WASHINGTON — Brent Burns scored his eleventh purpose of the season, Frederik Andersen made 34 saves and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the depleted Washington Capitals 3-2 on Tuesday evening.
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Burns scores, Hurricanes beat Ovechkin-less Capitals 3-2
These hard-earned objectives and Andersen’s stable efficiency helped Carolina get again on observe after dropping 6-2 at dwelling to the New York Rangers over the weekend. The Hurricanes have gained 10 of their previous 12 to pad their lead atop the Metropolitan Division.
“Any time you lose, I feel we’ve performed job simply sort of turning the web page,” Stastny mentioned. “For us, it’s simply sort of discovering our legs, discovering our groove after that break. I feel we have been taking part in fairly effectively going into the break and now we’re simply slowly discovering it increasingly the previous couple video games, and I feel we’ll be capable of get again to the place we have been earlier than.”
This was the sort of response the Hurricanes have been hoping for after dropping to New York on Saturday and with gamers’ fathers and mentors in attendance. It’s begin to the week for the Hurricanes, who’re set to play their first out of doors recreation Saturday evening in opposition to Washington at North Carolina State’s soccer stadium in Raleigh.
“It’s simply good to get a win,” Stastny mentioned. “The fathers’ journey is all the time sort of particular for everybody. You all the time play with just a little additional vitality.”
The Capitals might get prime winger Tom Wilson again for the Stadium Collection recreation, however they’ll nonetheless be with out captain Alex Ovechkin, No. 1 defenseman John Carlson and certain fourth-line heart Nic Dowd.
Ovechkin left the crew Tuesday to take care of a household well being matter, and coach Peter Laviolette expects the Russian winger to be out a minimum of the remainder of the week and away “for the foreseeable future.” Carlson has been out since Dec. 23 after taking a slapshot to the pinnacle, whereas Dowd has missed 10 consecutive video games due to damage.
“I believed we performed onerous in opposition to an actual good crew,” Laviolette mentioned. “I didn’t like the result. We didn’t win the hockey recreation. Did lots of good issues, however ultimately we got here up brief.”
Joe Snively, solely within the lineup due to the absences of Ovechkin and ahead Aliaksei Protas — who’s out to be along with his spouse for the beginning of the couple’s first little one — had a purpose and a main help. The Northern Virginia native arrange T.J. Oshie with an ideal move in entrance and later picked a nook on Andersen to attain his first purpose since Feb. 17, 2022.
Darcy Kuemper made 27 saves and will hardly be blamed on any of Carolina’s objectives. Trevor van Riemsdyk’s would-be tying purpose for the Capitals halfway by way of the third interval was disallowed after Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour efficiently challenged for goaltender interference.
The NHL’s State of affairs Room mentioned video overview decided Oshie impaired Andersen’s capability to play his place.
“No person’s certain on these,” Brind’Amour mentioned. “On the overhead, it’s clear (Oshie) goes in by himself and he takes a crack on the puck however then he lies on the goalie for a cut up second. So, by the letter of the legislation, you’re not allowed to do this, in order that’s why I used to be fairly certain.”
Washington has misplaced two in a row since beating the league-leading Boston Bruins on Saturday.
Hurricanes: Host the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday evening.
Capitals: Host the Florida Panthers on Thursday evening.
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