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Vegas Golden Knights vs. Washington Capitals: game summary

Final · February 27, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

Vegas Golden Knights2
Washington Capitals3

Shots on goal : VGK 26 — WSH 30 · Capital One Arena

Three stars

VGK

Game stats

WSH
26Shots on goal30
48 %Faceoff win %52 %
1/3Power play0/5
10Penalty minutes6
20Hits17
12Blocked shots17
20Giveaways19
3Takeaways4

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
VGK671326
WSH1012830

Season series VGK 0 – 2 WSH

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← VGK 2 / 26 / 473 / 30 / 44 WSH →
Missed shot — Jakob Chychrun (WSH), P1 02:00 · slapMissed shot — Mark Stone (VGK), P1 03:18 · snapMissed shot — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P1 04:06 · snapMissed shot — Tomas Hertl (VGK), P1 04:14 · snapMissed shot — Brayden McNabb (VGK), P1 05:01 · snapMissed shot — Braeden Bowman (VGK), P1 07:11 · snapMissed shot — Declan Chisholm (WSH), P1 08:06 · slapMissed shot — Jeremy Lauzon (VGK), P1 09:28 · slapMissed shot — Connor McMichael (WSH), P1 11:09 · tip-inMissed shot — Mitch Marner (VGK), P1 12:26 · backhandMissed shot — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P1 17:52 · snapMissed shot — Keegan Kolesar (VGK), P1 18:07 · snapMissed shot — Tomas Hertl (VGK), P1 18:14 · tip-inMissed shot — Colton Sissons (VGK), P2 03:03 · wristMissed shot — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P2 09:40 · snapMissed shot — Shea Theodore (VGK), P2 11:09 · slapMissed shot — Colton Sissons (VGK), P2 12:08 · tip-inMissed shot — Ethen Frank (WSH), P2 13:49 · snapMissed shot — Nic Dowd (WSH), P2 13:50 · snapMissed shot — Alexander Holtz (VGK), P2 19:52 · snapMissed shot — Brandon Saad (VGK), P2 19:53 · snapMissed shot — Alexander Holtz (VGK), P2 19:56 · snapMissed shot — Tom Wilson (WSH), P3 00:30 · slapMissed shot — Reilly Smith (VGK), P3 01:06 · snapMissed shot — Ryan Leonard (WSH), P3 03:02 · tip-inMissed shot — Ryan Leonard (WSH), P3 03:09 · tip-inMissed shot — Ryan Leonard (WSH), P3 06:01 · snapMissed shot — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P3 06:35 · snapMissed shot — Rasmus Andersson (VGK), P3 07:33 · snapMissed shot — Brandon Duhaime (WSH), P3 10:29 · snapMissed shot — Ivan Barbashev (VGK), P3 11:16 · tip-inMissed shot — Rasmus Andersson (VGK), P3 13:19 · snapMissed shot — Mark Stone (VGK), P3 15:25 · snapMissed shot — Tomas Hertl (VGK), P3 19:09 · tip-inMissed shot — Tomas Hertl (VGK), P3 19:42 · wristShot on goal — Rasmus Sandin (WSH), P1 00:39 · slapShot on goal — Ethen Frank (WSH), P1 01:54 · tip-inShot on goal — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P1 03:32 · snapShot on goal — Jeremy Lauzon (VGK), P1 04:21 · slapShot on goal — Matt Roy (WSH), P1 06:00 · snapShot on goal — Jakob Chychrun (WSH), P1 06:16 · snapShot on goal — Anthony Beauvillier (WSH), P1 07:40 · backhandShot on goal — Colton Sissons (VGK), P1 08:13 · backhandShot on goal — Jakob Chychrun (WSH), P1 08:34 · wristShot on goal — Noah Hanifin (VGK), P1 11:22 · snapShot on goal — Jakob Chychrun (WSH), P1 11:34 · wristShot on goal — Jeremy Lauzon (VGK), P1 12:20 · snapShot on goal — Dylan Strome (WSH), P1 14:18 · snapShot on goal — Tomas Hertl (VGK), P1 14:47 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Andersson (VGK), P1 19:45 · snapShot on goal — Ethen Frank (WSH), P1 19:57 · snapShot on goal — Reilly Smith (VGK), P2 01:36 · snapShot on goal — Keegan Kolesar (VGK), P2 02:20 · snapShot on goal — Noah Hanifin (VGK), P2 04:14 · slapShot on goal — Ryan Leonard (WSH), P2 05:21 · snapShot on goal — Ryan Leonard (WSH), P2 05:55 · snapShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P2 05:56 · wristShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P2 05:57 · wristShot on goal — Jakob Chychrun (WSH), P2 06:06 · snapShot on goal — Dylan Strome (WSH), P2 06:45 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Sandin (WSH), P2 07:33 · snapShot on goal — Ivan Barbashev (VGK), P2 11:20 · tip-inShot on goal — Justin Sourdif (WSH), P2 12:49 · snapShot on goal — Ethen Frank (WSH), P2 13:32 · snapShot on goal — Tomas Hertl (VGK), P2 16:53 · tip-inShot on goal — Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK), P2 17:34 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Andersson (VGK), P2 18:31 · wristShot on goal — Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH), P3 00:26 · snapShot on goal — Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH), P3 00:34 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Andersson (VGK), P3 00:57 · wristShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P3 03:34 · snapShot on goal — Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH), P3 03:39 · snapShot on goal — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P3 04:12 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Andersson (VGK), P3 07:45 · slapShot on goal — Reilly Smith (VGK), P3 08:10 · snapShot on goal — Ivan Barbashev (VGK), P3 09:52 · wristShot on goal — Colton Sissons (VGK), P3 09:56 · backhandShot on goal — Brandon Saad (VGK), P3 12:19 · snapShot on goal — Tom Wilson (WSH), P3 13:29 · snapShot on goal — Jakob Chychrun (WSH), P3 16:02 · deflectedShot on goal — Mitch Marner (VGK), P3 16:24 · wristShot on goal — Reilly Smith (VGK), P3 16:25 · wristShot on goal — Noah Hanifin (VGK), P3 16:27 · backhandShot on goal — Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH), P3 16:44 · snapShot on goal — Mark Stone (VGK), P3 18:20 · deflectedShot on goal — Jack Eichel (VGK), P3 19:21 · snapGoal — Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH), P2 00:49 · snapGoal — Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH), P2 03:23 · snapGoal — Jakob Chychrun (WSH), P2 14:52 · snapGoal — Braeden Bowman (VGK), P3 02:27 · wristGoal — Tomas Hertl (VGK), P3 09:15 · tip-in

