Devils 1-1 Capitals (Live)

Goals

All

1st

2nd

3rd

Nico Hischier won faceoff against Ilya Protas in offensive zone

1st 19:25

Stoppage - Icing

1st 19:25

Shot on goal by Ilya Protas saved by Jake Allen

1st 18:58

1-1

Cody Glass won faceoff against Ilya Protas in defensive zone

1st 18:54

Stoppage - Icing

1st 18:54

Alex Tuch credited with hit on Jesper Bratt in defensive zone

1st 18:01

Martin Fehervary credited with hit on Dawson Mercer in defensive zone

1st 17:26

Shot missed by Brett Pesce

1st 17:22

1-1

Shot missed by Dawson Mercer

1st 17:07

1-1

Nico Hischier won faceoff against Boone Jenner in neutral zone

1st 16:42

Power play - Goal scored by Ryan Leonard assisted by Jakob Chychrun and Logan Thompson

1st 16:42

1-1

Power play - Giveaway by Jakob Chychrun in offensive zone

1st 16:22

Power play - Shot missed by Dylan Strome

1st 16:18

1-0

Power play - Ilya Protas won faceoff against Cody Glass in offensive zone

1st 15:19

Stoppage - Puck in Crowd

1st 15:19

Power play - Ilya Protas won faceoff against Cody Glass in offensive zone

1st 15:10

Penalty to Brett Pesce 2 minutes for Interference (Drawn by Cole Hutson)

1st 15:10

Stoppage - TV timeout

1st 15:10

Jordan Kyrou shot blocked by Luke Hughes

1st 15:08

1-0

Delayed penalty (against the Devils)

1st 15:07

Shot on goal by Cole Hutson saved by Jake Allen

1st 14:54

1-0

Giveaway by Jack Hughes in offensive zone

1st 14:39

Giveaway by Dylan Strome in offensive zone

1st 14:24

Giveaway by Declan Chisholm in defensive zone

1st 13:36

Giveaway by Vincent Desharnais in defensive zone

1st 13:20

Shot missed by Jack Hughes

1st 12:46

1-0

Shot on goal by Jesper Bratt saved by Logan Thompson

1st 12:45

1-0

Giveaway by Cole Hutson in offensive zone

1st 12:37

Nico Hischier won faceoff against Jonny Brodzinski in offensive zone

1st 11:40

Stoppage - TV timeout

1st 11:40

Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)

1st 11:40

Shot on goal by Arseny Gritsyuk saved by Logan Thompson

1st 11:35

1-0

Cole Hutson shot blocked by Jonas Siegenthaler

1st 10:46

1-0

Ryan Leonard shot blocked by Amadeus Lombardi

1st 10:25

1-0

Cody Glass won faceoff against Dylan Strome in neutral zone

1st 10:04

Goal scored by Arseny Gritsyuk assisted by Dawson Mercer

1st 10:04

1-0

Shorthanded - Alex Tuch won faceoff against Anthony Mantha in defensive zone

1st 09:39

Stoppage - Puck in Netting

1st 09:39

Power play - Jack Hughes shot blocked by Vincent Desharnais

1st 09:37

0-0

Power play - Jack Hughes shot blocked by Martin Fehervary

1st 09:28

0-0

Power play - Luke Hughes shot blocked by teammate

1st 09:14

0-0

Power play - Shot missed by Evan Rodrigues

1st 09:04

0-0

Power play - Shot missed by Nico Hischier

1st 08:05

0-0

Power play - Jack Hughes won faceoff against Alex Tuch in offensive zone

1st 08:03

Penalty to Boone Jenner 2 minutes for Illegal Check to Head (Drawn by Timo Meier)

