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

MacKinnon has 2 goals and an assist to reach 1,100 points, Avs beat Capitals 5-2

— Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist to reach 1,100 career points and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Monday.

Jan 20, 2026, 12:44 am - AP

		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

Takeaway by Sam Malinski
Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Sam Malinski Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Ilya Solovyov Holding against Justin Sourdif
Brock Nelson Backhand saved by Charlie Lindgren
Sam Malinski Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Ross Colton hit Matt Roy
Takeaway by Sam Malinski
Giveaway by Sam Malinski
Giveaway by Zakhar Bardakov
Parker Kelly Goal (9) Tip-In, assists: Cale Makar (40), Alex Barré-Boulet (1)
Aliaksei Protas shot blocked by Ilya Solovyov
Scott Wedgewood Tripping against Anthony Beauvillier served by Gavin Brindley
Artturi Lehkonen hit Matt Roy
Nathan MacKinnon Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Ilya Solovyov hit Aliaksei Protas
Alex Barré-Boulet hit Rasmus Sandin
Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
Sam Malinski Slap Shot Wide Left
Jack Drury faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Jack Drury Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Alex Barré-Boulet hit Justin Sourdif
Jack Drury faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Giveaway by Cale Makar
Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Jack Drury faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
Artturi Lehkonen Tip-In Wide Left
Jack Drury Wrist Shot Short
Gavin Brindley hit Hendrix Lapierre
Parker Kelly hit Brandon Duhaime
Gavin Brindley Wrist Shot Wide Left
Ross Colton Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Brock Nelson Deflected Wide Left
Brent Burns Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Brent Burns Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Cale Makar Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Brock Nelson hit Ethen Frank
Josh Manson High-sticking against Nic Dowd
Jack Drury faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
Brandon Duhaime shot blocked by Cale Makar
Brock Nelson faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Sam Malinski Wrist Shot Wide Right
Martin Necas Wrist Shot Wide Left
Cale Makar hit Matt Roy
Takeaway by Cale Makar
Brent Burns Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Brandon Duhaime shot blocked by Samuel Girard
Brandon Duhaime shot blocked by Parker Kelly
Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Giveaway by Artturi Lehkonen
Josh Manson hit Martin Fehervary
Nathan MacKinnon Slap Shot Short
Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot Wide Left
Brock Nelson faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
Samuel Girard Wrist Shot Wide Right
Ross Colton Wrist Shot Off Crossbar
Sam Malinski Backhand saved by Charlie Lindgren
Brock Nelson Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Brock Nelson Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Brock Nelson faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Cale Makar Wrist Shot Wide Right
Cale Makar Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Giveaway by Cale Makar
Ross Colton Wrist Shot Wide Right
Victor Olofsson Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Nathan MacKinnon Goal (37) Wrist Shot, assists: Martin Necas (37), Victor Olofsson (14)
Martin Necas Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Alex Barré-Boulet Wrist Shot Wide Right
Ivan Ivan Tip-In Wide Left
Ilya Solovyov Snap Shot High and Wide Right
Giveaway by Gavin Brindley
Brock Nelson faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
Samuel Girard Holding against Ivan Miroshnichenko
Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Takeaway by Brent Burns
Justin Sourdif shot blocked by Sam Malinski
Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Sam Malinski
Nathan MacKinnon Slap Shot High and Wide Left
Brock Nelson Slap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Brock Nelson Slap Shot Wide Left
Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
Victor Olofsson Wrist Shot Wide Right
Giveaway by Josh Manson
Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
Giveaway by Sam Malinski
Brock Nelson faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
Josh Manson Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Victor Olofsson Goal (9) Snap Shot, assists: Josh Manson (17), Brock Nelson (17)
Jack Drury faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Jack Drury faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Declan Chisholm shot blocked by Cale Makar
Brock Nelson faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
Josh Manson Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Ross Colton Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Nathan MacKinnon Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Brock Nelson faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon
Giveaway by Brock Nelson
Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon
Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Takeaway by Ross Colton
Parker Kelly hit Declan Chisholm
Rasmus Sandin shot blocked by Josh Manson
Brent Burns Wrist Shot Short
Artturi Lehkonen Snap Shot Wide Right
Nathan MacKinnon Slap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Brock Nelson faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Cale Makar Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Brock Nelson Hooking against Nic Dowd
Cale Makar Slap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against John Carlson
Cale Makar Wrist Shot Wide Right
Nathan MacKinnon Slap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Jack Drury faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Giveaway by Brent Burns
Brock Nelson Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Brock Nelson faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
Sam Malinski Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Martin Necas Snap Shot Wide Left
Giveaway by Martin Necas
Jack Drury faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Ross Colton Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Josh Manson hit Connor McMichael
Artturi Lehkonen Tip-In saved by Charlie Lindgren
Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Parker Kelly hit Nic Dowd
Sam Malinski Slap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Josh Manson Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Artturi Lehkonen Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: Nathan MacKinnon (47)
Parker Kelly Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Brock Nelson faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Ilya Solovyov Slap Shot Wide Right
Ross Colton Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Ross Colton
Cale Makar Wrist Shot Wide Right
Giveaway by Sam Malinski
Martin Necas Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Jack Drury faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Takeaway by Martin Necas
Nathan MacKinnon Goal (38) Snap Shot, assists: Martin Necas (38)
Ilya Solovyov hit Brandon Duhaime
Giveaway by Ross Colton
Ross Colton Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
Ivan Ivan faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Giveaway by Ethen Frank
Justin Sourdif Backhand Wide Left
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Jack Drury
Dylan Strome Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
Dylan Strome Tip-In Wide Right
Puck in Netting
Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Artturi Lehkonen
Icing
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin
Nic Dowd hit Martin Necas
Giveaway by Matt Roy
Ivan Miroshnichenko Backhand Wide Right
Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
Declan Chisholm shot blocked by Ivan Miroshnichenko
Ethen Frank Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
Takeaway by Nic Dowd
Ethen Frank Backhand Wide Right
Puck in Netting
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Anthony Beauvillier Tip-In Wide Left
Ryan Leonard faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Jakob Chychrun Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Dylan Strome (26), Ethen Frank (9)
Off-side
Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
Matt Roy hit Artturi Lehkonen
Off-side
Aliaksei Protas faceoff won against Ivan Ivan
Icing
Artturi Lehkonen shot blocked by John Carlson
Giveaway by John Carlson
Giveaway by John Carlson
Takeaway by John Carlson
Icing
Brent Burns shot blocked by Anthony Beauvillier
Jakob Chychrun Wrist Shot Wide Left
Giveaway by Ryan Leonard
Justin Sourdif Backhand saved by Scott Wedgewood
Goalie Stopped
Alex Ovechkin Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
Alex Ovechkin Poke saved by Scott Wedgewood
Jakob Chychrun Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
Goalie Stopped
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
Icing
Giveaway by Matt Roy
Icing
Martin Necas shot blocked by Rasmus Sandin
Brandon Duhaime hit Ilya Solovyov
Artturi Lehkonen shot blocked by Declan Chisholm
Josh Manson shot blocked by Justin Sourdif
Giveaway by Justin Sourdif
Goalie Stopped
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
Matt Roy hit Parker Kelly
Cale Makar shot blocked by Matt Roy
Goalie Stopped
Brandon Duhaime faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Ethen Frank Batted Wide Right
Alex Ovechkin Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
Goalie Stopped
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Parker Kelly
Ethen Frank Tip-In Wide Left
Dylan Strome Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
Cale Makar shot blocked by Jakob Chychrun
Anthony Beauvillier Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
Puck in Netting
Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
Takeaway by John Carlson
Anthony Beauvillier Snap Shot Wide Right
Takeaway by Aliaksei Protas
Puck in Netting
Goalie Stopped
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Off-side
Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Puck in Netting
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Jack Drury
Takeaway by Ethen Frank
Brandon Duhaime Tip-In Wide Right
Declan Chisholm Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
