Vegas Golden Knights 2, Washington Capitals 3: final score and stats
Washington Capitals beat Vegas Golden Knights, Vegas Golden Knights 2 to Washington Capitals 3, on Friday, February 27, 2026 at Capital One Arena, Washington, DC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Washington Capitals vs Vegas Golden Knights.
NHLFriday, February 27, 2026
DateFeb 27, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueCapital One Arena, Washington, DC
TVNHL Net
Attendance18,347
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegas Golden Knights | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Washington Capitals | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Vegas Golden KnightsWashington Capitals
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
28-17-14Record31-23-7
2nd in Pacific DivisionStanding4th in Metropolitan Division
6-4Road record / home record7-4
WWWWLLast 5WWLLW
W4StreakW2
Team stats
Vegas Golden KnightsWashington 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.
Vegas Golden Knights
Noah Hanifin D · Undisclosed
OutWashington Capitals
Rasmus Sandin D · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveVincent Desharnais D · Abdomen - Surgery
Injured ReservePatrick Thomas C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Vegas Golden Knights Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Barbashev | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 15:14 | 1:34 | 0:00 | 13:40 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Braeden Bowman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:18 | 1:29 | 0:12 | 9:37 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:24 | 3:19 | 0:06 | 12:59 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Eichel | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 20:46 | 3:31 | 2:15 | 15:00 | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 40.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Hertl | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18:26 | 3:29 | 1:50 | 13:07 | 21 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 56.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Holtz | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8:04 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:04 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keegan Kolesar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11:28 | 0:00 | 1:58 | 9:30 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Marner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:50 | 3:27 | 3:02 | 13:21 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 30.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Saad | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 12:28 | 0:01 | 2:46 | 9:41 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Colton Sissons | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 11:06 | 1:30 | 2:15 | 7:21 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reilly Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:08 | 0:00 | 2:27 | 11:41 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Stone | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 20:40 | 3:26 | 1:04 | 16:10 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Vegas Golden Knights Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Andersson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 20:46 | 1:40 | 3:41 | 15:25 | 32 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Hanifin | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:55 | 0:00 | 2:52 | 17:03 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Kaedan Korczak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:02 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jeremy Lauzon | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 20:35 | 0:00 | 5:31 | 15:04 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden McNabb | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17:37 | 0:00 | 5:27 | 12:10 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shea Theodore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:04 | 1:34 | 0:59 | 17:31 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Vegas Golden Knights Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akira Schmid | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .900 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 58:09 | 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 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:48 | 0:09 | 0:04 | 13:35 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nic Dowd | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:13 | 0:06 | 3:13 | 11:54 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:37 | 3:52 | 0:00 | 15:45 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 50.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Duhaime | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:36 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethen Frank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:58 | 3:24 | 0:00 | 7:34 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Leonard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:42 | 5:36 | 0:00 | 9:06 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Connor McMichael | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:03 | 3:12 | 1:47 | 10:04 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Ovechkin | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 17:43 | 7:37 | 0:00 | 10:06 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aliaksei Protas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19:38 | 0:41 | 2:25 | 16:32 | 25 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Sourdif | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7:59 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:59 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Strome | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:26 | 5:55 | 0:02 | 10:29 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 76.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:58 | 5:21 | 2:30 | 14:07 | 22 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Chisholm | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 10:59 | 0:00 | 0:03 | 10:56 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakob Chychrun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:43 | 5:59 | 0:51 | 17:53 | 22 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Fehervary | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:04 | 0:13 | 3:39 | 18:12 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Roy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:20 | 1:05 | 2:28 | 16:47 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rasmus Sandin | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 21:30 | 3:18 | 1:10 | 17:02 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:54 | 0:06 | 1:48 | 11:00 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .923 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 59:49 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Vegas Golden Knights vs Washington Capitals?
Washington Capitals won, 3-2, on Friday, February 27, 2026.
What was the final score of Vegas Golden Knights vs Washington Capitals?
Vegas Golden Knights 2, Washington Capitals 3.
Who were the top performers?
Vegas Golden Knights: Tomas Hertl (1 goals). Washington Capitals: Pierre-Luc Dubois (2 goals).
Where is Vegas Golden Knights vs Washington Capitals played?
Capital One Arena, Washington, DC.
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