Los Angeles Kings 5, Washington Capitals 2: final score and stats
Los Angeles Kings beat Washington Capitals, Los Angeles Kings 5 to Washington Capitals 2, on Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at Capital One Arena, Washington, DC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Washington Capitals vs Los Angeles Kings.
NHLTuesday, October 20, 2026
DateOct 20, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueCapital One Arena, Washington, DC
TVESPN+
Attendance16,182
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Kings | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Washington Capitals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Los Angeles KingsWashington Capitals
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
1-4-2Record5-4-0
7th in Pacific DivisionStanding4th in Metropolitan Division
3-5Road record / home record7-4
LWLWLLast 5WLLWW
L1StreakW1
Team stats
Los Angeles KingsWashington Capitals
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Los Angeles Kings
Erik Gustafsson D · Undisclosed - Not Specified
OutKevin Fiala LW · Lower Leg - Surgery
Injured ReserveJakub Dvorak D · Upper Body
Injured ReserveWashington Capitals
Rasmus Sandin D · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveVincent Desharnais D · Abdomen - Surgery
Injured ReservePatrick Thomas C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Los Angeles Kings Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Armia | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13:36 | 0:00 | 2:14 | 11:22 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinton Byfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:44 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 2:44 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Haula | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:49 | 0:53 | 2:38 | 13:18 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 37.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Samuel Helenius | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10:27 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:27 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 63.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Kempe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18:18 | 2:16 | 0:51 | 15:11 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Laferriere | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 20:37 | 2:31 | 0:45 | 17:21 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Scott Laughton | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15:25 | 0:00 | 1:37 | 13:48 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Andre Lee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:09 | 0:00 | 0:50 | 11:19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Moore | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18:42 | 1:08 | 1:59 | 15:35 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Artemi Panarin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:50 | 2:29 | 0:01 | 14:20 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Perry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:39 | 0:55 | 0:00 | 11:44 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mats Zuccarello | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:55 | 2:25 | 0:00 | 13:30 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Los Angeles Kings Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikey Anderson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:11 | 0:13 | 2:10 | 19:48 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandt Clarke | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:24 | 2:34 | 0:01 | 15:49 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Drew Doughty | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:18 | 0:59 | 2:16 | 18:03 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Dumoulin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:30 | 0:00 | 2:57 | 18:33 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Edmundson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20:53 | 0:00 | 3:32 | 17:21 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Gustafsson | 0 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 13:52 | 0:37 | 0:01 | 13:14 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Los Angeles Kings Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darcy Kuemper | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 30 | .938 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Beauvillier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:59 | 0:07 | 0:00 | 12:52 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonny Brodzinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boone Jenner | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 17:51 | 0:09 | 1:55 | 15:47 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 53.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Kyrou | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 14:50 | 2:22 | 0:00 | 12:28 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Leonard | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:31 | 3:13 | 0:00 | 14:18 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Miroshnichenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10:34 | 0:43 | 0:00 | 9:51 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Ovechkin | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 16:21 | 4:29 | 0:00 | 11:52 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aliaksei Protas | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 13:09 | 0:04 | 1:26 | 11:39 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ilya Protas | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:28 | 2:07 | 0:00 | 11:21 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 63.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Strome | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:59 | 3:17 | 0:28 | 15:14 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 52.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 18:59 | 2:39 | 1:31 | 14:49 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Wilson | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 17:40 | 2:26 | 1:56 | 13:18 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakob Chychrun | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26:38 | 3:32 | 1:05 | 22:01 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Vincent Desharnais | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 15:33 | 0:07 | 0:52 | 14:34 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Martin Fehervary | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 19:39 | 0:10 | 1:48 | 17:41 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Hutson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 21:44 | 1:55 | 0:00 | 19:49 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Timothy Liljegren | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:44 | 0:00 | 1:16 | 11:28 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Roy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:30 | 0:00 | 1:47 | 15:43 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Thompson | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .840 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 58:02 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Los Angeles Kings vs Washington Capitals?
Los Angeles Kings won, 5-2, on Tuesday, October 20, 2026.
What was the final score of Los Angeles Kings vs Washington Capitals?
Los Angeles Kings 5, Washington Capitals 2.
Who were the top performers?
Los Angeles Kings: Adrian Kempe (2 goals). Washington Capitals: Ryan Leonard (1 goals).
Where is Los Angeles Kings vs Washington Capitals played?
Capital One Arena, Washington, DC.
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