Capitals 4-3 Hurricanes (17 Dec, 2016) Final Score

Washington Capitals

19-7-3, 8-3-3 away

	1	2	3	SO	T
WSH	0	2	1	1	4
CAR	1	1	1	0	3

Carolina Hurricanes

12-11-7, 8-3-1 home

		1	2	3	SO	T
	Capitals	0	2	1	1	4
	Hurricanes	1	1	1	0	3

1st Period			WSH	CAR
5:46		Jeff Skinner (12) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Derek Ryan (8), Victor Rask (15)	0	1

2nd Period		WSH	CAR
6:25	Alex Ovechkin (14) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (18), John Carlson (13)	1	1
11:13	Justin Williams (7) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (14), Matt Niskanen (11)	2	1
13:31	Justin Faulk (5) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Sebastian Aho (10), Teuvo Teravainen (7)	2	2

3rd Period			WSH	CAR
0:40		Teuvo Teravainen (8) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Sebastian Aho (11), Jaccob Slavin (10)	2	3
13:56		T.J. Oshie (10) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Dmitry Orlov (11), Matt Niskanen (12)	3	3

OT Summary
No Goals Scored

Shootout Summary			WSH	CAR
			1	0
			2	0

CAPITALS

HURRICANES

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Capitals
1
Hurricanes
5

Game 1

13/11

Capitals
4
Hurricanes
3

Game 2

17/12

Hurricanes
1
Capitals
6

Game 3

24/1

Hurricanes
0
Capitals
5

Game 4

8/2

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
New Jersey	23	11	3	49
Washington	23	8	2	48
Carolina	21	11	1	43
Pittsburgh	15	15	5	35
Philadelphia	15	15	4	34
NY Rangers	16	17	1	33
NY Islanders	13	14	7	33
Columbus	13	15	6	32

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Washington Capitals

Carolina Hurricanes

Stars of the Game

Teuvo TeravainenC - CAR

Matt NiskanenD - WSH

Sebastian AhoC - CAR

Game Information

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

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