Washington Capitals at Ottawa Senators

Thu, Jan 1, 2026 · Canadian Tire Centre · 2025–26 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 4

Final

Ottawa Senators

The Ottawa Senators beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 on Thu, Jan 1, 2026 at Canadian Tire Centre. Shane Pinto led the way with 2 points. Leevi Meriläinen made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–32.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	2	0	1	3	29
OTT	0	2	2	4	32

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	08:13	WSH	EV	Tom Wilson (22) · wrist	Justin Sourdif (7)	1–0
1st	18:59	WSH	PP	Dylan Strome (9) · wrist	Ryan Leonard (15), Jakob Chychrun (16)	2–0
2nd	07:42	OTT	EV	Nick Jensen (2) · wrist	Jake Sanderson (20), Shane Pinto (7)	2–1
2nd	19:31	OTT	EV	Ridly Greig (5) · deflected	Shane Pinto (8), Michael Amadio (9)	2–2
3rd	02:47	OTT	EV	David Perron (8) · snap	Stephen Halliday (6), Nick Cousins (4)	2–3
3rd	15:53	WSH	EV	Aliaksei Protas (16) · wrist	Justin Sourdif (8), Tom Wilson (20)	3–3
3rd	17:38	OTT	EV	Fabian Zetterlund (10) · snap	Thomas Chabot (11), Tim Stützle (23)	3–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	04:21	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	high sticking	2
1st	09:16	OTT	Artem Zub	roughing	2
1st	09:16	OTT	Artem Zub	tripping	2
1st	09:16	WSH	Dylan Strome	slashing	2
1st	14:25	OTT	Drake Batherson	fighting	5
1st	14:25	WSH	Justin Sourdif	fighting	5
1st	17:53	OTT	Nick Jensen	high sticking	2
2nd	03:13	OTT	Nick Cousins	cross checking	2
2nd	08:21	WSH	Connor McMichael	slashing	2
2nd	09:23	OTT	David Perron	tripping	2
2nd	15:41	OTT	Nick Cousins	roughing	2
2nd	15:41	WSH	Trevor van Riemsdyk	roughing	2
3rd	03:39	WSH	Matt Roy	tripping	2
3rd	11:21	WSH	Anthony Beauvillier	slashing	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 2.25 · OTT 4.00 · xG% WSH 36.1

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	1	2	+1	0	3	3	1		22:51	27
34	Justin Sourdif	R	0	2	2	+2	5	1	1	0	46.2	13:25	18
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0		23:25	22
17	Dylan Strome	C	1	0	1	-3	2	4	0	0	66.7	18:47	23
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	1		14:55	22
9	Ryan Leonard	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0		12:58	17
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	5		23:15	23
3	Matt Roy	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2		21:38	23
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	33.3	18:21	24
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		18:05	20
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	47.1	17:29	23
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-2	2	4	4	0		16:33	17
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	3		16:04	19
72	Anthony Beauvillier	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	1		15:27	19
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	3		11:39	17
53	Ethen Frank	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		11:34	16
22	Brandon Duhaime	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	8:37	13
29	Hendrix Lapierre	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	33.3	7:12	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
48	Logan Thompson	L	32	28	4	.875	57:45

Ottawa Senators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
12	Shane Pinto	C	0	2	2	+1	0	1	1	0	37.5	18:54	25
85	Jake Sanderson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	3		25:44	30
72	Thomas Chabot	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	2		22:54	28
18	Tim Stützle	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	4	1	66.7	21:23	27
3	Nick Jensen	D	1	0	1	+2	2	2	2	1		18:10	25
22	Michael Amadio	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	0		16:06	20
71	Ridly Greig	C	1	0	1	+1	0	4	2	0	11.1	15:08	23
57	David Perron	L	1	0	1	+1	2	5	4	0		12:35	17
20	Fabian Zetterlund	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	1		10:30	17
83	Stephen Halliday	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1		6:54	11
21	Nick Cousins	C	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	1		6:43	12
2	Artem Zub	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0		18:55	23
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	52.9	18:16	22
7	Brady Tkachuk	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	100.0	17:45	21
28	Claude Giroux	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	72.7	16:56	23
19	Drake Batherson	R	0	0	0	-1	5	1	3	0		16:07	21
10	Jordan Spence	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		14:23	21
43	Tyler Kleven	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	1		13:31	20

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Leevi Meriläinen	W	29	26	3	.897	60:00