Game

Golden Knights at Capitals

Capitals 3, Golden Knights 2 · first star Pierre-Luc Dubois (2 G, 1 A).

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

Vegas Golden Knights 2 at Washington Capitals 3

Golden Knights VGK

2 FINAL 3

Capitals WSH

Friday, February 27, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Capital One Arena, Washington · TV SN · NHLN · TVAS

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Golden Knights	0	0	2	2	26
Capitals	0	3	0	3	30

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Golden Knights attack left, Capitals attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: VGK 26, WSH 30.

VGK in red WSH in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Golden Knights 26 shots on goal (2 goals, 21 missed, 19 blocked) attacking left; Capitals 30 shots on goal (3 goals, 14 missed, 12 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	VGK SOG	VGK G	VGK ATT	WSH SOG	WSH G	WSH ATT
1st	6	0	19	10	0	15
2nd	7	0	18	12	3	22
3rd	13	2	29	8	0	19
Total	26	2	66	30	3	56

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	VGK SOG	VGK G	WSH SOG	WSH G
Even strength	19	1	20	3
Power play	4	1	10	0
Short-handed	3	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Golden Knights took 54.1% of the shot attempts, and 56.3% of the 87 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 Golden Knights hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Golden Knights at Capitals
Period	WSH CF%	WSH FF%
1st	44.1	51.7
2nd	55.0	53.6
3rd	39.6	41.2
Game	45.9	48.4

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

Scoring summary

2nd period

00:49 Pierre-Luc Dubois (2) Aliaksei Protas (21), Rasmus Sandin (17) · snap 0–1
03:23 Pierre-Luc Dubois (3) Aliaksei Protas (22) · snap 0–2
14:52 Jakob Chychrun (22) Rasmus Sandin (18), Pierre-Luc Dubois (2) · snap 0–3

3rd period

02:27 Braeden Bowman (8) Kaedan Korczak (10), Brayden McNabb (4) · wrist 1–3
09:15 Tomas Hertl (23) PP Pavel Dorofeyev (19), Mitch Marner (43) · tip-in 2–3

Three stars

Pierre-Luc Dubois WSH · L #80 · 2 G, 1 A
Rasmus Sandin WSH · D #38 · 0 G, 2 A
Aliaksei Protas WSH · C #21 · 0 G, 2 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	12:47	VGK	Bench	too many men on the ice	2	—
1st	15:34	WSH	Matt Roy	cross checking	2	Reilly Smith
2nd	04:41	VGK	Braeden Bowman	hooking	2	Nic Dowd
2nd	05:58	VGK	Noah Hanifin	high sticking	2	Dylan Strome
2nd	16:44	WSH	Ryan Leonard	slashing	2	Shea Theodore
3rd	05:26	VGK	Kaedan Korczak	cross checking	2	Justin Sourdif
3rd	08:15	WSH	Bench	too many men on the ice	2	—
3rd	15:36	VGK	Mark Stone	high sticking	2	Pierre-Luc Dubois

Boxscore

Vegas Golden Knights

Golden Knights skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Tomas Hertl #48	C	1	0	1	+1	3	3	1	0	56.2	18:26
Braeden Bowman #42	R	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	2	0.0	11:18
Mitch Marner #93	R	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	30.0	19:50
Pavel Dorofeyev #16	R	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	0	0.0	16:24
Brayden McNabb #3	D	0	1	1	0	0	6	2	0	0.0	17:37
Kaedan Korczak #6	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.0	13:02
Colton Sissons #10	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	66.7	11:06
Jack Eichel #9	C	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	40.0	20:46
Brandon Saad #20	L	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	12:28
Ivan Barbashev #49	L	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	0.0	15:14
Alexander Holtz #26	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	08:04
Keegan Kolesar #55	R	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	0	0.0	11:28
Mark Stone #61	R	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	2	0.0	20:40
Reilly Smith #19	R	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0.0	14:08
Jeremy Lauzon #5	D	0	0	0	-1	2	4	1	0	0.0	20:35
Noah Hanifin #15	D	0	0	0	-1	3	0	2	2	0.0	19:55
Rasmus Andersson #4	D	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	0.0	20:46
Shea Theodore #27	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	20:04

Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Akira Schmid #40	L	30	27	3	.900	17/20	10/10	58:09

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Pierre-Luc Dubois #80	C	2	1	3	+3	6	0	1	0	50.0	19:37
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	0	2	2	+3	2	1	0	0	0.0	19:38
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	0	2	2	+3	2	2	2	0	0.0	21:30
Jakob Chychrun #6	D	1	0	1	+1	6	0	2	0	0.0	24:43
Dylan Strome #17	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	76.9	16:26
Justin Sourdif #34	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14.3	07:59
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	50.0	15:13
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	0	0	0	-1	3	2	2	0	0.0	17:43
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	09:36
Connor McMichael #24	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	15:03
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	100.0	13:48
Ethen Frank #53	R	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	10:58
Ryan Leonard #9	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0.0	14:42
Tom Wilson #43	R	0	0	0	+3	1	0	1	0	0.0	21:58
Declan Chisholm #47	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0.0	10:59
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	5	0	0.0	22:04
Matt Roy #3	D	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	2	0.0	20:20
Trevor van Riemsdyk #57	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0.0	12:54

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Logan Thompson #48	W	26	24	2	.923	18/19	3/4	59:49

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.