Game

Wild at Capitals

Capitals 5, Wild 1 · first star Dylan Strome (2 G, 2 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Minnesota Wild 1 at Washington Capitals 5

Wild MIN

1 FINAL 5

Capitals WSH

Friday, October 17, 2025 · 7:00 PM ET · Capital One Arena, Washington

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Wild	0	1	0	1	14
Capitals	1	1	3	5	45

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Wild attack left, Capitals attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: MIN 14, WSH 45.

MIN in red WSH in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Wild 14 shots on goal (1 goal, 14 missed, 14 blocked) attacking left; Capitals 45 shots on goal (5 goals, 11 missed, 20 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	MIN SOG	MIN G	MIN ATT	WSH SOG	WSH G	WSH ATT
1st	3	0	13	13	1	21
2nd	4	1	13	11	1	26
3rd	7	0	16	21	3	29
Total	14	1	42	45	5	76

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	MIN SOG	MIN G	WSH SOG	WSH G
Even strength	11	1	34	4
Power play	2	0	11	1
Short-handed	1	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Capitals took 64.4% of the shot attempts, and 63.8% of the 94 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Capitals and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Wild hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Wild at Capitals
Period	WSH CF%	WSH FF%
1st	61.8	72.7
2nd	66.7	64.0
3rd	64.4	64.9
Game	64.4	66.7

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

17:52 Dylan Strome (1) Alex Ovechkin (3), Martin Fehérváry (1) · deflected 0–1

2nd period

16:47 Marcus Johansson (1) Matt Boldy (5), Jake Middleton (1) · snap 1–1
17:18 Aliaksei Protas (4) Tom Wilson (4), Rasmus Sandin (1) · wrist 1–2

3rd period

01:19 Alex Ovechkin (1) Dylan Strome (3) · snap 1–3
11:32 Dylan Strome (2) Anthony Beauvillier (1), Martin Fehérváry (2) · snap 1–4
18:03 Tom Wilson (3) PP John Carlson (3), Dylan Strome (4) · deflected 1–5

Three stars

Dylan Strome WSH · C #17 · 2 G, 2 A
Alex Ovechkin WSH · L #8 · 1 G, 1 A
Martin Fehérváry WSH · D #42 · 0 G, 2 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	07:51	WSH	Connor McMichael	holding	2	Marco Rossi
2nd	00:53	MIN	Jake Middleton	high sticking double minor	4	Justin Sourdif
2nd	10:05	MIN	Marcus Foligno	tripping	2	Nic Dowd
3rd	05:23	MIN	Zeev Buium	tripping	2	Brandon Duhaime
3rd	08:50	WSH	Connor McMichael	interference	2	Ryan Hartman
3rd	17:45	MIN	Matt Boldy	slashing	2	Declan Chisholm

Boxscore

Minnesota Wild

Wild skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Marcus Johansson #90	L	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	100.0	16:03
Matt Boldy #12	L	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	2	50.0	18:16
Jake Middleton #5	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	4	0.0	16:41
Joel Eriksson Ek #14	C	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	0	52.2	16:51
Marco Rossi #23	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	50.0	17:24
Vinnie Hinostroza #18	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	09:36
Yakov Trenin #13	C	0	0	0	-2	0	7	0	0	25.0	15:28
Kirill Kaprizov #97	L	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	18:59
Liam Ohgren #28	L	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0.0	09:06
Marcus Foligno #17	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	2	0.0	13:08
Danila Yurov #22	R	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	40.0	09:51
Ryan Hartman #38	R	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	54.5	16:46
Vladimir Tarasenko #91	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	14:18
Brock Faber #7	D	0	0	0	-3	1	0	2	0	0.0	24:12
Jared Spurgeon #46	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	0.0	21:00
Jonas Brodin #25	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	0.0	21:47
Zach Bogosian #24	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0.0	12:08
Zeev Buium #8	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	2	0.0	20:15

Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Filip Gustavsson #32	L	45	40	5	.889	30/34	10/11	59:53

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Dylan Strome #17	C	2	2	4	+2	6	0	0	0	68.8	17:52
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	1	1	2	+3	3	1	0	0	0.0	16:33
Tom Wilson #43	R	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	16:52
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	0	2	2	+2	6	4	1	0	0.0	16:38
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0.0	16:28
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	0	1	1	+3	2	1	0	0	0.0	14:31
John Carlson #74	D	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	21:23
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	0.0	20:57
Hendrix Lapierre #29	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	50.0	11:07
Justin Sourdif #34	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	12:58
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	44.4	16:47
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	14:02
Connor McMichael #24	L	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	4	50.0	12:32
Sonny Milano #15	L	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	50.0	14:54
Ryan Leonard #9	R	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	0.0	16:00
Declan Chisholm #47	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	0.0	14:55
Jakob Chychrun #6	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0.0	24:10
Matt Roy #3	D	0	0	0	+2	2	2	1	0	0.0	17:30

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Logan Thompson #48	W	14	13	1	.929	10/11	2/2	59:51

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.