1st 08:03

Stoppage - TV timeout

1st 08:03

Giveaway by Timo Meier in neutral zone

1st 07:56

Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by teammate

1st 07:15

0-0

Shot missed by Alex Ovechkin

1st 07:02

0-0

Giveaway by Ivan Miroshnichenko in defensive zone

1st 06:42

Shot missed by Amadeus Lombardi

1st 06:08

0-0

Amadeus Lombardi shot blocked by Dylan Strome

1st 06:07

0-0

Shot missed by Amadeus Lombardi

1st 06:06

0-0

Shot on goal by Anthony Mantha saved by Logan Thompson

1st 05:29

0-0

Power play - Dougie Hamilton shot blocked by Boone Jenner

1st 05:21

0-0

Power play - Shot on goal by Anthony Mantha saved by Logan Thompson

1st 04:55

0-0

Shorthanded - Tom Wilson credited with hit on Arseny Gritsyuk in defensive zone

1st 04:44

Power play - Arseny Gritsyuk shot blocked by Timothy Liljegren

1st 04:38

0-0

Power play - Timo Meier won faceoff against Boone Jenner in offensive zone

1st 04:34

Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)

1st 04:34

Power play - Shot on goal by Arseny Gritsyuk saved by Logan Thompson

1st 04:32

0-0

Shorthanded - Shot on goal by Tom Wilson saved by Jake Allen

1st 03:34

0-0

Power play - Nico Hischier won faceoff against Boone Jenner in offensive zone

1st 03:29

Penalty to Alex Tuch 2 minutes for Cross Checking (Drawn by Declan Chisholm)

1st 03:29

Shot on goal by Alex Tuch saved by Jake Allen

1st 03:20

0-0

Johnathan Kovacevic shot blocked by Alex Tuch

1st 03:15

0-0

Nico Hischier won faceoff against Dylan Strome in offensive zone

1st 03:13

Stoppage - Icing

1st 03:13

Dawson Mercer credited with hit on Dylan Strome in offensive zone

1st 03:10

Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin saved by Jake Allen

1st 02:30

0-0

Shot on goal by Ryan Leonard saved by Jake Allen

1st 02:27

0-0

Shot on goal by Arseny Gritsyuk saved by Logan Thompson

1st 02:13

0-0

Ryan Leonard credited with hit on Declan Chisholm in offensive zone

1st 01:51

Johnathan Kovacevic credited with hit on Anthony Beauvillier in defensive zone

1st 01:43

Giveaway by Jonny Brodzinski in neutral zone

1st 01:36

Aliaksei Protas credited with hit on Dougie Hamilton in offensive zone

1st 01:14

Shot on goal by Boone Jenner saved by Jake Allen

1st 01:09

0-0

Giveaway by Vincent Desharnais in defensive zone

1st 00:56

Takeaway by Jakob Chychrun in neutral zone

1st 00:06

Nico Hischier won faceoff against Dylan Strome in neutral zone

1st 00:00

Nico Hischier won faceoff against Ilya Protas in offensive zone

1st 19:25

1-1

NJD

WSH

1

2

3

1

1st 10:04

1 - 0

A. Gritsyuk

Goal

Assists:

D. Mercer

1st 16:42

1 - 1

R. Leonard

Goal

Power Play

Assists:

J. Chychrun

L. Thompson

Matchup

F D G

Arseny Gritsyuk

NJD RW #81

Ryan Leonard

WSH RW #9

1

Goals

1

Points

1

4

Shots on Goal

2

NJD

Team Stats

WSH

7

Shots

8

75.0

Faceoff Pct

25.0

0.0

Power Play Pct

100.0

2

Power Play Opps

1

2

Penalty Minutes

4

2

Hits

5

3

Blocked Shots

6

0

Takeaways

1

3

Giveaways

7

1

Biggest Lead

0

NJD

Injuries

WSH

Seamus Casey

D

Out (Knee)

RW

Justin Sourdif

Day to day (Illness)

Luke Evangelista

RW

Out (Illness)

D

Matt Roy

Day to day (Lower Body)

Connor Brown

RW

Out (Lower-Body)

LW

Pierre-Luc Dubois

Day to day (Illness)

Nick Bjugstad

C

Out (Pectoral)

