Ottawa Senators 1, Washington Capitals 4: final score and stats
Washington Capitals beat Ottawa Senators, Ottawa Senators 1 to Washington Capitals 4, on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at Capital One Arena, Washington, DC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Washington Capitals vs Ottawa Senators.
NHLWednesday, March 18, 2026
DateMar 18, 2026
Start time7:30 PM ET
VenueCapital One Arena, Washington, DC
TVESPN+
Attendance18,347
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa Senators | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Washington Capitals | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Ottawa SenatorsWashington Capitals
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
34-24-9Record34-27-8
4th in Atlantic DivisionStanding4th in Metropolitan Division
5-5Road record / home record7-4
LWWLWLast 5WWLLW
L1StreakW2
Team stats
Ottawa SenatorsWashington 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.
Ottawa Senators
Nick Cousins C · Upper Body
OutAndre Burakovsky LW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveWarren Foegele LW · Knee
Injured ReserveWilliam Eklund LW · Ankle
Injured ReserveLinus Ullmark G · Lower Body
Day-To-DayWashington Capitals
Rasmus Sandin D · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveVincent Desharnais D · Abdomen - Surgery
Injured ReservePatrick Thomas C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Ottawa Senators Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Amadio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:15 | 0:00 | 1:07 | 13:08 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drake Batherson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:05 | 3:31 | 0:00 | 13:34 | 23 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Cousins | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:20 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dylan Cozens | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:25 | 3:33 | 0:00 | 14:52 | 21 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lars Eller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:42 | 0:00 | 0:53 | 10:49 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 46.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Foegele | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:41 | 1:33 | 0:00 | 9:08 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Giroux | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:20 | 2:27 | 0:00 | 10:53 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ridly Greig | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:41 | 0:35 | 0:37 | 15:29 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 83.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Pinto | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 19:04 | 2:29 | 1:32 | 15:03 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Stutzle | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 21:09 | 4:04 | 1:23 | 15:42 | 26 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Tkachuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:30 | 3:35 | 0:14 | 14:41 | 22 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fabian Zetterlund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:41 | 1:52 | 0:00 | 10:49 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ottawa Senators Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Chabot | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 28:06 | 3:56 | 1:24 | 22:46 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Gilbert | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:33 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:33 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Kleven | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:07 | 0:00 | 1:22 | 18:45 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Nikolas Matinpalo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:08 | 0:00 | 0:46 | 9:22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Spence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:04 | 2:21 | 0:46 | 20:57 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Artem Zub | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 20:41 | 0:04 | 1:14 | 19:23 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ottawa Senators Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linus Ullmark | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .913 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 57:42 | 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 | 1 | 15:43 | 0:00 | 1:46 | 13:57 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:05 | 0:46 | 0:11 | 16:08 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 26.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Duhaime | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:08 | 0:00 | 2:13 | 10:55 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethen Frank | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:26 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 11:26 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:19 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Leonard | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11:51 | 0:46 | 0:00 | 11:05 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor McMichael | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:34 | 2:00 | 3:19 | 12:15 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Ovechkin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:57 | 2:46 | 0:00 | 10:11 | 16 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aliaksei Protas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:38 | 0:00 | 3:15 | 16:23 | 24 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Sourdif | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11:54 | 0:00 | 0:07 | 11:47 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 18.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Strome | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:15 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 12:15 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Wilson | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17:49 | 0:46 | 1:06 | 15:57 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:01 | 0:46 | 0:09 | 17:06 | 20 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Fehervary | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21:52 | 0:00 | 3:54 | 17:58 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Hutson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:24 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 14:24 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Roy | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23:31 | 0:00 | 3:40 | 19:51 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Sandin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:09 | 0:00 | 2:13 | 17:56 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17:24 | 0:00 | 2:07 | 15:17 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Thompson | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 34 | .971 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
OTT wins series 2-1
Mar 18, 2026OTT 1, WSH 4
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Ottawa Senators vs Washington Capitals?
Washington Capitals won, 4-1, on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
What was the final score of Ottawa Senators vs Washington Capitals?
Ottawa Senators 1, Washington Capitals 4.
Who were the top performers?
Ottawa Senators: Tim Stutzle (1 goals). Washington Capitals: Alex Ovechkin (1 goals).
Where is Ottawa Senators vs Washington Capitals played?
Capital One Arena, Washington, DC.
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