The Washington Capitals fell to the Carolina Hurricanes, 3-2, Tuesday night at Capital One Arena. T.J. Oshie scored his 11th of the season and Joe Snively recorded a goal and an assist in the loss. The defeat drops the Capitals record to 28-22-6 (62 points) on the season.
Darcy Kuemper (16-14-4, 2.57 GAA, .916 sv%) got the start in goal for the Capitals. Frederik Andersen (11-4-0, 2.65 GAA, .895 sv%) got the start between the pipes for the visiting Hurricanes. The starting forward lines and defensive pairs for the Capitals:
Conor Sheary — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Anthony Mantha
Sonny Milano — Nicklas Backstrom — Marcus Johansson
Joe Snively — Dylan Strome — Marcus Johansson
Aube-Kubel — Lars Eller — Garnet Hathaway
Erik Gustafsson — Trevor Van Riemsdyk
Dmitry Orlov — Nick Jensen
Matt Irwin — Martin Fehervary
Darcy Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Scratches: Alex Ovechkin (family leave), Aliaksei Protas (paternity leave), Tom Wilson (lower body), Alexander Alexeyev.
Captains: No one donned the “C” for the Capitals tonight with Alex Ovechkin away from the team. T.J. Oshie, Nicklas Backstrom and Dmitry Orlov were all alternate captains.
FIRST PERIOD
The Hurricanes opened the scoring with a tally from Brent Burns (11) at 15:00 of the first frame. Jordan Staal (12) and Jordan Mrtinook (15) had the helpers.
Burn baby Burns!❤️🔥
Brent Burns walks it back and fires one past Kuemper to open up the scoring. pic.twitter.com/tAxZQy22FM
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) February 15, 2023
The Capitals tied the game on goal from T.J. Oshie (11) at 19:02 of the first frame. Joe Snively (2) had the primary helper, a nice centering feed from the left side. Dmitry Orlov (16) had the secondary assist.
THAT’S OUR 😍SHBABE pic.twitter.com/WvEumj8OPs
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) February 15, 2023
The first period ended with the game tied 1-1.
The Canes grabbed control of possession at the 11-min. mark, but the Capitals successfully squashed the surge at the 16-min mark and added the Oshie tally with nice feed from Joe Snipely with less than a minute to play. Canes led in five-on-five shot attempts, 18-11, scoring chances, 8-5 and xGF .69 to .58.
SECOND PERIOD
The Canes regained the lead early in the middle frame with a deflected goal from Paul Stastny (6) at 2:33 of the period. Calvin DeHaan (9) and Stefan Noesen (17) had the assists.
Paul Stastny scores against the Washington Capitals to make it 2-1 #WSHvsCAR #ALLCAPS #LetsGoCanes pic.twitter.com/EeTCBNZ0L9
— nopClips (@nopClips) February 15, 2023
The Capitals tied the game less than four minutes later on a snipe from Joe Snively (1) at 6:23 of the middle frame. Trevor van Riemsdyk (10) made an excellent stretch pass to set up the breakaway snipe.
Joe Snively takes the beautiful outlet from Trevor van Riemsdyk and snipes one past Andersen, tying it at 2!#ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/nfZ77SNbUJ
— Hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights (@HockeyDaily365) February 15, 2023
The Canes regained the lead on another deflected shot, this time a power play marker from Stefan Noesen (10) at 11:38. Brady Skjei (14) and Teravainen (20) had the assists.
Net 👏 Front 👏 Presence 👏 pic.twitter.com/ta7Wq5P0S0
— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) February 15, 2023
The second period concluded with the Canes leading, 3-2.
The Canes led 3-2 after two period, but a bit more of an even period, possession wise. The Canes led 21-19 in five-on-five shot attempts in the middle frame, but the Caps gained control of possession after Canes goal to even things out.
THIRD PERIOD
The Capitals appeared to tie the game with a goal from Trevor van Riemsdyk at 10:21, but the tally was waived off for goaltender interference.
There would be no additional scoring in the final frame.
The Capitals next host the Florida Panthers on Thursday night. Puck drop is set for 7:00PM ET.
SHAVINGS
- Alex Ovechkin left the team earlier in the day to tend to family matters.
- Aliaksei Protas was a late healthy scratch for the birth of his first child.
- T.J. Oshie scored his 11th goal of the season to tie the game 1-1. It marked the ninth goal the Capitals have scored in the final minute of a period this season.
- Joe Snively recorded the primary assist on Oshie’s goal, his second assist in seven games played this season. Snively, who was recalled from the AHL’s Hershey Bears this morning, has recorded nine points (4g, 5a) in 19 career NHL games with the Capitals.
- Joe Snively scores his first goal of the season to tie the game 2-2. It’s Snively’s second point of the game (1g, 1a), marking his second career multi-point game (also Feb. 10, 2022 at Montreal: 2g, 1a).
- Trevor van Riemsdyk recorded the primary assist on Snively’s goal, his 10th assist of the season. van Riemsdyk has recorded four points (2g, 2a) in his last four games.
- van Riemsdyk has recorded 16 points (6g, 10a) in 56 games this season, leaving him one point shy of matching his single-season career high (2021-22: 1g-16a–17p in 72 GP).