The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 Friday, October 2. The Capitals won in regulation after scoring four times across the first 21:36.
The Capitals moved to 1-0-0 with two points in their first game. The Hurricanes moved to 0-1-1 after two games and had one point. Washington scored five goals on 27 shots. Carolina scored twice on 33 shots.
Both teams scored once on the power play. The Hurricanes had six chances, while the Capitals had two. Washington also blocked 28 shots, compared with nine by Carolina.
Alex Tuch scored the game-winning goal at 14:23 of the first period. His second goal of the night gave Washington a 3-0 lead. Tuch had already opened the scoring at 6:33 of the first.
Tuch led the Capitals with two goals. He scored twice in the first period and gave Washington an early advantage it kept for the rest of the game.
Jakob Chychrun recorded a goal and an assist for two points. He scored at 1:36 of the second period to make it 4-0. He also assisted on Ryan Leonard’s goal 15:22 later.
Pierre-Luc Dubois and Dylan Strome each had two assists. Dubois assisted on both of Tuch’s goals. Strome assisted on Chychrun’s goal and Leonard’s goal.
Logan Thompson stopped 31 of 33 shots for the Capitals. Sebastian Aho scored Carolina’s first goal at 16:50 of the second period, with assists from Andrei Svechnikov and Jackson Blake. Logan Stankoven added Carolina’s other goal at 10:50 of the third, assisted by K’Andre Miller and William Carrier.
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Capitals won 5–2. The final score was Capitals 5, Hurricanes 2.
Alex Tuch (2), Cole Hutson, Jakob Chychrun, Ryan Leonard.
Logan Stankoven, Sebastian Aho.
Logan Thompson made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 save percentage).
Brandon Bussi made 22 saves on 27 shots (.815 save percentage).
At PNC Arena in Raleigh, the Hurricanes home rink.
Capitals lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.
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