2023 NHL Stadium Series Preview: Washington, Carolina Clash Again Outdoors

Photograph: @Costonika

The Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes will shut out their three-game regular-season collection open air at Carter-Finley Stadium, residence of the NCAA’s NC State Wolfpack, within the 2023 NHL Stadium Collection on Saturday evening. Carolina took the primary two conferences by a rating of 3-2, together with the newest one this previous Tuesday at Capital One Area. Motion from Raleighwood could be seen on ABC or ESPN+ beginning at 8 PM ET.

SCHEDULE

Washington: play lone street recreation in stretch of seven, which they’ve misplaced their first three of in regulation after a 6-3 loss to the Florida Panthers on Thursday

Carolina: proceed season-long five-game homestand after opening it with a 6-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday

RECORDS

Washington: 28-23-6/.544 factors share – fifth in Metropolitan Division, eighth in Jap Convention (however tenth in factors share); 14-12-3 on street (twelfth in NHL)

Carolina: 36-10-8/.741 factors share – first in Metropolitan Division, second in Jap Convention; 18-6-2 at residence (fifth)

HOW EACH TEAM IS DOING

Washington: has misplaced 10 of final 16 in regulation since 15-3-3 stretch

Carolina: received final two and 9 of final 10; 11-1-1 since four-game shedding streak (0-3-1) at begin of the brand new yr

TEAM LEADERS

Washington

Notes: C Dylan Strome ended six-game scoring drought with a purpose vs. Florida; LW Conor Sheary has simply two assists, three factors in final 17; C Lars Eller has only one help in his final 17; LW Anthony Mantha has only one help in his final 11, together with none in his final six; D Erik Gustafsson has six helpers in his final 5 after a three-assist outing vs. Florida; D Nick Jensen tallied a -7 score in final 18 video games; LW Sonny Milano has simply two assists, three factors in final 15, together with none over final six, and earned a -3 score on Thursday; D Trevor Van Riemsdyk has two targets, 4 factors in final 5; RW T.J. Oshie has two assists, three factors in his final two; C Nicklas Backstrom has a -11 score in his final 10; LW Marcus Johansson has gone scoreless in three straight

Carolina

• C Sebastian Aho (24 targets, 48 factors)
• D Brent Burns (29 assists, 23:16 TOI/recreation)
• C Martin Necas (48 factors)

Notes: Necas, 24, has one help in his final three since five-game point- (three targets, six factors) and three-game assist-streaks (three) ended; Aho, 25, has 10 targets and 11 factors in his final eight video games; Burns, 37, has 5 targets, 11 factors in his final 10 after a two-assist evening vs. Montreal; RW Andrei Svechnikov has 9 helpers in his final seven after a three-assist evening on Thursday; C Jordan Staal has three targets, 5 factors in his final six; LW Teuvo Teravainen noticed four-game point-streak (two targets, 4 factors) and stretch the place he had eight assists, 11 factors in earlier 13 finish vs. Montreal; C Seth Jarvis had only one purpose in his earlier seven, together with no factors in his earlier three, earlier than scoring a hat-trick vs. Montreal; D Brady Skjei has two assists, -4 score in final 10; C Jesperi Kotkaniemi has two targets, six factors in final seven; D Calvin de Haan has three assists over a three-game assist-streak

KEY TEAM STATS

Targets-per-game:                 WSH – 3.04 (Twentieth)          CAR – 3.35 (tenth)

Targets-against per recreation:   WSH – 2.88 (Thirteenth)           CAR – 2.67 (Seventh)

Energy Play:                          WSH – 20.5% (twenty first)        CAR – 19.9% (twenty second)

Penalty Kill:                         WSH – 81.5% (T-Seventh)      CAR – 81.5% (T-Seventh)

Photographs-per-game:                 WSH – 31.6 (seventeenth)           CAR – 34.9 (third)

Photographs-against per recreation:   WSH – 30.3 (eleventh)           CAR – 26.4 (1st)

Faceoff-winning %:            WSH – 49.8% (T-18th)  CAR – 53% (4th)

5v5 Corsi-for %:                  WSH – 50.93% (fifteenth)    CAR – 59.78% (1st)

5v5 x Targets-For %:             WSH – 51.48% (14th)    CAR – 59.61% (1st)

5v5 SCF %:                           WSH – 50.96% (sixteenth)   CAR – 59.67% (1st)

5v5 Taking pictures %:                  WSH – 8.06% (twenty first)      CAR – 8.02% (twenty second)

5v5 Save %:                          WSH – .9169 (seventeenth)       CAR – .9173 (fifteenth)

5v5 PDO:                              WSH – .997 (T-Twentieth)    CAR – .998 (nineteenth)

EXPECTED STARTING GOALTENDERS

Washington: Darcy Kuemper, 32 — 16-16-4, .914 save share (T-Thirteenth in NHL), 2.63 goals-against common (fifteenth), 5 shutouts (T-1st) in 37 video games this season; 1-3-1, .897 save share, 3.38 goals-against common in six profession video games towards Carolina, together with .923 save share and a couple of.44 goals-against common in two video games this season

Carolina: Frederik Andersen, 33 — 12-4-0, .899 save share, 2.61 goals-against common (T-14th) in 17 video games; 8-4-2, .911 save share, 2.73 goals-against common, two shutouts in 14 profession regular-season video games vs. Washington, together with .929 save share and 1.92 goals-against common this season

INJURIES/ILLNESSES

Washington

• Carlson (upper-body, will miss twenty second straight recreation, out indefinitely)
• Ovechkin (loss of life of father, third, day-to-day)
• RW Connor Brown (ACL, 54th, indefinite)
• LW Carl Hagelin (hip, 58th, indefinite)
• C Nic Dowd (lower-body, twelfth, indefinite)

Carolina

• LW Max Pacioretty (Achilles, tenth, indefinite)
• RW Ondrej Kase (concussion, 54th, indefinite)
• D Jake Gardiner (hip/again, fifty fifth, season)

PROJECTED LINEUPS

Washington

Mantha — Kuznetsov — Sheary
Milano — Backstrom — Tom Wilson
Joe Snively — Strome — Oshie
Nicolas Aube-Kubel — Johansson — Garnet Hathaway

Gustafsson — Van Riemsdyk
Orlov — Jensen
Dylan McIlrath — Martin Fehervary

Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: D Alexander Alexeyev, C Aliaksei Protas, D Matt Irwin, C Lars Eller

* If Wilson performs, anticipate a roster transfer earlier than puck drop with too many gamers on the roster

Carolina

Teravainen — Aho — Jarvis
Svechnikov — Kotkaniemi — Necas
Jordan Martinook — Staal — Jesper Quick
Stefan Noesen — Paul Stastny — Derek Stepan

Jaccob Slavin — Burns
Skjei — Brett Pesce
De Haan — Jalen Chatfield

Andersen
Antti Raanta

Scratched: D Dylan Coghlan

By Harrison Brown