Carolina Hurricanes 3, Washington Capitals 4: final score and stats
Washington Capitals beat Carolina Hurricanes, Carolina Hurricanes 3 to Washington Capitals 4, on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at Capital One Arena, Washington, DC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes.
NHLSaturday, January 31, 2026
DateJan 31, 2026
Start time5:00 PM ET
VenueCapital One Arena, Washington, DC
TVESPN+
Attendance18,347
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Hurricanes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Washington Capitals | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Carolina HurricanesWashington Capitals
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
33-15-6Record27-22-7
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.
Washington 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:25 | 1:55 | 2:43 | 14:47 | 23 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Blake | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 13:54 | 0:04 | 0:02 | 13:48 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Carrier | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11:04 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:04 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:58 | 1:28 | 0:00 | 13:30 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Hall | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 13:41 | 0:04 | 0:00 | 13:37 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Mark Jankowski | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12:42 | 0:00 | 1:08 | 11:34 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 61.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Seth Jarvis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:48 | 1:57 | 2:36 | 14:15 | 22 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12:26 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:26 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Martinook | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:00 | 0:00 | 4:24 | 11:36 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Staal | 0 | 7 | 0 | -1 | 15:19 | 0:00 | 3:12 | 12:07 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Stankoven | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 13:37 | 0:03 | 0:03 | 13:31 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrei Svechnikov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15:16 | 1:56 | 0:00 | 13:20 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23:09 | 0:00 | 4:56 | 18:13 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:59 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 13:59 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K'Andre Miller | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 22:43 | 0:00 | 2:46 | 19:57 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Nikishin | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 13:14 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:14 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaccob Slavin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:41 | 0:05 | 4:52 | 17:44 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Walker | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22:10 | 0:00 | 1:34 | 20:36 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Carolina Hurricanes Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederik Andersen | 4 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 38 | .905 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 61:42 | 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 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 16:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:18 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nic Dowd | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14:13 | 0:00 | 0:56 | 13:17 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Duhaime | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 8:59 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:59 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethen Frank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:47 | 2:13 | 0:00 | 13:34 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 6:13 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Leonard | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:41 | 4:51 | 0:00 | 11:50 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sonny Milano | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8:29 | 2:17 | 0:00 | 6:12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Ovechkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:25 | 7:02 | 0:11 | 11:12 | 21 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aliaksei Protas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:15 | 0:00 | 0:17 | 18:58 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Sourdif | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18:40 | 2:28 | 0:00 | 16:12 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 25.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Strome | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:48 | 4:48 | 0:00 | 17:00 | 25 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 68.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Wilson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21:24 | 4:35 | 1:04 | 15:45 | 28 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27:57 | 2:39 | 2:00 | 23:18 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Declan Chisholm | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10:04 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:04 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakob Chychrun | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28:02 | 4:24 | 0:00 | 23:38 | 29 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Dylan McIlrath | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 9:15 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Sandin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:50 | 0:02 | 0:00 | 20:48 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:46 | 0:01 | 2:00 | 16:45 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Stevenson | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .864 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 61:42 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
WSH wins series 2-1
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals?
Washington Capitals won, 4-3, on Saturday, January 31, 2026.
What was the final score of Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals?
Carolina Hurricanes 3, Washington Capitals 4.
Who were the top performers?
Carolina Hurricanes: Mark Jankowski (1 goals). Washington Capitals: Jakob Chychrun (1 goals).
Where is Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals played?
Capital One Arena, Washington, DC.
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