NHL · Wednesday 21 October · Capital One Arena
Washington Capitals – Los Angeles Kings 2:5: NHL, 21/10/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NHL: Washington Capitals – Los Angeles Kings 2:5 (21 October). Los Angeles Kings won. Venue: Capital One Arena.
By period: 2:2, 0:0, 0:3.
Goals: R. Leonard (Washington Capitals); C. Hutson (Washington Capitals); A. Kempe (Los Angeles Kings) ×2; A. Panarin (Los Angeles Kings); E. Gustafsson (Los Angeles Kings); S. Laughton (Los Angeles Kings).
Table now: Washington Capitals — 10th, 18 points from 15 matches; Los Angeles Kings — 14th, 12 points from 15 matches.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Capitals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Los Angeles Kings | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 09'
🏒 R. Leonard1:0
assist: J. Brodzinski, A. Beauvillier
- 17'pen.
Slashing
- 18'
🏒 C. Hutson2:0
assist: J. Kyrou, J. Chychrun · Power-play
- 19'
🏒 A. Kempe2:1
assist: A. Panarin, A. Laferriere
- 19'
🏒 A. Panarin2:2
2nd period
- 10'pen.
Cross-checking
- 10'pen.
Diving
- 12'pen.
Penalties
Too many men on the ice
- 14'pen.
Tripping
3rd period
- 03'pen.
Hooking
- 05'pen.
Hooking
- 07'
🏒 E. Gustafsson2:3
Power-play
- 11'
🏒 A. Kempe2:4
assist: A. Panarin, A. Laferriere
- 18'
🏒 S. Laughton2:5
- 19'pen.
Tripping
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 13
- 22
- 32
- 41
- 51
- 61
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Hutson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Leonard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Beauvillier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Brodzinski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Chychrun | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Kyrou | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| V. Desharnais | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Los Angeles Kings
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Panarin | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| A. Kempe | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Laferriere | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| E. Gustafsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Laughton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| E. Haula | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Armia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Clarke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C. Perry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Doughty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Washington Capitals
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Thompson | 26 | 21 | 5 | 80.8% |
Los Angeles Kings
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Kuemper(W) | 32 | 30 | 2 | 93.8% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 32Shots on goal26
- 21Saves30
- 84%Save %93%
- 26Faceoffs won27
- 6Penalty minutes10
- 3Penalties5
- 1Power-play goals1
- 20%Power play %33%
- 66%Penalty kill %80%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 18 | WWLLW | |
| 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | LWLWL |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away