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Golden Knights vs Capitals

Final · Fri Feb 27 · 7:00 PM ET · Capital One Arena

Vegas Golden KnightsGolden Knights28-17-14
2
FinalFeb 27, 2026
Washington CapitalsCapitals31-23-7
3
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Closing line

US sportsbook at puck drop
Moneyline
VGK−105
WSH−115
Puck line
VGK +1.5−270
WSH −1.5+220
Total O/U
Over 5.5−130
Under 5.5+110
  • Puck line: Golden Knights +1.5 covered.
  • Total O/U: under 5.5 (5 goals).

Recap

The Washington Capitals edged the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 at Capital One Arena in Washington on Feb 27, 2026 to move to 31-23-7.

They scored 3 unanswered goals in the second period.

Score by period

Vegas Golden Knights and Washington Capitals, score by period
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VGK0022
WSH0303

W: Thompson · L: Schmid

Scoring plays

Second Period

  1. WSHGoal · 0:49Pierre-Luc Dubois Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Aliaksei Protas (21), Rasmus Sandin (17)0-1
  2. WSHGoal · 3:23Pierre-Luc Dubois Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Aliaksei Protas (22)0-2
  3. WSHGoal · 14:52Jakob Chychrun Goal (22) Snap Shot, assists: Rasmus Sandin (18), Pierre-Luc Dubois (2)0-3

Third Period

  1. VGKGoal · 2:27Braeden Bowman Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Kaedan Korczak (10), Brayden McNabb (4)1-3
  2. VGKGoal · 9:15Tomas Hertl Goal (23) Tip-In, assists: Pavel Dorofeyev (19), Mitch Marner (43)2-3

Team stats

VGKWSH
Shots
26
30
Power Play Goals
1
0
Faceoff Win Percent
48.1
51.9
Hits
20
17
Blocked Shots
12
17
Penalty Minutes
10
6

Top performers

Vegas Golden KnightsWashington Capitals

Goals

Tomas Hertl1
Pierre-Luc Dubois2

Assists

Brayden McNabb1
Rasmus Sandin2

Points

Tomas Hertl1
Pierre-Luc Dubois3

Player stats

Golden Knights · Forwards

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Ivan Barbashev LW020-215:1400200.00
Braeden Bowman RW000111:1810100.02
Pavel Dorofeyev RW100-116:2401100.00
Jack Eichel C000-220:46001040.00
Tomas Hertl C130118:26103056.30
Alexander Holtz RW000-18:0400000.00
Keegan Kolesar RW030111:2800100.00
Mitch Marner RW101019:50011030.00
Brandon Saad LW001-112:2800100.00
Colton Sissons C120-111:06002066.70
Reilly Smith RW100014:0800300.00
Mark Stone RW101-120:4000100.02

Golden Knights · Defense

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Rasmus Andersson D000-220:4600400.00
Noah Hanifin D200-119:5500300.02
Kaedan Korczak D100013:0201000.02
Jeremy Lauzon D140-120:3500200.00
Brayden McNabb D260017:3701000.00
Shea Theodore D000020:0400000.00

Golden Knights · Goalies

PlayerGASASVSV%TOIPIM
Akira Schmid G33027.90058:090

Capitals · Forwards

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Anthony Beauvillier LW110-113:480010100.00
Nic Dowd C020015:13000050.00
Pierre-Luc Dubois LW100319:37216050.00
Brandon Duhaime RW03009:3600000.00
Ethen Frank C000010:5800300.00
Ryan Leonard RW000014:4200200.02
Connor McMichael C001015:0300000.00
Alex Ovechkin LW220-117:4300300.00
Aliaksei Protas C011319:3802200.00
Justin Sourdif RW00107:59001014.30
Dylan Strome C100-116:26002076.90
Tom Wilson RW100321:5800100.00

Capitals · Defense

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Declan Chisholm D120-110:5900000.00
Jakob Chychrun D200124:4310600.00
Martin Fehervary D520122:0400000.00
Matt Roy D020120:2000100.02
Rasmus Sandin D221321:3002200.00
Trevor van Riemsdyk D100-112:5400000.00

Capitals · Goalies

PlayerGASASVSV%TOIPIM
Logan Thompson G22624.92359:490

Three stars

  1. Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH)
  2. Rasmus Sandin (WSH)
  3. Aliaksei Protas (WSH)

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