Game

Capitals at Devils

Devils 7, Capitals 3 · first star Jack Hughes (2 G, 3 A).

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

Washington Capitals 3 at New Jersey Devils 7

Capitals WSH

3 FINAL 7

Devils NJD

Thursday, April 2, 2026 · 7:30 PM ET · Prudential Center, Newark · TV ESPN+ · HULU

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Capitals	2	0	1	3	32
Devils	3	1	3	7	30

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Capitals attack left, Devils 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; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: WSH 32, NJD 30.

WSH in red NJD in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Capitals 32 shots on goal (3 goals, 17 missed, 19 blocked) attacking left; Devils 30 shots on goal (7 goals, 9 missed, 17 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	WSH SOG	WSH G	WSH ATT	NJD SOG	NJD G	NJD ATT
1st	9	2	16	8	3	17
2nd	14	0	23	9	1	20
3rd	9	1	29	13	3	19
Total	32	3	68	30	7	56

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	WSH SOG	WSH G	NJD SOG	NJD G
Even strength	27	2	24	6
Power play	5	1	4	1
Short-handed	0	0	2	0
Into an empty net	0	0	1	1

Attempt share by period

Capitals took 54.8% of the shot attempts, and 53.0% of the 100 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 Devils 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 Devils
Period	NJD CF%	NJD FF%
1st	51.5	45.8
2nd	46.5	40.6
3rd	39.6	46.9
Game	45.2	44.3

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

Scoring summary

1st period

05:22 Cody Glass (16) Lenni Hameenaho (5), Nick Bjugstad (3) · wrist 0–1
07:37 Dawson Mercer (16) Timo Meier (17), Nico Hischier (34) · backhand 0–2
08:15 Cole Hutson (2) Hendrix Lapierre (12), Tom Wilson (28) · wrist 1–2
09:47 Pierre-Luc Dubois (5) PP Ryan Leonard (24), Jakob Chychrun (33) · wrist 2–2
18:19 Dougie Hamilton (12) Jack Hughes (42), Jesper Bratt (43) · slap 2–3

2nd period

09:10 Jack Hughes (23) Jesper Bratt (44), Johnathan Kovacevic (7) · wrist 2–4

3rd period

08:10 Jack Hughes (24) Jesper Bratt (45), Connor Brown (23) · wrist 2–5
09:33 Tom Wilson (28) Rasmus Sandin (24), Pierre-Luc Dubois (10) · wrist 3–5
12:16 Jesper Bratt (20) PP Nico Hischier (35), Jack Hughes (43) · snap 3–6
17:54 Dawson Mercer (17) EN Jesper Bratt (46), Jack Hughes (44) · wrist 3–7

Three stars

Jack Hughes NJD · C #86 · 2 G, 3 A
Jesper Bratt NJD · L #63 · 1 G, 4 A
Dawson Mercer NJD · C #91 · 2 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	09:21	NJD	Brenden Dillon	tripping	2	Martin Fehérváry
2nd	05:06	NJD	Timo Meier	slashing	2	Tom Wilson
3rd	02:16	WSH	Ryan Leonard	tripping	2	Jack Hughes
3rd	04:45	NJD	Nico Hischier	tripping	2	Justin Sourdif
3rd	11:22	WSH	David Kampf	hooking	2	Lenni Hameenaho
3rd	20:00	NJD	Cody Glass	roughing	2	Hendrix Lapierre
3rd	20:00	WSH	Hendrix Lapierre	roughing	2	Cody Glass
3rd	20:00	WSH	Hendrix Lapierre	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—
3rd	20:00	NJD	Cody Glass	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—

Boxscore

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Pierre-Luc Dubois #80	C	1	1	2	0	4	1	0	0	52.6	19:02
Tom Wilson #43	R	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	100.0	20:06
Cole Hutson #44	D	1	0	1	+1	7	0	1	0	0.0	18:48
Hendrix Lapierre #29	C	0	1	1	-2	0	2	1	12	0.0	12:46
Ryan Leonard #9	R	0	1	1	-1	4	2	0	2	0.0	13:46
Jakob Chychrun #6	D	0	1	1	-3	2	0	1	0	0.0	24:55
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	0	1	1	-2	2	1	2	0	0.0	18:56
David Kampf #64	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	2	12.5	09:39
Dylan Strome #17	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	52.9	17:12
Justin Sourdif #34	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	71.4	15:22
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	0	0	0	-2	4	4	0	0	0.0	18:05
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	12:07
Connor McMichael #24	L	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	33.3	15:23
Ivan Miroshnichenko #63	L	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0.0	10:49
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0.0	19:10
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	0	0.0	16:31
Matt Roy #3	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0.0	17:45
Trevor van Riemsdyk #57	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	0.0	18:34

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Logan Thompson #48	L	29	23	6	.793	18/23	3/4	58:10

New Jersey Devils

Devils skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jack Hughes #86	C	2	3	5	+4	5	0	1	0	60.0	22:25
Jesper Bratt #63	L	1	4	5	+4	2	0	0	0	0.0	18:11
Dawson Mercer #91	C	2	0	2	+1	6	1	1	0	0.0	20:00
Nico Hischier #13	C	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	43.5	21:08
Cody Glass #12	C	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	12	60.0	12:53
Dougie Hamilton #7	D	1	0	1	+4	4	0	1	0	0.0	17:38
Nick Bjugstad #72	C	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	0	50.0	12:59
Connor Brown #16	R	0	1	1	+3	0	0	1	0	0.0	19:03
Lenni Hameenaho #29	R	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	0.0	14:09
Timo Meier #28	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.0	18:08
Johnathan Kovacevic #8	D	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	0.0	21:13
Evgenii Dadonov #33	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	05:43
Paul Cotter #47	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	66.7	06:58
Maxim Tsyplakov #42	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0.0	06:04
Brenden Dillon #5	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	0.0	18:44
Jonas Siegenthaler #71	D	0	0	0	+4	1	0	5	0	0.0	18:27
Luke Hughes #43	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	23:22
Simon Nemec #17	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	4	0	0.0	18:29

Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jake Allen #34	W	32	29	3	.906	25/27	4/5	60:00

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.