Goalie Stopped
Off-side
Giveaway by Ryan Leonard
Puck in Netting
Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Jakob Chychrun High-sticking - double minor against Ross Colton
Video Review
Aliaksei Protas Backhand saved by Scott Wedgewood
Matt Roy hit Parker Kelly
Sam Malinski shot blocked by Jakob Chychrun
Giveaway by John Carlson
Justin Sourdif hit Gavin Brindley
Icing
Samuel Girard shot blocked by Ivan Miroshnichenko
Ivan Miroshnichenko Hooking against Samuel Girard
TV Timeout
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Martin Necas
Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
Goalie Stopped
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Off-side
Connor McMichael faceoff won against Gavin Brindley
Ethen Frank Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
Ethen Frank Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
Takeaway by Jakob Chychrun
Puck in Benches
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Jack Drury
Samuel Girard shot blocked by Dylan Strome
Brent Burns shot blocked by Declan Chisholm
Aliaksei Protas Interference against Zakhar Bardakov
Connor McMichael faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Nic Dowd hit Artturi Lehkonen
Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin
Martin Fehervary hit Jack Drury
Zakhar Bardakov shot blocked by Dylan Strome
Samuel Girard shot blocked by Ethen Frank
Sam Malinski shot blocked by Matt Roy
Off-side
Ivan Miroshnichenko Wrist Shot Wide Left
Giveaway by Ivan Miroshnichenko
Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Jakob Chychrun
Puck in Netting
Ethen Frank Goal (11) Backhand, assists: Alex Ovechkin (22), Nic Dowd (11)
Off-side
Hand Pass
Puck in Benches
John Carlson hit Ross Colton
Brent Burns shot blocked by Connor McMichael
Artturi Lehkonen shot blocked by Jakob Chychrun
Puck in Netting
Goalie Stopped
Brandon Duhaime shot blocked by Nic Dowd
Nic Dowd Tip-In High and Wide Left
Dylan Strome Backhand saved by Scott Wedgewood
Dylan Strome Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
Goalie Stopped
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Jack Drury
Jakob Chychrun Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
Goalie Stopped
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
Blocked Shot
Nic Dowd Snap Shot Wide Right
John Carlson Wrist Shot Wide Left
Connor McMichael Snap Shot Wide Right
Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Matt Roy
Jakob Chychrun Delaying Game - Puck over glass
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
Anthony Beauvillier Hooking against Martin Necas
Connor McMichael faceoff won against Martin Necas
Puck in Netting
Icing
Goalie Stopped
Goalie Stopped
Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Rasmus Sandin hit Victor Olofsson
Rasmus Sandin Tip-In High and Wide Right
Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Connor McMichael
Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Declan Chisholm
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
Jakob Chychrun hit Artturi Lehkonen
Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
Puck in Netting
Takeaway by Connor McMichael
Nic Dowd hit Josh Manson
Giveaway by Ryan Leonard
Goalie Stopped
On-Ice Official
Challenge Vis - goal interference - no goal
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Parker Kelly
Matt Roy hit Jack Drury
Goalie Stopped
Connor McMichael faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
Puck in Netting
Anthony Beauvillier Tip-In Wide Left
Martin Fehérváry Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
Giveaway by Dylan Strome
Puck in Netting
Brent Burns shot blocked by Brandon Duhaime
Hendrix Lapierre Wrist Shot Wide Left
Ivan Miroshnichenko Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
Brandon Duhaime Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
John Carlson Snap Shot Wide Left
John Carlson hit Jack Drury
Goalie Stopped
Sam Malinski shot blocked by Connor McMichael
Puck in Crowd
Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Parker Kelly
Charlie Lindgren Tripping against Victor Olofsson served by Ivan Miroshnichenko
Sam Malinski shot blocked by Martin Fehervary

CAPITALS

AVALANCHE

Regular Season Series

COL leads 1-0

Capitals
2
Avalanche
5

Game 1

19/1

Avalanche
3
Capitals
2

Game 2

22/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	48	21	6	102
Pittsburgh	38	22	16	92
NY Islanders	42	30	5	89
Columbus	38	26	12	88
Philadelphia	38	26	12	88
Washington	38	29	9	85
New Jersey	39	34	2	80
NY Rangers	32	36	9	73

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	50	15	10	110
Dallas	45	20	12	102
Minnesota	43	21	12	98
Utah	39	30	6	84
Nashville	35	31	9	79
St. Louis	32	31	12	76
Winnipeg	32	31	12	76
Chicago	27	35	14	68

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Washington Capitals @ Colorado Avalanche

Stars of the Game

Nathan MacKinnonC - COL

Victor OlofssonLW - COL

Martin NecasC - COL

Game Information

Video Highlights

MacKinnon has 2 goals and an assist to reach 1,100 points, Avs beat Capitals 5-2

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

COL leads 1-0

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