Capitals at Rangers
Rangers 8, Capitals 1 · first star Will Cuylle (3 G, 0 A).
2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.
Washington Capitals 1 at New York Rangers 8
Shot chart
Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Capitals attack left, Rangers 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: WSH 21, NYR 33.
Shots by period
| Period | WSH SOG | WSH G | NYR SOG | NYR G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 2nd | 7 | 0 | 16 | 5 |
| 3rd | 7 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| Total | 21 | 1 | 33 | 8 |
Shots by situation
| Situation | WSH SOG | WSH G | NYR SOG | NYR G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Even strength | 16 | 1 | 25 | 6 |
| Power play | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Short-handed | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Attempt share by period
Rangers took 60.0% of the shot attempts, and 58.7% of the 92 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 Rangers 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
| Period | NYR CF% | NYR FF% |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 54.5 | 44.4 |
| 2nd | 70.0 | 71.0 |
| 3rd | 54.8 | 56.7 |
| Game | 60.0 | 59.5 |
Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.
Scoring summary
1st period
- 00:23
Conor Sheary (7) Tye Kartye (13), Adam Fox (41) · snap 0–1 - 13:45
Connor McMichael (12) Tom Wilson (29), Martin Fehérváry (19) · snap 1–1
2nd period
- 03:07 J.T. Miller (17) PP Mika Zibanejad (40), Adam Fox (42) · deflected 1–2
- 05:53 Will Cuylle (18) Braden Schneider (16), Jonny Brodzinski (10) · tip-in 1–3
- 08:33 Will Cuylle (19) Vincent Trocheck (36), Vladislav Gavrikov (20) · wrist 1–4
- 13:22 Adam Sykora (3) Noah Laba (14), Jaroslav Chmelar (2) · snap 1–5
- 18:27 Adam Fox (8) PP Mika Zibanejad (41), J.T. Miller (33) · snap 1–6
3rd period
- 02:27 Vincent Trocheck (16) Unassisted · wrist 1–7
- 19:28 Will Cuylle (20) Mika Zibanejad (42), Alexis Lafrenière (31) · snap 1–8
Three stars
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Will Cuylle NYR · L #50 · 3 G, 0 A -
Mika Zibanejad NYR · C #93 · 0 G, 3 A -
Adam Fox NYR · D #23 · 1 G, 2 A
Penalties
| Time | Team | Player | Infraction | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:31 | NYR | Will Cuylle | holding | 2 |
| 19:02 | WSH | Dylan Strome | delaying game puck over glass | 2 |
| 01:09 | WSH | Anthony Beauvillier | delaying game puck over glass | 2 |
| 06:28 | NYR | Will Cuylle | holding | 2 |
| 17:12 | WSH | Jakob Chychrun | fighting (major) | 5 |
| 17:12 | NYR | Will Cuylle | fighting (major) | 5 |
| 17:55 | WSH | Brandon Duhaime | roughing | 2 |
| 17:55 | NYR | Tye Kartye | fighting (major) | 5 |
| 17:55 | WSH | Brandon Duhaime | fighting (major) | 5 |
| 03:03 | NYR | Braden Schneider | slashing | 2 |
| 10:23 | WSH | Connor McMichael | tripping | 2 |
| 15:36 | NYR | Noah Laba | fighting (major) | 5 |
| 15:36 | WSH | Hendrix Lapierre | fighting (major) | 5 |
Boxscore
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | PTS | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Connor McMichael #24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:12 |
 Tom Wilson #43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19:13 |
 Martin Fehérváry #42 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18:59 |
 Dylan Strome #17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:35 |
 Hendrix Lapierre #29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:33 |
 Justin Sourdif #34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:29 |
 Pierre-Luc Dubois #80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:44 |
 Alex Ovechkin #8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:26 |
 Aliaksei Protas #21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:05 |
 Brandon Duhaime #22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:29 |
 Anthony Beauvillier #72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:46 |
 Ethen Frank #53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:44 |
 Ryan Leonard #9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:58 |
 Cole Hutson #44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:38 |
 Jakob Chychrun #6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:41 |
 Matt Roy #3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:00 |
 Rasmus Sandin #38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:06 |
 Trevor van Riemsdyk #57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Charlie Lindgren #79 | L | 33 | 8 | .758 | 60:00 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Cuylle #50 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12:58 |
| Adam Fox #23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 19:31 |
| Mika Zibanejad #93 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 19:54 |
 J.T. Miller #8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14:58 |
 Vincent Trocheck #16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17:03 |
 Adam Sykora #38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13:36 |
 Conor Sheary #43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13:49 |
 Jonny Brodzinski #22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14:07 |
 Noah Laba #42 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15:38 |
 Alexis Lafrenière #13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18:06 |
 Tye Kartye #24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 09:44 |
 Jaroslav Chmelar #49 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14:19 |
 Braden Schneider #4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20:10 |
 Vladislav Gavrikov #44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21:05 |
 Gabe Perreault #94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:55 |
 Drew Fortescue #45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:53 |
 Matthew Robertson #29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:50 |
 Will Borgen #17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:24 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Igor Shesterkin #31 | W | 21 | 1 | .952 | 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.