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

2nd period

3rd period

Penalties

1st period

  • 12:47VGKBench — Too many men on the ice (2 min) · served by I. Barbashev
  • 15:34WSHMatt Roy — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Reilly Smith

2nd period

  • 04:41VGKBraeden Bowman — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Nic Dowd
  • 05:58VGKNoah Hanifin — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Dylan Strome
  • 16:44WSHRyan Leonard — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Shea Theodore

3rd period

  • 05:26VGKKaedan Korczak — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Justin Sourdif
  • 08:15WSHBench — Too many men on the ice (2 min) · served by J. Sourdif
  • 15:36VGKMark Stone — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Pierre-Luc Dubois

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
J. EichelC00-21020:46
C. SissonsC00-12211:06
P. DorofeyevR01-11016:24
R. SmithR0003014:08
B. SaadL00-11012:28
A. HoltzR00-10008:04
B. BowmanR1011011:18
T. HertlC1013318:26
I. BarbashevL00-22215:14
K. KolesarR0011311:28
M. StoneR00-11020:40
M. MarnerR0101019:50
B. McNabbD0100617:37
R. AnderssonD00-24020:46
J. LauzonD00-12420:35
K. KorczakD0100013:02
N. HanifinD00-13019:55
S. TheodoreD0000020:04
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
A. Hill0/0—00:00
A. Schmid(L)27/3090.0 %58:09

Washington Capitals

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
A. OvechkinL00-13217:43
R. LeonardR0002014:42
D. StromeC00-12016:26
A. ProtasL0232119:38
B. DuhaimeL0000309:36
C. McMichaelL0000015:03
N. DowdC0000215:13
J. SourdifC0001007:59
T. WilsonR0031021:58
E. FrankR0003010:58
A. BeauvillierR00-11113:48
P. DuboisC2136019:37
M. RoyD0011220:20
J. ChychrunD1016024:43
R. SandinD0232221:30
M. FehérváryD0010222:04
D. ChisholmD00-10210:59
T. van RiemsdykD00-10012:54
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
L. Thompson(W)24/2692.3 %59:49
C. Lindgren0/0—00:00

Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com) · View the game on NHL.com ↗