Carolina Hurricanes @ Washington Capitals

33-15-6, 14-7-4 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	OT	T
Hurricanes CAR	2	1	0	0	3
Capitals WSH	0	2	1	1	4

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

27-22-7, 15-10-3 Home

Carolina Hurricanes


forwards
Sebastian AhoS. Aho#20
Jackson BlakeJ. Blake#53
William CarrierW. Carrier#28
Nikolaj EhlersN. Ehlers#27
Taylor HallT. Hall#71
Mark JankowskiM. Jankowski#77
Seth JarvisS. Jarvis#24
Jesperi KotkaniemiJ. Kotkaniemi#82
Jordan MartinookJ. Martinook#48
Jordan StaalJ. Staal#11
Logan StankovenL. Stankoven#22
Andrei SvechnikovA. Svechnikov#37
defensemen
Jalen ChatfieldJ. Chatfield#5
Shayne GostisbehereS. Gostisbehere#4
K'Andre MillerK. Miller#19
Alexander NikishinA. Nikishin#21
Jaccob SlavinJ. Slavin#74
Sean WalkerS. Walker#26

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	19:25	1:55	2:43	14:47	6	4	60.0
0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	13:54	0:04	0:02	13:48	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	15	11:04	0:00	0:00	11:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	18	14:58	1:28	0:00	13:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	2	2	3	6	0	0	0	20	13:41	0:04	0:00	13:37	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	3	1	3	17	12:42	0:00	1:08	11:34	8	5	61.5
0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	18:48	1:57	2:36	14:15	1	1	50.0
0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	16	12:26	0:00	0:00	12:26	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	16:00	0:00	4:24	11:36	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	22	15:19	0:00	3:12	12:07	12	12	50.0
0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	17	13:37	0:03	0:03	13:31	2	7	22.2
0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	20	15:16	1:56	0:00	13:20	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	4	26	23:09	0:00	4:56	18:13	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	17	15:59	2:00	0:00	13:59	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	27	22:43	0:00	2:46	19:57	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	16	13:14	0:00	0:00	13:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	27	22:41	0:05	4:52	17:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	3	0	2	25	22:10	0:00	1:34	20:36	0	0	0.0

goalies
Frederik AndersenF. Andersen#31

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
42	4	38	.905	32	6	0	0	0	61:42	0

Washington Capitals


forwards
Anthony BeauvillierA. Beauvillier#72
Nic DowdN. Dowd#26
Brandon DuhaimeB. Duhaime#22
Ethen FrankE. Frank#53
Hendrix LapierreH. Lapierre#29
Ryan LeonardR. Leonard#9
Sonny MilanoS. Milano#15
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Aliaksei ProtasA. Protas#21
Justin SourdifJ. Sourdif#34
Dylan StromeD. Strome#17
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Declan ChisholmD. Chisholm#47
Jakob ChychrunJ. Chychrun#6
Dylan McIlrathD. McIlrath#52
Rasmus SandinR. Sandin#38
Trevor van RiemsdykT. van Riemsdyk#57

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	2	20	16:18	0:00	0:00	16:18	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	21	14:13	0:00	0:56	13:17	8	8	50.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	14	8:59	0:00	0:00	8:59	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	15:47	2:13	0:00	13:34	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	11	6:13	0:00	0:00	6:13	2	4	33.3
0	0	-1	1	2	0	1	2	1	0	1	22	16:41	4:51	0:00	11:50	0	1	0.0
0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	8:29	2:17	0:00	6:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	18:25	7:02	0:11	11:12	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	25	19:15	0:00	0:17	18:58	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	5	3	1	0	0	3	1	2	24	18:40	2:28	0:00	16:12	3	9	25.0
1	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	25	21:48	4:48	0:00	17:00	15	7	68.2
0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	28	21:24	4:35	1:04	15:45	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	27	27:57	2:39	2:00	23:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	10:04	0:00	0:00	10:04	0	0	0.0
1	1	1	6	3	1	1	2	0	1	3	29	28:02	4:24	0:00	23:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	13	9:15	0:00	0:00	9:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	25	20:50	0:02	0:00	20:48	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	24	18:46	0:01	2:00	16:45	0	0	0.0

goalies
Clay StevensonC. Stevenson#33

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
22	3	19	.864	18	0	1	0	0	61:42	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

ESPN+		1	2	3	OT	T
	Hurricanes	2	1	0	0	3
	Capitals	0	2	1	1	4

1st Period			CAR	WSH
13:27		Mark Jankowski (5) Assists: William Carrier (6), Jesperi Kotkaniemi (7)	1	0
17:51		Sebastian Aho (18) Unassisted	2	0

2nd Period		CAR	WSH
4:16	Shayne Gostisbehere (9) Assists: Jordan Martinook (11), Jordan Staal (11)	3	0
7:52	Hendrix Lapierre (2) Assists: Sonny Milano (4)	3	1
14:58	Dylan Strome (16) Assists: Aliaksei Protas (17), Jakob Chychrun (24)	3	2

3rd Period			CAR	WSH
13:18		Jakob Chychrun (19) Assists: Aliaksei Protas (18), Tom Wilson (25)	3	3

OT Summary			CAR	WSH
1:42		Justin Sourdif (12) Assists: John Carlson (35), Ethen Frank (11)	3	4

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 2-1

Capitals
4
Hurricanes
1

Game 1

11/11

Hurricanes
3
Capitals
2

Game 2

12/11

Hurricanes
3
Capitals
4

Game 3

1/31

Capital One Arena

5:00 PM, January 31, 2026Coverage: ESPN+

Washington, DC

Attendance: 18,347

Referees:
TJ Luxmore
Michael Markovic

Linesmen:
Michel Cormier
Andrew Smith

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	33	15	6	72
Pittsburgh	28	14	11	67
NY Islanders	30	20	5	65
Columbus	27	20	7	61
Washington	27	22	7	61
Philadelphia	24	20	10	58
New Jersey	28	25	2	58
NY Rangers	22	28	6	50

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Carolina Hurricanes @ Washington Capitals

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 2-1

Game Information

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