Dallas Stars vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, January 7, 2026 · Capital One Arena
TNT · HBO MAX · Victory+
Game summary
The Dallas Stars beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at Capital One Arena. The Stars outshot the Capitals 36-24.
Goals came from Radek Faksa, Sam Steel, Wyatt Johnston, Alex Ovechkin and Roope Hintz.
Casey DeSmith made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Logan Thompson stopped 32 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Radek Faksa (2)Esa Lindell (14)1–003:06 DAL · SHG
2nd period
Sam Steel (7)Thomas Harley (14), Matt Duchene (6)2–002:37 DAL
3rd period
Wyatt Johnston (24)Sam Steel (9)Strome 1:10 into shift3–013:31 DAL
Alex Ovechkin (18)John Carlson (23), Jakob Chychrun (17)3–117:41 WSH
Roope Hintz (13)Unassisted4–119:41 DAL · EN
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
3–0 · 3rd 13:31 · Johnston. Strome was 1:10 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 DAL
1st 3:06 · SH · Faksa
Chychrun 0:44
2–0 DAL
2nd 2:37 · Steel
Sandin 0:30
3–0 DAL
3rd 13:31 · Johnston
Long shift: Strome 1:10
3–1 WSH
3rd 17:41 · Ovechkin
Steel 0:33
4–1 DAL
3rd 19:41 · EN · Hintz
Strome 2:41
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
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
Penalties
- 1st 02:44
Ilya Lyubushkin · holding2 min - 1st 03:16
Connor McMichael · abuse of officials2 min - 2nd 01:12Ilya Lyubushkin · roughing2 min
- 2nd 01:12Brandon Duhaime · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:53Ilya Lyubushkin · fighting5 min
- 2nd 12:53Brandon Duhaime · fighting5 min
- 2nd 15:55Mikko Rantanen · slashing2 min
- 3rd 04:57Nic Dowd · hooking2 min
Season series
Dallas Stars
| 18Sam SteelC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:16 |
| 12Radek FaksaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 10:47 |
| 24Roope HintzC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 12 | 17:13 |
| 53Wyatt JohnstonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 21:49 |
| 95Matt DucheneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:40 |
| 23Esa LindellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 26:49 |
| 55Thomas HarleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:11 |
| 10Oskar BäckC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:19 |
| 11Nathan BastianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:35 |
| 15Colin BlackwellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:18 |
| 21Jason RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:08 |
| 22Mavrik BourqueC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:36 |
| 49Justin HryckowianC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:36 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:37 |
| 4Miro HeiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 28:02 |
| 5Nils LundkvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 15:36 |
| 20Kyle CapobiancoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:14 |
| 46Ilya LyubushkinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:14 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | W | 24 | 23 | 1 | .958 | 60:00 |
| 29Jake OettingerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 19:43 |
| 6Jakob ChychrunD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 24:30 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 27:37 |
| 9Ryan LeonardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:07 |
| 15Sonny MilanoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:59 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:50 |
| 20Brett LeasonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:34 |
| 22Brandon DuhaimeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:09 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:40 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:55 |
| 29Hendrix LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:53 |
| 34Justin SourdifR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:45 |
| 53Ethen FrankC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:44 |
| 72Anthony BeauvillierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:45 |
| 3Matt RoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:49 |
| 38Rasmus SandinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:19 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:31 |
| 52Dylan McIlrathD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48Logan ThompsonG | L | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 58:02 |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |