Washington Capitals

5thin Metropolitan · 1-0-0, 2 PTS

YES!

Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes

1-0-0, 2 PTS 5 – 2

0-1-1, 1 PTS

Final · Fri, Oct 2

Game Details

Lenovo Center (Raleigh) · 18,905 fans · CARNHL, MNMT, ESPN+

Highlights

Tuch scores twice in his first game for Washington, helping the Capitals beat the Hurricanes 5-2

Alex Tuch scored twice in his first game for Washington, Alex Ovechkin opened his 22nd NHL season with an assist and the Capitals beat the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Friday night.

Recap via ESPN

1:16 Washington Capitals vs. Carolina Hurricanes: Game Highlights

0:40 Alex Tuch nets goal for Capitals

0:40 Cole Hutson scores goal vs. Hurricanes

0:34 Ryan Leonard lights the lamp for Capitals

Clips play on ESPN

Lenovo Center · Raleigh

Line Score

	1	2	3	T
WSH	3	2	0	5
CAR	0	1	1	2

Game Leaders

Washington Capitals

Alex Tuch · 2Goals
Pierre-Luc Dubois · 2Assists
Alex Tuch · 2Points

Carolina Hurricanes

Sebastian Aho · 1Goals
William Carrier · 1Assists
Sebastian Aho · 1Points

2026-27 Metropolitan Division Standings

Team	W	L	OTL	Pts
NY Rangers	3	1	0	6
Pittsburgh	2	0	0	4
Carolina	1	1	1	3
NY Islanders	1	1	0	2
Washington	1	1	0	2
Columbus	1	1	0	2
New Jersey	1	1	0	2
Philadelphia	0	1	2	2

Scoring

3rd 10:50

Logan Stankoven Goal (1) Tip-In, assists: K'Andre Miller (1), William Carrier (1)5–2

2nd 16:58

Ryan Leonard Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Dylan Strome (2), Jakob Chychrun (1)5–1

2nd 16:50

PPG Sebastian Aho Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Andrei Svechnikov (1), Jackson Blake (1)4–1

2nd 1:36

PPG Jakob Chychrun Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Dylan Strome (1)4–0

1st 14:23

Alex Tuch Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Pierre-Luc Dubois (2), Tom Wilson (1)3–0

1st 11:33

Cole Hutson Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Ilya Protas (1), Aliaksei Protas (1)2–0

1st 6:33

Alex Tuch Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Pierre-Luc Dubois (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)1–0

Team Stats

Washington CapitalsCarolina Hurricanes

Shots & Puck

27 Shots on Goal 33

28 Blocked Shots 9

19 Hits 32

53.2 Faceoff % 46.8

3 Takeaways 3

18 Giveaways 12

Special Teams

1/2 Power Play 1/6

0 Short-Handed Goals 0

16 Penalty Minutes 18

Box Score

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
A. Beauvillier	0	0	0	3	13:55	0	1	0	0	0:00	1:30	12:25	18	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
P. Dubois	0	2	2	1	12:08	4	1	1	0	1:50	0:00	10:18	19	0	7	6	53.8	0	2
B. Jenner	0	0	0	3	16:18	0	0	2	1	0:00	4:39	11:39	23	0	13	4	76.5	4	0
J. Kyrou	0	0	0	2	12:16	0	0	0	0	0:37	0:00	11:39	16	1	0	0	0.0	1	0
R. Leonard	1	0	1	3	12:08	0	2	1	0	0:37	0:00	11:31	17	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
A. Ovechkin	0	1	1	1	12:46	0	1	1	0	1:50	0:00	10:56	21	0	0	0	0.0	1	0
A. Protas	0	1	1	2	17:36	0	0	1	0	0:00	5:04	12:32	23	2	2	1	66.7	0	0
I. Protas	0	1	1	0	11:32	0	0	0	0	0:37	0:00	10:55	14	1	1	4	20.0	2	0
J. Sourdif	0	0	0	0	13:00	2	0	0	0	0:00	0:52	12:08	18	0	0	2	0.0	1	1
D. Strome	0	2	0	2	13:11	0	0	1	0	1:50	0:06	11:15	19	0	8	5	61.5	1	0
A. Tuch	2	0	2	3	16:38	0	1	1	1	0:37	5:02	10:59	23	0	2	6	25.0	1	0
T. Wilson	0	1	1	0	16:37	0	3	3	0	1:50	5:26	9:21	23	0	0	1	0.0	1	0

