Carolina Hurricanes vs. Washington CapitalsJan 31, 2026

Final / OTSaturday, Jan 31, 2026· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
CAR	2	1	0	0	3		CAR	12	5	5	0	22
WSH	0	2	1	1	4		WSH	19	7	13	3	42

: CAR 55WSH 81
: CAR 2.61WSH 5.96
PP goals: CAR 0WSH 0
Hits: CAR 29WSH 24
Blocks: CAR 18WSH 10
PIM: CAR 8WSH 4
: CAR 50%WSH 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 (OT)

Washington Capitals beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 in overtime at home. Jakob Chychrun (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for WSH: Dowd–Frank–Leonard skated 7:22 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jakob Chychrun had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 28:02.Chychrun
Points
Aliaksei Protas had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:15.Protas
New line
New look for WSH: Dowd–Frank–Leonard skated 7:22 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Frank Leonard
Goalie
Frederik Andersen (CAR) faced 42 shots and stopped 38 (.905), +18 against a season average of 24.3; the overtime loss.Andersen
Usage
Jakob Chychrun (WSH) played 28:02, +4:45 up on his 23:17 season average over 79 games.Chychrun
Usage
John Carlson (WSH) played 27:57, +4:51 up on his 23:06 season average over 70 games.Carlson
New line
New look for WSH: Milano–Duhaime–Lapierre skated 4:27 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Milano Duhaime Lapierre
Luck
WSH scored 4 goals on 5.96 expected goals (81 attempts), well short of its chances.

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 136 of 136 attempts · WSH 81 · CAR 55

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 16% of the game, WSH 52%.

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
	58	78
	2.70	5.17
	2.61	4.58
	10	20
	6	4
	26	19
	−0.033	+0.033
	16%	52%

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

L1Hall – Stankoven – Blake
11:3343% CF
L2Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
11:0943% CF
L3Staal – Martinook – Ehlers
10:3038% CF
L4Jankowski – Carrier – Kotkaniemi
9:2740% CF
D1Walker – Miller
18:2446% CF
D2Slavin – Chatfield
16:3338% CF
D3Gostisbehere – Nikishin
11:5437% CF

PP1Gostisbehere – Ehlers – Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
1:23100% CF
PK1FStaal – Martinook
3:10
PK2FAho – Jarvis
1:59
PK1DSlavin – Chatfield
4:13
PK2DWalker – Miller
1:30

Current CAR line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Dowd – Frank – Leonard
7:2236% CF
L2Wilson – Protas – Sourdif
7:0465% CF
L3Ovechkin – Strome – Beauvillier
6:2559% CF
L4Milano – Duhaime – Lapierre
4:2753% CF
D1Carlson – Sandin
12:4361% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
10:0040% CF
D3McIlrath – Chisholm
8:3046% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun – Leonard
4:33100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – Milano – Sourdif – Frank
2:1267% CF
PK1FOvechkin – Wilson
0:11
PK1DCarlson – van Riemsdyk
0:11

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Jackson Blake R	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	0	0	0	13:54	—	—	42	31
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.21	0	2	6	13:41	—	—	39	29
Logan Stankoven C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	3	0	0	13:37	—	—	43	31
Sebastian Aho C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.27	0	0	0	19:25	—	—	41	39
Seth Jarvis R	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.37	0	0	0	18:48	—	—	41	40
Andrei Svechnikov R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.45	1	0	0	15:16	—	—	49	48
Jordan Martinook L	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:00	—	—	39	8
Jordan Staal C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.00	7	0	0	15:19	—	—	38	8
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	1	0	14:58	—	—	36	8
Mark Jankowski L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.36	3	1	0	12:42	—	—	50	64
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	2	1	0	12:26	—	—	50	64
William Carrier L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	4	0	0	11:04	—	—	47	53
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.01	1	2	0	22:43	—	—	47	39
Sean Walker D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	3	3	2	22:10	—	—	49	42
Jalen Chatfield D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	0	1	0	23:09	—	—	42	34
Jaccob Slavin D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	3	0	22:41	—	—	37	30
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	1	0	1	0	3	0.32	1	2	0	15:59	—	—	43	38
Alexander Nikishin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	1	0	13:14	—	—	37	31

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	O	42	38	4	.905	5.96	61:42

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Leonard R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.34	1	0	2	16:41	—	—	44	53
Ethen Frank R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	0	0	0	15:47	—	—	55	79
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	4	2	0	14:13	—	—	39	37
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	3	0	0	21:24	—	—	71	76
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	0	2	2	+2	3	0.89	0	0	0	19:15	—	—	69	70
Justin Sourdif C	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	1.34	3	1	0	18:40	—	—	65	76
Dylan Strome C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.43	0	0	0	21:48	—	—	61	58
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	0	0	0	18:25	—	—	57	49
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.33	2	1	0	16:18	—	—	55	42
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	3	1	0	8:59	—	—	52	80
Sonny Milano L	L4	0	1	1	-1	2	0.09	0	0	0	8:29	—	—	52	77
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	1	0	1	-1	4	0.84	1	0	0	6:13	—	—	59	81
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.03	1	1	0	27:57	—	—	63	75
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.21	2	0	0	20:50	—	—	63	73
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	1	1	2	+1	6	0.56	0	1	2	28:02	—	—	51	60
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	2	0	18:46	—	—	54	68
Declan Chisholm D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	1	0	10:04	—	—	61	55
Dylan McIlrath D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	3	0	0	9:15	—	—	43	21

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Clay Stevenson(start)	W	22	19	3	.864	2.61	61:42

Goal anatomy

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

Mark Jankowski (CAR) 1st 13:27 · assists William Carrier, Jesperi Kotkaniemi · Forecheck turnover · 25.6 mph shot.

Mark Jankowski · 1st 13:27 · CAR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 25.6 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Sebastian Aho · 1st 17:51 · CAR

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 42.8 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s

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Shayne Gostisbehere · 2nd 4:16 · CAR

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 69.2 mph
Distance: 52 ft
Entry to goal: 4.5 s

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Hendrix Lapierre · 2nd 7:52 · WSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 4.2 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: rebound

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Dylan Strome · 2nd 14:58 · WSH

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.2 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 7.8 s
Type: deflection

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Jakob Chychrun · 3rd 13:18 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 66.7 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Entry to goal: 5.6 s

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Justin Sourdif · OT 1:42 · WSH

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 43.0 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 5.6 s
Type: rebound

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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.

Carolina Hurricanes vs. Washington CapitalsJan 31, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals edge Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Carolina Hurricanes

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Carolina Hurricanes

Washington Capitals

Goal anatomy

Mark Jankowski · 1st 13:27 · CAR

Sebastian Aho · 1st 17:51 · CAR

Shayne Gostisbehere · 2nd 4:16 · CAR

Hendrix Lapierre · 2nd 7:52 · WSH

Dylan Strome · 2nd 14:58 · WSH

Jakob Chychrun · 3rd 13:18 · WSH

Justin Sourdif · OT 1:42 · WSH