Game

Capitals at Golden Knights

Capitals 5, Golden Knights 4 in a shootout · first star Jack Eichel (1 G, 2 A).

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

Washington Capitals 5 at Vegas Golden Knights 4

Capitals WSH

5 FINAL/SO 4

Golden Knights VGK

Saturday, March 28, 2026 · 10:30 PM ET · T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	1OT	SO	T	SOG
Capitals	1	2	1	0	1	5	22
Golden Knights	0	3	1	0	0	4	29

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Capitals attack left, Golden Knights attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: WSH 22, VGK 29.

WSH in red VGK in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Capitals 22 shots on goal (4 goals, 10 missed, 12 blocked) attacking left; Golden Knights 29 shots on goal (4 goals, 19 missed, 14 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	WSH SOG	WSH G	WSH ATT	VGK SOG	VGK G	VGK ATT
1st	6	1	14	12	0	21
2nd	5	2	10	10	3	22
3rd	7	1	16	6	1	18
OT	4	0	4	1	0	1
Total	22	4	44	29	4	62

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	WSH SOG	WSH G	VGK SOG	VGK G
Even strength	16	2	24	1
Power play	6	2	2	1
Short-handed	0	0	3	2

Attempt share by period

Golden Knights took 58.5% of the shot attempts, and 62.8% of the 78 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 Golden Knights 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 Golden Knights
Period	VGK CF%	VGK FF%
1st	60.0	63.0
2nd	68.8	69.6
3rd	52.9	56.0
OT	20.0	20.0
Game	58.5	60.0

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

Scoring summary

1st period

06:06 Hendrix Lapierre (4) Ivan Miroshnichenko (1), Brandon Duhaime (5) · wrist 1–0

2nd period

01:55 Justin Sourdif (15) PP Connor McMichael (27), Cole Hutson (3) · snap 2–0
06:49 Anthony Beauvillier (14) Ryan Leonard (22), Justin Sourdif (17) · tip-in 3–0
10:38 Nic Dowd (5) SH Unassisted · snap 3–1
11:03 Rasmus Andersson (14) SH Jack Eichel (52) · wrist 3–2
13:18 Jack Eichel (25) Rasmus Andersson (26) · wrist 3–3

3rd period

00:31 Mitch Marner (20) PP Pavel Dorofeyev (26), Jack Eichel (53) · snap 3–4
08:54 Dylan Strome (17) PP Cole Hutson (4), Alex Ovechkin (28) · snap 4–4

Shootout

00:00 Dylan Strome Unassisted · backhand 5–4

Three stars

Jack Eichel VGK · C #9 · 1 G, 2 A
Nic Dowd VGK · C #26 · 1 G, 0 A
Dylan Strome WSH · C #17 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
2nd	01:31	VGK	Brett Howden	holding	2	Jakob Chychrun
2nd	03:29	WSH	Rasmus Sandin	interference	2	Mark Stone
2nd	09:46	VGK	Brayden McNabb	high sticking	2	Justin Sourdif
2nd	14:49	VGK	Keegan Kolesar	tripping	2	Dylan Strome
2nd	19:53	WSH	Tom Wilson	slashing	2	Cole Smith
3rd	04:36	WSH	Dylan Strome	high sticking double minor	4	Ivan Barbashev
3rd	06:31	VGK	Rasmus Andersson	slashing	2	Anthony Beauvillier
3rd	06:58	VGK	Mitch Marner	tripping	2	Connor McMichael
Overtime	04:35	VGK	Noah Hanifin	slashing	2	Justin Sourdif

Boxscore

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Justin Sourdif #34	C	1	1	2	0	4	1	0	0	33.3	17:34
Cole Hutson #44	D	0	2	2	-1	2	1	0	0	0.0	15:11
Dylan Strome #17	C	1	0	1	-1	2	0	1	4	55.0	19:10
Hendrix Lapierre #29	C	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	57.1	08:05
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	100.0	19:07
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0.0	17:35
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	1	1	+1	0	4	2	0	50.0	15:53
Connor McMichael #24	L	0	1	1	-2	1	1	0	0	27.3	20:10
Ivan Miroshnichenko #63	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0.0	07:50
Ryan Leonard #9	R	0	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	15:17
Pierre-Luc Dubois #80	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	50.0	18:17
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	06:27
Tom Wilson #43	R	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	2	0.0	24:11
Jakob Chychrun #6	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	0.0	23:55
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	5	0	0.0	20:14
Matt Roy #3	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	19:26
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0.0	21:25
Trevor van Riemsdyk #57	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	0.0	19:00

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Logan Thompson #48	W	29	25	4	.862	23/24	1/2	65:00

Vegas Golden Knights

Golden Knights skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jack Eichel #9	C	1	2	3	+2	2	0	1	0	52.2	23:23
Rasmus Andersson #4	D	1	1	2	+2	2	1	2	2	0.0	23:20
Nic Dowd #26	C	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	50.0	11:56
Mitch Marner #93	R	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	40.0	22:19
Pavel Dorofeyev #16	R	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	19:13
Brett Howden #21	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	30.0	17:25
Colton Sissons #10	C	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	83.3	10:49
Tomas Hertl #48	C	0	0	0	-2	4	2	0	0	60.0	12:23
Ivan Barbashev #49	L	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	15:48
Cole Smith #22	R	0	0	0	+1	2	3	2	0	0.0	12:55
Keegan Kolesar #55	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0.0	10:48
Mark Stone #61	R	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	0.0	21:43
Reilly Smith #19	R	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0.0	09:24
Ben Hutton #17	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	12:29
Brayden McNabb #3	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	2	0.0	21:14
Jeremy Lauzon #5	D	0	0	0	+2	2	2	1	0	0.0	18:09
Noah Hanifin #15	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	0.0	20:45
Shea Theodore #27	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	22:45

Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Adin Hill #33	O	22	18	4	.818	14/16	4/6	64:52

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.