Game

Avalanche at Capitals

Avalanche 3, Capitals 2 in overtime · first star Brock Nelson (1 G, 0 A).

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

Colorado Avalanche 3 at Washington Capitals 2

Avalanche COL

3 FINAL/OT 2

Capitals WSH

Sunday, March 22, 2026 · 12:30 PM ET · Capital One Arena, Washington · TV NHLN · SN1 · TVAS

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Avalanche	0	0	2	1	3	24
Capitals	1	0	1	0	2	22

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Avalanche attack left, Capitals attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so a mark in a team's own end would be an attempt logged from there (none in this game). Boxscore shots on goal: COL 24, WSH 22.

COL in red WSH in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Avalanche 24 shots on goal (3 goals, 14 missed, 17 blocked) attacking left; Capitals 22 shots on goal (2 goals, 13 missed, 7 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	COL SOG	COL G	COL ATT	WSH SOG	WSH G	WSH ATT
1st	6	0	13	8	1	14
2nd	8	0	20	7	0	12
3rd	7	2	17	7	1	16
OT	3	1	5	0	0	0
Total	24	3	55	22	2	42

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	COL SOG	COL G	WSH SOG	WSH G
Even strength	23	3	15	1
Power play	0	0	5	1
Short-handed	1	0	2	0

Attempt share by period

Avalanche took 56.7% of the shot attempts, and 59.2% of the 76 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 Avalanche hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Avalanche at Capitals
Period	WSH CF%	WSH FF%
1st	51.9	54.5
2nd	37.5	43.5
3rd	48.5	54.2
OT	0.0	0.0
Game	43.3	48.0

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

Scoring summary

1st period

11:53 Justin Sourdif (14) Connor McMichael (25), Matt Roy (15) · snap 0–1

3rd period

01:05 Gabriel Landeskog (10) Martin Necas (53) · snap 1–1
06:03 Nicolas Roy (8) Zakhar Bardakov (9) · snap 2–1
14:17 Alex Ovechkin (26) PP Dylan Strome (35), Cole Hutson (1) · slap 2–2

Overtime

01:22 Brock Nelson (32) Martin Necas (54), Devon Toews (16) · tip-in 3–2

Three stars

Brock Nelson COL · C #11 · 1 G, 0 A
Mackenzie Blackwood COL · G #39 · 0 GA, .909 SV%
Alex Ovechkin WSH · L #8 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	03:14	WSH	Cole Hutson	holding	2	Nathan MacKinnon
1st	05:23	COL	Nicolas Roy	high sticking	2	Trevor van Riemsdyk
1st	14:50	COL	Parker Kelly	slashing	2	Matt Roy
2nd	04:29	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	hooking	2	Cale Makar
2nd	16:17	COL	Brent Burns	high sticking	2	Anthony Beauvillier
3rd	07:34	COL	Josh Manson	tripping	2	Aliaksei Protas
3rd	13:57	COL	Gabriel Landeskog	holding	2	Aliaksei Protas

Boxscore

Colorado Avalanche

Avalanche skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Martin Necas #88	C	0	2	2	+1	2	1	0	0	0.0	23:36
Brock Nelson #11	C	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	53.3	20:13
Nicolas Roy #10	C	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	2	50.0	08:40
Gabriel Landeskog #92	L	1	0	1	+1	2	3	1	2	100.0	17:21
Zakhar Bardakov #93	C	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	04:28
Devon Toews #7	D	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	0	0.0	19:45
Gavin Brindley #54	C	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	04:57
Jack Drury #18	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	70.0	14:39
Nathan MacKinnon #29	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	50.0	22:50
Nazem Kadri #91	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	15:48
Parker Kelly #17	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0.0	13:52
Joel Kiviranta #94	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	12:14
Valeri Nichushkin #13	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	18:47
Brent Burns #84	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0.0	17:29
Brett Kulak #27	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	20:31
Cale Makar #8	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0.0	25:06
Josh Manson #42	D	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	0.0	16:16
Sam Malinski #70	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	0.0	19:24

Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood #39	W	22	20	2	.909	14/15	4/5	61:12

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Justin Sourdif #34	C	1	0	1	+1	2	3	2	0	25.0	17:22
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	2	0.0	18:45
Dylan Strome #17	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	45.5	14:31
Connor McMichael #24	L	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	20.0	20:03
Cole Hutson #44	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	17:55
Matt Roy #3	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0.0	18:50
Hendrix Lapierre #29	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	100.0	05:44
Pierre-Luc Dubois #80	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	44.4	24:10
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	0	0	0	-2	3	0	1	0	0.0	20:37
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	07:09
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	33.3	16:53
Ethen Frank #53	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	01:22
Ryan Leonard #9	R	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0	0	0.0	15:05
Tom Wilson #43	R	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	0	100.0	24:46
Jakob Chychrun #6	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	21:30
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0.0	20:34
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0.0	20:10
Trevor van Riemsdyk #57	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	14:57

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Logan Thompson #48	O	24	21	3	.875	20/23	0/0	61:05

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.