Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Saturday, December 27, 2025 · Prudential Center

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4–3

Final/OT

SOG 33–38

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 4-3 in overtime on Saturday, December 27, 2025 at Prudential Center. The Devils outshot the Capitals 38-33.

Jesper Bratt scored twice. Aliaksei Protas, Anthony Beauvillier, Cody Glass, Alex Ovechkin and Jakob Chychrun also scored.

Logan Thompson made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Jake Allen stopped 29 of 33.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	1	1	4	33
NJD	0	1	2	0	3	38

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Aliaksei Protas (14)Alex Ovechkin (18)1–019:59 WSH

2nd period

Jesper Bratt (7)Nico Hischier (20), Stefan Noesen (4)1–104:56 NJD · PPG
Anthony Beauvillier (7)Aliaksei Protas (12)Hughes 1:19 into shift2–117:33 WSH

3rd period

Jesper Bratt (8)Unassisted2–207:00 NJD
Cody Glass (7)Connor Brown (7), Brenden Dillon (8)2–307:32 NJD
Alex Ovechkin (15)Rasmus Sandin (9), Aliaksei Protas (13)3–309:17 WSH

OT period

Jakob Chychrun (15)Nic Dowd (6), Dylan Strome (21)4–304:06 WSH

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:19

2–1 · 2nd 17:33 · Beauvillier. NJD stayed on through an icing. Hughes was 1:19 into his shift when it went in.

GoalWSH on iceNJD on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 WSH

1st 19:59 · Protas

Hamilton 0:56

NormalHamilton 0:56

1–1 NJD

2nd 4:56 · PP · Bratt

Carlson 0:10

Fresh legsCarlson 0:10

2–1 WSH

2nd 17:33 · Beauvillier

Long shift: Hughes 1:19

Long shiftHughes 1:19

2–2 NJD

3rd 7:00 · Bratt

Wilson 0:25

Fresh legsWilson 0:25

2–3 NJD

3rd 7:32 · Glass

Wilson 0:57

NormalWilson 0:57

3–3 WSH

3rd 9:17 · Ovechkin

Noesen 0:59

NormalNoesen 0:59

4–3 WSH

OT 4:06 · Chychrun

Cotter 0:35

Fresh legsCotter 0:35

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

WSHNJD

33Shots on goal38

66%Faceoff %34%

0/1Power play1/2

6Penalty minutes4

14Hits17

21Blocked shots10

10Giveaways15

4Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 17:31Anthony Beauvillier · roughing2 min
1st 17:31Colton White · roughing2 min
2nd 04:46Brandon Duhaime · hooking2 min
2nd 07:15Brandon Duhaime · hooking2 min
2nd 13:57Cody Glass · interference2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

21Aliaksei ProtasC	1	2	3	+3	5	1	0	0	–	19:49
8Alex OvechkinL	1	1	2	+2	3	2	0	0	–	15:20
17Dylan StromeC	0	1	1	+1	3	0	1	0	80	20:49
26Nic DowdC	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	53	18:00
72Anthony BeauvillierL	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	2	–	17:14
6Jakob ChychrunD	1	0	1	0	5	0	2	0	–	22:23
38Rasmus SandinD	0	1	1	+3	1	0	4	0	–	19:35
9Ryan LeonardR	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	15:18
22Brandon DuhaimeR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	–	08:20
24Connor McMichaelC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	33	19:19
29Hendrix LapierreC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	75	06:54
34Justin SourdifR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	57	16:56
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	17:41
53Ethen FrankC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	10:19
3Matt RoyD	0	0	0	-1	3	2	2	0	–	21:51
42Martin FehérváryD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	20:24
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	–	17:51
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	–	20:05

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
48Logan ThompsonG	W	38	35	3	.921	64:06
79Charlie LindgrenG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

63Jesper BrattL	2	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	–	17:39
11Stefan NoesenR	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	–	08:45
12Cody GlassC	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	2	33	14:10
13Nico HischierC	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	44	24:10
16Connor BrownR	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	–	17:14
5Brenden DillonD	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	14:45
14Luke GlendeningC	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	10	08:06
18Ondrej PalatL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	09:19
28Timo MeierR	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	22:57
47Paul CotterL	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	0	50	09:18
81Arseny GritsyukR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	14:35
86Jack HughesC	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	–	20:57
91Dawson MercerC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	19:07
7Dougie HamiltonD	0	0	0	-1	4	0	2	0	–	24:39
22Brett PesceD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	–	23:09
43Luke HughesD	0	0	0	-2	3	0	1	0	–	27:28
45Colton WhiteD	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	2	–	11:52
71Jonas SiegenthalerD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	20:26

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
25Jacob MarkstromG		0	0	0	–	00:00
34Jake AllenG	O	33	29	4	.879	63:48