Washington Capital forward Nic Dowd was given a ten-minute misconduct for a reason that has likely never happened before. At the end of the first period, Brendan Leipsic shoved Carolina Hurricane forward Andrei Svechnikov to the ice, which caused Svechnikov's stick to fly toward Dowd. Dowd then proceeded to take the stick and offer it up as a souvenir to the Hurricane fans on the other side of the glass. Ironically enough, the fan who caught the stick appears to have been wearing a Svechnikov jersey.
Despite being a man down on the bench for ten minutes, the Capitals prevailed and won the game by a final of 4-3.
