Vegas Golden Knights vs Washington Capitals NHL
Capital One Arena
TV: Sportsnet+
WSH shoots right 1st 2nd 3rd T VGK 6 7 13 26 WSH 10 12 8 30
Akira Schmid 27/30 SV, .900 Logan Thompson 24/26 SV, .923 Who won: Capitals 3-2 The Washington Capitals beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 on Friday, February 27, 2026 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals lead the series 1-0. The Capitals outscored the Golden Knights 3-0 in the 2nd period. Pierre-Luc Dubois led the Capitals in goals (2). Tomas Hertl led the Golden Knights in goals (1).
Summary Chat Box score Team stats Forwards BS HT TK +/- TOI PPTOI SHTOI ESTOI SHFT G YTDG A S SM SOG FW FL FO% GV PN PIM Anthony Beauvillier LW 1 1 0 -1 13:48 0:09 0:04 13:35 19 0 12 0 1 0 0 1 0 100.0 0 0 0 Nic Dowd C 0 2 0 0 15:13 0:06 3:13 11:54 21 0 4 0 0 1 0 7 7 50.0 1 0 0 Pierre-Luc Dubois LW 1 0 0 3 19:37 3:52 0:00 15:45 22 2 3 1 6 0 0 9 9 50.0 3 0 0 Brandon Duhaime RW 0 3 0 0 9:36 0:00 0:00 9:36 15 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 Ethen Frank C 0 0 0 0 10:58 3:24 0:00 7:34 15 0 11 0 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 Ryan Leonard RW 0 0 0 0 14:42 5:36 0:00 9:06 16 0 10 0 2 3 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 2 Connor McMichael C 0 0 1 0 15:03 3:12 1:47 10:04 22 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Alex Ovechkin LW 2 2 0 -1 17:43 7:37 0:00 10:06 16 0 22 0 3 3 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Aliaksei Protas C 0 1 1 3 19:38 0:41 2:25 16:32 25 0 20 2 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Justin Sourdif RW 0 0 1 0 7:59 0:00 0:00 7:59 12 0 12 0 1 0 0 1 6 14.3 0 0 0 Dylan Strome C 1 0 0 -1 16:26 5:55 0:02 10:29 18 0 16 0 2 0 0 10 3 76.9 1 0 0 Tom Wilson RW 1 0 0 3 21:58 5:21 2:30 14:07 22 0 23 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 4 0 0
Defenses BS HT TK +/- TOI PPTOI SHTOI ESTOI SHFT G YTDG A S SM SOG FW FL FO% GV PN PIM Declan Chisholm D 1 2 0 -1 10:59 0:00 0:03 10:56 13 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Jakob Chychrun D 2 0 0 1 24:43 5:59 0:51 17:53 22 1 22 0 6 1 0 0 0 0.0 3 0 0 Martin Fehervary D 5 2 0 1 22:04 0:13 3:39 18:12 23 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Matt Roy D 0 2 0 1 20:20 1:05 2:28 16:47 23 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 2 Rasmus Sandin D 2 2 1 3 21:30 3:18 1:10 17:02 22 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 Trevor van Riemsdyk D 1 0 0 -1 12:54 0:06 1:48 11:00 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Goalies GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM Logan Thompson G 2 26 0 0 24 .923 18 3 3 59:49 0 0
VGK shoots leftWSH shoots right 
