Tuch scores twice in his first recreation for Washington, serving to the Capitals beat the Hurricanes 5-2

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Alex Tuch scored twice in his first recreation for Washington, Alex Ovechkin opened his twenty second NHL season with an help and the Capitals beat the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Friday night time.

Tuch joined the Capitals in an offseason commerce after 5 seasons with Buffalo. The 41-year-old Ovechkin assisted on Tuch’s opening objective in Washington’s three-goal first interval.

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Cole Hutson, Jakob Chychrun and Ryan Leonard additionally scored for the Capitals, and Logan Thompson made 31 saves.

Sebastian Aho and Logan Stankoven scored for Carolina, and Brandon Bussi stopped 22 photographs. The Hurricanes opened Tuesday night time at dwelling with a 1-0 additional time loss to Florida.

Tuch opened the scoring at 6:33 of the primary interval, beating Busso with a wrist shot. Hutson scored on a snap shot with 8:27 left within the interval, and Tuch linked on a backhander with 5:37 to go.

Jakob Chychrun made it 4-0 on an influence play at 1:36 of second.

Aho acquired one again for Carolina on an influence play with 3:10 left within the second, and Leonard made it 5-1 eight seconds later. Stankoven scored halfway via the third.

Up subsequent

Capitals: At Tampa Bay on Saturday night time.

Hurricanes: At Philadelphia on Saturday night time.

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