National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Carolina 4, Washington 2
When: 6:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 31, 2015
Where: PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Referees: Steve Kozari, Mike Leggo
Linesmen: Matt MacPherson, Jonny Murray
Attendance: 14134
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final123T
Washington 0112
Carolina 0134
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
15:31 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
7:48 - Hurricanes Phillip Di Giuseppe (EV) Assists: Joakim Nordstrom , Jordan Staal
9:49 - Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (EV) Assists: Karl Alzner , Matt Niskanen
Penalties
4:16 - Capitals Dmitry Orlov (2) Illegal Check to head
 5:49 - Hurricanes Andrej Nestrasil (2) Roughing
 5:49 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Roughing
 11:06 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Goaltender interference
3rd Period
Scoring
0:51 - Hurricanes Eric Staal (EV) Assists: Elias Lindholm , Kris Versteeg
5:16 - Hurricanes Jeff Skinner (EV) Assists: Riley Nash , Victor Rask
14:16 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Brooks Laich
19:42 - Hurricanes Andrej Nestrasil (EV) (EN) Assists: Eric Staal , John-Michael Liles
Penalties
None.
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 59:09 53:09 0:00 6:00 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 31 28:25 24:18 0:00 4:07 0 0 5 - - - -
Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19 13:41 12:20 0:00 1:21 0 0 1 1 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 1 0 1 -1 0 6 24 20:05 20:05 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -3 2 2 30 21:30 20:48 0:00 0:42 0 0 1 2 - - -
Justin Williams RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19 12:53 11:16 0:00 1:37 0 0 1 1 2 0 100
Nicklas Backstrom C 1 0 1 E 0 2 25 20:37 18:52 0:00 1:45 0 0 - 2 8 10 44
Brooks Laich C 0 1 1 E 0 4 22 12:22 9:34 0:00 2:48 0 0 1 - 1 1 50
Zach Sill C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 17 10:33 9:05 0:00 1:28 0 0 2 1 4 4 50
Jason Chimera LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 12:49 11:38 0:00 1:11 0 0 2 - - - -
Karl Alzner D 0 1 1 E 0 4 29 22:56 18:59 0:00 3:57 0 0 2 4 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 -2 4 1 18 11:45 10:20 0:00 1:25 0 0 6 - - - -
Michael Latta C 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 11:37 11:37 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 7 8 47
Connor Carrick D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14 9:58 9:58 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 3 - - -
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 0 0 +2 0 2 15 12:18 12:18 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 25 19:54 18:08 0:00 1:46 0 0 1 1 2 2 50
Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 E 0 2 30 23:36 21:43 0:00 1:53 0 0 1 2 - - -
Marcus Johansson LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 15:26 15:26 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 20 14:26 14:26 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 4 6 40
Carolina Hurricanes
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Cam Ward G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Eddie Lack G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 54:00 6:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Noah Hanifin D 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 17:55 13:57 3:58 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Jordan Staal C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 26 15:20 13:12 2:08 0:00 0 0 3 - 10 11 48
Eric Staal C 1 1 2 +1 0 2 26 23:04 19:12 3:52 0:00 0 0 3 1 6 3 67
Andrej Nestrasil C 1 0 1 +1 2 3 24 15:55 13:36 2:19 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Elias Lindholm C 0 1 1 E 0 4 25 20:14 16:33 3:41 0:00 0 0 3 - 4 2 67
Jay McClement C 0 0 0 E 0 2 17 10:17 10:17 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 5 5 50
Riley Nash C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 16 9:05 9:05 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Chris Terry LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 9:51 9:51 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
John-Michael Liles D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 29 21:29 19:27 2:02 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Justin Faulk D 0 0 0 E 0 1 27 22:51 19:03 3:48 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Kris Versteeg RW 0 1 1 +1 0 3 22 18:01 18:01 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Phillip Di Giuseppe LW 1 0 1 E 0 2 21 13:05 13:05 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 1 - - -
Joakim Nordstrom LW 0 1 1 +2 0 0 23 14:23 14:23 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Victor Rask C 0 1 1 E 0 1 22 15:02 11:33 3:29 0:00 0 0 2 - 6 6 50
Jeff Skinner LW 1 0 1 -1 0 6 21 15:43 13:12 2:31 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brett Pesce D 0 0 0 E 0 3 19 17:10 14:58 2:12 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Ron Hainsey D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 26 20:55 20:55 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Jaccob Slavin D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 25 19:40 19:40 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Philipp Grubauer L (5-3-1) 36 33 3 .917 0 59:09
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Eddie Lack W (5-7-3) 32 30 2 .938 0 60:00