C

Patrick Thomas

Out (Upper-body)

D

Rasmus Sandin

Out (Knee)

2026-27 Metropolitan Division

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	6	1	1	13	12
Rangers	6	3	0	12	7
Capitals	4	3	0	8	2
Devils	4	3	0	8	0
Islanders	3	3	1	7	3
Penguins	3	4	1	7	0
Blue Jackets	2	3	0	4	-5
Flyers	0	6	3	3	-22

Game Info

October 17, 2026

NHL Network

Capital One Arena

Washington, DC

Referees Michael Markovic, Furman South

Linesmen Tommy Hughes, Travis Gawryletz

Forwards	G	A	P	+/-	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	GVA	TOI
Arseny Gritsyuk A. Gritsyuk #81	1	0	1	+1	4	25.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	5:36
Dawson Mercer D. Mercer #91	0	1	1	+1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	6:42
Jesper Boqvist J. Boqvist #70	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	4:09
Jesper Bratt J. Bratt #63	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	5:21
Cody Glass C. Glass #12	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	4	50.0	0	0	0	3:27
Nico Hischier N. Hischier #13	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	5	100.0	0	0	0	7:26
Jack Hughes J. Hughes #86	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	100.0	0	0	1	7:32
Amadeus Lombardi A. Lombardi #93	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	1	0	3:38
Anthony Mantha A. Mantha #39	0	0	0	+1	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	3:31
Timo Meier T. Meier #28	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	100.0	0	0	1	4:18
Stefan Noesen S. Noesen #11	0	0	0	+1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	2:53
Evan Rodrigues E. Rodrigues #17	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	5:48

Defensemen	+/-	PIM	HIT	BKS	GVA	TOI
Declan Chisholm D. Chisholm #47	0	0	0	0	1	4:29
Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton #7	+1	0	0	0	0	7:10
Luke Hughes L. Hughes #43	0	0	0	1	0	6:41
Johnathan Kovacevic J. Kovacevic #8	0	0	1	0	0	4:05
Brett Pesce B. Pesce #22	0	2	0	0	0	6:05
Jonas Siegenthaler J. Siegenthaler #71	0	0	0	1	0	5:57

Goalies	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jake Allen J. Allen #34	8	7	.875	1	3.11	0	19
Nico Daws N. Daws #50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

On ice

Forwards	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	GVA	TOI
Ryan Leonard R. Leonard #9	1	1	0	0	1	2	50.0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	4:36
Anthony Beauvillier A. Beauvillier #72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	4:17
Jonny Brodzinski J. Brodzinski #22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0	1	1:21
Boone Jenner B. Jenner #22	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0.0	0	3	0.0	0	1	0	5:55
Jordan Kyrou J. Kyrou #25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	4:57
Ivan Miroshnichenko I. Miroshnichenko #63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	3:39
Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin #8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	3:39
Aliaksei Protas A. Protas #21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	6:09
Ilya Protas I. Protas #62	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	2	3	66.7	0	0	0	3:53
Dylan Strome D. Strome #17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	3	0.0	0	1	1	5:28
Alex Tuch A. Tuch #89	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	1	1	0	5:44
Tom Wilson T. Wilson #43	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	5:42

Defensemen	A	P	+/-	PPA	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	S	TOI
Jakob Chychrun J. Chychrun #6	1	1	-1	1	0	0	1	1	0	7:26
Vincent Desharnais V. Desharnais #73	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	6:19
Martin Fehervary M. Fehervary #42	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7:18
Justin Holl J. Holl #4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4:11
Cole Hutson C. Hutson #44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6:27
Timothy Liljegren T. Liljegren #27	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5:19

Goalies	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Logan Thompson L. Thompson #48	7	6	.857	1	3.11	0	19
Charlie Lindgren C. Lindgren #79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

