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Vegas Golden Knights vs. Washington Capitals: game summary

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

Vegas Golden Knights logoVegas Golden Knights2
Washington Capitals logoWashington Capitals3

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

Three stars

Vegas Golden Knights logo VGK

Game stats

WSH Washington Capitals logo
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
← Vegas Golden Knights logoVGK 2 / 26 / 473 / 30 / 44 WSHWashington Capitals logo →
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 ↗

About this game

Who won Golden Knights vs Capitals?

Capitals won 3-2 over Golden Knights on Friday, February 27, 2026.

When was Golden Knights vs Capitals played?

On Friday, February 27, 2026, at 7:00 PM ET at Capital One Arena.

Where was Golden Knights vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena, in Washington.

Have the Golden Knights and Capitals played this season?

No, this is their first meeting of the season.