:28
D3 Schultz · Erskine 7:46

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR WSH🦅
23 Shots on goal 34
20 Hits 23
20 Blocked shots 10
6 Takeaways 9
7 Giveaways 12
24 Penalty minutes 20
CAR shooting 8.7% (2/23) WSH shooting 2.9% (1/34)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
33/34
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Brent Johnson
21/23
.913 SV% · 2 GA · 59:11 TOI

Period by period

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After 1st — 2–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 3-2 (60% win rate, 5 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 2-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 4-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-9 (0% win rate, 9 games)

Last meetings

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Hurricanes lead the season series 3–2
Nov 302007 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 3–4 Nov 242007 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 2–5 Nov 52007 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 0–5 Oct 62007 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 0–2 Mar 222007 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 3–4
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Who won Hurricanes vs Capitals on February 8, 2008?

Hurricanes won 2–1. The final score was Hurricanes 2, Capitals 1.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Andrew Ladd, Erik Cole.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alexander Semin.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 33 saves on 34 shots (.971 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Brent Johnson made 21 saves on 23 shots (.913 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 3–2 after 5 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeFeb 5 🌪️CAR @ 🐯NSH 0–1 AfterFeb 9 🌪️CAR @ 😈NJD 1–6
🦅 Capitals
BeforeFeb 6 🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI 4–3 AfterFeb 10 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 2–3
Also on February 8
🦆ANA 2–1 😈NJD 🐻BOS 3–2 ⚔️BUF 🧥CBJ 1–2 🦈SJS
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