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2025-26 regular season

Kings at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0

Capitals beat Kings 2–1 at Capital One Arena on November 17, 2025.

LAK – WSH
31–25
Shots on goal
1/3–0/2
Power play
18–17
Hits
16–21
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G
1 shots · 15:00 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Matt Roy
1 G
1 shots · 22:46 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Charlie Lindgren
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Matt Roy Go-ahead 1st · 03:41
Assists: Aliaksei Protas, Tom Wilson · beat Darcy Kuemper
0–1
2nd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 2nd · 01:51
Assists: Connor McMichael, Jakob Chychrun · beat Darcy Kuemper
0–2
👑 Anze Kopitar PP 2nd · 13:27
Assists: Corey Perry, Kevin Fiala · beat Charlie Lindgren
1–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
👑Kings
L1 Fiala · Kopitar · Kempe 20:48
L2 Foegele · Danault · Byfield 16:53
L3 Moore · Perry · Laferriere 15:46
L4 Malott · Turcotte · Armia 9:28
D1 Clarke · Edmundson 21:04
D2 Ceci · Dumoulin 18:02
D3 Anderson · Moverare 13:57
🦅Capitals
L1 Dowd · Strome · Wilson 19:21
L2 Beauvillier · McMichael · Protas 17:05
L3 Ovechkin · Leonard · Sourdif 13:40
L4 Frank · Lapierre · Duhaime 8:51
D1 Carlson · Roy 22:56
D2 Chychrun · Fehervary 20:59
D3 Sandin · van Riemsdyk 15:46

Team stats

Away left · home right
👑LAK WSH🦅
31 Shots on goal 25
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
18 Hits 17
16 Blocked shots 21
4 Takeaways 4
12 Giveaways 12
4 Penalty minutes 6
LAK shooting 3.2% (1/31) WSH shooting 8.0% (2/25)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
👑Kings
Darcy Kuemper
23/25
.920 SV% · 2 GA · 58:07 TOI
🦅Capitals
Charlie Lindgren
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Matt Roy · 1st 03:41 · 0–1 Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 01:51 · 0–2 Anze Kopitar · 2nd 13:27 · 1–2
LAK WSH
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Kings
Kings — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Kings
Kings — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-1-2 (40% win rate, 5 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 1–0
Mar 132025 🦅WSH @ 👑LAK 0–3 Dec 222024 👑LAK @ 🦅WSH 1–3 Jan 72024 👑LAK @ 🦅WSH 3–4 Nov 292023 🦅WSH @ 👑LAK 2–1 Mar 62023 🦅WSH @ 👑LAK 2–4
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Who won Kings vs Capitals on November 17, 2025?

Capitals won 2–1. The final score was Kings 1, Capitals 2.

Who scored for Kings?

Anze Kopitar.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Matt Roy.

How did the Kings goalie play?

Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves on 25 shots (.920 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Charlie Lindgren made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

Where is Kings vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Kings vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
👑 Kings
BeforeNov 15 👑LAK @ 🏛️OTT 1–0 AfterNov 20 👑LAK @ 🦈SJS 3–4
🦅 Capitals
BeforeNov 15 😈NJD @ 🦅WSH 3–2 AfterNov 19 🛢️EDM @ 🦅WSH 4–7
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