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Vegas Golden Knights vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Friday, February 27, 2026 · Capital One Arena

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2–3

Final

SOG 26–30

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 on Friday, February 27, 2026 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Golden Knights 30-26.

Pierre-Luc Dubois scored twice. Jakob Chychrun, Braeden Bowman and Tomas Hertl also scored.

Logan Thompson made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Akira Schmid stopped 27 of 30.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK002226
Washington CapitalsWSH030330

Three stars

  1. ★1st starPierre-Luc DuboisWSH · 2G 1A
  2. ★2nd starRasmus SandinWSH · 0G 2A
  3. ★3rd starAliaksei ProtasWSH · 0G 2A

Scoring

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+
1:57

0–3 · 2nd 14:52 · Chychrun. Korczak was 1:57 into his shift when it went in.

GoalVGK on iceWSH on ice

0–1 WSH

2nd 0:49 · Dubois

Barbashev 0:49

0–2 WSH

2nd 3:23 · Dubois

Stone 0:12

0–3 WSH

2nd 14:52 · Chychrun

Stuck out there: Korczak 1:57

1–3 VGK

3rd 2:27 · Bowman

Ovechkin 0:49

2–3 VGK

3rd 9:15 · PP · Hertl

Long shift: Roy 1:13

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

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

Penalties

  • 1st 12:47Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 1st 15:34Matt Roy · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 04:41Braeden Bowman · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 05:58Noah Hanifin · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 16:44Ryan Leonard · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 05:26Kaedan Korczak · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 08:15Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 3rd 15:36Mark Stone · high sticking2 min

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