Game

Hurricanes at Capitals

Capitals 4, Hurricanes 3 in overtime · first star Justin Sourdif (1 G, 0 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 4

Hurricanes CAR

3 FINAL/OT 4

Capitals WSH

Saturday, January 31, 2026 · 5:00 PM ET · Capital One Arena, Washington

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Hurricanes	2	1	0	0	3	22
Capitals	0	2	1	1	4	42

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 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: CAR 22, WSH 42.

CAR in red WSH in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Hurricanes 22 shots on goal (3 goals, 22 missed, 11 blocked) attacking left; Capitals 42 shots on goal (4 goals, 21 missed, 18 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	12	2	27	19	0	30
2nd	5	1	17	7	2	17
3rd	5	0	10	13	1	30
OT	0	0	1	3	1	4
Total	22	3	55	42	4	81

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	21	3	36	4
Power play	0	0	6	0
Short-handed	1	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Capitals took 59.6% of the shot attempts, and 57.5% of the 113 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	52.6	50.0
2nd	50.0	45.8
3rd	75.0	78.1
OT	80.0	80.0
Game	59.6	58.9

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

Scoring summary

1st period

13:27 Mark Jankowski (5) William Carrier (6), Jesperi Kotkaniemi (7) · snap 1–0
17:51 Sebastian Aho (18) Unassisted · snap 2–0

2nd period

04:16 Shayne Gostisbehere (9) Jordan Martinook (11), Jordan Staal (11) · snap 3–0
07:52 Hendrix Lapierre (2) Sonny Milano (4) · snap 3–1
14:58 Dylan Strome (16) Aliaksei Protas (17), Jakob Chychrun (24) · tip-in 3–2

3rd period

13:18 Jakob Chychrun (19) Aliaksei Protas (18), Tom Wilson (25) · snap 3–3

Overtime

01:42 Justin Sourdif (12) John Carlson (35), Ethen Frank (11) · snap 3–4

Three stars

Justin Sourdif WSH · R #34 · 1 G, 0 A
Jakob Chychrun WSH · D #6 · 1 G, 1 A
Sebastian Aho CAR · C #20 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	02:21	CAR	Taylor Hall	hooking	2	Hendrix Lapierre
2nd	09:49	CAR	Taylor Hall	interference	2	Aliaksei Protas
2nd	10:53	WSH	Ryan Leonard	interference	2	Sebastian Aho
2nd	11:21	WSH	Jakob Chychrun	interference	2	Logan Stankoven
2nd	18:27	CAR	Taylor Hall	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
3rd	01:59	CAR	Sean Walker	hooking	2	Sonny Milano

Boxscore

Carolina Hurricanes

Hurricanes skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Sebastian Aho #20	C	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	60.0	19:25
Mark Jankowski #77	L	1	0	1	+1	1	3	1	0	61.5	12:42
Shayne Gostisbehere #4	D	1	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	0.0	15:59
Jesperi Kotkaniemi #82	C	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	0.0	12:26
Jordan Staal #11	C	0	1	1	-1	1	7	0	0	50.0	15:19
Jordan Martinook #48	L	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0.0	16:00
William Carrier #28	L	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0	0.0	11:04
Logan Stankoven #22	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	22.2	13:37
Nikolaj Ehlers #27	L	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0.0	14:58
Taylor Hall #71	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	6	0.0	13:41
Andrei Svechnikov #37	R	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	0.0	15:16
Jackson Blake #53	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0.0	13:54
Seth Jarvis #24	R	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	50.0	18:48
Alexander Nikishin #21	D	0	0	0	-1	1	3	1	0	0.0	13:14
Jaccob Slavin #74	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0.0	22:41
Jalen Chatfield #5	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	0.0	23:09
K'Andre Miller #19	D	0	0	0	-1	3	1	2	0	0.0	22:43
Sean Walker #26	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0.0	22:10

Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Frederik Andersen #31	O	42	38	4	.905	32/36	6/6	61:42

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jakob Chychrun #6	D	1	1	2	+1	6	0	1	2	0.0	28:02
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	0	2	2	+2	3	0	0	0	0.0	19:15
Dylan Strome #17	C	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	68.2	21:48
Hendrix Lapierre #29	C	1	0	1	-1	4	1	0	0	33.3	06:13
Justin Sourdif #34	C	1	0	1	+1	5	3	1	0	25.0	18:40
Sonny Milano #15	L	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	08:29
Ethen Frank #53	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0.0	15:47
Tom Wilson #43	R	0	1	1	+2	1	3	0	0	0.0	21:24
John Carlson #74	D	0	1	1	+2	2	1	1	0	0.0	27:57
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	50.0	14:13
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	18:25
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	-1	1	3	1	0	0.0	08:59
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	0	0	0	-1	3	2	1	0	100.0	16:18
Ryan Leonard #9	R	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	0.0	16:41
Declan Chisholm #47	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0.0	10:04
Dylan McIlrath #52	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	0.0	09:15
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	0.0	20:50
Trevor van Riemsdyk #57	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	0.0	18:46

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Clay Stevenson #33	W	22	19	3	.864	18/21	0/0	61:42

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.