New Jersey Devils at Washington Capitals

Sat, Oct 17, 2026 · Capital One Arena · 2026–27 Regular Season

New Jersey Devils

2 – 4

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 4–2 on Sat, Oct 17, 2026 at Capital One Arena. Vincent Desharnais led the way with 2 points. Logan Thompson made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–25.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	1	0	1	2	31
WSH	1	3	0	4	25

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	10:04	NJD	EV	Arseny Gritsyuk (3) · snap	Dawson Mercer (4), Stefan Noesen (2)	1–0
1st	16:42	WSH	PP	Ryan Leonard (3) · wrist	Jakob Chychrun (3), Logan Thompson (1)	1–1
2nd	01:16	WSH	EV	Ilya Protas (1) · snap	Alex Ovechkin (3), Vincent Desharnais (2)	1–2
2nd	04:36	WSH	EV	Dylan Strome (1) · backhand	Alex Tuch (2), Jordan Kyrou (3)	1–3
2nd	11:14	WSH	EV	Boone Jenner (4) · snap	Vincent Desharnais (3), Martin Fehérváry (1)	1–4
3rd	19:41	NJD	PP	Timo Meier (1) · wrist	Arseny Gritsyuk (2), Jesper Boqvist (1)	2–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:29	WSH	Alex Tuch	cross checking	2
1st	08:03	WSH	Boone Jenner	illegal check to head	2
1st	15:10	NJD	Brett Pesce	interference	2
2nd	09:03	NJD	Luke Hughes	hooking	2
3rd	11:38	WSH	Timothy Liljegren	tripping	2
3rd	18:26	WSH	Timothy Liljegren	holding	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NJD 4.65 · WSH 2.24 · xG% NJD 67.5

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
81	Arseny Gritsyuk	R	1	1	2	0	0	6	1	0		17:17	20
91	Dawson Mercer	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	5	0		17:08	22
28	Timo Meier	R	1	0	1	-1	0	3	1	0	66.7	15:03	19
70	Jesper Boqvist	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		12:25	17
11	Stefan Noesen	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		10:12	16
43	Luke Hughes	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	2		23:29	24
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	0	37.5	22:42	21
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2		21:56	23
22	Brett Pesce	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2		21:46	23
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		19:13	22
13	Nico Hischier	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	73.1	19:00	21
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		18:49	21
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	12.5	15:25	21
8	Johnathan Kovacevic	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0		13:29	20
47	Declan Chisholm	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		13:26	19
39	Anthony Mantha	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		12:37	17
12	Cody Glass	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	50.0	11:37	20
93	Amadeus Lombardi	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		10:54	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Jake Allen	L	25	21	4	.840	60:00

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
73	Vincent Desharnais	D	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	1		20:23	21
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		24:02	27
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	2	3		22:30	20
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	0	2	3	2	2	66.7	18:08	24
17	Dylan Strome	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	3	50.0	18:02	21
22	Boone Jenner	C	1	0	1	0	2	4	1	1	38.5	16:37	21
25	Jordan Kyrou	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		15:07	19
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		13:57	18
9	Ryan Leonard	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0		13:23	17
62	Ilya Protas	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	0	69.2	12:39	17
44	Cole Hutson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		18:29	21
27	Timothy Liljegren	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	3		17:50	24
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	2		16:55	21
21	Aliaksei Protas	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	3		16:33	20
4	Justin Holl	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		13:44	18
72	Anthony Beauvillier	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	50.0	13:18	18
63	Ivan Miroshnichenko	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1		12:34	16
76	Jonny Brodzinski	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	20.0	8:34	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
48	Logan Thompson	W	31	29	2	.935	60:00