Overview
- Nic Dowd's collision with Frederik Andersen behind the net set off multiple scrums, producing 18 penalty minutes from the incident and 22 in the opening period.
- Brandon Duhaime, Dylan Strome and Jakob Chychrun scored for Washington, and Alex Ovechkin added an empty-netter after recording an earlier assist.
- Nikolaj Ehlers netted Carolina's lone goal as Thompson stopped 30 of 31 shots, including all 10 in the third period.
- Andersen made 24 saves before Pyotr Kochetkov entered late after teammate Jordan Staal fell on the Hurricanes starter.
- The result snapped Carolina's four-game winning streak and gave Washington just its second victory in eight games as the Hurricanes' power play went 0-for-5.