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 Ivan Barbashev LW 0 2 0 -2 15:14 1:34 0:00 13:40 19 0 17 0 2 1 0 0 1 0.0 2 0 0 Braeden Bowman RW 0 0 0 1 11:18 1:29 0:12 9:37 16 1 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 2 Pavel Dorofeyev RW 1 0 0 -1 16:24 3:19 0:06 12:59 17 0 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -2 20:46 3:31 2:15 15:00 22 0 21 0 1 0 0 6 9 40.0 3 0 0 Tomas Hertl C 1 3 0 1 18:26 3:29 1:50 13:07 21 1 23 0 3 4 0 9 7 56.3 0 0 0 Alexander Holtz RW 0 0 0 -1 8:04 0:00 0:00 8:04 11 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Keegan Kolesar RW 0 3 0 1 11:28 0:00 1:58 9:30 18 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Mitch Marner RW 1 0 1 0 19:50 3:27 3:02 13:21 20 0 16 1 1 1 0 3 7 30.0 1 0 0 Brandon Saad LW 0 0 1 -1 12:28 0:01 2:46 9:41 18 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Colton Sissons C 1 2 0 -1 11:06 1:30 2:15 7:21 18 0 4 0 2 2 0 8 4 66.7 0 0 0 Reilly Smith RW 1 0 0 0 14:08 0:00 2:27 11:41 18 0 10 0 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Mark Stone RW 1 0 1 -1 20:40 3:26 1:04 16:10 21 0 21 0 1 2 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 2
Defenses BS HT TK +/- TOI PPTOI SHTOI ESTOI SHFT G YTDG A S SM SOG FW FL FO% GV PN PIM Rasmus Andersson D 0 0 0 -2 20:46 1:40 3:41 15:25 32 0 11 0 4 2 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 Noah Hanifin D 2 0 0 -1 19:55 0:00 2:52 17:03 29 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 1 2 Kaedan Korczak D 1 0 0 0 13:02 0:00 0:00 13:02 16 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 1 2 Jeremy Lauzon D 1 4 0 -1 20:35 0:00 5:31 15:04 31 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Brayden McNabb D 2 6 0 0 17:37 0:00 5:27 12:10 23 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Shea Theodore D 0 0 0 0 20:04 1:34 0:59 17:31 26 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0
Goalies GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM Akira Schmid G 3 30 0 0 27 .900 17 10 0 58:09 0 0
VGK shoots leftWSH shoots right 
