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Washington Capitals vs Ottawa Senators

Regular season · Thursday, January 1, 2026 · Canadian Tire Centre

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3–4

Final

SOG 29–32

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Game summary

The Ottawa Senators beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Thursday, January 1, 2026 at Canadian Tire Centre. The Senators outshot the Capitals 32-29.

Goals came from Tom Wilson, Dylan Strome, Nick Jensen, Ridly Greig, David Perron, Aliaksei Protas and Fabian Zetterlund.

Leevi Meriläinen made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Logan Thompson stopped 28 of 32.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Washington CapitalsWSH201329
Ottawa SenatorsOTT022432

Three stars

  1. ★1st starThomas ChabotOTT · 0G 1A
  2. ★2nd starShane PintoOTT · 0G 2A
  3. ★3rd starFabian ZetterlundOTT · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:07

3–4 · 3rd 17:38 · Zetterlund. Wilson was 1:07 into his shift when it went in.

GoalWSH on iceOTT on ice

1–0 WSH

1st 8:13 · Wilson

Batherson 0:52

2–0 WSH

1st 18:59 · PP · Strome

Long shift: Sanderson 1:06

2–1 OTT

2nd 7:42 · Jensen

Ovechkin 0:35

2–2 OTT

2nd 19:31 · Greig

van Riemsdyk 0:45

2–3 OTT

3rd 2:47 · Perron

Long shift: Carlson 1:00

3–3 WSH

3rd 15:53 · Protas

Jensen 0:27

3–4 OTT

3rd 17:38 · Zetterlund

Long shift: Wilson 1:07

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

WSHOTT
29Shots on goal32
51%Faceoff %49%
1/4Power play0/4
17Penalty minutes17
15Hits32
19Blocked shots14
9Giveaways17
5Takeaways6

Penalties

  • 1st 04:21Alex Ovechkin · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 09:16Artem Zub · roughing2 min
  • 1st 09:16Artem Zub · tripping2 min
  • 1st 09:16Dylan Strome · slashing2 min
  • 1st 14:25Drake Batherson · fighting5 min
  • 1st 14:25Justin Sourdif · fighting5 min
  • 1st 17:53Nick Jensen · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 03:13Nick Cousins · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 08:21Connor McMichael · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 09:23David Perron · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 15:41Nick Cousins · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 15:41Trevor van Riemsdyk · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 03:39Matt Roy · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 11:21Anthony Beauvillier · slashing2 min

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