NHL · Saturday 17 October · Capital One Arena
Washington Capitals – New Jersey Devils 4:2: NHL, 17/10/2026
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 – New Jersey Devils 4:2 (17 October). Washington Capitals won. Venue: Capital One Arena.
By period: 1:1, 3:0, 0:1.
Goals: A. Gritsyuk (New Jersey Devils); R. Leonard (Washington Capitals); I. Protas (Washington Capitals); D. Strome (Washington Capitals); B. Jenner (Washington Capitals); T. Meier (New Jersey Devils).
Table now: Washington Capitals — 10th, 18 points from 15 matches; New Jersey Devils — 3rd, 26 points from 18 matches.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Capitals | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| New Jersey Devils | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 03'pen.
Cross-checking
- 08'pen.
Illegal check to the head
- 10'
🏒 A. Gritsyuk0:1
- 15'pen.
Interference
- 16'
🏒 R. Leonard1:1
assist: J. Chychrun, L. Thompson · Power-play
2nd period
- 01'
🏒 I. Protas2:1
assist: A. Ovechkin, V. Desharnais
- 04'
- 09'pen.
Hooking
- 11'
🏒 B. Jenner4:1
assist: V. Desharnais, M. Fehervary
3rd period
- 11'pen.
Tripping
- 18'pen.
Holding
- 19'
🏒 T. Meier4:2
assist: A. Gritsyuk, J. Boqvist · Power-play
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 12
- 22
- 31
- 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V. Desharnais | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| B. Jenner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| D. Strome | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| I. Protas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Leonard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Ovechkin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Tuch | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| J. Chychrun | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Kyrou | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| L. Thompson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Fehervary | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Liljegren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
New Jersey Devils
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Gritsyuk | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| T. Meier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Mercer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Boqvist | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Noesen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Pesce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| L. Hughes | 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(W) | 31 | 29 | 2 | 93.5% |
New Jersey Devils
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Allen | 25 | 21 | 4 | 84.0% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 25Shots on goal31
- 29Saves21
- 93%Save %84%
- 28Faceoffs won32
- 8Penalty minutes4
- 4Penalties2
- 1Power-play goals1
- 50%Power play %25%
- 75%Penalty kill %50%
- 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 | |
| 3 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 26 | WWWWW |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points (goals + assists)
Goal scorers
Assists
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away