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New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Friday, October 9, 2026 · Capital One Arena

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SOG 22–27

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Recap

Capitals rally past Rangers 3-1 behind Thompson's 21 saves

The Washington Capitals came from a goal down to beat the New York Rangers 3-1 on Friday night at Capital One Arena. Alexis Lafrenière put the Rangers up first with a power-play goal at 10:17 of the opening period, his 4th of the season, with assists from J.T. Miller and Pavel Dorofeyev. New York led 1-0 after one period.

Washington answered in the second. Timothy Liljegren tied it at 6:08 with his 1st of the season, set up by Dylan Strome and Ryan Leonard. Boone Jenner put the Capitals ahead for good at 17:38 with an unassisted goal, also his 1st of the year, and that stood as the winner. Tom Wilson sealed it with an empty-net goal at 19:59 of the third, his 2nd of the season, assisted by Vincent Desharnais. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 27-22.

Logan Thompson earned first-star honors with 21 saves on 22 shots. Igor Shesterkin made 13 saves on 14 shots for the Rangers, and Dylan Garand made 11 saves on 12 shots and took the loss. The Capitals improved to 3-1-0 and have won 2 in a row, while the Rangers fell to 4-2-0.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
New York RangersNYR100122
Washington CapitalsWSH021327

Three stars

  1. ★1st starLogan ThompsonWSH · .955 SV%
  2. ★2nd starBoone JennerWSH · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starTimothy LiljegrenWSH · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

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+
1:48

1–1 · 2nd 6:08 · Liljegren. NYR stayed on through an icing. Smits was 1:48 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNYR on iceWSH on ice

1–0 NYR

1st 10:17 · PP · Lafrenière

Fehérváry 0:53

1–1 WSH

2nd 6:08 · Liljegren

Stuck out there: Smits 1:48

1–2 WSH

2nd 17:38 · Jenner

Beaudoin 0:55

1–3 WSH

3rd 19:59 · EN · Wilson

Lafrenière 2:11

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

NYRWSH
22Shots on goal27
54%Faceoff %46%
1/3Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes6
35Hits22
9Blocked shots12
9Giveaways19
5Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 01:36Ryan Leonard · tripping2 min
  • 1st 09:24Dylan McIlrath · tripping2 min
  • 1st 16:05Cole Beaudoin · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 06:50J.T. Miller · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 17:57Boone Jenner · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 04:31Adam Fox · hooking2 min

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