Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals

NHL

Hurricanes

19-9-2, 40 PTS

3-2

Final/SO

Capitals

18-9-4, 40 PTS

Capital One Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

CAR shoots leftWSH shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T
CAR	13	16	10	0	1	40
WSH	4	5	13	3	3	28

In net

Brandon Bussi23/25 SV, .920

Logan Thompson37/39 SV, .949

Team	1	2	3	OT	SO	T
CAR	0	1	1	0	1	3
WSH	0	1	1	0	0	2

Who won: Hurricanes 3-2

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 in a shootout on Thursday, December 11, 2025 at Capital One Arena. The series is tied 1-1. Nikolaj Ehlers led the Hurricanes in goals (1). Connor McMichael led the Capitals in goals (1).

CAR

WSH

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Sebastian AhoC	1	2	0	0	21:19	2:13	0:20	18:46	22	0	9	0	3	3	8	6	57.1	0	0	0
Jackson BlakeRW	1	0	0	2	20:24	3:11	0:00	17:13	23	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
William CarrierLW	0	3	0	0	13:21	0:00	0:00	13:21	20	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Nikolaj EhlersLW	0	0	1	2	17:54	1:46	0:00	16:08	21	1	7	1	6	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Taylor HallLW	0	0	1	-2	11:31	1:47	0:00	9:44	16	0	6	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Mark JankowskiC	0	3	1	-2	8:06	0:00	0:00	8:06	11	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	75.0	2	0	0
Seth JarvisC	0	1	1	-1	20:30	2:13	0:20	17:57	22	0	17	0	5	3	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Jordan MartinookRW	0	3	0	0	13:26	0:00	0:00	13:26	20	0	4	0	4	2	0	1	0.0	0	1	5
Eric RobinsonLW	0	3	0	0	10:56	0:00	1:40	9:16	15	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Jordan StaalC	1	2	0	0	17:46	0:49	1:40	15:17	27	0	9	0	0	2	15	5	75.0	0	0	0
Logan StankovenC	0	2	0	2	16:54	1:47	0:00	15:07	18	1	6	1	4	2	4	1	80.0	0	0	0
Andrei SvechnikovLW	0	3	0	0	19:51	2:13	0:00	17:38	19	0	7	0	3	0	0	2	0.0	2	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Jalen ChatfieldD	0	0	1	0	22:57	0:00	1:40	21:17	28	0	1	2	1	2	0	0
Shayne GostisbehereD	3	0	0	0	23:41	2:13	0:00	21:28	28	3	0	1	1	1	0	0
K'Andre MillerD	1	4	1	-1	23:04	0:01	0:00	23:03	30	2	0	1	2	0	1	2
Alexander NikishinD	2	1	0	1	16:37	1:47	1:40	13:10	19	3	1	0	1	1	0	0
Joel NystromD	0	1	0	1	12:05	0:00	0:20	11:45	16	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Sean WalkerD	1	1	1	-1	22:42	0:00	0:20	22:22	31	4	0	1	2	1	0	0