NHL · Dec 11, 2025

Carolina Hurricanes

3–2

Final – SO

Washington Capitals

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The Hurricanes edged the Capitals 3–2 in a shootout at Capital One Arena. N. Ehlers took first star with 1 goal and 1 assist.

Team	1	2	3	SO	T	SOG
Hurricanes	0	1	1	1	3	39
Capitals	0	1	1	0	2	25

★ Three Stars

1N. EhlersCAR · 1G 1A

2B. BussiCAR

3C. McMichaelWSH · 1G 1A

Scoring Summary

2nd Period

05:00

Connor McMichael (Alex Ovechkin, Rasmus Sandin)

0-1

13:43

Nikolaj Ehlers (Logan Stankoven, Alexander Nikishin)

1-1

3rd Period

11:32

Nic Dowd (Rasmus Sandin, Connor McMichael)

1-2

17:45

Logan Stankoven (Nikolaj Ehlers, Jalen Chatfield)

2-2

Shootout

00:00

Seth Jarvis

3-2

Boxscore

Hurricanes3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Nikolaj EhlersL	1	1	2	+2	0	6	0	0	17:54
Logan StankovenC	1	1	2	+2	0	4	2	0	16:54
Jalen ChatfieldD	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	22:57
Alexander NikishinD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	2	16:37
Sebastian AhoC	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	21:19
Jackson BlakeR	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	1	20:24
William CarrierL	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	13:21
Taylor HallL	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	11:31
Mark JankowskiL	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	0	8:06
Seth JarvisR	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	0	20:30
Jordan MartinookL	0	0	0	0	5	4	3	0	13:26
Eric RobinsonL	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	10:56
Jordan StaalC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	17:46
Andrei SvechnikovR	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	19:51
Shayne GostisbehereD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	23:41
K'Andre MillerD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	4	1	23:04
Sean WalkerD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	22:42
Joel NystromD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	12:05

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Brandon BussiStart	25	23	2	.920	64:56
Pyotr Kochetkov	0	0	0	-	0:00

Capitals2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Connor McMichaelL	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	0	18:27
Rasmus SandinD	0	2	2	+1	0	1	1	2	18:54
Nic DowdC	1	0	1	-1	7	1	5	2	14:33
Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	1	17:12
Hendrix LapierreC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	4:58
Anthony BeauvillierR	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	18:52
Ethen FrankR	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:43
Aliaksei ProtasL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	22:05
Justin SourdifC	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	19:38
Dylan StromeC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	20:01
Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	23:29
Jakob ChychrunD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	25:27
Martin FehérváryD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	16:31
Matt RoyD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	21:58
John CarlsonD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	20:47
Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	19:21
Sonny MilanoL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	6:09
Brandon DuhaimeL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	7:55

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Logan ThompsonStart	39	37	2	.949	65:00