NHL · Saturday 3 October · Lenovo Center
Carolina Hurricanes – Washington Capitals 2:5: NHL, 03/10/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Head to head · 1
wins – draws – wins
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NHL: Carolina Hurricanes – Washington Capitals 2:5 (3 October). Washington Capitals won. Venue: Lenovo Center.
By period: 0:3, 1:2, 1:0.
Goals: A. Tuch (Washington Capitals) ×2; C. Hutson (Washington Capitals); J. Chychrun (Washington Capitals); S. Aho (Carolina Hurricanes); R. Leonard (Washington Capitals); L. Stankoven (Carolina Hurricanes).
Table now: Carolina Hurricanes — 1st, 30 points from 19 matches; Washington Capitals — 10th, 18 points from 15 matches.
Head to head (1): Carolina Hurricanes — 1 win, Washington Capitals — 0.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Hurricanes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Washington Capitals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 02'pen.
Roughing
- 02'pen.
Roughing
- 06'
🏒 A. Tuch0:1
assist: P. Dubois, A. Ovechkin
- 11'
- 14'
2nd period
- 01'pen.
Slashing
- 01'
🏒 J. Chychrun0:4
assist: D. Strome · Power-play
- 04'pen.
Cross-checking
- 08'pen.
Tripping
- 15'pen.
Interference
- 16'
🏒 S. Aho1:4
assist: A. Svechnikov, J. Blake · Power-play
- 16'
🏒 R. Leonard1:5
assist: D. Strome, J. Chychrun
- 18'pen.
Penalties
Too many men on the ice
3rd period
- 01'pen.
Holding
- 07'pen.
Cross-checking
- 10'
🏒 L. Stankoven2:5
assist: K. Miller, W. Carrier
- 13'pen.
Tripping
- 19'pen.
Cross-checking
- 19'pen.
Roughing
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 12
- 22
- 32
- 42
- 51
- 61
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Carolina Hurricanes
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Stankoven | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Aho | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| A. Svechnikov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Blake | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Miller | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| W. Carrier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Legault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| S. Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| T. Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Tuch | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Chychrun | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| D. Strome | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| P. Dubois | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| C. Hutson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| R. Leonard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Ovechkin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Protas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| I. Protas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Wilson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Sourdif | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| M. Fehervary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Carolina Hurricanes
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Bussi | 27 | 22 | 5 | 81.5% |
Washington Capitals
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Thompson(W) | 33 | 31 | 2 | 93.9% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 33Shots on goal27
- 22Saves31
- 81%Save %93%
- 29Faceoffs won33
- 18Penalty minutes16
- 5Penalties8
- 1Power-play goals1
- 12%Power play %20%
- 80%Penalty kill %87%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 30 | WWLWW | |
| 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 18 | WWLLW |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points (goals + assists)
Goal scorers
Assists
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away
Head to head
Previous meetings between the two teams
Only matches in our data source (usually recent seasons).
Carolina Hurricanes 1 : 0 Washington Capitals
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