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	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Oskar BackC	0	1	0	0	10:19	0:00	0:55	9:24	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Nathan BastianRW	0	2	0	0	8:35	0:00	0:00	8:35	12	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Colin BlackwellC	0	2	1	1	11:18	0:00	1:08	10:10	15	0	2	0	2	1	2	0	100.0	1	0	0
Mavrik BourqueC	0	0	0	1	14:36	0:00	0:00	14:36	18	0	7	0	0	2	0	2	0.0	0	0	0
Matt DucheneC	0	1	0	1	13:40	0:20	0:00	13:20	19	0	3	1	2	0	5	3	62.5	0	0	0
Radek FaksaC	0	0	1	1	10:47	0:00	1:44	9:03	13	1	2	0	3	0	3	6	33.3	0	0	0
Roope HintzC	0	1	0	1	17:13	2:12	0:00	15:01	20	1	13	0	12	1	4	6	40.0	1	0	0
Justin HryckowianC	0	0	0	0	10:36	0:00	0:38	9:58	15	0	6	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Wyatt JohnstonC	1	0	0	0	21:49	2:00	0:00	19:49	25	1	24	0	5	1	8	5	61.5	1	0	0
Mikko RantanenRW	0	0	0	0	20:37	2:28	0:00	18:09	25	0	17	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	3	1	2
Jason RobertsonLW	1	0	0	1	18:08	2:32	0:00	15:36	20	0	25	0	1	1	0	1	0.0	1	0	0
Sam SteelC	0	0	0	1	18:16	0:00	0:37	17:39	23	1	7	1	1	0	2	7	22.2	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Kyle CapobiancoD	1	1	0	1	10:14	0:00	0:00	10:14	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas HarleyD	2	3	0	1	22:11	0:48	0:29	20:54	26	2	1	2	0	0	0	0
Miro HeiskanenD	3	1	1	1	28:02	1:34	2:05	24:23	28	7	0	1	1	2	0	0
Esa LindellD	3	0	0	1	26:49	0:20	2:05	24:24	29	4	1	0	0	3	0	0
Nils LundkvistD	0	2	0	1	15:36	0:22	0:27	14:47	19	2	0	4	0	0	0	0
Ilya LyubushkinD	0	2	0	1	15:14	0:04	0:00	15:10	21	1	0	1	0	1	3	9