{"id":441739,"date":"2026-01-31T23:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T23:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/441739\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T23:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T23:37:07","slug":"live-updates-washington-capitals-vs-carolina-hurricanes-at-capital-one-arena-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/441739\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Washington Capitals vs Carolina Hurricanes at Capital One Arena"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Capitals are finally back home after a putrid six-game road streak. Now they\u2019ll play the Metropolitan Division-leading Carolina Hurricanes without many of their star players back at home.<\/p>\n

The Capitals will be without Pierre-Luc Dubois<\/a>, Connor McMichael<\/a>, Matt Roy<\/a>, Logan Thompson<\/a>, and Charlie Lindgren<\/a> due to injury. (Yes, both of their starting goaltenders. Martin Fehervary will also miss the game due to personal reasons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Capitals called up forward Bogdan Trineyev and Garin Bjorklund from AHL Hershey<\/a> to give themselves some relief before puck drop.<\/p>\n

Clay Stevenson will get the start and oppose Frederik Andersen in net.<\/p>\n

Coming into the game, the Capitals are six points out of third place in the Metropolitan Division and eight points out of the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n

Puck drop for today\u2019s game is scheduled for a little after 5:00 pm. Today\u2019s game is on Monumental Sports Network. Joe Beninati, TJ Oshie, and Craig Laughlin have the call.<\/p>\n

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Ovechkin<\/p>\n

Strome<\/p>\n

Beauvillier<\/p>\n

Carolina Hurricanes<\/p>\n

Carrier<\/p>\n

Jankowski<\/p>\n

Kotkaniemi<\/p>\n

Tunnel shenanigans<\/p>\n

1st Period<\/p>\n

Puck is dropped. Frank-Dowd-Leonard and Chisholm-McIlrath get the start.<\/p>\n

Ethen Frank with a rush down the ice, but misses the top right corner. the puck bounces off the glass and out of play.<\/p>\n

Hurricanes with a 4-on-2 break but Clay Stevenson makes a sturdy save off his right shoulder.<\/p>\n

Hendrix Lapierre draws the first penalty of the game, a hooking penalty on Taylor Hall at 2:21. Capitals to the power play.<\/p>\n

Huge Ovi one-timer turned away by Andersen.<\/p>\n

Hurricanes kill the power play.<\/p>\n

Capitals give up another bad odd-man break. Stevenson making multiple saves down low.<\/p>\n

Capitals second line with some nice work in the offensive zone, getting a few shots on goal.<\/p>\n

TJ Oshie struggling to say Aliaksei Protas’s name which is especially funny considering they were teammates.<\/p>\n

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Hurricanes are beginning to hem it in the zone.<\/p>\n

Jankowski scores down low on a layup after Kotkaniemi flips the puck high into air to Carrier near the crease.<\/p>\n

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1-0 Carolina Hurricanes<\/p>\n

Goal: Mark Jankowski (5). Assists: W. Carrier (6), J. Kotkaniemi (7). Time: 13:27<\/p>\n

Justin Sourdif with a waltz right down main street, and he wildly misses the net with his slot shot. That would have been a big goal.<\/p>\n

Sourdif with consecutive turnovers.<\/p>\n

Now John Carlson with a bad, bad, bad defensive zone turnover to Aho. That\u2019s another goal.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n

2-0 Carolina Hurricanes<\/p>\n

Goal: Sebastian Aho (18). Unassisted. Time: 17:51<\/p>\n

Sourdif in the corner gets hit, another turnover. Tough period for him.<\/p>\n

At intermission: The Hurricanes lead 2-0. The Capitals are throwing a lot of rubber at the net \u2014 they lead in shots, 19 to 13 \u2014 but not scoring: their tale all season long.<\/p>\n

2nd Period<\/p>\n

Puck is dropped.<\/p>\n

Beauvillier and K\u2019Andre Miller get tangled up in the neutral zone and the Hurricanes defenseman is smarting. He\u2019s very slow to the bench.<\/p>\n

Clay Stevenson loses sight of the puck as Duhaime and Milano skate in front of him and Shayne Gotisbehere picks the corner. Yikes.<\/p>\n

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3-0 Carolina Hurricanes<\/p>\n

Goal: Shayne Gostisbehere (9). Assists: J. Martinook (11), J. Staal (11). Time: 4:16<\/p>\n

Beauvillier prevents goal four for the Hurricanes as he makes Jankowski muff a layup off the post.<\/p>\n

Hendrix Lapierre with some tenacious work down low, scores on a loose puck behind Andersen\u2019s pads a la Lars Eller\u2019s Stanley Cup-winning goal.<\/p>\n

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3-1 Carolina Hurricanes<\/p>\n

Goal: Hendrix Lapierre (2). Assists: S. Milano (4). Time: 7:52<\/p>\n

Taylor Hall runs into Aliaksei Protas as they criss-cross at the blue line, and he\u2019s off for interference at 9:49.<\/p>\n

Leonard turns the puck over on the power play then takes a punch by Aho, falls down, and then gets assessed an interference minor rushing back into the play. That\u2019s a crazy call. 4-on-4.<\/p>\n

Leonard is leaving the penalty box and going down to the locker room. Hope he\u2019s okay. He took a huge shot from Aho.<\/p>\n

Jakob Chychrun to the box for interference at 11:21. Carolina gets a 4-on-3 power play for 28 seconds. Then a 60 second 5-on-3.<\/p>\n

Capitals kill the penalties. Huge.<\/p>\n

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