On ice

All

1st

2nd

3rd

Nico Hischier won faceoff against Ilya Protas in offensive zone

1st 19:25

Stoppage - Icing

1st 19:25

Shot on goal by Ilya Protas saved by Jake Allen

1st 18:58

1-1

Cody Glass won faceoff against Ilya Protas in defensive zone

1st 18:54

Stoppage - Icing

1st 18:54

Alex Tuch credited with hit on Jesper Bratt in defensive zone

1st 18:01

Martin Fehervary credited with hit on Dawson Mercer in defensive zone

1st 17:26

Shot missed by Brett Pesce

1st 17:22

1-1

Shot missed by Dawson Mercer

1st 17:07

1-1

Nico Hischier won faceoff against Boone Jenner in neutral zone

1st 16:42

Power play - Goal scored by Ryan Leonard assisted by Jakob Chychrun and Logan Thompson

1st 16:42

1-1

Power play - Giveaway by Jakob Chychrun in offensive zone

1st 16:22

Power play - Shot missed by Dylan Strome

1st 16:18

1-0

Power play - Ilya Protas won faceoff against Cody Glass in offensive zone

1st 15:19

Stoppage - Puck in Crowd

1st 15:19

Power play - Ilya Protas won faceoff against Cody Glass in offensive zone

1st 15:10

Penalty to Brett Pesce 2 minutes for Interference (Drawn by Cole Hutson)

1st 15:10

Stoppage - TV timeout

1st 15:10

Jordan Kyrou shot blocked by Luke Hughes

1st 15:08

1-0

Delayed penalty (against the Devils)

1st 15:07

Shot on goal by Cole Hutson saved by Jake Allen

1st 14:54

1-0

Giveaway by Jack Hughes in offensive zone

1st 14:39

Giveaway by Dylan Strome in offensive zone

1st 14:24

Giveaway by Declan Chisholm in defensive zone

1st 13:36

Giveaway by Vincent Desharnais in defensive zone

1st 13:20

Shot missed by Jack Hughes

1st 12:46

1-0

Shot on goal by Jesper Bratt saved by Logan Thompson

1st 12:45

1-0

Giveaway by Cole Hutson in offensive zone

1st 12:37

Nico Hischier won faceoff against Jonny Brodzinski in offensive zone

1st 11:40

Stoppage - TV timeout

1st 11:40

Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)

1st 11:40

Shot on goal by Arseny Gritsyuk saved by Logan Thompson

1st 11:35

1-0

Cole Hutson shot blocked by Jonas Siegenthaler

1st 10:46

1-0

Ryan Leonard shot blocked by Amadeus Lombardi

1st 10:25

1-0

Cody Glass won faceoff against Dylan Strome in neutral zone

1st 10:04

Goal scored by Arseny Gritsyuk assisted by Dawson Mercer

1st 10:04

1-0

Shorthanded - Alex Tuch won faceoff against Anthony Mantha in defensive zone

1st 09:39

Stoppage - Puck in Netting

1st 09:39

Power play - Jack Hughes shot blocked by Vincent Desharnais

1st 09:37

0-0

Power play - Jack Hughes shot blocked by Martin Fehervary

1st 09:28

0-0

Power play - Luke Hughes shot blocked by teammate

1st 09:14

0-0

Power play - Shot missed by Evan Rodrigues

1st 09:04

0-0

Power play - Shot missed by Nico Hischier

1st 08:05

0-0

Power play - Jack Hughes won faceoff against Alex Tuch in offensive zone

1st 08:03

Penalty to Boone Jenner 2 minutes for Illegal Check to Head (Drawn by Timo Meier)

