New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Friday, March 20, 2026 · Capital One Arena

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1–2

Final

SOG 31–28

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 on Friday, March 20, 2026 at Capital One Arena. The Devils outshot the Capitals 31-28.

Goals came from Ryan Leonard, Aliaksei Protas and Jesper Bratt.

Logan Thompson made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Jake Allen stopped 26 of 27.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	0	0	1	1	31
WSH	1	0	1	2	28

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Ryan Leonard (15)Brandon Duhaime (4), Trevor van Riemsdyk (9)Nemec 1:04 into shift0–109:36 WSH

3rd period

Aliaksei Protas (23)Pierre-Luc Dubois (5), Tom Wilson (27)0–218:17 WSH · EN
Jesper Bratt (17)Jack Hughes (37)van Riemsdyk 1:00 into shift1–219:17 NJD

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:04

0–1 · 1st 9:36 · Leonard. Nemec was 1:04 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNJD on iceWSH on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 WSH

1st 9:36 · Leonard

Long shift: Nemec 1:04

Long shiftNemec 1:04

0–2 WSH

3rd 18:17 · EN · Protas

Hughes 1:49

Empty netHughes 1:49

1–2 NJD

3rd 19:17 · Bratt

Long shift: van Riemsdyk 1:00

Long shiftvan Riemsdyk 1:00

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

NJDWSH

31Shots on goal28

48%Faceoff %52%

0/2Power play0/1

2Penalty minutes4

18Hits17

14Blocked shots11

17Giveaways18

5Takeaways4

Penalties

2nd 04:30Ethen Frank · high sticking2 min
2nd 18:17Tom Wilson · hooking2 min
3rd 08:38Johnathan Kovacevic · hooking2 min

Season series

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

63Jesper BrattL	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	20:04
86Jack HughesC	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	44	26:18
12Cody GlassC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	47	12:22
13Nico HischierC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	52	21:15
16Connor BrownR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	23:04
28Timo MeierR	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	18:41
29Lenni HameenahoR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	11:21
42Maxim TsyplakovR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	06:59
47Paul CotterL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	06:55
72Nick BjugstadC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	06:49
81Arseny GritsyukR	0	0	0	-1	5	2	0	0	–	15:09
91Dawson MercerC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	15:37
5Brenden DillonD	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	0	–	16:18
7Dougie HamiltonD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	0	–	23:37
8Johnathan KovacevicD	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	–	15:10
17Simon NemecD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	4	0	–	20:32
43Luke HughesD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	–	23:51
71Jonas SiegenthalerD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	15:37

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
25Jacob MarkstromG		0	0	0	–	00:00
34Jake AllenG	L	27	26	1	.963	58:21

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

9Ryan LeonardR	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	–	14:08
21Aliaksei ProtasL	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	18:15
22Brandon DuhaimeL	0	1	1	+1	4	1	0	0	–	11:51
43Tom WilsonR	0	1	1	+1	2	3	2	2	–	17:21
80Pierre-Luc DuboisC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	62	17:24
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	18:47
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	13:29
17Dylan StromeC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	46	14:10
24Connor McMichaelL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	75	16:16
29Hendrix LapierreC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	43	11:02
34Justin SourdifC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	40	14:51
53Ethen FrankR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	11:23
72Anthony BeauvillierR	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	100	17:49
3Matt RoyD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	19:56
6Jakob ChychrunD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	21:46
38Rasmus SandinD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	–	19:14
42Martin FehérváryD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	21:22
44Cole HutsonD	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	17:04

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
48Logan ThompsonG	W	31	30	1	.968	59:52
79Charlie LindgrenG		0	0	0	–	00:00