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Washington Capitals vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Saturday, March 28, 2026 · T-Mobile Arena

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5–4

Final/SO

SOG 22–29

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-4 in a shootout on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Capitals 29-22.

Goals came from Hendrix Lapierre, Justin Sourdif, Anthony Beauvillier, Nic Dowd, Rasmus Andersson, Jack Eichel, Mitch Marner and Dylan Strome.

Logan Thompson made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Adin Hill stopped 18 of 22.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTSOTSOG
Washington CapitalsWSH12101522
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK03100429

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJack EichelVGK · 1G 2A
  2. ★2nd starNic DowdVGK · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starDylan StromeWSH · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

SO 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+
1:42

3–3 · 2nd 13:18 · Eichel. WSH stayed on through an icing. Sandin was 1:42 into his shift when it went in.

GoalWSH on iceVGK on ice

1–0 WSH

1st 6:06 · Lapierre

Smith 0:31

2–0 WSH

2nd 1:55 · PP · Sourdif

McNabb 0:24

3–0 WSH

2nd 6:49 · Beauvillier

Long shift: Hutton 1:14

3–1 VGK

2nd 10:38 · SH · Dowd

Ovechkin 0:52

3–2 VGK

2nd 11:03 · SH · Andersson

Long shift: Ovechkin 1:17

3–3 VGK

2nd 13:18 · Eichel

Stuck out there: Sandin 1:42

3–4 VGK

3rd 0:31 · PP · Marner

Beauvillier 0:31

4–4 WSH

3rd 8:54 · PP · Strome

McNabb 0:30

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

WSHVGK
22Shots on goal29
48%Faceoff %52%
2/6Power play1/3
8Penalty minutes12
18Hits15
13Blocked shots11
20Giveaways20
8Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 2nd 01:31Brett Howden · holding2 min
  • 2nd 03:29Rasmus Sandin · interference2 min
  • 2nd 09:46Brayden McNabb · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 14:49Keegan Kolesar · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 19:53Tom Wilson · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 04:36Dylan Strome · high sticking double minor4 min
  • 3rd 06:31Rasmus Andersson · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 06:58Mitch Marner · tripping2 min
  • OT 04:35Noah Hanifin · slashing2 min

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