1st 08:03

Stoppage - TV timeout

1st 08:03

Giveaway by Timo Meier in neutral zone

1st 07:56

Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by teammate

1st 07:15

0-0

Shot missed by Alex Ovechkin

1st 07:02

0-0

Giveaway by Ivan Miroshnichenko in defensive zone

1st 06:42

Shot missed by Amadeus Lombardi

1st 06:08

0-0

Amadeus Lombardi shot blocked by Dylan Strome

1st 06:07

0-0

Shot missed by Amadeus Lombardi

1st 06:06

0-0

Shot on goal by Anthony Mantha saved by Logan Thompson

1st 05:29

0-0

Power play - Dougie Hamilton shot blocked by Boone Jenner

1st 05:21

0-0

Power play - Shot on goal by Anthony Mantha saved by Logan Thompson

1st 04:55

0-0

Shorthanded - Tom Wilson credited with hit on Arseny Gritsyuk in defensive zone

1st 04:44

Power play - Arseny Gritsyuk shot blocked by Timothy Liljegren

1st 04:38

0-0

Power play - Timo Meier won faceoff against Boone Jenner in offensive zone

1st 04:34

Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)

1st 04:34

Power play - Shot on goal by Arseny Gritsyuk saved by Logan Thompson

1st 04:32

0-0

Shorthanded - Shot on goal by Tom Wilson saved by Jake Allen

1st 03:34

0-0

Power play - Nico Hischier won faceoff against Boone Jenner in offensive zone

1st 03:29

Penalty to Alex Tuch 2 minutes for Cross Checking (Drawn by Declan Chisholm)

1st 03:29

Shot on goal by Alex Tuch saved by Jake Allen

1st 03:20

0-0

Johnathan Kovacevic shot blocked by Alex Tuch

1st 03:15

0-0

Nico Hischier won faceoff against Dylan Strome in offensive zone

1st 03:13

Stoppage - Icing

1st 03:13

Dawson Mercer credited with hit on Dylan Strome in offensive zone

1st 03:10

Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin saved by Jake Allen

1st 02:30

0-0

Shot on goal by Ryan Leonard saved by Jake Allen

1st 02:27

0-0

Shot on goal by Arseny Gritsyuk saved by Logan Thompson

1st 02:13

0-0

Ryan Leonard credited with hit on Declan Chisholm in offensive zone

1st 01:51

Johnathan Kovacevic credited with hit on Anthony Beauvillier in defensive zone

1st 01:43

Giveaway by Jonny Brodzinski in neutral zone

1st 01:36

Aliaksei Protas credited with hit on Dougie Hamilton in offensive zone

1st 01:14

Shot on goal by Boone Jenner saved by Jake Allen

1st 01:09

0-0

Giveaway by Vincent Desharnais in defensive zone

1st 00:56

Takeaway by Jakob Chychrun in neutral zone

1st 00:06

Nico Hischier won faceoff against Dylan Strome in neutral zone

1st 00:00

New Jersey visits Washington after Hughes' 2-goal game

The Associated Press

Oct 16, 2026

New Jersey Devils (4-3, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Washington Capitals (4-3, in the Metropolitan Division)

Washington; Saturday, 1 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The New Jersey Devils visit the Washington Capitals after Luke Hughes scored two goals in the Devils' 7-1 win against the New York Rangers.

Washington has gone 4-3 overall with a 3-1-0 record in Metropolitan Division games. The Capitals have committed 35 total penalties (5.0 per game) to rank ninth in NHL play.

New Jersey has a 2-1-0 record in Metropolitan Division play and a 4-3 record overall. The Devils have scored and allowed 23 goals this season for an even scoring differential.

The matchup Saturday is the first meeting this season between the two clubs.

INJURIES: Capitals: Rasmus Sandin: out (knee), Patrick Thomas: out (upper-body), Pierre-Luc Dubois: day to day (illness), Matt Roy: out (lower body).

Devils: Nick Bjugstad: out (pectoral), Luke Evangelista: day to day (illness), Seamus Casey: out (knee), Connor Brown: day to day (lower-body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

4-3-0 NJD

WSH 4-3-0

Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2026-27 Metropolitan Division

Game Info

New Jersey visits Washington after Hughes' 2-goal game

Players Mentioned

Nick Bjugstad

Connor Brown

Matt Roy

Rasmus Sandin

Luke Evangelista

Luke Hughes