Washington Capitals 4, New Jersey Devils 3: final score and stats
Washington Capitals beat New Jersey Devils, Washington Capitals 4 to New Jersey Devils 3, on Saturday, December 27, 2025 at Prudential Center, Newark, NJ. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals.
NHLSaturday, December 27, 2025
DateDec 27, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenuePrudential Center, Newark, NJ
TVESPN+
Attendance16,763
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Capitals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| New Jersey Devils | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Washington CapitalsNew Jersey Devils
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
20-13-5Record20-16-2
4th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding2nd in Metropolitan Division
3-2Road record / home record8-2
WWLLWLast 5LWWWW
W2StreakL1
Team stats
Washington CapitalsNew Jersey Devils
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.
Washington Capitals
Rasmus Sandin D · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveVincent Desharnais D · Abdomen - Surgery
Injured ReservePatrick Thomas C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveNew Jersey Devils
Anthony Mantha RW · Neck
Injured ReserveSeamus Casey D · Knee
Injured ReserveJohnathan Kovacevic D · Undisclosed
Day-To-DayBox score
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:14 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 17:14 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nic Dowd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:00 | 0:00 | 0:43 | 17:17 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 52.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Duhaime | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:20 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Ethen Frank | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:19 | 1:07 | 0:00 | 9:12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:54 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:54 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Leonard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:18 | 0:53 | 0:00 | 14:25 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor McMichael | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:19 | 1:07 | 1:28 | 16:44 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Ovechkin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15:20 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 13:20 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aliaksei Protas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:49 | 0:00 | 1:27 | 18:22 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Sourdif | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:56 | 1:07 | 0:00 | 15:49 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Strome | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:49 | 0:53 | 0:00 | 19:56 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 80.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Wilson | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 17:41 | 0:53 | 0:42 | 16:06 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Carlson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:05 | 1:07 | 1:57 | 17:01 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakob Chychrun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:23 | 0:53 | 0:00 | 21:30 | 23 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Fehervary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:24 | 0:00 | 1:49 | 18:35 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Roy | 2 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 21:51 | 0:00 | 0:13 | 21:38 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Sandin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:35 | 0:00 | 0:10 | 19:25 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:51 | 0:00 | 0:11 | 17:40 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 35 | .921 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 64:06 | 0 | 0 |
New Jersey Devils Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesper Bratt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:39 | 1:57 | 0:00 | 15:42 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:14 | 0:00 | 1:05 | 16:09 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Cotter | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 9:18 | 0:06 | 0:00 | 9:12 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Glass | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:10 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Luke Glendening | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8:06 | 0:00 | 1:05 | 7:01 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arseny Gritsyuk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:35 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:35 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Hischier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:10 | 2:00 | 0:55 | 21:15 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 44.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Hughes | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 20:57 | 2:04 | 0:00 | 18:53 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Timo Meier | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22:57 | 0:11 | 0:00 | 22:46 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dawson Mercer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:07 | 0:10 | 0:55 | 18:02 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stefan Noesen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8:45 | 1:59 | 0:00 | 6:46 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ondrej Palat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:19 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
New Jersey Devils Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenden Dillon | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14:45 | 0:00 | 1:05 | 13:40 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dougie Hamilton | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 24:39 | 0:13 | 0:50 | 23:36 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 27:28 | 2:08 | 0:00 | 25:20 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Pesce | 3 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 23:09 | 0:00 | 1:10 | 21:59 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Siegenthaler | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 20:26 | 0:02 | 0:55 | 19:29 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Colton White | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:52 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:52 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
New Jersey Devils Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Allen | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .879 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 63:48 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
Series tied 1-1
Apr 2, 2026WSH 3, NJ 7
Mar 20, 2026NJ 1, WSH 2
Dec 27, 2025WSH 4, NJ 3
Nov 15, 2025NJ 3, WSH 2
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils?
Washington Capitals won, 4-3, on Saturday, December 27, 2025.
What was the final score of Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils?
Washington Capitals 4, New Jersey Devils 3.
Who were the top performers?
Washington Capitals: Aliaksei Protas (1 goals). New Jersey Devils: Jesper Bratt (2 goals).
Where is Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils played?
Prudential Center, Newark, NJ.
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