Washington Capitals at New Jersey Devils, 2026-04-02

NHL · Apr 2, 2026

Washington Capitals38-29-9

3–7

Final

New Jersey Devils39-34-2

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The Devils rolled past the Capitals 7–3 at Prudential Center. J. Hughes took first star with 2 goals and 3 assists.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Capitals	2	0	1	3	32
Devils	3	1	3	7	30

★ Three Stars

1J. HughesNJD · 2G 3A

2J. BrattNJD · 1G 4A

3D. MercerNJD · 2G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

05:22

Cody Glass (Lenni Hameenaho, Nick Bjugstad)

0-1

07:37

Dawson Mercer (Timo Meier, Nico Hischier)

0-2

08:15

Cole Hutson (Hendrix Lapierre, Tom Wilson)

1-2

09:47

Pierre-Luc Dubois (Ryan Leonard, Jakob Chychrun)PP

2-2

18:19

Dougie Hamilton (Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt)

2-3

2nd Period

09:10

Jack Hughes (Jesper Bratt, Johnathan Kovacevic)

2-4

3rd Period

08:10

Jack Hughes (Jesper Bratt, Connor Brown)

2-5

09:33

Tom Wilson (Rasmus Sandin, Pierre-Luc Dubois)

3-5

12:16

Jesper Bratt (Nico Hischier, Jack Hughes)PP

3-6

17:54

Dawson Mercer (Jesper Bratt, Jack Hughes)EN

3-7

Boxscore

Capitals3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Pierre-Luc DuboisC	1	1	2	0	0	4	1	0	19:02
Tom WilsonR	1	1	2	0	0	3	1	0	20:06
Cole HutsonD	1	0	1	+1	0	7	0	1	18:48
Hendrix LapierreC	0	1	1	-2	12	0	2	1	12:46
Ryan LeonardR	0	1	1	-1	2	4	2	0	13:46
Jakob ChychrunD	0	1	1	-3	0	2	0	1	24:55
Rasmus SandinD	0	1	1	-2	0	2	1	2	18:56
Anthony BeauvillierR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	19:10
Ivan MiroshnichenkoL	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	10:49
Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	-2	0	4	4	0	18:05
Justin SourdifC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	15:22
Dylan StromeC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	17:12
Martin FehervaryD	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	1	16:31
Matt RoyD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	17:45
Connor McMichaelL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	15:23
Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	18:34
Brandon DuhaimeL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	12:07
David KampfC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	3	9:39

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Logan ThompsonStart	29	23	6	.793	58:10
Charlie Lindgren	0	0	0	-	0:00

Devils7

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Jack HughesC	2	3	5	+4	0	5	0	1	22:25
Jesper BrattL	1	4	5	+4	0	2	0	0	18:11
Dawson MercerC	2	0	2	+1	0	6	1	1	20:00
Nico HischierC	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	21:08
Cody GlassC	1	0	1	+1	12	3	0	1	12:53
Dougie HamiltonD	1	0	1	+4	0	4	0	1	17:38
Nick BjugstadC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	1	12:59
Connor BrownR	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	1	19:03
Timo MeierR	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	18:08
Johnathan KovacevicD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	1	21:13
Lenni HameenahoR	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	14:09
Brenden DillonD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	18:44
Luke HughesD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	23:22
Jonas SiegenthalerD	0	0	0	+4	0	1	0	5	18:27
Maksim TsyplakovR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	6:04
Simon NemecD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	4	18:29
Evgenii DadonovL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	5:43
Paul CotterL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	6:58

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jake AllenStart	32	29	3	.906	60:00
Jacob Markstrom	0	0	0	-	0:00