Carolina 2, Washington 3, 3/28/2019

Capitals clinch playoff berth with win against Hurricanes

Washington adds to Metropolitan lead; Carolina fails to pad wild-card edge
WSH@CAR: Dowd scores on nifty deflection to take lead
By
Kurt Dusterberg
/ NHL.com Independent Correspondent
March 29, 2019

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Washington Capitals clinched a berth in the Stanley Cup Playoffs by rallying for a 3-2 win against the Carolina Hurricanes at PNC Arena on Thursday.

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Scoring

1st Period
Player Headshot
Nino Niederreiter (22)
J. Williams (28), S. Aho (51)
1-0 CAR
Score
04:31
Time
Wrist
Shot
Player Headshot
1-1 Tied
Score
05:13
Time
Snap
Shot
2nd Period
Player Headshot
Warren Foegele (8)
J. Faulk (24), B. Pesce (20)
2-1 CAR
Score
12:30
Time
Wrist
Shot
3rd Period
Player Headshot
Jakub Vrana (23)
E. Kuznetsov (49), C. Djoos (8)
2-2 Tied
Score
01:35
Time
Backhand
Shot
Player Headshot
Nic Dowd (7)
N. Jensen (17)
3-2 WSH
Score
15:04
Time
Deflected
Shot

Penalties

1st Period
TeamTimePenalty
----No penalties taken
2nd Period
TeamTimePenalty
16:01Justin Williams Tripping against Alex Ovechkin
3rd Period
TeamTimePenalty
15:45Brooks Orpik Tripping against Sebastian Aho

Three Stars of the Game

Player Headshot
J. Vrana
#13 • WSH • Left Wing
G: 1 | A: 0 | P: 1
1
Player Headshot
N. Niederreiter
#21 • CAR • Right Wing
G: 1 | A: 0 | P: 1
2
Player Headshot
N. Dowd
#26 • WSH • Center
G: 1 | A: 0 | P: 1
3
Linescore
1st2nd3rdT
WSH
1023
CAR
1102
Shots On Goal
PeriodWSHCAR
1st75
2nd911
3rd410
Total2026
Game Stats
20
Shots On Goal
26
39.1%
Face-off %
60.9%
0%
Power Play %
0%
0/1
0/1
2
Penalty Minutes
2
19
Hits
25
13
Blocked Shots
10
9
Giveaways
10
13
Takeaways
12