Defense

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV	PN
J. Chychrun	1	1	1	3	18:51	2	0	1	0	1:50	0:28	16:33	23	0	0	1
V. Desharnais	0	0	2	0	21:15	0	3	3	0	0:00	5:37	15:38	22	0	1	0
M. Fehervary	0	0	0	1	19:29	2	1	5	0	0:00	5:18	14:11	26	1	0	1
C. Hutson	1	0	2	3	17:08	4	1	2	0	0:37	0:00	16:31	22	0	3	2
T. Liljegren	0	0	1	0	18:48	0	2	1	0	0:00	3:43	15:05	20	0	1	0
M. Roy	0	0	0	0	22:29	0	3	5	1	0:00	7:35	14:54	25	0	0	0

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
L. Thompson	31	33	2	.939	59:53	17	14	0	0

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
S. Aho	1	0	0	2	18:39	2	0	0	0	7:30	0:48	10:21	20	1	7	4	63.6	0	1
J. Blake	0	1	-1	3	19:27	0	0	0	1	9:05	0:00	10:22	19	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
W. Carrier	0	1	0	1	11:30	0	4	0	0	0:00	0:00	11:30	14	3	0	1	0.0	1	0
N. Deslauriers	0	0	-1	0	9:25	0	7	0	0	0:00	0:00	9:25	13	0	0	0	0.0	1	0
N. Ehlers	0	0	-2	4	19:02	0	1	0	0	5:40	0:00	13:22	23	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
T. Hall	0	0	-2	1	13:34	2	1	1	0	3:45	0:00	9:49	19	1	1	0	100.0	1	1
M. Jankowski	0	0	-1	0	12:35	0	2	1	0	1:03	0:37	10:55	17	0	6	7	46.2	1	0
J. Martinook	0	0	0	2	12:47	0	3	0	0	0:00	1:03	11:44	20	2	1	0	100.0	0	0
E. Robinson	0	0	0	0	11:44	0	2	0	0	0:00	0:37	11:07	18	0	0	0	0.0	2	0
J. Staal	0	0	-1	3	14:54	0	4	0	0	3:19	1:01	10:34	25	3	11	10	52.4	0	0
L. Stankoven	1	0	-1	4	20:15	0	2	0	0	5:08	0:46	14:21	23	0	3	10	23.1	0	0
A. Svechnikov	0	1	0	6	19:51	0	2	1	1	7:35	0:00	12:16	22	2	0	1	0.0	0	0

Defense

Player	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV	PN
J. Chatfield	0	-2	0	17:33	0	0	2	0	0:00	1:14	16:19	23	1	1	0
S. Gostisbehere	0	-1	0	22:40	0	0	0	1	7:12	0:00	15:28	22	1	0	0
C. Legault	0	0	1	11:07	12	2	1	0	0:00	0:00	11:07	17	2	1	2
K. Miller	1	-1	0	22:11	0	1	2	0	4:08	1:17	16:46	26	0	1	0
J. Slavin	0	0	4	18:32	0	0	1	0	0:00	1:11	17:21	23	1	1	0
S. Walker	0	-2	2	19:05	2	1	0	0	2:15	1:14	15:36	27	0	1	1

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
B. Bussi	22	27	5	.815	60:00	20	1	1	0

Injury Report

Carolina Hurricanes

Seth Jarvis CInjured Reserve
Alexander Nikishin DOut

Washington Capitals

Matt Roy DDay-To-Day
Patrick Thomas CInjured Reserve
Rasmus Sandin DInjured Reserve

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