Carolina Hurricanes 3, Washington Capitals 2: final score and stats
Carolina Hurricanes beat Washington Capitals, Carolina Hurricanes 3 to Washington Capitals 2, on Thursday, December 11, 2025 at Capital One Arena, Washington, DC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes.
NHLThursday, December 11, 2025
DateDec 11, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueCapital One Arena, Washington, DC
TVESPN+
Attendance18,185
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT1 | OT2 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Hurricanes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Washington Capitals | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Carolina HurricanesWashington Capitals
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
19-9-2Record18-9-4
1st in Metropolitan DivisionStanding4th in Metropolitan Division
8-3Road record / home record7-4
WWLWWLast 5WWLLW
W2StreakW2
Team stats
Carolina HurricanesWashington Capitals
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Carolina Hurricanes
Jordan Staal C · Calf
Injured ReserveWashington Capitals
Rasmus Sandin D · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveVincent Desharnais D · Abdomen - Surgery
Injured ReservePatrick Thomas C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Carolina Hurricanes Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Aho | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:19 | 2:13 | 0:20 | 18:46 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Blake | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:24 | 3:11 | 0:00 | 17:13 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| William Carrier | 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 | 0 |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:54 | 1:46 | 0:00 | 16:08 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Hall | 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 | 0 |
| Mark Jankowski | 0 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 8:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:06 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Seth Jarvis | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 20:30 | 2:13 | 0:20 | 17:57 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Martinook | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:26 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:26 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Eric Robinson | 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 | 0 |
| Jordan Staal | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:46 | 0:49 | 1:40 | 15:17 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Stankoven | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16:54 | 1:47 | 0:00 | 15:07 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrei Svechnikov | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19:51 | 2:13 | 0:00 | 17:38 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Carolina Hurricanes Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Chatfield | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:57 | 0:00 | 1:40 | 21:17 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:41 | 2:13 | 0:00 | 21:28 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K'Andre Miller | 1 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 23:04 | 0:01 | 0:00 | 23:03 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alexander Nikishin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:37 | 1:47 | 1:40 | 13:10 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Nystrom | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:05 | 0:00 | 0:20 | 11:45 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Walker | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 22:42 | 0:00 | 0:20 | 22:22 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Carolina Hurricanes Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Bussi | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .920 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 64:56 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Beauvillier | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18:52 | 0:44 | 0:30 | 17:38 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nic Dowd | 2 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 14:33 | 0:00 | 1:03 | 13:30 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Brandon Duhaime | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 7:55 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:55 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethen Frank | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:43 | 1:16 | 0:00 | 13:27 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4:58 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:58 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor McMichael | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:27 | 0:44 | 2:21 | 15:22 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sonny Milano | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6:09 | 0:44 | 0:00 | 5:25 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Ovechkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:12 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 15:12 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aliaksei Protas | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22:05 | 0:00 | 1:35 | 20:30 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Sourdif | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19:38 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 19:38 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dylan Strome | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:01 | 1:16 | 0:00 | 18:45 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 28.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Wilson | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23:29 | 1:16 | 2:31 | 19:42 | 28 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Carlson | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:47 | 0:44 | 2:13 | 17:50 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakob Chychrun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:27 | 1:16 | 0:00 | 24:11 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Fehervary | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 16:31 | 0:00 | 2:09 | 14:22 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Roy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:58 | 0:00 | 1:51 | 20:07 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Sandin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:54 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 18:54 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:21 | 0:00 | 1:47 | 17:34 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Thompson | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 37 | .949 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 65:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
Series tied 1-1
Jan 31, 2026CAR 3, WSH 4
Dec 11, 2025CAR 3, WSH 2
Nov 11, 2025WSH 4, CAR 1
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals?
Carolina Hurricanes won, 3-2, on Thursday, December 11, 2025.
What was the final score of Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals?
Carolina Hurricanes 3, Washington Capitals 2.
Who were the top performers?
Carolina Hurricanes: Nikolaj Ehlers (1 goals). Washington Capitals: Connor McMichael (1 goals).
Where is Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals played?
Capital One Arena, Washington, DC.
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