🌪️ Away Hurricanes 31-26-12
1–2
Final / OT
🦅 Home Capitals 49-14-5
Goals 1st2nd3rdOTF
🌪️ CAR 01001
🦅 WSH 01012

Hurricanes at Capitals

Capitals beat Hurricanes 2–1 in overtime at Capital One Arena on March 15, 2016.

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2015-16 🔁 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
7 shots · 18:21 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Justin Williams
1 G
4 shots · 15:39 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Jason Chimera
1 A
2 shots · 14:45 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🦅 Justin Williams Go-ahead 2nd · 01:30
Assists: Jason Chimera · beat Eddie Lack
0–1
🌪️ Jordan Staal Tying 2nd · 10:50
Unassisted · beat Braden Holtby
1–1
Overtime
🦅 Alex Ovechkin Go-ahead OT · 01:38
Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov · beat Eddie Lack
1–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Staal · Lindholm · Nordstrom 18:31
L2 Di Giuseppe · Rask · Skinner 16:28
L3 Nash · Gerbe · McClement 14:55
L4 Terry · Malone · Sutter 11:09
D1 Slavin · Pesce 22:41
D2 Hanifin · Murphy 19:50
D3 Jordan · Carrick 17:38
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Beagle · Kuznetsov 18:10
L2 Johansson · Backstrom · Oshie 15:50
L3 Burakovsky · Chimera · Williams 14:54
L4 Winnik · Richards · Wilson 11:20
D1 Niskanen · Alzner 24:15
D2 Orlov · Orpik 20:36
D3 Schmidt · Chorney 14:54

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR WSH🦅
26 Shots on goal 31
17 Hits 29
8 Blocked shots 17
10 Takeaways 13
4 Giveaways 12
2 Penalty minutes 4
CAR shooting 3.8% (1/26) WSH shooting 6.5% (2/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Eddie Lack
29/31
.935 SV% · 2 GA · 61:27 TOI
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
25/26
.962 SV% · 1 GA · 61:33 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Justin Williams · 2nd 01:30 · 0–1 Jordan Staal · 2nd 10:50 · 1–1 Alex Ovechkin · OT 01:38 · 1–2
CAR WSH
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🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 31-26-12 (45% win rate, 69 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 49-14-5 (72% win rate, 68 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 2nd: 31-26-12 (45% win rate, 69 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 49-14-5 (72% win rate, 68 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 3–1
Dec 312015 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 2–4 Dec 212015 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 2–1 Oct 172015 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 1–4 Mar 312015 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 2–4 Feb 272015 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 0–3
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❓ CAR vs WSH, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Capitals on March 15, 2016?

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

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Jordan Staal.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Justin Williams.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Eddie Lack made 29 saves on 31 shots (.935 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 25 saves on 26 shots (.962 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 12 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 AfterMar 17 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 2–4
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMar 12 🦅WSH @ 🦈SJS 2–5 AfterMar 18 🐯NSH @ 🦅WSH 1–4
Also on March 15
🏝️NYI 1–2 🐧PIT 🐙DET 3–4 🔔PHI ⚡TBL 1–4 🍁TOR 🐆FLA 4–1 🇨🇦MTL 🌲MIN 2–3 🏛️OTT 👑LAK 5–2 ⭐DAL 🐻BOS 2–3 🦈SJS
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