Final / SO/Fri Dec 12, 2025/Capital One Arena, Washington/2025-26 regular season

01/Line score

Goals by period, from play-by-play
Team1st2nd3rdOTSOT
011013
011002

The shootout column is the single goal the winner is credited with in the final score, not the number of attempts converted. Shootout attempts do not appear on any skater's goal total.


02/Scoring summary

4 goals

2nd

2 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsCARWSH
05:00WSHConnor McMichael (5)Alex Ovechkin, Rasmus Sandin01
13:43CARNikolaj Ehlers (7)Logan Stankoven, Alexander Nikishin11

3rd

2 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsCARWSH
11:32WSHNic Dowd (2)Rasmus Sandin, Connor McMichael12
17:45CARLogan Stankoven (6)Nikolaj Ehlers, Jalen Chatfield22

Shootout

1 converted
TeamScored on the attemptGoaltender
CARSeth JarvisLogan Thompson

03/Team stats

Counted from the play-by-play
CAR
Away / Home
WSH
3
Goals
2
39
Shots on goal
25
22
Missed shots
11
10
Blocked shots
21
83
Shot attempts
46
29
Hits
21
30
Faceoffs won of 46
16
65.2%
Faceoff win %
34.8%
16
Giveaways
10
7
Takeaways
3
2
Penalties
3
7
Penalty minutes
9
2
Power plays
1

Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them. Shot attempts are shots on goal plus misses plus attempts that were blocked. A club's blocked shots are the blocks it made, credited to the blocker's club: a shot that deflects off one of the shooter's own teammates is credited to neither side, so this can run under the raw count of blocked shots in the game. Penalty minutes are the durations the feed publishes, plus the ten minute misconduct that automatically rides with a match penalty.

Power plays are opportunities, and they are derived rather than stored. The feed carries no strength on a goal and no end time on a penalty, so the penalty record is run forward to find the seconds a club really had a skater more than its opponent: coincidental penalties offset, a double minor counts twice, a misconduct costs no skater, and a call at the final horn counts for nothing. Power play time is not printed, it would rest on the same reconstruction with nothing published to check it against.


04/Carolina Hurricanes

Away · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Nikolaj EhlersL112+2060017:54
Logan StankovenC112+204204-116:54
Jalen ChatfieldD0110020022:57
Alexander NikishinD011+1001216:37
Shayne GostisbehereD0000010323:41
K'Andre MillerD000-1214123:04
Sean WalkerD000-1011122:42
Sebastian AhoC000003218-621:19
Seth JarvisC000-1051020:30
Jackson BlakeR000+2000120:24
Andrei SvechnikovR000003300-219:51
Jordan StaalC0000002115-517:46
Jordan MartinookL000054300-113:26
William CarrierL0000013013:21
Joel NystromD000+1021012:05
Taylor HallL000-2030011:31
Eric RobinsonL0000013010:56
Mark JankowskiL000-202303-18:06
Skaters2467392910

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Brandon Bussi25232.92064:56
Pyotr Kochetkov

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


05/Washington Capitals

Home · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Rasmus SandinD022+1011218:54
Connor McMichaelC112+101001-618:27
Alex OvechkinL011+1030117:12
Nic DowdC101-171524-314:33
Jakob ChychrunD0000010225:27
Tom WilsonR000000322-123:29
Aliaksei ProtasC0000020122:05
Matt RoyD0000021121:58
John CarlsonD000-1010120:47
Dylan StromeC000002034-1020:01
Justin SourdifR000023303-819:38
Trevor van RiemsdykD000+1000119:21
Anthony BeauvillierL0000035118:52
Martin FehérváryD000-1020216:31
Ethen FrankC0000002014:43
Brandon DuhaimeR000-101117:55
Sonny MilanoL000-102000-16:09
Hendrix LapierreC000+100012-14:58
Skaters2469252121

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Logan Thompson39372.94965:00
NHL 8482188

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


06/Penalties

5 called
PerTimeTeamPlayerInfractionMinDrawn by
1st18:55WSHJustin SourdifRoughing2Shayne Gostisbehere
2nd17:29WSHNic DowdCross-checking2Jackson Blake
3rd00:02CARJordan MartinookFighting5Nic Dowd
3rd00:02WSHNic DowdFighting5Jordan Martinook
3rd01:35CARK'Andre MillerInterference2Tom Wilson

07/Game

Date
Fri Dec 12, 2025
Venue
Capital One Arena, Washington
Season
2025-26
Type
Regular season
Decision
Final / SO
NHL game id
2025020485

Goals, assists, shots, hits, blocks and faceoffs are counted from the play-by-play for this game. Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them, so a club's skater shot total is the shot total the opposing goaltender faced. The skater line does not include a goaltender's own assists. Time on ice, penalty minutes and plus-minus come from the box score. Save percentage is saves over shots faced and excludes any empty-net goal, which the feed does not credit to a goaltender. 1 player is not in the player index and appears by NHL id rather than under an invented name.