Game Recap – 10/5/2019 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals

Carolina Hurricanes (1-0-0 2pts) v. Washington Capitals (2-0-0 4pts)

 

Game Recap:

The Washington Capitals look to keep their winning ways going as they play their first game of the season at home against the Carolina Hurricanes. For the majority of the first period the Hurricanes would generate chances against the Capitals, but Braden Holtby would stand tall in net for the Capitals. Then late in the period Garnet Hathaway would pick off a poor pass attempt by Joel Edmundson and then drive to the net to score his first as Capital and to give them the 1-0 lead heading into the first intermission.

 

In the second period the Capitals would still have some time to work on their first powerplay opportunity, but would not be able to convert. Then they would gain another opportunity when Jordan Staal would be called for tripping, but again could not convert on the powerplay. However, midway through the second it would be TJ Oshie who would bat the puck down and then get it past James Reimer to give the Capitals a 2-0 lead after an Official review. The Capitals would try to make it 3-0 off another potential Hathaway goal, but after a Coach’s Challenge it was ruled that Brendan Leipsic did in fact interfere with Reimer, and the goal would not count as a result.

 

Then in the third period Radko Gudas would take an interference penalty and the Hurricanes would finally get their powerplay on point as Erik Haula would tap in a Teuvu Teravainen pass past Braden Holtby to cut the Capitals lead to one. The after killing off a Tom Wilson penalty, the Capitals would have a breakdown in their own zone and Jaccob Slavin would capitalize by getting the puck past Holtby to tie the game at two. Then in overtime the Capitals would dominate with 7 shots on goal and a powerplay opportunity, but were unable to capitalize. However, for the Hurricanes they would only need one shot to win it as Jake Gardiner would wrist a shot past Holtby to win the game 3-2 in overtime.

 

Lineups:

Carolina Hurricanes:

Nino Niederreiter — Sebastian Aho — Teuvo Teravainen

Andrei Svechnikov — Jordan Staal — Brock McGinn

Ryan Dzingel — Erik Haula — Martin Necas

Warren Foegele — Lucas Wallmark — Jordan Martinook

Jaccob Slavin — Dougie Hamilton

Joel Edmundson — Brett Pesce

Jake Gardiner — Haydn Fleury

James Reimer

Petr Mrazek

Scratched: None

Injured: Trevor van Riemsdyk (shoulder)

 

Washington Capitals:

Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson

Jakub Vrana — Lars Eller — T.J. Oshie

Carl Hagelin — Chandler Stephenson — Richard Panik

Brendan Leipsic — Nic Dowd — Garnet Hathaway

Jonas Siegenthaler — John Carlson

Dmitry Orlov — Nick Jensen

Martin Fehervary — Radko Gudas

Braden Holtby

Ilya Samsonov

Scratched: Tyler Lewington, Travis Boyd

Injured: Michal Kempny (hamstring)

Suspended: Evgeny Kuznetsov

 

First Period:

WAS Penalty – 6:45 – Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for Interference

CAR Penalty – 8:11 – Erik Haula 2 minutes for Interference

WAS Goal – 17:23 – Garnet Hathaway (1) from Brendan Leipsic (1)

CAR Penalty – 19:22 – Nino Niederreiter 2 minutes for Slashing

 

End of 1st

 

Second Period:

CAR Penalty – 4:29 – Jordan Staal 2 minutes for Tripping

WAS Penalty – 8:19 – Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for Interference

WAS Goal – 11:40 – TJ Oshie (2) from Jakub Vrana (1) and Radko Gudas (2)

CAR Penalty – 13:25 – Martin Necas 2 minutes for Tripping

CAR Penalty – 18:51 – Andrei Svechnikov 2 minutes for High Sticking

 

End of 2nd

 

Third Period:

WAS Penalty – 1:59 – Radko Gudas 2 minutes for Interference

CAR PPG – 2:36 – Erik Haula (2) from Teuvu Teravainen (2) and Andrei Svechnikov (2)

WAS Penalty – 7:17 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Tripping

CAR Goal – 9:50 – Jaccob Slavin (1) from Jordan Martinook (1) and Warren Foegele (1)

CAR Penalty – 12:29 – Joel Edmundson 2 minutes for Holding

WAS Penalty – 12:29 – Lars Eller 2 minutes for High Sticking

 

End of 3rd

 

Overtime:

CAR Penalty – :19 – Jordan Staal 2 minutes for Hooking

CAR Goal – 4:04 – Jake Gardiner (1) from Andrei Svechnikov (2)

 

End of OT:

 

Next Up:

Washington (2-0-1 5pts) v. Dallas (0-1-0 0pts)

Carolina (2-0-0 4pts) v. Tampa Bay (1-1-0 2pts)

 

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