Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals

Sat, Jan 31, 2026 · Capital One Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Carolina Hurricanes

3 – 4

Final/OT

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 in overtime on Sat, Jan 31, 2026 at Capital One Arena. Jakob Chychrun led the way with 2 points. Clay Stevenson made 19 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 22–42.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
CAR	2	1	0	0	3	22
WSH	0	2	1	1	4	42

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	13:27	CAR	EV	Mark Jankowski (5) · snap	William Carrier (6), Jesperi Kotkaniemi (7)	1–0
1st	17:51	CAR	EV	Sebastian Aho (18) · snap	Unassisted	2–0
2nd	04:16	CAR	EV	Shayne Gostisbehere (9) · snap	Jordan Martinook (11), Jordan Staal (11)	3–0
2nd	07:52	WSH	EV	Hendrix Lapierre (2) · snap	Sonny Milano (4)	3–1
2nd	14:58	WSH	EV	Dylan Strome (16) · tip-in	Aliaksei Protas (17), Jakob Chychrun (24)	3–2
3rd	13:18	WSH	EV	Jakob Chychrun (19) · snap	Aliaksei Protas (18), Tom Wilson (25)	3–3
OT	01:42	WSH	EV	Justin Sourdif (12) · snap	John Carlson (35), Ethen Frank (11)	3–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	02:21	CAR	Taylor Hall	hooking	2
2nd	09:49	CAR	Taylor Hall	interference	2
2nd	10:53	WSH	Ryan Leonard	interference	2
2nd	11:21	WSH	Jakob Chychrun	interference	2
2nd	18:27	CAR	Taylor Hall	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	01:59	CAR	Sean Walker	hooking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: CAR 2.55 · WSH 5.39 · xG% CAR 32.1

Carolina Hurricanes

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
20	Sebastian Aho	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	60.0	19:25	23
48	Jordan Martinook	L	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	1		16:00	22
4	Shayne Gostisbehere	D	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	2		15:59	17
11	Jordan Staal	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	7	0	50.0	15:19	22
77	Mark Jankowski	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	3	1	61.5	12:42	17
82	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	1		12:26	16
28	William Carrier	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	0		11:04	15
5	Jalen Chatfield	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		23:09	26
19	K'Andre Miller	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	2		22:43	27
74	Jaccob Slavin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3		22:41	27
26	Sean Walker	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3		22:10	25
24	Seth Jarvis	C	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0	0	50.0	18:48	22
37	Andrei Svechnikov	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		15:16	20
27	Nikolaj Ehlers	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		14:58	18
53	Jackson Blake	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		13:54	18
71	Taylor Hall	L	0	0	0	-2	6	0	0	2		13:41	20
22	Logan Stankoven	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0	22.2	13:37	17
21	Alexander Nikishin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	1		13:14	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Frederik Andersen	OTL	42	38	4	.905	61:42

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	1	1	2	+1	2	6	0	1		28:02	29
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	2	2	+2	0	3	0	0		19:15	25
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	1		27:57	27
17	Dylan Strome	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	68.2	21:48	25
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	1	1	+2	0	1	3	0		21:24	28
34	Justin Sourdif	R	1	0	1	+1	0	5	3	1	25.0	18:40	24
53	Ethen Frank	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		15:47	23
15	Sonny Milano	L	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0		8:29	12
29	Hendrix Lapierre	C	1	0	1	-1	0	4	1	0	33.3	6:13	11
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0		20:50	25
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2		18:46	24
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		18:25	21
9	Ryan Leonard	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0		16:41	22
72	Anthony Beauvillier	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	1	100.0	16:18	20
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	50.0	14:13	21
47	Declan Chisholm	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		10:04	14
52	Dylan McIlrath	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0		9:15	13
22	Brandon Duhaime	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	1		8:59	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33	Clay Stevenson	W	22	19	3	.864	61:42