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FINALPNC Arena · Dec 29
WSHWSH
4@6
CARCAR

Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes: score, goals, shots, period-by-period stats and the HabsMetrics prediction made before puck drop, from the NHL’s official data. Analytics for educational purposes only — not gambling advice.

Game analysis

Hurricanes beat Capitals 6–4

  • M. Necas scored the game-winner at 3:20 of the third.
  • The Hurricanes scored first and led the rest of the way.
  • An empty-net goal sealed it late.
  • P. Mrazek stopped 25 of 29 shots (.862) for the win.
  • Power play: CAR 1/3, WSH 2/5.
  • W. Foegele led all scorers with 2 goals and 1 assist.

Three stars

  1. 1st star
    W. Foegele

    CAR · 2G 1A

  2. 2nd star
    D. Hamilton

    CAR · 1G 0A

  3. 3rd star
    J. Slavin

    CAR · 0G 1A

Scoring summary

1st

2nd

3rd

Period by Period

Stats not yet available

Team Stats

WSHCAR
Team statistics comparison
Shots----
Hits2920
Blocked1517
Power Play2/51/3
Faceoff %53.346.7
Corsi %51.348.7
xG3.813.52
Giveaways108
Takeaways88

Carolina Hurricanes

No player stats available

Washington Capitals

No player stats available

Lineups

WSH

Actual (from shift data)
L1
11:38
8Ovechkin
20:19
19Backstrom
18:07
77Oshie
17:55
L2
5:21
62Hagelin
15:55
20Eller
17:41
72Boyd
16:58
L3
4:15
13Vrana
13:37
92Kuznetsov
17:51
14Panik
12:18
L4
8:22
28Leipsic
10:36
26Dowd
10:10
21Hathaway
11:56
D1
8:24
74Carlson
27:04
34Siegenthaler
22:06
D2
9:52
9Orlov
24:17
33Gudas
19:27
D3
1:10
3Jensen
13:50
29Djoos
5:14
70Holtby
59:36
Starter
30Samsonov
0:00
Backup

Injured / Scratched

  • Patrick Thomasinjured-reserve · Upper Body
  • Vincent Desharnaisinjured-reserve · Abdomen (Surgery)
  • Rasmus Sandinlong-term-injured-reserve · Right Knee (Surgery)

CAR

Actual (from shift data)
L1
10:24
86Teravainen
17:20
20Aho
18:08
21Niederreiter
12:16
L2
11:01
13Foegele
14:12
11Staal
14:47
37Svechnikov
16:01
L3
11:02
56Haula
15:27
18Dzingel
13:31
88Necas
12:52
L4
8:55
23McGinn
15:54
71Wallmark
14:18
48Martinook
10:49
D1
14:27
74Slavin
24:57
19Hamilton
23:36
D2
10:43
22Pesce
23:40
51Gardiner
14:06
D3
8:47
6Edmundson
18:43
4Fleury
11:05
34Mrazek
60:00
Starter
47Reimer
0:00
Backup

Injured / Scratched

HabsMetrics Analytics — for educational purposes. Lines are inferred from shared five-skater ice time in NHL shift data; projections are estimates.

For educational/analytics purposes only — not gambling advice