Game Thread: Washington Capitals (28-23-6) at Carolina Hurricanes (36-10-8) – 18 Feb 2023 – 08:00PM EST

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   ###Projected Lineups

   ||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[](/r/canes)|Andrei Svechnikov|Sebastian Aho|Seth Jarvis|[](/r/caps)|Anthony Mantha|Evgeny Kuznetsov|Conor Sheary|
   |[](/r/canes)|Teuvo Teravainen|Jesperi Kotkaniemi|Martin Necas|[](/r/caps)|Sonny Milano|Nicklas Backstrom|Marcus Johansson|
   |[](/r/canes)|Jordan Martinook|Jordan Staal|Jesper Fast|[](/r/caps)|Joe Snively|Dylan Strome|T.J. Oshie|
   |[](/r/canes)|Stefan Noesen|Paul Stastny|Derek Stepan|[](/r/caps)|Nicolas Aube-Kubel|Lars Eller|Garnet Hathaway|

   ||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[](/r/canes)|Jaccob Slavin|Brent Burns|[](/r/caps)|Erik Gustafsson|Trevor van Riemsdyk|
   |[](/r/canes)|Brady Skjei|Brett Pesce|[](/r/caps)|Dmitry Orlov|Nick Jensen|
   |[](/r/canes)|Calvin de Haan|Jalen Chatfield|[](/r/caps)|Dylan McIlrath|Martin Fehervary|

   ||Goalies||Goalies|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[](/r/canes)|Frederik Andersen|[](/r/caps)|Darcy Kuemper|
   |[](/r/canes)|Antti Raanta|[](/r/caps)|Charlie Lindgren|

   ###Injuries

   ||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[CAR](/r/canes)|Ondrej Kase||Concussion|IR-LT||07 Mar 2023|
   |[CAR](/r/canes)|Jake Gardiner||Hip|IR-LT||01 Jul 2023|
   |[CAR](/r/canes)|Max Pacioretty||Achilles|IR-LT||13 Apr 2023|
   |–|–|–|–|–|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Marcus Johansson|16 Feb 2023|Undisclosed|DTD|Johansson (undisclosed) practiced with the team Friday, Tarik El-Bashir of The Athletic reports.|unknown|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Kody Clark||Quadriceps|IR-NR|Surgery|15 Sep 2023|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Nic Dowd|17 Feb 2023|Lower Body|IR|Dowd (lower body) joined the Washington Capitals for practice Friday, Tom Gulitti of NHL.com reports.|21 Feb 2023|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Connor Brown||Knee|IR-LT|Surgery|01 May 2023|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Tom Wilson|17 Feb 2023|Lower Body|IR|Wilson (lower body) is “close” to returning, Capitals coach Peter Laviolette told Tarik El-Bashir of The Athletic.|21 Feb 2023|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Carl Hagelin|16 Feb 2023|Hip|IR-LT|Surgery|15 Sep 2023|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|John Carlson||Face|IR-LT||26 Feb 2023|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin||Personal|IR-NR||21 Feb 2023|

   ###Team Stats

   |Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|G/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|S/G|SA/G|FO%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[Hurricanes](/r/canes)|54|36|10|8|80|74.0|3.35185|2.66666|19.8|81.5|34.92592|26.37037|52.9|
   |[Capitals](/r/caps)|57|28|23|6|62|54.3|3.03508|2.87719|20.4|81.4|31.57894|30.26315|49.7|

   ###Team Leaders

   |Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |G|[](/r/canes)|Sebastian Aho|24|[](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|32|
   |A|[](/r/canes)|Brent Burns|29|[](/r/caps)|Evgeny Kuznetsov|36|
   |P|[](/r/canes)|Sebastian Aho|48|[](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|54|
   |+/-|[](/r/canes)|Jalen Chatfield|18|[](/r/caps)|Erik Gustafsson|10|
   |PIM|[](/r/canes)|Andrei Svechnikov|61|[](/r/caps)|Garnet Hathaway|50|
   |TOI|[](/r/canes)|Brent Burns|23:16|[](/r/caps)|John Carlson|23:23|

   ### Goalie Breakdown

   ||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[](/r/canes)|Antti Raanta|20|19|14|2|3|2|2.44|0.90224|
   |[](/r/canes)|Pyotr Kochetkov|19|18|10|4|5|3|2.33|0.91348|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[](/r/caps)|Darcy Kuemper|37|37|16|16|4|5|2.63|0.91441|
   |[](/r/caps)|Charlie Lindgren|24|20|12|7|2|0|2.68|0.90737|

   ###Season Series

   |Date|Away|Home|Time|Network/Result|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |31 Oct 2022|[](/r/caps)|[](/r/canes)|07:00PM EDT|WSH (2) – CAR (3)|
   |14 Feb 2023|[](/r/canes)|[](/r/caps)|07:00PM EST|CAR (3) – WSH (2)|
   |18 Feb 2023|[](/r/caps)|[](/r/canes)|08:00PM EST|ESPN+, ABC|