Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals

Thu, Dec 11, 2025 · Capital One Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Carolina Hurricanes

3 – 2

Final/SO

Washington Capitals

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in a shootout on Thu, Dec 11, 2025 at Capital One Arena. Nikolaj Ehlers led the way with 2 points. Brandon Bussi made 23 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 39–25.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
CAR	0	1	1	0	1	3	39
WSH	0	1	1	0	0	2	25

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	05:00	WSH	EV	Connor McMichael (5) · backhand	Alex Ovechkin (16), Rasmus Sandin (6)	0–1
2nd	13:43	CAR	EV	Nikolaj Ehlers (7) · snap	Logan Stankoven (8), Alexander Nikishin (7)	1–1
3rd	11:32	WSH	EV	Nic Dowd (2) · tip-in	Rasmus Sandin (7), Connor McMichael (12)	1–2
3rd	17:45	CAR	PP	Logan Stankoven (6) · snap	Nikolaj Ehlers (14), Jalen Chatfield (5)	2–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	18:55	WSH	Justin Sourdif	roughing	2
2nd	17:29	WSH	Nic Dowd	cross checking	2
3rd	00:02	CAR	Jordan Martinook	fighting	5
3rd	00:02	WSH	Nic Dowd	fighting	5
3rd	01:35	CAR	K'Andre Miller	interference	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: CAR 4.13 · WSH 2.87 · xG% CAR 59.0

Carolina Hurricanes

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
27	Nikolaj Ehlers	L	1	1	2	+2	0	6	0	0		17:54	21
22	Logan Stankoven	C	1	1	2	+2	0	4	2	0	80.0	16:54	18
5	Jalen Chatfield	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		22:57	28
21	Alexander Nikishin	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	2		16:37	19
4	Shayne Gostisbehere	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3		23:41	28
19	K'Andre Miller	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	4	1		23:04	30
26	Sean Walker	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		22:42	31
20	Sebastian Aho	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	57.1	21:19	22
24	Seth Jarvis	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	0		20:30	22
53	Jackson Blake	R	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	1		20:24	23
37	Andrei Svechnikov	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0		19:51	19
11	Jordan Staal	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	75.0	17:46	27
48	Jordan Martinook	L	0	0	0	0	5	4	3	0		13:26	20
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		13:21	20
64	Joel Nystrom	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0		12:05	16
71	Taylor Hall	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0		11:31	16
50	Eric Robinson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		10:56	15
77	Mark Jankowski	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	0	75.0	8:06	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Brandon Bussi	W	25	23	2	.920	64:56

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	2	2	+1	0	1	1	2		18:54	21
24	Connor McMichael	C	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	0	14.3	18:27	24
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	1		17:12	20
26	Nic Dowd	C	1	0	1	-1	7	1	5	2	57.1	14:33	21
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		25:27	23
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	66.7	23:29	28
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		22:05	25
3	Matt Roy	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		21:58	21
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		20:47	24
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	28.6	20:01	22
34	Justin Sourdif	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	27.3	19:38	24
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		19:21	22
72	Anthony Beauvillier	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1		18:52	20
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2		16:31	21
53	Ethen Frank	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		14:43	18
22	Brandon Duhaime	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		7:55	13
15	Sonny Milano	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		6:09	9
29	Hendrix Lapierre	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	66.7	4:58	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
48	Logan Thompson	OTL	39	37	2	.949	65:00