NHL · Wednesday 14 October · Lenovo Center
Carolina Hurricanes – Washington Capitals 4:2: NHL, 14/10/2026
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 4:2 (14 October). Carolina Hurricanes won. Venue: Lenovo Center.
By period: 0:1, 2:1, 2:0. Washington Capitals led after the first period (0:1), but their opponents came back to win.
Goals: B. Jenner (Washington Capitals); A. Svechnikov (Carolina Hurricanes) ×2; J. Holl (Washington Capitals); E. Robinson (Carolina Hurricanes); M. Jankowski (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 — 0 wins, Washington Capitals — 1.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Hurricanes | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Washington Capitals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 03'pen.
Interference
- 03'pen.
Tripping
- 09'
🏒 B. Jenner0:1
assist: R. Leonard
- 17'pen.
Cross-checking
- 19'pen.
Unsportsmanlike conduct
2nd period
- 03'
🏒 A. Svechnikov1:1
assist: W. Carrier, S. Aho
- 03'pen.
Penalties
Delay of game
- 06'
🏒 J. Holl1:2
assist: D. Strome, R. Leonard
- 10'pen.
Delay of game
- 18'
🏒 E. Robinson2:2
- 18'pen.
Roughing
- 18'pen.
Roughing
- 19'pen.
Hooking
3rd period
- 07'pen.
Slashing
- 13'pen.
Tripping
- 13'
🏒 A. Svechnikov3:2
- 18'
🏒 M. Jankowski4:2
assist: A. Svechnikov, S. Aho · Empty net
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 13
- 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Svechnikov | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| N. Ehlers | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| S. Aho | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| E. Robinson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Jankowski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Blake | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| S. Walker | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| W. Carrier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| N. Deslauriers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. Leonard | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| B. Jenner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Holl | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Strome | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Hutson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Chychrun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Sourdif | 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. Kochetkov(W) | 22 | 20 | 2 | 90.9% |
Washington Capitals
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Thompson | 35 | 31 | 4 | 88.6% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 35Shots on goal22
- 20Saves31
- 90%Save %91%
- 27Faceoffs won34
- 8Penalty minutes14
- 4Penalties7
- 1Power-play goals0
- 14%Power play %0%
- 100%Penalty kill %85%
- 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 0 : 1 Washington Capitals
- 03.10.Full timeCarolina Hurricanes
2:5
Washington Capitals