Carolina Hurricanes @ Washington Capitals

42-27-7, 20-15-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Hurricanes CAR	0	1	0	1
Capitals WSH	1	0	3	4

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

45-24-8, 23-10-6 Home

Ovechkin scores 49th goal, Capitals beat Hurricanes

Alex Ovechkin scored his NHL-leading 49th goal of the season to snap a four-game drought and help Washington beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 on Tuesday night, increasing the Capitals' division lead.

Mar 27, 2019, 01:36 pm - Associated Press

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

1st Period			CAR	WSH
16:29		T.J. Oshie (23) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (46), Carl Hagelin (12)	0	1

2nd Period			CAR	WSH
15:38		Dougie Hamilton (15) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Justin Williams (27), Nino Niederreiter (27)	1	1

3rd Period		CAR	WSH
4:31	Alex Ovechkin (49) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Tom Wilson (17), Evgeny Kuznetsov (47)	1	2
11:16	John Carlson (13) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Dmitry Orlov (25), Evgeny Kuznetsov (48)	1	3
17:33	Nicklas Backstrom (19) (Empty Net Goal) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (37), John Carlson (54)	1	4

HURRICANES

CAPITALS

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 3-0

Capitals
6
Hurricanes
5

Game 1

15/12

Hurricanes
1
Capitals
3

Game 2

28/12

Hurricanes
1
Capitals
4

Game 3

27/3

Capitals
3
Hurricanes
2

Game 4

29/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	53	22	7	113
Pittsburgh	41	25	16	98
Philadelphia	43	27	12	98
Washington	43	30	9	95
Columbus	40	30	12	92
NY Islanders	43	34	5	91
New Jersey	42	37	3	87
NY Rangers	34	39	9	77

Stars keep 'cornerstone' Jason Robertson with one-year deal

After a season in which he led the club with 96 points, Dallas forward Jason Robertson, who nixed a trade to the Seattle Kraken this summer, avoided a salary arbitration hearing with the Stars, accepting a one-year deal worth $12 million on Tuesday night.

NHL to produce games for Hurricanes, Blue Jackets, Wild, Blues

The Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes, along with the Columbus Blue Jackets, Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues, will have their games produced and distributed by the NHL for the coming season as the league branches out into centralized production.

Mammoth sign defenseman John Marino to 8-year, $54M extension

The Utah Mammoth have signed defenseman John Marino to an 8-year, $54M extension, the team announced Tuesday.

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Carolina Hurricanes @ Washington Capitals

Evgeny KuznetsovC - WSH

Alex OvechkinLW - WSH

Braden HoltbyG - WSH

Ovechkin scores 49th goal, Capitals beat Hurricanes

Shot Chart

Stars keep 'cornerstone' Jason Robertson with one-year deal

NHL to produce games for Hurricanes, Blue Jackets, Wild, Blues

Mammoth sign defenseman John Marino to 8-year, $54M extension