Washington Capitals at New Jersey Devils

Sunday, September 28, 2025, 3:00 PM ET Prudential Center, Newark Preseason Final/2OT

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 3–2 in overtime on Sunday, September 28, 2025 on the road.

Final score, Washington Capitals at New Jersey Devils
Team	Goals	2025-2026 record
Washington Capitals	3	43-30-9
at New Jersey Devils	2	42-37-3

Goals by period

Goals by period, Washington Capitals at New Jersey Devils
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
Washington Capitals	1	1	0	0	1	3
New Jersey Devils	0	1	1	0	0	2

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Washington Capitals at New Jersey Devils
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
Washington Capitals	10	8	1	3	0	22
New Jersey Devils	2	8	8	4	0	22

Three stars

S. Lachance, New Jersey Devils (1 goal)
N. Hischier, New Jersey Devils (1 goal)
J. Hughes, New Jersey Devils (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Washington Capitals at New Jersey Devils. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	15:58	Washington Capitals	Graeme Clarke (1)	Patrick Thomas (1), Ilya Protas (1)	Even strength	WSH 1, NJD 0
2nd	05:25	Washington Capitals	Ryan Leonard (1)	Trevor van Riemsdyk (1)	Even strength	WSH 2, NJD 0
2nd	15:10	New Jersey Devils	Nico Hischier (2)	Jack Hughes (3), Jesper Bratt (2)	Power play	WSH 2, NJD 1
3rd	16:00	New Jersey Devils	Shane Lachance (1)	Jack Hughes (4), Simon Nemec (3)	Even strength	WSH 2, NJD 2

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Shootout

Shootout attempts in order
Round	Team	Shooter	Result
1	New Jersey Devils	Jack Hughes	Goal
1	Washington Capitals	Pierre-Luc Dubois	Goal
2	New Jersey Devils	Jesper Bratt	Saved
2	Washington Capitals	Ryan Leonard	Goal
3	New Jersey Devils	Arseny Gritsyuk	Goal
3	Washington Capitals	Jakob Chychrun	Saved
4	New Jersey Devils	Timo Meier	Saved
4	Washington Capitals	Aliaksei Protas	Saved
5	New Jersey Devils	Nico Hischier	Saved
5	Washington Capitals	Andrew Cristall	Goal (winner)

Team stats

Team stats, Washington Capitals at New Jersey Devils
Stat	Washington Capitals	New Jersey Devils
Shots on goal	22	22
Power play	0 of 2	1 of 5
Penalty minutes	12	6
Hits	30	28
Blocked shots	21	7
Giveaways	8	10
Takeaways	2	1
Faceoffs won	21/45 (46.7%)	24/45 (53.3%)

Box score

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 R. Leonard	R	1	0	1	+1	0	4	2	2		17:48
Number 18 T. Parascak	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	2		11:41
Number 21 A. Protas	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1	83.3%	21:48
Number 22 B. Duhaime	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	0		16:16
Number 28 A. Cristall	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		16:32
Number 34 J. Sourdif	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		16:38
Number 49 P. Thomas	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	28.6%	12:55
Number 50 G. Clarke	R	1	0	1	0	2	3	2	0		13:06
Number 62 I. Protas	L	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	3	54.5%	16:43
Number 73 E. Mateiko	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	42.9%	11:19
Number 80 P. Dubois	C	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	45.5%	21:04
Number 87 B. Trineyev	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		10:06
Number 6 J. Chychrun	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2		25:22
Number 27 L. Belpedio	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2		16:11
Number 38 R. Sandin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	4		24:15
Number 52 D. McIlrath	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	6	3		19:39
Number 54 C. Allen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		16:45
Number 57 T. van Riemsdyk	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		21:36

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 79 C. Lindgren	22	20	2	.909	64:45	Win

