Dallas Stars vs Washington Capitals

NHL

Stars

26-10-8, 60 PTS

4-1

Final

Capitals

22-16-6, 50 PTS

Capital One Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

DAL shoots leftWSH shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
DAL	10	10	16	36
WSH	6	5	13	24

In net

Casey DeSmith23/24 SV, .958

Logan Thompson32/35 SV, .914

Team	1	2	3	T
DAL	1	1	2	4
WSH	0	0	1	1

Who won: Stars 4-1

The Dallas Stars beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at Capital One Arena. The Stars win the series 2-0. Sam Steel led the Stars in goals (1). Alex Ovechkin led the Capitals in goals (1).

DAL

WSH

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Anthony BeauvillierLW	0	1	0	-1	17:45	0:00	1:24	16:21	17	0	8	3	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Nic DowdC	3	1	0	0	12:55	0:00	0:21	12:34	17	0	2	0	0	4	3	57.1	2	1	2
Brandon DuhaimeRW	1	1	0	0	8:09	0:00	0:58	7:11	14	0	4	0	1	0	1	0.0	1	2	7
Ethen FrankC	1	1	0	0	13:44	0:39	0:05	13:00	19	0	6	2	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Hendrix LapierreC	0	0	0	0	6:53	0:00	0:00	6:53	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0
Brett LeasonRW	0	1	0	0	5:34	0:00	0:00	5:34	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	100.0	0	0	0
Ryan LeonardRW	0	1	0	-1	22:07	1:53	0:00	20:14	22	0	9	2	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Connor McMichaelC	1	1	0	-1	20:40	0:10	1:32	18:58	26	0	5	3	0	5	3	62.5	3	1	2
Sonny MilanoLW	0	1	0	0	7:59	0:00	0:00	7:59	11	0	4	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Alex OvechkinLW	1	1	0	-2	19:43	2:32	0:00	17:11	22	1	18	2	2	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Justin SourdifRW	0	0	1	-1	19:45	0:37	0:44	18:24	25	0	8	2	0	4	7	36.4	1	0	0
Dylan StromeC	0	1	0	-2	20:50	1:55	0:00	18:55	22	0	10	2	1	16	8	66.7	1	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
John CarlsonD	1	1	0	-2	27:37	2:04	0:48	24:45	28	9	1	0	1	2
Jakob ChychrunD	1	1	2	-1	24:30	2:08	0:00	22:22	24	15	1	6	3	2
Martin FehervaryD	4	2	1	-1	18:31	0:14	1:20	16:57	23	3	0	0	0	2
Dylan McIlrathD	1	2	0	0	6:08	0:00	0:00	6:08	9	0	0	0	0	2
Matt RoyD	0	5	1	-1	21:49	0:00	1:44	20:05	23	1	0	0	0	1
Rasmus SandinD	2	1	1	-1	21:19	0:28	1:12	19:39	19	2	0	1	1	1