Washington Capitals @ Carolina Hurricanes

0-0-0, 0-0-0 Away

0-0-1, 0-0-1 Home

Washington Capitals

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Patrick Thomas C	IR-NR	Oct 3
Rasmus Sandin D	IR-NR	Dec 26
Alex Ovechkin LW	Day-To-Day	Oct 2

Carolina Hurricanes

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Seth Jarvis C	IR-NR	Oct 24
Alexander Nikishin D	OUT	Oct 10

Capitals Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
9/26/26	@PHI	W5-1
9/25/26	vsBOS	W3-2 OT
9/21/26	vsPHI	W5-2
9/20/26	@BOS	L3-2 SO
4/14/26	@CBJ	W2-1

Hurricanes Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
9/29/26	vsFLA	L1-0 OT
9/26/26	@NSH	W6-0
9/24/26	vsNSH	W6-5
9/22/26	vsFLA	W3-2 SO
9/20/26	@FLA	L6-3

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 10/2

Capitals
Hurricanes

Game 1

10/2

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Capitals
Hurricanes

Game 2

10/13

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Hurricanes
Capitals

Game 3

1/14

Hurricanes
Capitals

Game 4

3/3

Team	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	0	1	1
Washington	0	0	0
NY Islanders	0	0	0
Pittsburgh	0	0	0
New Jersey	0	0	0
Philadelphia	0	0	0
Columbus	0	0	0
NY Rangers	1	0	0

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