🌪️ Away Hurricanes 42-31-6
1–4
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 40-31-8
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🌪️ CAR 0101
🦅 WSH 2114

Hurricanes at Capitals

Capitals beat Hurricanes 4–1 at Capital One Arena on April 1, 2008.

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2007-08 🔁 Season series tied 4–4
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Mike Green
2 A
8 shots · 27:05 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Sergei Fedorov
2 A
17:24 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G
6 shots · 24:01 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Matt Cooke Go-ahead 1st · 15:00
Assists: Mike Green, Sergei Fedorov · beat Cam Ward
0–1
🦅 Brooks Laich PP 1st · 19:01
Assists: Tomas Fleischmann, Viktor Kozlov · beat Cam Ward
0–2
2nd period
🌪️ Scott Walker 2nd · 02:38
Assists: Bret Hedican, Ryan Bayda · beat Cristobal Huet
1–2
🦅 Alexander Semin PP 2nd · 14:28
Assists: Mike Green, Sergei Fedorov · beat Cam Ward
1–3
3rd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 3rd · 16:24
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Jeff Schultz · beat Cam Ward
1–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Cole · Staal · Walker 19:03
L2 Samsonov · Ruutu · Letowski 15:53
L3 Bayda · Whitney · Aucoin 13:21
L4 Hamilton · LaRose · Williams 7:06
D1 Hedican · Wallin 21:40
D2 Wesley · Corvo 19:35
D3 Gleason · Kaberle 16:52
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Semin 23:13
L2 Kozlov · Fedorov · Gordon 17:24
L3 Cooke · Laich · Bradley 14:02
L4 Fleischmann · Brashear · Fehr 7:08
D1 Poti · Green 27:09
D2 Schultz · Erskine 18:53
D3 Jurcina · Morrisonn 9:52

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR WSH🦅
22 Shots on goal 39
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/9
21 Hits 29
16 Blocked shots 16
8 Takeaways 10
11 Giveaways 17
24 Penalty minutes 14
CAR shooting 4.5% (1/22) WSH shooting 10.3% (4/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
35/39
.897 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Cristobal Huet
21/22
.955 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

1 of 5 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 16:24 · 1–4
CAR WSH
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🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 1-6 (14% win rate, 7 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 5-0-1 (83% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 3-6-2 (27% win rate, 11 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 8-0 (100% win rate, 8 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 4–4
Mar 252008 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 3–2 SO Feb 232008 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 3–6 Feb 82008 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 2–1 Nov 302007 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 3–4 Nov 242007 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 2–5
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Who won Hurricanes vs Capitals on April 1, 2008?

Capitals won 4–1. The final score was Hurricanes 1, Capitals 4.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Scott Walker.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Brooks Laich, Matt Cooke.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 35 saves on 39 shots (.897 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 21 saves on 22 shots (.955 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?

Season series tied 4–4 after 8 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeMar 29 🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL 1–2 AfterApr 2 ⚡TBL @ 🌪️CAR 2–6
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMar 29 🦅WSH @ 🐆FLA 3–0 AfterApr 3 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 1–4
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