New York Rangers at Washington Capitals

Fri, Oct 9, 2026 · Capital One Arena · 2026–27 Regular Season

New York Rangers

1 – 3

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 3–1 on Fri, Oct 9, 2026 at Capital One Arena. Logan Thompson made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 22–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	1	0	0	1	22
WSH	0	2	1	3	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	10:17	NYR	PP	Alexis Lafrenière (4) · snap	J.T. Miller (2), Pavel Dorofeyev (2)	1–0
2nd	06:08	WSH	EV	Timothy Liljegren (1) · slap	Dylan Strome (4), Ryan Leonard (1)	1–1
2nd	17:38	WSH	EV	Boone Jenner (1) · snap	Unassisted	1–2
3rd	19:59	WSH	SH EN	Tom Wilson (2) · wrist	Vincent Desharnais (1)	1–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:36	WSH	Ryan Leonard	tripping	2
1st	09:24	WSH	Dylan McIlrath	tripping	2
1st	16:05	NYR	Cole Beaudoin	hooking	2
2nd	06:50	NYR	J.T. Miller	high sticking	2
2nd	17:57	WSH	Boone Jenner	high sticking	2
3rd	04:31	NYR	Adam Fox	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NYR 2.94 · WSH 4.47 · xG% NYR 39.7

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
10	J.T. Miller	C	0	1	1	-2	2	0	1	0	38.5	20:55	25
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	R	0	1	1	-2	0	4	1	0		19:33	22
13	Alexis Lafrenière	L	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0		18:46	21
23	Adam Fox	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	2		23:11	24
44	Vladislav Gavrikov	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	1		20:29	23
26	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1		19:11	24
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	6	0	65.0	19:02	23
5	Sean Durzi	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1		18:52	25
4	Braden Schneider	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2		17:37	21
50	Will Cuylle	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	75.0	16:38	26
94	Gabe Perreault	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0		16:28	22
24	Tye Kartye	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		15:26	23
12	Alberts Smits	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		14:24	16
42	Noah Laba	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	60.0	13:42	25
17	Eeli Tolvanen	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		11:49	22
53	Cole Beaudoin	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	1	33.3	10:56	15
49	Jaroslav Chmelar	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		9:38	14
28	Oliver Bjorkstrand	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		9:18	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33	Dylan Garand	L	12	11	1	.917	29:45
31	Igor Shesterkin		14	13	1	.929	28:20

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	3	0		21:41	24
73	Vincent Desharnais	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	4	3		21:15	25
27	Timothy Liljegren	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	1		19:14	22
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0	30.0	14:20	15
22	Boone Jenner	C	1	0	1	+2	2	3	0	1	55.6	13:37	21
9	Ryan Leonard	R	0	1	1	+2	2	2	2	0		13:26	17
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	1		26:53	24
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	4	4		23:57	26
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	50.0	20:25	22
80	Pierre-Luc Dubois	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	2	52.9	20:02	21
44	Cole Hutson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		18:18	22
21	Aliaksei Protas	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	100.0	15:35	18
34	Justin Sourdif	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	4	0	25.0	14:07	22
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		13:57	15
25	Jordan Kyrou	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12:05	13
62	Ilya Protas	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50.0	10:57	13
72	Anthony Beauvillier	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10:19	14
52	Dylan McIlrath	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		4:59	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
48	Logan Thompson	W	22	21	1	.955	60:00