New York Rangers 1, Washington Capitals 3: final score and stats
Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers, New York Rangers 1 to Washington Capitals 3, on Friday, October 9, 2026 at Capital One Arena, Washington, DC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers.
NHLFriday, October 9, 2026
DateOct 9, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueCapital One Arena, Washington, DC
TVNHL Net
Attendance17,992
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Rangers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Washington Capitals | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
New York RangersWashington Capitals
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
4-2-0Record3-1-0
3rd in Metropolitan DivisionStanding4th in Metropolitan Division
2-7Road record / home record7-4
LWWWLLast 5WLLWW
L1StreakW1
Team stats
New York RangersWashington 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.
New York Rangers
Alberts Smits D · Upper Body
Injured ReserveSean Durzi D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveIgor Shesterkin G · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveJoe Veleno C · Lower Body
Injured ReserveAidan Thompson C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveWashington Capitals
Rasmus Sandin D · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveVincent Desharnais D · Abdomen - Surgery
Injured ReservePatrick Thomas C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBox score
New York Rangers Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Beaudoin | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 10:56 | 0:00 | 0:45 | 10:11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9:18 | 0:57 | 0:00 | 8:21 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaroslav Chmelar | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 9:38 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:38 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Cuylle | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16:38 | 1:53 | 2:55 | 11:50 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 19:33 | 3:44 | 0:00 | 15:49 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tye Kartye | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 15:26 | 0:00 | 1:44 | 13:42 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Laba | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13:42 | 0:00 | 2:55 | 10:47 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 18:46 | 3:44 | 0:00 | 15:02 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.T. Miller | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 20:55 | 3:12 | 1:05 | 16:38 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gabe Perreault | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:28 | 1:09 | 0:00 | 15:19 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:49 | 0:57 | 1:28 | 9:24 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mika Zibanejad | 0 | 6 | 0 | -1 | 19:02 | 3:44 | 1:08 | 14:10 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 65.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
New York Rangers Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Durzi | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18:52 | 1:09 | 2:18 | 15:25 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Fox | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 23:11 | 3:44 | 0:19 | 19:08 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 20:29 | 0:00 | 2:59 | 17:30 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Pettersson | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19:11 | 0:12 | 3:03 | 15:56 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Braden Schneider | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:37 | 0:00 | 3:21 | 14:16 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alberts Smits | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 14:24 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New York Rangers Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Garand | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .917 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29:45 | 0 | 0 |
| Igor Shesterkin | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .929 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 28:20 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:19 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:02 | 3:36 | 0:00 | 16:26 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 52.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boone Jenner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:37 | 0:00 | 1:21 | 12:16 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jordan Kyrou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:05 | 2:18 | 0:00 | 9:47 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Leonard | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13:26 | 2:26 | 0:00 | 11:00 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Ovechkin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:57 | 4:32 | 0:00 | 9:25 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aliaksei Protas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:35 | 0:00 | 2:29 | 13:06 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ilya Protas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:57 | 1:28 | 0:00 | 9:29 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Sourdif | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14:07 | 0:07 | 1:09 | 12:51 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Strome | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:20 | 3:35 | 0:00 | 10:45 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 30.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:25 | 2:56 | 2:33 | 14:56 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Wilson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21:41 | 2:42 | 2:14 | 16:45 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 26:53 | 3:44 | 2:12 | 20:57 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Vincent Desharnais | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21:15 | 0:00 | 2:41 | 18:34 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Fehervary | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 23:57 | 0:17 | 2:54 | 20:46 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Hutson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:18 | 2:19 | 0:00 | 15:59 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Timothy Liljegren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:14 | 0:00 | 1:59 | 17:15 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan McIlrath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:59 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:59 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Washington Capitals Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Thompson | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .955 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
WSH leads series 1-0
Mar 21, 2027WSH 0, NYR 0
Feb 26, 2027WSH 0, NYR 0
Feb 23, 2027NYR 0, WSH 0
Oct 9, 2026NYR 1, WSH 3
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Frequently asked questions
Who won New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals?
Washington Capitals won, 3-1, on Friday, October 9, 2026.
What was the final score of New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals?
New York Rangers 1, Washington Capitals 3.
Who were the top performers?
New York Rangers: Alexis Lafreniere (1 goals). Washington Capitals: Boone Jenner (1 goals).
Where is New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals played?
Capital One Arena, Washington, DC.
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