Dallas Stars at Washington Capitals, 2026-01-07

NHL · Jan 7, 2026

Dallas Stars26-10-8

4–1

Final

Washington Capitals22-16-6

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The Stars beat the Capitals 4–1 at Capital One Arena. S. Steel took first star with 1 goal and 1 assist.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Stars	1	1	2	4	36
Capitals	0	0	1	1	24

★ Three Stars

1S. SteelDAL · 1G 1A

2C. DeSmithDAL

3W. JohnstonDAL · 1G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

03:06

Radek Faksa (Esa Lindell)SH

1-0

2nd Period

02:37

Sam Steel (Thomas Harley, Matt Duchene)

2-0

3rd Period

13:31

Wyatt Johnston (Sam Steel)

3-0

17:41

Alex Ovechkin (John Carlson, Jakob Chychrun)

3-1

19:41

Roope HintzEN

4-1

Boxscore

Stars4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Sam SteelC	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	0	18:16
Radek FaksaC	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	10:47
Roope HintzC	1	0	1	+1	0	12	1	0	17:13
Wyatt JohnstonC	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	1	21:49
Matt DucheneC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	13:40
Thomas HarleyD	0	1	1	+1	0	2	3	2	22:11
Esa LindellD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	3	26:49
Colin BlackwellC	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	11:18
Oskar BäckC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10:19
Justin HryckowianC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:36
Mikko RantanenR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	20:37
Jason RobertsonL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	18:08
Kyle CapobiancoD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1	10:14
Miro HeiskanenD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	3	28:02
Nils LundkvistD	0	0	0	+1	0	4	2	0	15:36
Ilya LyubushkinD	0	0	0	+1	9	1	2	0	15:14
Nathan BastianR	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	8:35
Mavrik BourqueC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	14:36

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Casey DeSmithStart	24	23	1	.958	60:00
Jake Oettinger	0	0	0	-	0:00

Capitals1

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	-2	0	2	1	1	19:43
Jakob ChychrunD	0	1	1	-1	0	6	1	1	24:30
John CarlsonD	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	1	27:37
Hendrix LapierreC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6:53
Anthony BeauvillierR	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	17:45
Ethen FrankR	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	13:44
Ryan LeonardR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	22:07
Justin SourdifC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	19:45
Dylan StromeC	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	20:50
Martin FehervaryD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	4	18:31
Dylan McIlrathD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6:08
Matt RoyD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	0	21:49
Rasmus SandinD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	21:19
Nic DowdC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	12:55
Connor McMichaelL	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	1	20:40
Sonny MilanoL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7:59
Brandon DuhaimeL	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	1	8:09
Brett LeasonR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5:34

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Logan ThompsonStart	35	32	3	.914	58:02
Charlie Lindgren	0	0	0	-	0:00