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Carolina Hurricanes @ Washington Capitals

Hurricanes

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
P. Kochetkov	6	0	0	0	1.98	.899
B. Bussi	2	2	1	0	2.98	.882

Capitals

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
L. Thompson	4	3	0	0	2.90	.901
C. Lindgren	1	1	0	0	3.06	.897

Capital One Arena

12:00 AM, 15 January 2027

Washington, DC

CAR

WSH

Points

Sebastian AhoC #20

14PTS

Ryan LeonardRW #9

8PTS

Goals

Sebastian AhoC #20

3PPG

34S

Alex TuchRW #89

0PPG

24S

Assists

Jackson BlakeRW #53

10A

4PPA

5+/-

Dylan StromeC #17

1PPA

1+/-

Carolina Hurricanes

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Taylor Hall LW	IR	7 Nov
Mark Jankowski C	OUT	27 Oct
Jordan Staal C	IR	3 Dec
Alexander Nikishin D	IR-NR	1 Nov

Washington Capitals

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Pierre-Luc Dubois LW	IR	24 Oct
Logan Thompson G	Day-To-Day	24 Oct
Justin Sourdif RW	Day-To-Day	24 Oct
Rasmus Sandin D	IR-LT	26 Dec
Patrick Thomas C	IR-NR	24 Oct

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
CAR	3.82	2.46	34.1	22.4	103	10	22.7	4	89.2	2	0
WSH	3.33	3.22	26.8	29.2	95	5	20.0	6	80.0	1	0

Hurricanes Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
21/10/26	@VAN	W6-3
19/10/26	@CGY	L3-2
17/10/26	@WPG	W3-2
13/10/26	vsWSH	W4-2
12/10/26	@PHI	W4-1

Capitals Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
21/10/26	vsLA	L5-2
17/10/26	vsNJ	W4-2
15/10/26	vsMTL	W5-4
13/10/26	@CAR	L4-2
11/10/26	vsSEA	L5-3

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Capitals
5
Hurricanes
2

Game 1

3/10

Capitals
2
Hurricanes
4

Game 2

13/10

Hurricanes
Capitals

Game 3

15/1

Hurricanes
Capitals

Game 4

4/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	8	2	1	17
NY Rangers	7	3	1	15
NY Islanders	5	3	1	11
Washington	5	4	0	10
New Jersey	5	4	0	10
Philadelphia	3	6	3	9
Pittsburgh	3	6	1	7
Columbus	3	5	0	6

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Carolina Hurricanes @ Washington Capitals

Scoring Leaders

Sebastian AhoC #20

Ryan LeonardRW #9

Sebastian AhoC #20

Alex TuchRW #89

Jackson BlakeRW #53

Dylan StromeC #17

Injury Report

Team Stats

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Former NHL All-Star Ron Duguay dies of cancer at 69

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