Hurricanes defeat Capitals in Stadium Series preview

WASHINGTON -- Frederik Andersen made 13 of his 34 saves in the third period, and the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Washington Capitals 3-2 at Capital One Arena on Tuesday.

"We played hard," Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "It wasn't a great game by us by any stretch, but third period, obviously 'Freddie' made a couple nice saves, and we were able to just kind of hang on. So, we'll take the win and move on."
Stefan Noesen had the game-winning goal and an assist for the Hurricanes (35-10-8), who rebounded from a 6-2 home loss to the New York Rangers on Saturday in their first game after the All-Star break.
"For us, it's just kind of finding our legs, finding our groove after that break," Carolina forward Paul Stastny said. "I think we were playing pretty well going into the break (seven straight wins) and now we're just slowly finding it more and more the past couple games, and I think we'll be able to get back to where we were before."

Joe Snively
scored his first goal of the season and had an assist for the Capitals (28-22-6), who have lost two in a row. Darcy Kuemper made 27 saves.
"I thought we played hard against a real good team," Washington coach Peter Laviolette said. "I didn't like the outcome. We didn't win the hockey game. Did a lot of good things, but in the end we came up short."
The Capitals played without forward Alex Ovechkin, who is expected to be away from the team for at least the remainder of the week to attend to a family matter.
Snively, who played his seventh game of the season, was called up from Hershey of the American Hockey League on Tuesday and replaced
Aliaksei Protas
, who was a late scratch. Protas left to be with his wife for the birth of their first child.
"The plan was just to take warmups in case of emergency, and I got the [word I was playing] right before warmups," Snively said.

The teams will play outdoors in the 2023 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Saturday (8 p.m. ET; ABC, ESPN+, SN360, TVAS2).
Noesen gave the Hurricanes a 3-2 lead on the power play at 11:38 of the second period when he deflected Brady Skjei's point shot in front.
The Capitals appeared to tie it when Trevor van Riemsdyk knocked in a loose puck during at scramble in front at 9:39 of the third, but the goal was overturned after the Hurricanes challenged for goaltender interference. Video review determined T.J. Oshie impaired Andersen's ability to play his position.
"On the overhead, it's clear [Oshie] goes in by himself and he takes a crack at the puck but then he lies on the goalie for a split second," Brind'Amour said. "So, by the letter of the law, you're not allowed to do that, so that's why I was pretty sure."
Oshie said, "Disallowed goal, that's the way she goes. Wish I would've been able to get off him a little bit. I felt like there was no room behind me to really move once I got down there. It was just kind of unfortunate, but I thought the guys played hard tonight and you know, we had other chances to score for sure."

Brent Burns gave Carolina a 1-0 lead at 15:00 of the first period when he scored on a wrist shot through traffic from the point.
Oshie tied it 1-1 at 19:02, driving to the net and converting a crossing pass from Snively on the rush.
The Hurricanes went in front 2-1 at 2:33 of the second when Calvin de Haan's shot from the point deflected off Stastny in the left face-off circle.
Snively tied it 2-2 at 6:23, taking a pass from van Riemsdyk and beating Andersen high to the short side from the left circle.
"He was fantastic for us out there," Oshie said of Snively. "He obviously hasn't been a part of some of the struggles that we've had lately, so he looks like he kind of came in with a fresh, young face and played great out there."

NOTES: Seven of Noesen's 10 goals this season have come with the man-advantage. … Skjei played 23:02 and had an assist in his 500th NHL game. … Capitals defenseman Dmitry Orlov got his 196th NHL assist to pass Sylvain Cote for the eighth-most by a defenseman in their history.