Game

Capitals at Red Wings

Capitals 4, Red Wings 3 in a shootout · first star Patrick Kane (0 G, 1 A).

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

Washington Capitals 4 at Detroit Red Wings 3

Capitals WSH

4 FINAL/SO 3

Red Wings DET

Thursday, January 29, 2026 · 7:30 PM ET · Little Caesars Arena, Detroit · TV ESPN+ · HULU

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	1OT	SO	T	SOG
Capitals	1	0	2	0	1	4	23
Red Wings	0	1	2	0	0	3	21

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Capitals attack left, Red Wings 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: WSH 23, DET 21.

WSH in red DET in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Capitals 23 shots on goal (3 goals, 8 missed, 18 blocked) attacking left; Red Wings 21 shots on goal (3 goals, 19 missed, 23 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	WSH SOG	WSH G	WSH ATT	DET SOG	DET G	DET ATT
1st	7	1	18	3	0	16
2nd	8	0	16	8	1	20
3rd	5	2	12	9	2	25
OT	3	0	3	1	0	2
Total	23	3	49	21	3	63

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	WSH SOG	WSH G	DET SOG	DET G
Even strength	22	3	18	3
Power play	1	0	3	0
Short-handed	0	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Red Wings took 56.3% of the shot attempts, and 50.0% of the 84 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 Red Wings and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Capitals hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Capitals at Red Wings
Period	DET CF%	DET FF%
1st	47.1	44.4
2nd	55.6	56.5
3rd	67.6	68.0
OT	40.0	40.0
Game	56.3	56.3

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

Scoring summary

1st period

06:27 Nic Dowd (3) Connor McMichael (23), Jakob Chychrun (21) · snap 1–0

2nd period

09:52 Ben Chiarot (5) Alex DeBrincat (27), Patrick Kane (24) · slap 1–1

3rd period

09:36 Dylan Strome (15) Alex Ovechkin (24), Jakob Chychrun (22) · wrap-around 2–1
14:44 Declan Chisholm (1) Jakob Chychrun (23), Dylan Strome (29) · deflected 3–1
18:20 Alex DeBrincat (29) Dylan Larkin (23), Andrew Copp (25) · wrist 3–2
19:07 Alex DeBrincat (30) Moritz Seider (30) · wrist 3–3

Shootout

00:00 Nic Dowd Unassisted · backhand 4–3

Three stars

Patrick Kane DET · R #88 · 0 G, 1 A
Alex DeBrincat DET · R #93 · 2 G, 1 A
Dylan Strome WSH · C #17 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	01:06	WSH	John Carlson	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
1st	17:58	WSH	Trevor van Riemsdyk	tripping	2	Lucas Raymond
2nd	04:45	WSH	Charlie Lindgren	tripping	2	J.T. Compher
3rd	06:12	DET	Ben Chiarot	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
3rd	09:36	DET	Bench	delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2	—
3rd	11:52	WSH	Bench	too many men on the ice	2	—

Boxscore

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jakob Chychrun #6	D	0	3	3	+3	1	0	0	0	0.0	26:58
Dylan Strome #17	C	1	1	2	+2	2	0	1	0	71.4	18:31
Nic Dowd #26	C	1	0	1	-1	1	6	2	0	35.3	17:49
Declan Chisholm #47	D	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	09:22
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	0	1	1	+1	4	3	0	0	0.0	16:00
Connor McMichael #24	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	16:17
Hendrix Lapierre #29	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	60.0	06:48
Justin Sourdif #34	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	58.3	17:10
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	100.0	21:09
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	09:13
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	0.0	17:21
Ethen Frank #53	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	0.0	08:48
Ryan Leonard #9	R	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	0	0.0	15:05
Tom Wilson #43	R	0	0	0	-2	0	4	3	0	0.0	21:13
John Carlson #74	D	0	0	0	-1	3	0	5	2	0.0	27:25
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	0	0	0	-3	1	2	4	0	0.0	21:39
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	0.0	20:04
Trevor van Riemsdyk #57	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	2	0.0	16:18

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Charlie Lindgren #79	W	21	18	3	.857	15/18	3/3	65:00

Detroit Red Wings

Red Wings skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Alex DeBrincat #93	R	2	1	3	+2	5	0	1	0	0.0	21:28
Ben Chiarot #8	D	1	0	1	-2	2	2	1	2	0.0	20:40
Andrew Copp #18	C	0	1	1	+3	0	1	0	0	54.5	18:17
Dylan Larkin #71	C	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	50.0	24:38
Patrick Kane #88	R	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0	0.0	19:08
Moritz Seider #53	D	0	1	1	+2	3	0	1	0	0.0	31:57
Emmitt Finnie #58	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0.0	10:13
Marco Kasper #92	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0.0	15:56
Mason Appleton #22	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	13:56
Michael Rasmussen #27	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	25.0	12:52
Elmer Soderblom #85	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0.0	11:29
J.T. Compher #37	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	50.0	15:07
James van Riemsdyk #21	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	13:10
Lucas Raymond #23	L	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	0.0	20:41
Albert Johansson #20	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0.0	19:16
Axel Sandin-Pellikka #44	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	0.0	11:20
Jacob Bernard-Docker #25	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	18:44
Travis Hamonic #52	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0	0.0	13:56

Red Wings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
John Gibson #36	O	23	20	3	.870	19/22	1/1	63:12

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.