Washington Capitals @ Colorado Avalanche

24-20-6, 10-10-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Capitals WSH	1	1	0	2
Avalanche COL	1	2	2	5

Colorado AvalancheAvalancheCOL

34-5-8, 20-1-3 Home

Washington Capitals


forwards
Anthony BeauvillierA. Beauvillier#72
Nic DowdN. Dowd#26
Brandon DuhaimeB. Duhaime#22
Ethen FrankE. Frank#53
Hendrix LapierreH. Lapierre#29
Ryan LeonardR. Leonard#9
Connor McMichaelC. McMichael#24
Ivan MiroshnichenkoI. Miroshnichenko#63
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Aliaksei ProtasA. Protas#21
Justin SourdifJ. Sourdif#34
Dylan StromeD. Strome#17
defensemen
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Declan ChisholmD. Chisholm#47
Jakob ChychrunJ. Chychrun#6
Martin FehervaryM. Fehervary#42
Matt RoyM. Roy#3
Rasmus SandinR. Sandin#38

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	1	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	21	12:46	2:04	2:06	8:36	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	28	17:57	0:13	3:36	14:08	9	9	50.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	20	9:54	0:09	0:48	8:57	1	0	100.0
1	1	1	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	23	14:57	2:27	0:05	12:25	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	7:41	0:00	0:00	7:41	1	5	16.7
0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	19	13:04	2:54	0:00	10:10	1	0	100.0
0	0	-3	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	27	18:02	1:25	2:59	13:38	4	0	100.0
0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	15	10:43	0:00	0:00	10:43	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	15:59	4:23	0:00	11:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	27	18:34	0:34	1:23	16:37	1	0	100.0
0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	22	15:21	1:28	1:30	12:23	6	7	46.2
0	1	-2	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	26	17:39	3:21	0:04	14:14	12	10	54.5
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0	2	2	3	29	23:00	1:29	2:57	18:34	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	16	11:51	0:00	0:00	11:51	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	3	1	4	2	6	1	1	0	25	22:21	3:20	0:00	19:01	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	26	20:29	0:13	5:16	15:00	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	2	28	21:39	0:10	4:00	17:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	23	17:05	0:40	1:43	14:42	0	0	0.0

goalies
Charlie LindgrenC. Lindgren#79

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
44	5	39	.886	32	6	1	0	0	60:00	2

Colorado Avalanche


forwards
Zakhar BardakovZ. Bardakov#93
Alex Barre-BouletA. Barre-Boulet#27
Gavin BrindleyG. Brindley#54
Ross ColtonR. Colton#20
Jack DruryJ. Drury#18
Ivan IvanI. Ivan#82
Parker KellyP. Kelly#17
Artturi LehkonenA. Lehkonen#62
Nathan MacKinnonN. MacKinnon#29
Martin NecasM. Necas#88
Brock NelsonB. Nelson#11
Victor OlofssonV. Olofsson#95
defensemen
Brent BurnsB. Burns#84
Samuel GirardS. Girard#49
Cale MakarC. Makar#8
Sam MalinskiS. Malinski#70
Josh MansonJ. Manson#42
Ilya SolovyovI. Solovyov#28

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	5:55	0:18	0:00	5:37	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	3:46	0:18	0:00	3:28	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	20	14:32	2:09	0:00	12:23	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	23	14:41	1:30	0:14	12:57	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	16:14	0:49	2:32	12:53	11	5	68.8
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	4:57	0:18	0:00	4:39	1	1	50.0
1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	21	16:22	0:59	2:42	12:41	0	4	0.0
1	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	26	20:26	3:57	2:22	14:07	0	1	0.0
2	1	2	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	28	22:27	5:01	0:00	17:26	10	10	50.0
0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	27	23:42	5:09	0:00	18:33	0	2	0.0
0	1	0	5	2	0	1	2	1	0	1	30	20:50	3:59	2:05	14:46	10	11	47.6
1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	14:26	2:26	0:00	12:00	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	29	18:44	1:09	3:17	14:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	27	19:35	0:01	1:41	17:53	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	4	3	2	0	0	1	1	2	28	25:31	5:14	1:42	18:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	5	2	2	0	0	0	2	3	28	22:13	0:35	1:03	20:35	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	3	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	28	19:06	0:00	2:14	16:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	17	8:02	0:00	0:00	8:02	0	0	0.0

goalies
Scott WedgewoodS. Wedgewood#41

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
24	2	22	.917	17	4	1	0	0	60:00	2

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Capitals	1	1	0	2
	Avalanche	1	2	2	5

1st Period			WSH	COL
5:54		Parker Kelly (9) Assists: Cale Makar (40), Alex Barre-Boulet (1)	0	1
7:27		Jakob Chychrun (18) (Power Play) Assists: Dylan Strome (26), Ethen Frank (9)	1	1

2nd Period		WSH	COL
7:03	Nathan MacKinnon (37) (Power Play) Assists: Martin Necas (37), Victor Olofsson (14)	1	2
15:58	Victor Olofsson (9) Assists: Josh Manson (17), Brock Nelson (17)	1	3
16:15	Ethen Frank (11) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (22), Nic Dowd (11)	2	3

3rd Period			WSH	COL
12:32		Artturi Lehkonen (16) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon (47)	2	4
16:30		Nathan MacKinnon (38) Assists: Martin Necas (38)	2	5

Nathan MacKinnon notches his 1,100th point on his 2nd goal of the game

0:46

Artturi Lehkonen lights the lamp for Avalanche

0:27

Charlie Lindgren makes beautiful save

0:28

Regular Season Series

COL leads 1-0

Capitals
2
Avalanche
5

Game 1

19/1

Avalanche
Capitals

Game 2

22/3

Ball Arena

9:00 PM, 19 January 2026

Denver, CO

Attendance: 18,136

Referees:
Gord Dwyer
Chris Schlenker

Linesmen:
Travis Gawryletz
Trent Knorr

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	31	15	4	66
Pittsburgh	23	14	11	57
NY Islanders	26	17	5	57
Washington	24	20	6	54
Philadelphia	22	17	8	52
Columbus	22	19	7	51
New Jersey	24	22	2	50
NY Rangers	21	22	6	48

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	34	5	8	76
Dallas	27	13	9	63
Minnesota	27	13	9	63
Utah	25	20	4	54
Nashville	23	21	4	50
St. Louis	19	22	8	46
Chicago	19	22	7	45
Winnipeg	19	22	6	44

Avs' Nichushkin in pregame car accident, sits as precaution

Valeri Nichushkin was involved in a car accident on his way to the rink Monday and was held out of the Avalanche's 5-2 victory over Washington as a precaution.

Florida's Sergei Bobrovsky, San Jose's Alex Nedeljkovic trade punches

A goalie fight broke out with 14 minutes left in a game Monday night between the Panthers and Sharks that had gotten increasingly chippy with post-whistle pushing and shoving.

Brett Kulak’s 1st goal of the season helps the Penguins beat the Kraken 6-3

— Brett Kulak broke a second-period tie with his first goal of the season, and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Seattle Kraken 6-3 on Monday.

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Washington Capitals @ Colorado Avalanche

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Regular Season Series

COL leads 1-0

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NHL News

Avs' Nichushkin in pregame car accident, sits as precaution

Florida's Sergei Bobrovsky, San Jose's Alex Nedeljkovic trade punches

Brett Kulak’s 1st goal of the season helps the Penguins beat the Kraken 6-3