Final · January 31, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.
Shots on goal : CAR 22 — WSH 42 · Capital One Arena
Three stars
- 1★
J. SourdifWSH · R · 1B 0A - 2★
J. ChychrunWSH · D · 1B 1A - 3★
S. AhoCAR · C · 1B 0A
CARGame statsWSH 
- 22Shots on goal42
- 50 %Faceoff win %50 %
- 0/2Power play0/4
- 8Penalty minutes4
- 29Hits24
- 18Blocked shots10
- 16Giveaways18
- 6Takeaways2
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | OT | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22 |
| WSH | 19 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 42 |
Season seriesCAR 1 – 2 WSH
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← CAR 3 / 22 / 444 / 42 / 63 WSH →
Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.
Goals
1st period
Mark JankowskiCAR · 13:27Assists : William Carrier, Jesperi Kotkaniemi1 – 0▶ Watch- Sebastian AhoCAR · 17:512 – 0▶ Watch
2nd period
Shayne GostisbehereCAR · 04:16Assists : Jordan Martinook, Jordan Staal3 – 0▶ Watch
Hendrix LapierreWSH · 07:52Assists : Sonny Milano3 – 1▶ Watch
Dylan StromeWSH · 14:58Assists : Aliaksei Protas, Jakob Chychrun3 – 2▶ Watch
3rd period
- Jakob ChychrunWSH · 13:18Assists : Aliaksei Protas, Tom Wilson3 – 3▶ Watch
Overtime
- Justin SourdifWSH · 01:42Assists : John Carlson, Ethen Frank3 – 4▶ Watch
Penalties
1st period
- 02:21CARTaylor Hall — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Hendrix Lapierre
2nd period
- 09:49CARTaylor Hall — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Aliaksei Protas
- 10:53WSHRyan Leonard — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Sebastian Aho
- 11:21WSHJakob Chychrun — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Logan Stankoven
- 18:27CARTaylor Hall — Delaying game puck over glass (2 min)
3rd period
- 01:59CARSean Walker — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Sonny Milano
Box score
Carolina Hurricanes
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. StaalC | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 7 | 15:19 |
| S. AhoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19:25 |
| L. StankovenC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 13:37 |
| S. JarvisR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18:48 |
| N. EhlersL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 14:58 |
| W. CarrierL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11:04 |
| A. SvechnikovR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15:16 |
| J. MartinookL | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 16:00 |
| J. BlakeR | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 13:54 |
| T. HallL | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 13:41 |
| M. JankowskiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12:42 |
| J. KotkaniemiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12:26 |
| S. GostisbehereD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15:59 |
| J. ChatfieldD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:09 |
| K. MillerD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 1 | 22:43 |
| A. NikishinD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 3 | 13:14 |
| S. WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:10 |
| J. SlavinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22:41 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| F. Andersen(O) | 38/42 | 90.5 % | 61:42 |
| B. Bussi | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18:25 |
| R. LeonardR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 16:41 |
| S. MilanoL | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 08:29 |
| D. StromeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21:48 |
| A. ProtasL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19:15 |
| B. DuhaimeL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 3 | 08:59 |
| N. DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14:13 |
| H. LapierreC | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 06:13 |
| J. SourdifC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 18:40 |
| T. WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 21:24 |
| E. FrankR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:47 |
| A. BeauvillierR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 16:18 |
| J. ChychrunD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 28:02 |
| R. SandinD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20:50 |
| D. ChisholmD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 10:04 |
| D. McIlrathD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 09:15 |
| T. van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 18:46 |
| J. CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 27:57 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. Stevenson(W) | 19/22 | 86.4 % | 61:42 |
| G. Bjorklund | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
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