🌪️ Away Hurricanes 28-36-11
2–4
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 41-25-10
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🌪️ CAR 0202
🦅 WSH 2204

Hurricanes at Capitals

Capitals beat Hurricanes 4–2 at Capital One Arena on March 31, 2015.

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2014-15 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 15:13 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Mike Green
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 16:02 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov
2 A
1 shots · 15:35 TOI

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Mike Green Go-ahead 1st · 02:46
Assists: Tom Wilson, Curtis Glencross · beat Cam Ward
0–1
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 1st · 11:12
Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Matt Niskanen · beat Cam Ward
0–2
2nd period
🌪️ Nathan Gerbe 2nd · 05:00
Assists: Alexander Semin · beat Braden Holtby
1–2
🌪️ Eric Staal Tying 2nd · 10:33
Assists: Chris Terry, John-Michael Liles · beat Braden Holtby
2–2
🦅 Brooks Laich Go-ahead 2nd · 17:06
Assists: Jason Chimera, Mike Green · beat Cam Ward
2–3
🦅 Joel Ward 2nd · 18:28
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov · beat Cam Ward
2–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Terry · Staal · Gerbe 17:37
L2 Staal · Nestrasil · Semin 16:08
L3 Lindholm · Skinner · Rask 14:09
L4 McClement · Malone · Dwyer 12:07
D1 Faulk · Hainsey 24:03
D2 Liles · Murphy 19:40
D3 Biega · Bellemore 15:34
🦅Capitals
L1 Johansson · Backstrom · Brouwer 18:00
L2 Ovechkin · Kuznetsov · Ward 15:35
L3 Chimera · Laich · Fehr 14:14
L4 Glencross · Latta · Wilson 10:31
D1 Orpik · Carlson 22:46
D2 Niskanen · Alzner 20:52
D3 Gleason · Green 16:26

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR WSH🦅
25 Shots on goal 20
18 Hits 34
11 Blocked shots 12
7 Takeaways 12
8 Giveaways 7
0 Penalty minutes 4
CAR shooting 8.0% (2/25) WSH shooting 20.0% (4/20)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
16/20
.800 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
23/25
.920 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located
Mike Green · 1st 02:46 · 0–1 Alex Ovechkin · 1st 11:12 · 0–2 Nathan Gerbe · 2nd 05:00 · 1–2 Eric Staal · 2nd 10:33 · 2–2 Brooks Laich · 2nd 17:06 · 2–3 Joel Ward · 2nd 18:28 · 2–4
CAR WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 1-8 (11% win rate, 9 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 5-1-1 (71% win rate, 7 games)
After 2nd — 2–4
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-7-1 (0% win rate, 8 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 10-0 (100% win rate, 10 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 3–1
Feb 272015 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 0–3 Dec 42014 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 2–1 Nov 82014 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 3–4 OT Apr 102014 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 5–2 Jan 22014 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 4–3 OT
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❓ CAR vs WSH, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Capitals on March 31, 2015?

Capitals won 4–2. The final score was Hurricanes 2, Capitals 4.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Eric Staal, Nathan Gerbe.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Brooks Laich, Joel Ward, Mike Green.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 16 saves on 20 shots (.800 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 23 saves on 25 shots (.920 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 3–1 after 4 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeMar 29 🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR 2–1 AfterApr 2 🌪️CAR @ 🐆FLA 1–6
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMar 29 🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR 5–2 AfterApr 2 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–4
Also on March 31
🐆FLA 2–3 🐻BOS 😈NJD 2–3 🧥CBJ ⚡TBL 1–3 🍁TOR 🏛️OTT 2–1 🐙DET 🐋VAN 5–4 🐯NSH 🗽NYR 3–2 ✈️WPG
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