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Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Saturday, January 31, 2026 · Capital One Arena

Carolina HurricanesCarolinaHurricanesAway

3–4

Final/OT

SOG 22–42

Washington CapitalsWashingtonCapitalsHome

FDSNSO · MNMT

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in overtime on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Hurricanes 42-22.

Goals came from Mark Jankowski, Sebastian Aho, Shayne Gostisbehere, Hendrix Lapierre, Dylan Strome, Jakob Chychrun and Justin Sourdif.

Clay Stevenson made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Frederik Andersen stopped 38 of 42.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTTSOG
Carolina HurricanesCAR2100322
Washington CapitalsWSH0211442

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJustin SourdifWSH · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starJakob ChychrunWSH · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starSebastian AhoCAR · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT 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+
1:00

3–3 · 3rd 13:18 · Chychrun. Nikishin was 1:00 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCAR on iceWSH on ice

1–0 CAR

1st 13:27 · Jankowski

Duhaime 0:48

2–0 CAR

1st 17:51 · Aho

Carlson 0:44

3–0 CAR

2nd 4:16 · Gostisbehere

Milano 0:54

3–1 WSH

2nd 7:52 · Lapierre

Staal 0:08

3–2 WSH

2nd 14:58 · Strome

Staal 0:37

3–3 WSH

3rd 13:18 · Chychrun

Long shift: Nikishin 1:00

3–4 WSH

OT 1:42 · Sourdif

Miller 0:15

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
22Shots on goal42
50%Faceoff %50%
0/2Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes4
29Hits24
18Blocked shots10
16Giveaways18
6Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 02:21Taylor Hall · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 09:49Taylor Hall · interference2 min
  • 2nd 10:53Ryan Leonard · interference2 min
  • 2nd 11:21Jakob Chychrun · interference2 min
  • 2nd 18:27Taylor Hall · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 3rd 01:59Sean Walker · hooking2 min

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