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Capitals Fall 6-4 Against Carolina - Game Recap

Carolina got a pair of goals from Warren Foegele as the Hurricanes skated to a 6-4 victory over Washington on Saturday at PNC Arena.

Carolina was favored by -116 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.

Carolina got goals from Warren Foegele(2), Martin Necas, Dougie Hamilton, Andrei Svechnikov, and Lucas Wallmark in the victory. Wallmark opened the scoring at 10:38 of the first period.

Petr Mrazek turned in a 25-save effort for the Hurricanes.

Washington got goals from Alex Ovechkin, Nic Dowd, Evgeny Kuznetsov, and Radko Gudas in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Washington got a 23-stop effort from Braden Holtby in the loss.

Carolina scored 1 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Washington went 2-for-5 with the man advantage.

Washington lost the shots on goal battle to Carolina by a margin of 29-29.

Carolina heads into a battle against the Canadiens. Washington, meanwhile, will have their next action against New York.