Game

Hurricanes at Capitals

Hurricanes 3, Capitals 2 in a shootout · first star Nikolaj Ehlers (1 G, 1 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Carolina Hurricanes 3 at Washington Capitals 2

Hurricanes CAR

3 FINAL/SO 2

Capitals WSH

Thursday, December 11, 2025 · 7:00 PM ET · Capital One Arena, Washington

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	1OT	SO	T	SOG
Hurricanes	0	1	1	0	1	3	39
Capitals	0	1	1	0	0	2	25

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Hurricanes attack left, Capitals attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: CAR 39, WSH 25.

CAR in red WSH in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Hurricanes 39 shots on goal (2 goals, 22 missed, 22 blocked) attacking left; Capitals 25 shots on goal (2 goals, 11 missed, 10 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	CAR SOG	CAR G	CAR ATT	WSH SOG	WSH G	WSH ATT
1st	13	0	24	4	0	12
2nd	16	1	37	5	1	11
3rd	10	1	19	13	1	20
OT	0	0	3	3	0	3
Total	39	2	83	25	2	46

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	CAR SOG	CAR G	WSH SOG	WSH G
Even strength	35	2	23	2
Power play	4	0	2	0
Short-handed	0	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Hurricanes took 64.3% of the shot attempts, and 64.9% of the 111 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Capitals and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Hurricanes hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Hurricanes at Capitals
Period	WSH CF%	WSH FF%
1st	33.3	37.0
2nd	22.9	21.6
3rd	51.3	50.0
OT	50.0	100.0
Game	35.7	37.1

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

2nd period

05:00 Connor McMichael (5) Alex Ovechkin (16), Rasmus Sandin (6) · backhand 0–1
13:43 Nikolaj Ehlers (7) Logan Stankoven (8), Alexander Nikishin (7) · snap 1–1

3rd period

11:32 Nic Dowd (2) Rasmus Sandin (7), Connor McMichael (12) · tip-in 1–2
17:45 Logan Stankoven (6) Nikolaj Ehlers (14), Jalen Chatfield (5) · snap 2–2

Shootout

00:00 Seth Jarvis Unassisted · snap 3–2

Three stars

Nikolaj Ehlers CAR · L #27 · 1 G, 1 A
Brandon Bussi CAR · G #32 · 0 GA, .920 SV%
Connor McMichael WSH · C #24 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	18:55	WSH	Justin Sourdif	roughing	2	Shayne Gostisbehere
2nd	17:29	WSH	Nic Dowd	cross checking	2	Jackson Blake
3rd	00:02	CAR	Jordan Martinook	fighting (major)	5	Nic Dowd
3rd	00:02	WSH	Nic Dowd	fighting (major)	5	Jordan Martinook
3rd	01:35	CAR	K'Andre Miller	interference	2	Tom Wilson

Boxscore

Carolina Hurricanes

Hurricanes skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Logan Stankoven #22	C	1	1	2	+2	4	2	0	0	80.0	16:54
Nikolaj Ehlers #27	L	1	1	2	+2	6	0	0	0	0.0	17:54
Alexander Nikishin #21	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	0.0	16:37
Jalen Chatfield #5	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	22:57
Jordan Staal #11	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	75.0	17:46
Sebastian Aho #20	C	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	57.1	21:19
Eric Robinson #50	L	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.0	10:56
Jordan Martinook #48	L	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	5	0.0	13:26
Mark Jankowski #77	L	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0	0	75.0	08:06
Taylor Hall #71	L	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	0.0	11:31
William Carrier #28	L	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.0	13:21
Andrei Svechnikov #37	R	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0.0	19:51
Jackson Blake #53	R	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0	0.0	20:24
Seth Jarvis #24	R	0	0	0	-1	5	1	0	0	0.0	20:30
Joel Nystrom #64	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	0.0	12:05
K'Andre Miller #19	D	0	0	0	-1	1	4	1	2	0.0	23:04
Sean Walker #26	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0.0	22:42
Shayne Gostisbehere #4	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0.0	23:41

Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Brandon Bussi #32	W	25	23	2	.920	21/23	2/2	64:56

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Connor McMichael #24	L	1	1	2	+1	1	0	0	0	14.3	18:27
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	0	2	2	+1	1	1	2	0	0.0	18:54
Nic Dowd #26	C	1	0	1	-1	1	5	2	7	57.1	14:33
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	0	1	1	+1	3	0	1	0	0.0	17:12
Dylan Strome #17	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	28.6	20:01
Hendrix Lapierre #29	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	66.7	04:58
Justin Sourdif #34	C	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	27.3	19:38
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0.0	22:05
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0.0	07:55
Sonny Milano #15	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	06:09
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	0	0.0	18:52
Ethen Frank #53	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	14:43
Tom Wilson #43	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	66.7	23:29
Jakob Chychrun #6	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0.0	25:27
John Carlson #74	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0.0	20:47
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	0.0	16:31
Matt Roy #3	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0.0	21:58
Trevor van Riemsdyk #57	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	0.0	19:21

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Logan Thompson #48	O	39	37	2	.949	33/35	4/4	65:00

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.