Colorado Avalanche vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, March 22, 2026 · Capital One Arena
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Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 in overtime on Sunday, March 22, 2026 at Capital One Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Capitals 24-22.
Goals came from Justin Sourdif, Gabriel Landeskog, Nicolas Roy, Alex Ovechkin and Brock Nelson.
Mackenzie Blackwood made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Logan Thompson stopped 21 of 24.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Justin Sourdif (14)Connor McMichael (25), Matt Roy (15)0–111:53 WSH
3rd period
Gabriel Landeskog (10)Martin Necas (53)1–101:05 COL
Nicolas Roy (8)Zakhar Bardakov (9)2–106:03 COL
Alex Ovechkin (26)Dylan Strome (35), Cole Hutson (1)2–214:17 WSH · PPG
OT period
Brock Nelson (32)Martin Necas (54), Devon Toews (16)Dubois 1:22 into shift3–201:22 COL
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
3–2 · OT 1:22 · Nelson. Dubois was 1:22 into his shift when it went in.
0–1 WSH
1st 11:53 · Sourdif
Nichushkin 0:55
1–1 COL
3rd 1:05 · Landeskog
Fehérváry 0:27
2–1 COL
3rd 6:03 · Roy
Roy 0:53
2–2 WSH
3rd 14:17 · PP · Ovechkin
Nelson 0:20
3–2 COL
OT 1:22 · Nelson
Long shift: Dubois 1:22
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 03:14
Cole Hutson · holding2 min - 1st 05:23
Nicolas Roy · high sticking2 min - 1st 14:50Parker Kelly · slashing2 min
- 2nd 04:29Alex Ovechkin · hooking2 min
- 2nd 16:17Brent Burns · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 07:34Josh Manson · tripping2 min
- 3rd 13:57Gabriel Landeskog · holding2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 88Martin NecasC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 23:36 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:40 |
| 11Brock NelsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:13 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:21 |
| 93Zakhar BardakovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 04:28 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:45 |
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:47 |
| 17Parker KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:52 |
| 18Jack DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:39 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:50 |
| 54Gavin BrindleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 04:57 |
| 91Nazem KadriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:48 |
| 94Joel KivirantaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:14 |
| 8Cale MakarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:06 |
| 27Brett KulakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:31 |
| 42Josh MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:16 |
| 70Sam MalinskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:24 |
| 84Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:29 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Mackenzie BlackwoodG | W | 22 | 20 | 2 | .909 | 61:12 |
| 41Scott WedgewoodG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:45 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:31 |
| 24Connor McMichaelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:03 |
| 34Justin SourdifC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:22 |
| 3Matt RoyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 18:50 |
| 44Cole HutsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:55 |
| 9Ryan LeonardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:05 |
| 21Aliaksei ProtasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 20:37 |
| 22Brandon DuhaimeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:09 |
| 29Hendrix LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:44 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 24:46 |
| 53Ethen FrankR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 01:22 |
| 72Anthony BeauvillierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:53 |
| 80Pierre-Luc DuboisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 24:10 |
| 6Jakob ChychrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:30 |
| 38Rasmus SandinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:10 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:34 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48Logan ThompsonG | O | 24 | 21 | 3 | .875 | 61:05 |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |