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New Jersey Devils at Washington Capitals

NHLMarch 20, 2026Capital One Arena

DevilsNew JerseyNJ35-32-2

Devils 1, Capitals 2

Final
CapitalsWashingtonWSHWon35-27-8
Score by period
Team123T
NJ0011
WSH1012

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Nico Hischier faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  3. 0:50Johnathan Kovacevic shot blocked by Arseny Gritsyuk
  4. 1:50Connor Brown hit Cole Hutson
  5. 2:31Giveaway by Brandon Duhaime
  6. 2:44Icing
  7. 2:44Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Nick Bjugstad
  8. 3:45Takeaway by Jesper Bratt
  9. 3:45Jesper Bratt shot blocked by Rasmus Sandin
  10. 3:48Goalie Stopped
  11. 3:48Nico Hischier faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  12. 3:57Johnathan Kovacevic Snap Shot Wide Right
  13. 4:01Johnathan Kovacevic Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  14. 4:02Brandon Duhaime hit Johnathan Kovacevic
  15. 4:09Nico Hischier Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  16. 4:19Icing
  17. 4:19Jack Hughes faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  18. 4:30Jesper Bratt Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  19. 4:31Goalie Stopped
  20. 4:31Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  21. 4:45Tom Wilson hit Jack Hughes
  22. 4:57Tom Wilson hit Luke Hughes
  23. 5:20Lenni Hameenaho Snap Shot Wide Left
  24. 5:21Cole Hutson hit Lenni Hameenaho
  25. 5:23Brenden Dillon Snap Shot Wide Right
  26. 5:59Brenden Dillon hit Ethen Frank
  27. 6:05Connor McMichael Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  28. 7:00Giveaway by Jakob Chychrun
  29. 7:07Timo Meier shot blocked by Jonas Siegenthaler
  30. 7:55Johnathan Kovacevic Snap Shot Wide Right
  31. 8:02Giveaway by Tom Wilson
  32. 8:24Giveaway by Tom Wilson
  33. 9:05Ethen Frank hit Brenden Dillon
  34. 9:25Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Simon Nemec
  35. 9:25Giveaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk
  36. 9:32Brandon Duhaime shot blocked by Brenden Dillon
  37. 9:36Ryan Leonard Goal (15) Snap Shot, assists: Brandon Duhaime (4), Trevor van Riemsdyk (9)
  38. 9:36Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  39. 9:49Jakob Chychrun Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  40. 9:59Justin Sourdif hit Dougie Hamilton
  41. 10:07Nico Hischier shot blocked by Trevor van Riemsdyk
  42. 10:14Timo Meier hit Jakob Chychrun
  43. 10:22Takeaway by Connor McMichael
  44. 10:37Off-side
  45. 10:37Nico Hischier faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  46. 10:56Off-side
  47. 10:56Dylan Strome faceoff won against Cody Glass
  48. 11:13Anthony Beauvillier Tip-In saved by Jake Allen
  49. 11:25Cole Hutson hit Cody Glass
  50. 12:26Aliaksei Protas Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  51. 12:34Jack Hughes Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  52. 12:36Goalie Stopped
  53. 12:36Hendrix Lapierre faceoff won against Nick Bjugstad
  54. 12:40Maksim Tsyplakov hit Trevor van Riemsdyk
  55. 12:41Giveaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk
  56. 12:54Nick Bjugstad hit Ethen Frank
  57. 13:15Puck in Netting
  58. 13:15Nico Hischier faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  59. 13:27Dawson Mercer Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  60. 13:29Puck in Netting
  61. 13:29Connor McMichael faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  62. 14:45Icing
  63. 14:45Jack Hughes faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  64. 14:59Dougie Hamilton hit Pierre-Luc Dubois
  65. 15:02Giveaway by Dougie Hamilton
  66. 15:12Pierre-Luc Dubois shot blocked by Jonas Siegenthaler
  67. 15:19Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot Wide Left
  68. 15:27Aliaksei Protas shot blocked by Jonas Siegenthaler
  69. 15:33Aliaksei Protas Batted Wide Left
  70. 15:39Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  71. 15:42Goalie Stopped
  72. 15:42Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  73. 15:53Johnathan Kovacevic hit Connor McMichael
  74. 16:00Giveaway by Timo Meier
  75. 16:00Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Dawson Mercer
  76. 16:34Anthony Beauvillier shot blocked by Johnathan Kovacevic
  77. 16:45Johnathan Kovacevic hit Anthony Beauvillier
  78. 16:53Anthony Beauvillier hit Johnathan Kovacevic
  79. 17:21Simon Nemec shot blocked by Tom Wilson
  80. 18:00Rasmus Sandin shot blocked by Dougie Hamilton
  81. 18:01Aliaksei Protas Backhand saved by Jake Allen
  82. 18:07Giveaway by Jack Hughes
  83. 18:10Hendrix Lapierre shot blocked by Jonas Siegenthaler
  84. 18:12Puck in Netting
  85. 18:12Cody Glass faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
  86. 18:47Ethen Frank Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  87. 19:44Puck in Crowd
  88. 19:44Paul Cotter faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  89. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  3. 0:17Giveaway by Connor McMichael
  4. 0:40Dougie Hamilton Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  5. 0:42Goalie Stopped
  6. 0:42Dylan Strome faceoff won against Cody Glass
  7. 0:59Giveaway by Luke Hughes
  8. 1:02Cole Hutson Snap Shot High and Wide Right
  9. 1:09Lenni Hameenaho Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  10. 1:11Goalie Stopped
  11. 1:11Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  12. 1:23Takeaway by Jack Hughes
  13. 1:26Off-side
  14. 1:26Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  15. 1:32Giveaway by Simon Nemec
  16. 2:02Aliaksei Protas Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  17. 2:07Puck Frozen - Goalie
  18. 2:07Paul Cotter faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
  19. 2:50Takeaway by Connor McMichael
  20. 3:41Icing
  21. 3:41Dylan Strome faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  22. 4:03Anthony Beauvillier Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  23. 4:04Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  24. 4:18Anthony Beauvillier Deflected Wide Right
  25. 4:20Goalie Stopped
  26. 4:20Hendrix Lapierre faceoff won against Cody Glass
  27. 4:30Ethen Frank High-sticking against Lenni Hameenaho
  28. 4:30Connor McMichael faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  29. 4:31Tom Wilson Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  30. 4:47Dougie Hamilton Slap Shot High and Wide Right
  31. 4:57Nico Hischier Tip-In Wide Left
  32. 5:00Puck in Netting
  33. 5:00Anthony Beauvillier faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  34. 5:50Jack Hughes shot blocked by Tom Wilson
  35. 5:55Takeaway by Dougie Hamilton
  36. 6:01Connor Brown shot blocked by Nico Hischier
  37. 6:29Giveaway by Aliaksei Protas
  38. 6:30Arseny Gritsyuk Tip-In saved by Logan Thompson
  39. 6:34Giveaway by Aliaksei Protas
  40. 6:40Arseny Gritsyuk Tip-In Wide Left
  41. 6:52Luke Hughes Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  42. 6:53Goalie Stopped
  43. 6:53Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Cody Glass
  44. 7:26Cody Glass hit Jakob Chychrun
  45. 8:29Jesper Bratt Slap Shot High and Wide Right
  46. 8:32Matt Roy hit Jack Hughes
  47. 9:11Simon Nemec Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  48. 9:21Off-side
  49. 9:21Nico Hischier faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
  50. 9:58Dawson Mercer shot blocked by Jonas Siegenthaler
  51. 10:15Dougie Hamilton Slap Shot Wide Left
  52. 10:56Ryan Leonard hit Luke Hughes
  53. 11:03Off-side
  54. 11:03Hendrix Lapierre faceoff won against Cody Glass
  55. 11:57Tom Wilson shot blocked by Simon Nemec
  56. 12:04Brenden Dillon hit Tom Wilson
  57. 12:08Giveaway by Simon Nemec
  58. 12:26Brenden Dillon hit Pierre-Luc Dubois
  59. 12:41Simon Nemec shot blocked by Dylan Strome
  60. 12:57Anthony Beauvillier Slap Shot Wide Left
  61. 13:07Anthony Beauvillier Snap Shot Wide Left
  62. 13:52Trevor van Riemsdyk Tip-In saved by Jake Allen
  63. 14:54Giveaway by Cole Hutson
  64. 15:06Giveaway by Luke Hughes
  65. 15:14Brenden Dillon hit Aliaksei Protas
  66. 15:18Tom Wilson shot blocked by Brenden Dillon
  67. 15:25Cole Hutson Snap Shot Hit Left Post
  68. 15:36Simon Nemec Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  69. 15:38Goalie Stopped
  70. 15:38Cody Glass faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  71. 15:51Arseny Gritsyuk Snap Shot Wide Left
  72. 16:18Giveaway by Cody Glass
  73. 16:20Off-side
  74. 16:20Nico Hischier faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
  75. 17:04Anthony Beauvillier shot blocked by Luke Hughes
  76. 17:06Goalie Stopped
  77. 17:06Dylan Strome faceoff won against Nick Bjugstad
  78. 17:07Dylan Strome shot blocked by Simon Nemec
  79. 17:16Simon Nemec Wrist Shot Wide Right
  80. 17:24Cole Hutson hit Maksim Tsyplakov
  81. 17:38Anthony Beauvillier Tip-In saved by Jake Allen
  82. 17:52Takeaway by Dylan Strome
  83. 17:52Anthony Beauvillier hit Simon Nemec
  84. 18:00Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  85. 18:02Puck in Netting
  86. 18:02Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Cody Glass
  87. 18:17Tom Wilson Hooking against Arseny Gritsyuk
  88. 18:17Connor McMichael faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  89. 18:28Martin Fehervary hit Connor Brown
  90. 18:38Connor Brown Tip-In Wide Right
  91. 18:48Nico Hischier Tip-In Wide Left
  92. 18:55Dougie Hamilton Slap Shot Off Crossbar
  93. 19:39Connor Brown Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  94. 19:44Jack Hughes Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  95. 19:51Giveaway by Jack Hughes
  96. 19:55Dougie Hamilton Snap Shot Wide Left
  97. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Nico Hischier faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  3. 0:45Tom Wilson Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  4. 0:46Jakob Chychrun Tip-In saved by Jake Allen
  5. 0:56Puck Frozen - Goalie
  6. 0:56Cody Glass faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  7. 1:11Arseny Gritsyuk Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  8. 1:16Giveaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk
  9. 1:18Dougie Hamilton Snap Shot Wide Right
  10. 1:19Arseny Gritsyuk Backhand saved by Logan Thompson
  11. 1:23Lenni Hameenaho shot blocked by Justin Sourdif
  12. 1:29Arseny Gritsyuk Tip-In saved by Logan Thompson
  13. 1:36Icing
  14. 1:36Jack Hughes faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  15. 1:44Connor Brown shot blocked by Ryan Leonard
  16. 1:46Puck in Netting
  17. 1:46Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  18. 2:06Giveaway by Pierre-Luc Dubois
  19. 2:13Giveaway by Luke Hughes
  20. 2:29Pierre-Luc Dubois shot blocked by Johnathan Kovacevic
  21. 2:31Puck in Netting
  22. 2:31Nico Hischier faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  23. 2:35Giveaway by Brenden Dillon
  24. 2:44Giveaway by Dylan Strome
  25. 3:27Connor Brown Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  26. 3:30Martin Fehervary hit Connor Brown
  27. 3:38Jack Hughes shot blocked by Matt Roy
  28. 3:44Jonas Siegenthaler Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  29. 3:56Matt Roy Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  30. 4:23Nick Bjugstad Tip-In saved by Logan Thompson
  31. 4:26Nick Bjugstad hit Ryan Leonard
  32. 4:28Giveaway by Ryan Leonard
  33. 4:41Ryan Leonard Slap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  34. 4:44Puck in Netting
  35. 4:44Dylan Strome faceoff won against Cody Glass
  36. 4:47Dylan Strome Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  37. 5:03Brenden Dillon Wrist Shot Wide Left
  38. 5:25Simon Nemec Tip-In Wide Left
  39. 5:32Arseny Gritsyuk Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  40. 5:32Lenni Hameenaho Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  41. 5:44Giveaway by Simon Nemec
  42. 6:05Dawson Mercer Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  43. 6:18Puck in Netting
  44. 6:18Nico Hischier faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  45. 6:35Dawson Mercer Slap Shot Wide Left
  46. 6:36Timo Meier Backhand saved by Logan Thompson
  47. 6:37Jonas Siegenthaler shot blocked by Justin Sourdif
  48. 6:39Goalie Stopped
  49. 6:39Nico Hischier faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  50. 6:54Pierre-Luc Dubois Tip-In saved by Jake Allen
  51. 7:30Jack Hughes Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  52. 7:39Ethen Frank Wrist Shot Hit Left Post
  53. 7:53Luke Hughes hit Ethen Frank
  54. 8:11Icing
  55. 8:11Jack Hughes faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  56. 8:38Johnathan Kovacevic Hooking against Anthony Beauvillier
  57. 8:38Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  58. 9:12Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  59. 9:14Goalie Stopped
  60. 9:14Cody Glass faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  61. 9:35Tom Wilson hit Cody Glass
  62. 9:49Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot High and Wide Left
  63. 9:54Puck in Netting
  64. 9:54Dylan Strome faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  65. 10:01Connor McMichael Wrist Shot Off Crossbar
  66. 10:30Dylan Strome Tip-In Wide Right
  67. 10:32Giveaway by Connor McMichael
  68. 10:52Takeaway by Jesper Bratt
  69. 10:56Simon Nemec Snap Shot Wide Right
  70. 11:28Icing
  71. 11:28Anthony Beauvillier faceoff won against Cody Glass
  72. 11:38Giveaway by Jack Hughes
  73. 11:44Giveaway by Dougie Hamilton
  74. 12:17Brandon Duhaime Tip-In saved by Jake Allen
  75. 12:18Brandon Duhaime Backhand saved by Jake Allen
  76. 12:19Brandon Duhaime Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  77. 12:19Brandon Duhaime Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  78. 12:21Goalie Stopped
  79. 12:21Nico Hischier faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  80. 12:53Giveaway by Simon Nemec
  81. 13:43Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin
  82. 13:47Jesper Bratt Snap Shot Wide Left
  83. 13:49Goalie Stopped
  84. 13:49Cody Glass faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  85. 13:52Arseny Gritsyuk hit Anthony Beauvillier
  86. 14:26Giveaway by Dylan Strome
  87. 14:49Cole Hutson Snap Shot Wide Right
  88. 15:12Takeaway by Connor McMichael
  89. 15:14Ryan Leonard Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  90. 15:16Goalie Stopped
  91. 15:16Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  92. 15:18Trevor van Riemsdyk shot blocked by Simon Nemec
  93. 15:41Timo Meier Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  94. 15:53Dawson Mercer hit Justin Sourdif
  95. 16:00Giveaway by Jakob Chychrun
  96. 16:03Nico Hischier Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  97. 16:06Goalie Stopped
  98. 16:06Cody Glass faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  99. 16:28Off-side
  100. 16:28Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  101. 16:37Icing
  102. 16:37Nico Hischier faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  103. 16:40Jack Hughes shot blocked by Rasmus Sandin
  104. 16:53Off-side
  105. 16:53Cody Glass faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  106. 17:00Cole Hutson hit Lenni Hameenaho
  107. 17:07Luke Hughes Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  108. 17:13Luke Hughes Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  109. 17:43Giveaway by Jack Hughes
  110. 17:55Connor Brown Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  111. 17:56Jack Hughes Slap Shot Short
  112. 18:06Rasmus Sandin hit Connor Brown
  113. 18:17Aliaksei Protas Goal (23) Wrist Shot, assists: Pierre-Luc Dubois (5), Tom Wilson (27)
  114. 18:17Nico Hischier faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  115. 18:28Jack Hughes Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  116. 18:32Connor McMichael Snap Shot Wide Right
  117. 19:08Connor Brown shot blocked by Jakob Chychrun
  118. 19:11Takeaway by Jack Hughes
  119. 19:17Jesper Bratt Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: Jack Hughes (37)
  120. 19:17Timeout - Visitor
  121. 19:17Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  122. 19:23Dougie Hamilton hit Aliaksei Protas
  123. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  124. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 9:36NJ 0, WSH 1Ryan Leonard Goal (15) Snap Shot, assists: Brandon Duhaime (4), Trevor van Riemsdyk (9)

3rd

  1. 18:17NJ 0, WSH 2Aliaksei Protas Goal (23) Wrist Shot, assists: Pierre-Luc Dubois (5), Tom Wilson (27)
  2. 19:17NJ 1, WSH 2Jesper Bratt Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: Jack Hughes (37)

Game leaders

DevilsNew Jersey

CapitalsWashington

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Jesper Bratt LW100000020:040.02000022241716:413:210:02
Arseny Gritsyuk RW00-1020015:090.05000020171314:480:210:00
Cody Glass C00-1010012:2246.70871000181511:420:000:40
Connor Brown RW000010023:040.03000010221319:023:220:40
Dawson Mercer C000011015:370.02000010191513:570:231:17
Jack Hughes C010000026:1844.44544012241822:393:360:03
Lenni Hameenaho RW00-1000011:210.0200001016211:210:000:00
Maxim Tsyplakov RW00001006:590.00000000926:590:000:00
Nick Bjugstad C00002006:490.01300000966:490:000:00
Nico Hischier C000000021:1552.0212130020232416:203:371:18
Paul Cotter LW00000006:55100.00020000986:550:000:00
Timo Meier RW001010018:410.02001000201918:010:400:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Brenden Dillon D00-1042016:1800010200.021315:380:000:40
Dougie Hamilton D001021023:3710020510.026918:593:201:18
Johnathan Kovacevic D000022215:1010001200.017015:100:000:00
Jonas Siegenthaler D000003015:3710010000.018014:200:001:17
Luke Hughes D00-1011023:5130030000.024622:280:410:42
Simon Nemec D00-2004020:3220040300.0221019:500:390:03
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Jake Allen G27126.96358:2100241100

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