Carolina Hurricanes vs. Washington CapitalsDec 11, 2025

Final / SOThursday, Dec 11, 2025· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
CAR	0	1	1	0	1	3		CAR	13	16	10	0	39
WSH	0	1	1	0	0	2		WSH	4	5	13	3	25

: CAR 83WSH 46
: CAR 3.88WSH 2.71
PP goals: CAR 0WSH 0
Hits: CAR 29WSH 21
Blocks: CAR 10WSH 21
PIM: CAR 7WSH 9
: CAR 65%WSH 35%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Carolina Hurricanes edge Washington Capitals 3–2 (SO)

Carolina Hurricanes beat Washington Capitals 3–2 in a shootout at WSH. Nikolaj Ehlers (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Logan Thompson (WSH) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +12 against a season average of 27.4; the overtime loss.

Points
Connor McMichael had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:27.McMichael
Points
Logan Stankoven had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:54.Stankoven
Points
Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 17:54.Ehlers
Points
Rasmus Sandin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:54.Sandin
Goalie
Logan Thompson (WSH) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +12 against a season average of 27.4; the overtime loss.Thompson
Luck
CAR scored 2 goals on 3.88 expected goals (83 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Justin Sourdif (WSH) played 19:38, +4:57 up on his 14:41 season average over 77 games.Sourdif
Usage
Shayne Gostisbehere (CAR) played 23:41, +4:32 up on his 19:09 season average over 54 games.Gostisbehere

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← CAR attacks left (bottom on phones)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →

WSH
CAR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 129 of 129 attempts · WSH 46 · CAR 83

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
CAR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WSH pressure
CAR pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CAR 49% of the game, WSH 20%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

WSH

CAR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

WSH skaters (rows) against CAR skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the WSH side.

Matchup matrix

WSH xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CAR	WSH
	86	47
	3.69	2.52
	3.53	2.43
	20	14
	10	0
	19	19
	+0.055	−0.055
	49%	20%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
13:2574% CF
L2Ehlers – Stankoven – Blake
12:1762% CF
L3Staal – Martinook – Carrier
11:1760% CF
L4Hall – Jankowski – Robinson
6:2260% CF
D1Walker – Miller
19:0963% CF
D2Gostisbehere – Chatfield
18:1958% CF
D3Nikishin – Nystrom
10:1263% CF

PP1Gostisbehere – Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis – Blake
2:1367% CF
PP2Hall – Ehlers – Nikishin – Stankoven – Blake
1:46100% CF
PK1FStaal – Robinson
1:40
PK2FAho – Jarvis
0:20
PK1DChatfield – Nikishin
1:40
PK2DWalker – Nystrom
0:20

Current CAR line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Wilson – Protas – Sourdif
13:5326% CF
L2Dowd – Beauvillier – Frank
7:1738% CF
L3Ovechkin – Strome – McMichael
7:1411% CF
L4Milano – Duhaime – Lapierre
3:3017% CF
D1Roy – Chychrun
18:1830% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Sandin
16:0534% CF
D3Carlson – Fehérváry
13:2538% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun – Frank
1:16100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – Milano – Beauvillier – McMichael
0:44100% CF
PK1FWilson – McMichael
1:24
PK2FBeauvillier – Protas
0:30
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
2:06
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
1:46

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:00
WSHConnor McMichael (Alex Ovechkin, Rasmus Sandin)backhand0.16 xG
CAR: Hall, Jankowski, Gostisbehere, Chatfield, RobinsonWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Sandin, McMichael, Lapierre
CAR 0 – 1 WSH
13:43
CARNikolaj Ehlers (Logan Stankoven, Alexander Nikishin)snap0.31 xG
CAR: Ehlers, Nikishin, Stankoven, Blake, NystromWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Milano, Duhaime, Fehérváry
CAR 1 – 1 WSH

3rd period

11:32
WSHNic Dowd (Rasmus Sandin, Connor McMichael)tip-in0.06 xG
CAR: Hall, Jankowski, Walker, Miller, JarvisWSH: Dowd, van Riemsdyk, Sandin, McMichael, Frank
CAR 1 – 2 WSH
17:45
CARLogan Stankoven (Nikolaj Ehlers, Jalen Chatfield)snap0.12 xG
CAR: Gostisbehere, Ehlers, Chatfield, Robinson, Stankoven, BlakeWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Sandin, McMichael, Frank
CAR 2 – 2 WSH

Decided in the shootout: CAR 3 – 2 WSH.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sebastian Aho C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.52	2	1	0	21:19	—	—	72	75
Seth Jarvis R	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.45	1	0	0	20:30	—	—	68	62
Andrei Svechnikov R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	3	0	0	19:51	—	—	75	77
Jackson Blake R	L2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.13	0	1	0	20:24	—	—	67	71
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L2	1	1	2	+2	6	0.70	0	0	0	17:54	—	—	61	66
Logan Stankoven C	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.59	2	0	0	16:54	—	—	62	68
Jordan Staal C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	2	1	0	17:46	—	—	64	40
Jordan Martinook L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.05	3	0	5	13:26	—	—	65	51
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	3	0	0	13:21	—	—	65	36
Taylor Hall L	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.29	0	0	0	11:31	—	—	45	42
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	0	0	10:56	—	—	58	43
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	3	0	0	8:06	—	—	59	47
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	4	1	2	23:04	—	—	71	70
Sean Walker D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	22:42	—	—	63	57
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	3	0	23:41	—	—	62	53
Jalen Chatfield D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.02	0	0	0	22:57	—	—	61	44
Alexander Nikishin D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.10	1	2	0	16:37	—	—	67	64
Joel Nystrom D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	1	0	0	12:05	—	—	69	67

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brandon Bussi(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	2.71	64:56

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	3	2	0	23:29	—	—	30	35
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.57	0	1	0	22:05	—	—	35	52
Justin Sourdif C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.58	3	0	2	19:38	—	—	38	57
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	5	1	0	18:52	—	—	47	33
Ethen Frank R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:43	—	—	41	31
Nic Dowd C	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.06	5	2	7	14:33	—	—	37	26
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	3	0	20:01	—	—	29	30
Connor McMichael L	L3	1	1	2	+1	1	0.16	0	0	0	18:27	—	—	17	29
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.37	0	1	0	17:12	—	—	31	47
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	1	0	7:55	—	—	43	51
Sonny Milano L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	0	0	6:09	—	—	46	40
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	4:58	—	—	44	61
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	2	0	25:27	—	—	31	11
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	1	0	21:58	—	—	29	12
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	0	1	0	19:21	—	—	38	77
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.01	1	2	0	18:54	—	—	35	71
John Carlson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	1	0	20:47	—	—	39	35
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	2	0	16:31	—	—	39	31

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	O	39	37	2	.949	3.88	65:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Connor McMichael (WSH) 2nd 5:00 · assists Alex Ovechkin, Rasmus Sandin · Odd-man rush · loose puck · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 19.5 mph shot · 2.9 s from entry to goal.

Connor McMichael · 2nd 5:00 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Nikolaj Ehlers · 2nd 13:43 · CAR

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.2 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 7.8 s

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Nic Dowd · 3rd 11:32 · WSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 32.4 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: one-timer

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Logan Stankoven · 3rd 17:45 · CAR

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 65.8 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.