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First Round · Game 5

Hurricanes at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 CAR leads 4–3

Capitals, First Round Game 5, beat Hurricanes 6–0 at Capital One Arena on April 20, 2019.

CAR – WSH
30–28
Shots on goal
0/5–3/4
Power play
32–48
Hits
17–14
Blocked shots
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The game

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First Round — Best of 7

CAR vs WSH · CAR leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
2–4
Final · WSH
Game 2
3–4
OT · WSH
Game 3
0–5
Final · CAR
Game 4
1–2
Final · CAR
Game 5
0–6
Final · WSH
Game 6
2–5
Final · CAR
Game 7
4–3
OT · CAR

Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom
2 G, 2 A
4 shots · 16:43 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · 18:05 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Braden Holtby
30 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Nicklas Backstrom PP Go-ahead 1st · 07:33
Assists: John Carlson, Tom Wilson · beat Petr Mrazek
0–1
2nd period
🦅 Nicklas Backstrom 2nd · 14:21
Assists: Alex Ovechkin · beat Petr Mrazek
0–2
🦅 Brett Connolly 2nd · 16:11
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Petr Mrazek
0–3
3rd period
🦅 Tom Wilson PP 3rd · 01:04
Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, John Carlson · beat Petr Mrazek
0–4
🦅 Nic Dowd 3rd · 08:57
Unassisted · beat Petr Mrazek
0–5
🦅 Alex Ovechkin PP 3rd · 10:14
Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Petr Mrazek
0–6

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 McGinn · Wallmark · Aho 18:16
L2 Staal · Teravainen · Williams 17:40
L3 Foegele · Niederreiter · Maenalanen 14:44
L4 Brown · McKegg · Saarela 9:36
D1 Slavin · Faulk 23:33
D2 Hamilton · Pesce 20:14
D3 van Riemsdyk · de Haan 14:12
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Kuznetsov · Wilson 18:18
L2 Hagelin · Eller · Backstrom 16:43
L3 Vrana · Dowd · Connolly 12:43
L4 Burakovsky · Stephenson · Smith-Pelly 10:43
D1 Niskanen · Carlson 21:15
D2 Jensen · Orlov 19:12
D3 Siegenthaler · Orpik 17:20

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR WSH🦅
30 Shots on goal 28
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 3/4
32 Hits 48
17 Blocked shots 14
5 Takeaways 14
13 Giveaways 17
8 Penalty minutes 10
CAR shooting 0.0% (0/30) WSH shooting 21.4% (6/28)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Petr Mrazek
22/28
.786 SV% · 6 GA · 58:48 TOI
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby Shutout
30/30
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located
Nicklas Backstrom · 1st 07:33 · 0–1 Nicklas Backstrom · 2nd 14:21 · 0–2 Brett Connolly · 2nd 16:11 · 0–3 Tom Wilson · 3rd 01:04 · 0–4 Nic Dowd · 3rd 08:57 · 0–5 Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 10:14 · 0–6
CAR WSH
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-9-1 (33% win rate, 15 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 17-6-3 (65% win rate, 26 games)
After 2nd — 0–3
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-7 (0% win rate, 7 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 7-0 (100% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Apr 182019 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 1–2 Apr 152019 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 0–5 Apr 132019 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 3–4 OT Apr 112019 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 2–4 Mar 282019 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 3–2
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Who won Hurricanes vs Capitals on April 20, 2019?

Capitals won 6–0. The final score was Hurricanes 0, Capitals 6.

Who scored for Capitals?

Nicklas Backstrom (2), Alex Ovechkin, Brett Connolly, Nic Dowd, Tom Wilson.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Petr Mrazek made 22 saves on 28 shots (.786 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 30 saves on 30 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Hurricanes vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeApr 18 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 1–2 AfterApr 22 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 2–5
🦅 Capitals
BeforeApr 18 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 1–2 AfterApr 22 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 2–5
Also on April 20
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