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 13 N. Hischier	C	1	0	1	+1	2	3	0	0	1	66.7%	23:45
Number 14 L. Glendening	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	4	0	53.8%	12:17
Number 18 O. Palat	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		17:26
Number 20 S. Lachance	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	6	0	0	100%	13:06
Number 23 K. MacDermid	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0		06:46
Number 28 T. Meier	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	0		22:53
Number 29 L. Hameenaho	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0		10:27
Number 48 B. Halonen	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0		11:01
Number 57 M. Melovsky	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	40%	08:49
Number 63 J. Bratt	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0		22:18
Number 81 A. Gritsyuk	R	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	1	0		17:21
Number 86 J. Hughes	C	0	2	2	+1	0	4	0	0	0	25%	27:48
Number 5 B. Dillon	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		21:45
Number 17 S. Nemec	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0		25:54
Number 22 B. Pesce	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		20:16
Number 24 S. Casey	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		27:10
Number 32 D. Ozipov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	7	0	0		12:07
Number 38 T. Vilen	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1	0		13:15

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 25 J. Markstrom	18	16	2	.889	39:13	OT loss
Number 50 N. Daws	4	4	0	1.000	25:00

Penalties

Penalties, Washington Capitals at New Jersey Devils
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	13:56	New Jersey Devils	Kurtis MacDermid	Holding	2
2nd	15:02	Washington Capitals	Andrew Cristall	Tripping	2
3rd	03:50	Washington Capitals	Ilya Protas	Tripping	2
3rd	07:28	New Jersey Devils	Arseny Gritsyuk	Interference goalkeeper	2
3rd	13:57	Washington Capitals	Graeme Clarke	Tripping	2
3rd	16:00	Washington Capitals	Bench	Delaying game unsuccessful challenge (bench minor)	2
OT	00:30	Washington Capitals	Pierre-Luc Dubois	Tripping	2
OT	03:55	Washington Capitals	Pierre-Luc Dubois	Holding	2
OT	03:55	New Jersey Devils	Nico Hischier	Roughing	2

Game information

Washington Capitals head coach: Spencer Carbery
New Jersey Devils head coach: Sheldon Keefe
Referees: Thomas John Luxmore, Brandon Blandina
Linesmen: Shawn Oliver, Devin Berg
Washington Capitals scratches: Alex Ovechkin, John Carlson, Aaron Ness, Nic Dowd, Dalton Smith, Tom Wilson, Sonny Milano, Dylan Strome, Anthony Beauvillier, Matt Roy, Matthew Strome, Nick Leivermann, Sheldon Rempal, Martin Fehérváry, Declan Chisholm, Mitchell Gibson, Connor McMichael, Henrik Rybinski, Luke Toporowski, Hendrix Lapierre, Garin Bjorklund, David Gucciardi, Vincent Iorio, Joaquim Lemay, Chase Clark, Brett Hyland, Justin Nachbaur, Ryan Chesley, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Clay Stevenson, Ethen Frank, Grant Cruikshank, Antoine Keller, Jonathan McDonald, Zac Funk, Leon Muggli, Cole Hutson, Seth Eisele, Nicholas Kempf, Petr Sikora, Miroslav Satan, Lynden Breen, Maxim Schafer, Jackson Crowder, Aron Dahlqvist, Nolan Krenzen
New Jersey Devils scratches: Evgenii Dadonov, Jake Allen, Dougie Hamilton, Stefan Noesen, Connor Brown, Juho Lammikko, Jonas Siegenthaler, Colton White, Kevin Rooney, Dennis Cholowski, Cody Glass, Nikita Popugaev, Johnathan Kovacevic, Yegor Zaitsev, Jonathan Gruden, Calen Addison, Paul Cotter, Angus Crookshank, Ryan Schmelzer, Nathan Légaré, Dawson Mercer, Thomas Bordeleau, Ethan Edwards, Mike Hardman, Adam Scheel, Luke Hughes, Samu Salminen, Jakub Malek, Viktor Hurtig, Mikael Diotte, Jeremy Hanzel, Marc McLaughlin, Tyler Brennan, Josh Filmon, Charlie Leddy, Daniil Orlov, Artem Barabosha, Xavier Parent, Georgi Romanov, Cam Squires, Chase Cheslock, Cole Brown, Daniil Karpovich, Mikhail Yegorov, Kasper Pikkarainen, Dylan Wendt, Anton Silayev, Veeti Louhivaara, Conrad Fondrk, Ben Kevan, Mason Moe, Trenten Bennett, Gustav Hillstrom, David Rozsival, Sigge Holmgren, James Thomas Dowd, Brian Carrabes

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