🌪️ Away Hurricanes 31-26-10
1–2
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 38-20-10
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🌪️ CAR 0101
🦅 WSH 0022

Hurricanes at Capitals

Capitals beat Hurricanes 2–1 at Capital One Arena on March 11, 2011.

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2010-11 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 5–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Matt Hendricks
1 G
4 shots · 10:55 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G
1 shots · 16:07 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Braden Holtby
40 saves
0.976 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🌪️ Tuomo Ruutu Go-ahead 2nd · 19:24
Assists: Cory Stillman, Bryan Allen · beat Braden Holtby
1–0
3rd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin Tying 3rd · 00:47
Assists: Marcus Johansson, Mike Knuble · beat Cam Ward
1–1
🦅 Matt Hendricks Go-ahead 3rd · 07:24
Assists: Jason Arnott · beat Cam Ward
1–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Stillman · Ruutu · Staal 22:46
L2 Cole · Jokinen · Sutter 17:34
L3 Tlusty · Skinner · LaRose 14:24
L4 Bowman · Dwyer · Bodie 5:00
D1 Corvo · Pitkanen 28:22
D2 Harrison · Gleason 21:24
D3 Allen · McBain 9:20
🦅Capitals
L1 Johansson · Laich · Knuble 17:26
L2 Ovechkin · Arnott · Semin 16:07
L3 Chimera · Sturm · Gordon 13:38
L4 Fehr · Hendricks · Bradley 10:55
D1 Carlson · Wideman 22:53
D2 Alzner · Hannan 20:28
D3 Schultz · Erskine 15:00

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR WSH🦅
41 Shots on goal 26
18 Hits 19
10 Blocked shots 26
6 Takeaways 14
7 Giveaways 13
4 Penalty minutes 10
CAR shooting 2.4% (1/41) WSH shooting 7.7% (2/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 58:17 TOI
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
40/41
.976 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Tuomo Ruutu · 2nd 19:24 · 1–0 Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 00:47 · 1–1 Matt Hendricks · 3rd 07:24 · 1–2
CAR WSH
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🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 11-9-6 (42% win rate, 26 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 9-9-2 (45% win rate, 20 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 7-0 (100% win rate, 7 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 6-6-3 (40% win rate, 15 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 5–0
Dec 262010 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 3–2 Nov 282010 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 2–3 SO Nov 242010 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 3–2 Oct 272010 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 3–0 Mar 252010 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 2–3 SO
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Who won Hurricanes vs Capitals on March 11, 2011?

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

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Tuomo Ruutu.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Matt Hendricks.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 40 saves on 41 shots (.976 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 5–0 after 5 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeMar 9 🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR 3–2 AfterMar 12 🧥CBJ @ 🌪️CAR 3–2
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMar 9 🛢️EDM @ 🦅WSH 0–5 AfterMar 13 🪶CHI @ 🦅WSH 3–4
Also on March 11
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