Washington Capitals at Detroit Red Wings

Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · Little Caesars Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

4 – 3

Final/SO

Detroit Red Wings

The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings 4–3 in a shootout on Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at Little Caesars Arena. Alex DeBrincat scored twice. Charlie Lindgren made 18 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 23–21.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
WSH	1	0	2	0	3	4	23
DET	0	1	2	0	2	3	21

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:27	WSH	EV	Nic Dowd (3) · snap	Connor McMichael (23), Jakob Chychrun (21)	1–0
2nd	09:52	DET	EV	Ben Chiarot (5) · slap	Alex DeBrincat (27), Patrick Kane (24)	1–1
3rd	09:36	WSH	EV	Dylan Strome (15) · wrap-around	Alex Ovechkin (24), Jakob Chychrun (22)	2–1
3rd	14:44	WSH	EV	Declan Chisholm (1) · deflected	Jakob Chychrun (23), Dylan Strome (29)	3–1
3rd	18:20	DET	PP	Alex DeBrincat (29) · wrist	Dylan Larkin (23), Andrew Copp (25)	3–2
3rd	19:07	DET	PP	Alex DeBrincat (30) · wrist	Moritz Seider (30)	3–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:06	WSH	John Carlson	delaying game puck over glass	2
1st	17:58	WSH	Trevor van Riemsdyk	tripping	2
2nd	04:45	WSH	Charlie Lindgren	tripping	2
3rd	06:12	DET	Ben Chiarot	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	09:36	DET	Bench	delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2
3rd	11:52	WSH	Bench	too many men on the ice	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 1.81 · DET 2.66 · xG% WSH 40.4

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	0	3	3	+3	0	1	0	0		26:58	27
17	Dylan Strome	C	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	1	71.4	18:31	20
26	Nic Dowd	C	1	0	1	-1	0	1	6	2	35.3	17:49	25
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		16:17	22
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	+1	0	4	3	0		16:00	17
47	Declan Chisholm	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0		9:22	13
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	5		27:25	27
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	2	4		21:39	24
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	4	2		21:13	24
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1	100.0	21:09	27
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	2		20:04	23
72	Anthony Beauvillier	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0		17:21	19
34	Justin Sourdif	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	58.3	17:10	22
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0		16:18	22
9	Ryan Leonard	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	2		15:05	20
22	Brandon Duhaime	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		9:13	14
53	Ethen Frank	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0		8:48	13
29	Hendrix Lapierre	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	60.0	6:48	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
79	Charlie Lindgren	W	21	18	3	.857	65:00

Detroit Red Wings

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
93	Alex DeBrincat	R	2	1	3	+2	0	5	0	1		21:28	20
53	Moritz Seider	D	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	1		31:57	29
71	Dylan Larkin	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	50.0	24:38	22
8	Ben Chiarot	D	1	0	1	-2	2	2	2	1		20:40	25
88	Patrick Kane	R	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	1		19:08	21
18	Andrew Copp	C	0	1	1	+3	0	0	1	0	54.5	18:17	21
23	Lucas Raymond	L	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	0		20:41	20
20	Albert Johansson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		19:16	25
25	Jacob Bernard-Docker	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		18:44	21
92	Marco Kasper	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		15:56	21
37	J.T. Compher	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	50.0	15:07	19
22	Mason Appleton	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		13:56	18
52	Travis Hamonic	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	4		13:56	19
21	James van Riemsdyk	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		13:10	18
27	Michael Rasmussen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	25.0	12:52	17
85	Elmer Soderblom	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0		11:29	14
44	Axel Sandin-Pellikka	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1		11:20	15
58	Emmitt Finnie	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		10:13	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
36	John Gibson	OTL	23	20	3	.870	63:12