Round 1 Game 3: Series - Caps Lead 2-0
Mon Apr 15, 2019 Washington Capitals @ Carolina Hurricanes
Place: PNC Arena
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
TV: NBCSWA, CNBC, SN, TVAS2, FS-CR
Radio: 106.7 The Fan, Caps Radio 24/7
NHL.COM for Live Box Score
Last Game: Sat Apr 13 Capitals Won 4-3 against Hurricanes
Next Game: R1G4 Thu Apr 18 7:00 p.m. Capitals @ Hurricanes
8-Ovechkin | 19-Bäckström | 43-Wilson |
13-Vrana | 92-Kuznetsov | 77-Oshie |
62-Hagelin | 20-Eller | 10-Connolly |
65-Burakovsky | 26-Dowd | 18-Stephenson |
74-Carlson | 3-Jensen |
9-Orlov | 2-Niskanen |
44-Orpik | 29-Djoos |
|
70-Holtby (starter) |
1-Copley |
-- SCRATCH -- 23-Jaskin |
72-Boyd |
34-Siegenthaler |
30-Samsonov |
-- INJURED RESERVE -- -- 1st Powerplay Unit -- 92-Kuznetsov | 19-Bäckström | 77-Oshie |
-- 2nd Powerplay Unit -- 13-Vrana | 20-Eller | 43-Wilson |
Referees: Eric Furlatt (#27), Dan O’Halloran (#13)
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey (#50), Devin Berg (#87)
Hurricanes LINEUP 21 -Nino Niederreiter -- 20-Sebastian Aho -- 86-Teuvo Teravainen
37-Andrei Svechnikov -- 11-Jordan Staal -- 14-Justin Williams
79-Micheal Ferland -- 71-Lucas Wallmark -- 48-Jordan Martinook
13-Warren Foegele -- 42-Greg McKegg -- 23-Brock McGinn
74-Jaccob Slavin -- 19-Dougie Hamilton
22-Brett Pesce -- 27-Justin Faulk
4-Haydn Fleury -- 57-Trevor van Riemsdyk
34-Petr Mrazek (Starter)
35-Curtis McElhinney
Scratched: 8-Saku Maenalanen, 24-Jake Bean
Injured: 64-Clark Bishop, 44-Calvin de Haan (upper body)
1st Period09:43 CANES GOAL Foegele, assists Faulk & McGinn 1-0 CAR
2nd Period06:09 CANES GOAL Foegele, assists Aho & Teravainen 2-0 CAR
11:40 CANES PP GOAL 'Doogie' Hamilton, assists Staal & Slavin 3-0 CAR
3rd Period09:47 CANES PP GOAL 'Doogie' Hamilton, assists Slavin & Foegele 4-0 CAR
15:35 CANES GOAL McGinn, assists Staal & Martinook 5-0 CAR
FINAL: 5-0 CARBy Ian Oland April 15, 2019 12:21 pm
Jakub Vrana bumped up to second line for Game ThreeHeadline photo: NBC Sports Washington
After winning the first two games of the series, the Washington Capitals are in Raleigh for Game Three against the Carolina Hurricanes.
The Capitals debuted one change to their lines after Alex Ovechkin brought back the hot lap.
Jakub Vrana has been bumped up to the second line while Carl Hagelin will skate on the team’s third.
Vrana started the series on the third line, but has no points and only two shots through two games while Hagelin is point-less and has three shots.
The Capitals can’t match up lines as the visiting team tonight with the Hurricanes getting the last change before faceoffs, so that might be playing into head coach Todd Reirden’s thinking as well.