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Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Thursday, December 11, 2025 · Capital One Arena

Carolina HurricanesCarolinaHurricanesAway

3–2

Final/SO

SOG 39–25

Washington CapitalsWashingtonCapitalsHome

FDSNSO · MNMT

Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 in a shootout on Thursday, December 11, 2025 at Capital One Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 39-25.

Goals came from Connor McMichael, Nikolaj Ehlers, Nic Dowd and Logan Stankoven.

Brandon Bussi made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Logan Thompson stopped 37 of 39.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTSOTSOG
Carolina HurricanesCAR01101339
Washington CapitalsWSH01100225

Three stars

  1. ★1st starNikolaj EhlersCAR · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starBrandon BussiCAR · .920 SV%
  3. ★3rd starConnor McMichaelWSH · 1G 1A

Scoring

2nd period

3rd period

SO period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:27

2–2 · 3rd 17:45 · Stankoven. Sandin was 1:27 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCAR on iceWSH on ice

0–1 WSH

2nd 5:00 · McMichael

Robinson 0:55

1–1 CAR

2nd 13:43 · Ehlers

Milano 0:45

1–2 WSH

3rd 11:32 · Dowd

Long shift: Jarvis 1:17

2–2 CAR

3rd 17:45 · Stankoven

Long shift: Sandin 1:27

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

CARWSH
39Shots on goal25
65%Faceoff %35%
0/2Power play0/1
7Penalty minutes9
29Hits21
10Blocked shots21
16Giveaways10
7Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 1st 18:55Justin Sourdif · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 17:29Nic Dowd · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 00:02Jordan Martinook · fighting5 min
  • 3rd 00:02Nic Dowd · fighting5 min
  • 3rd 01:35K'Andre Miller · interference2 min

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