Vegas Golden Knights at Washington Capitals

Fri, Feb 27, 2026 · Capital One Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Vegas Golden Knights

2 – 3

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 on Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at Capital One Arena. Pierre-Luc Dubois scored twice. Logan Thompson made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–30.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VGK	0	0	2	2	26
WSH	0	3	0	3	30

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	00:49	WSH	EV	Pierre-Luc Dubois (2) · snap	Aliaksei Protas (21), Rasmus Sandin (17)	0–1
2nd	03:23	WSH	EV	Pierre-Luc Dubois (3) · snap	Aliaksei Protas (22)	0–2
2nd	14:52	WSH	EV	Jakob Chychrun (22) · snap	Rasmus Sandin (18), Pierre-Luc Dubois (2)	0–3
3rd	02:27	VGK	EV	Braeden Bowman (8) · wrist	Kaedan Korczak (10), Brayden McNabb (4)	1–3
3rd	09:15	VGK	PP	Tomas Hertl (23) · tip-in	Pavel Dorofeyev (19), Mitch Marner (43)	2–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	12:47	VGK	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
1st	15:34	WSH	Matt Roy	cross checking	2
2nd	04:41	VGK	Braeden Bowman	hooking	2
2nd	05:58	VGK	Noah Hanifin	high sticking	2
2nd	16:44	WSH	Ryan Leonard	slashing	2
3rd	05:26	VGK	Kaedan Korczak	cross checking	2
3rd	08:15	WSH	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
3rd	15:36	VGK	Mark Stone	high sticking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: VGK 4.26 · WSH 3.06 · xG% VGK 58.2

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
93	Mitch Marner	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	30.0	19:50	20
48	Tomas Hertl	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	3	1	56.3	18:26	21
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	2		17:37	23
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	R	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	1		16:24	17
6	Kaedan Korczak	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1		13:02	16
42	Braeden Bowman	R	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0		11:18	16
4	Rasmus Andersson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	0		20:46	32
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	40.0	20:46	22
61	Mark Stone	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	1		20:40	21
5	Jeremy Lauzon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	1		20:35	31
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		20:04	26
15	Noah Hanifin	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	2		19:55	29
49	Ivan Barbashev	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0		15:14	19
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		14:08	18
20	Brandon Saad	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		12:28	18
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0		11:28	18
10	Colton Sissons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	66.7	11:06	18
26	Alexander Holtz	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		8:04	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Akira Schmid	L	30	27	3	.900	58:09

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
80	Pierre-Luc Dubois	L	2	1	3	+3	0	6	0	1	50.0	19:37	22
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	2	2	+3	0	2	2	2		21:30	22
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	2	2	+3	0	2	1	0		19:38	25
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	1	0	1	+1	0	6	0	2		24:43	22
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	5		22:04	23
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	+3	0	1	0	1		21:58	22
3	Matt Roy	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0		20:20	23
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	2		17:43	16
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	76.9	16:26	18
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	50.0	15:13	21
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15:03	22
9	Ryan Leonard	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		14:42	16
72	Anthony Beauvillier	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	100.0	13:48	19
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		12:54	17
47	Declan Chisholm	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		10:59	13
53	Ethen Frank	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		10:58	15
22	Brandon Duhaime	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		9:36	15
34	Justin Sourdif	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14.3	7:59	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
48	Logan Thompson	W	26	24	2	.923	59:49