2025–26 Washington Capitals season

2025–26 Washington Capitals
DivisionMetropolitan
ConferenceEastern
2025–26 record33–27–8
Home record20–11–4
Road record13–16–4
Goals for210
Goals against201
Team information
General managerChris Patrick
CoachSpencer Carbery
CaptainAlexander Ovechkin
Alternate captainsJohn Carlson (Oct. 8 – Mar. 6)
Dylan Strome (Mar. – pres.)
Tom Wilson
ArenaCapital One Arena
Minor league affiliatesHershey Bears (AHL)
South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsAlexander Ovechkin
Tom Wilson (24)
AssistsJohn Carlson (36)
PointsAlexander Ovechkin
Jakob Chychrun (51)
Penalty minutesTom Wilson (84)
Plus/minusAliaksei Protas
Justin Sourdif (+16)
WinsLogan Thompson (22)
Goals against averageClay Stevenson (2.33)

The 2025–26 Washington Capitals season is the 52nd season (51st season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 11, 1974.

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Carolina Hurricanes 70 45 19 6 32 250 206 +44 96
2 Pittsburgh Penguins 70 35 19 16 29 241 219 +22 86
3 Columbus Blue Jackets 70 37 22 11 26 228 215 +13 85
4 New York Islanders 71 40 26 5 26 206 202 +4 85
5 Philadelphia Flyers 69 34 23 12 21 202 211 −9 80
6 Washington Capitals 70 35 27 8 30 218 205 +13 78
7 New Jersey Devils 69 35 32 2 23 187 209 −22 72
8 New York Rangers 70 28 33 9 19 198 224 −26 65
Updated to game(s) played on March 22, 2026. Source: National Hockey League[1]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 AT Boston Bruins 70 39 23 8 29 234 217 +17 86
2 ME New York Islanders 71 40 26 5 26 206 202 +4 85
3 AT Detroit Red Wings 70 38 24 8 27 205 208 −3 84
4 AT Ottawa Senators 69 36 24 9 30 234 213 +21 81
5 ME Philadelphia Flyers 69 34 23 12 21 202 211 −9 80
6 ME Washington Capitals 71 35 27 9 30 220 208 +12 79
7 ME New Jersey Devils 69 35 32 2 23 187 209 −22 72
8 AT Florida Panthers 69 34 32 3 27 206 229 −23 71
9 AT Toronto Maple Leafs 71 29 29 13 21 221 250 −29 71
10 ME New York Rangers 70 28 33 9 19 198 224 −26 65
Updated to game(s) played on March 22, 2026. Source: National Hockey League[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on July 3, 2025.[3]

2025 preseason game log: 5–1–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 3–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record
1 September 21 Washington 5–2 Boston Bjorklund TD Garden 17,850 1–0–0
2A September 25 Philadelphia 1–5 Washington Stevenson Giant Center 10,420 2–0–0
3 September 28 Washington 3–2 New Jersey SO Lindgren Prudential Center 8,341 3–0–0
4 September 30 Washington 4–3 Columbus Thompson Nationwide Arena 11,128 4–0–0
5 October 2 Boston 3–1 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 11,304 4–1–0
6 October 4 Columbus 1–2 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 12,131 5–1–0
Legend

  Win   Loss   OT/SO Loss
A – Game played in Hershey, Pennsylvania

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on July 16, 2025.[4]

2025–26 game log
October: 6–5–0 (Home: 3–4–0; Road: 3–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
1 October 8 Boston 3–1 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,347 0–1–0 0 [5]
2 October 11 Washington 4–2 NY Islanders Thompson UBS Arena 17,255 1–1–0 2 [6]
3 October 12 Washington 1–0 NY Rangers Lindgren Madison Square Garden 17,479 2–1–0 4 [7]
4 October 14 Tampa Bay 2–3 Washington OT Thompson Capital One Arena 16,948 3–1–0 6 [8]
5 October 17 Minnesota 1–5 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 17,482 4–1–0 8 [9]
6 October 19 Vancouver 4–3 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 17,018 4–2–0 8 [10]
7 October 21 Seattle 1–4 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 16,578 5–2–0 10 [11]
8 October 24 Washington 5–1 Columbus Thompson Nationwide Arena 17,714 6–2–0 12 [12]
9 October 25 Ottawa 7–1 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,347 6–3–0 12 [13]
10 October 28 Washington 0–1 Dallas Thompson American Airlines Center 18,532 6–4–0 12 [14]
11 October 31 NY Islanders 3–1 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 16,471 6–5–0 12 [15]
November: 9–4–2 (Home: 6–1–1; Road: 3–3–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
12 November 1 Washington 3–4 Buffalo SO Lindgren KeyBank Center 19,070 6–5–1 13 [16]
13 November 5 St. Louis 1–6 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 17,437 7–5–1 15 [17]
14 November 6 Washington 3–5 Pittsburgh Lindgren PPG Paints Arena 18,384 7–6–1 15 [18]
15 November 8 Washington 2–3 Tampa Bay Thompson Benchmark International Arena 19,092 7–7–1 15 [19]
16 November 11 Washington 4–1 Carolina Thompson Lenovo Center 18,299 8–7–1 17 [20]
17 November 13 Washington 3–6 Florida Thompson Amerant Bank Arena 19,650 8–8–1 17 [21]
18 November 15 New Jersey 3–2 Washington SO Thompson Capital One Arena 18,347 8–8–2 18 [22]
19 November 17 Los Angeles 1–2 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 17,649 9–8–2 20 [23]
20 November 19 Edmonton 4–7 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 17,929 10–8–2 22 [24]
21 November 20 Washington 8–4 Montreal Lindgren Bell Centre 20,962 11–8–2 24 [25]
22 November 22 Tampa Bay 5–3 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,347 11–9–2 24 [26]
23 November 24 Columbus 5–1 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 17,337 12–9–2 26 [27]
24 November 26 Winnipeg 3–4 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,347 13–9–2 28 [28]
25 November 28 Toronto 2–4 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,347 14–9–2 30 [29]
26 November 30 Washington 4–1 NY Islanders Thompson UBS Arena 15,648 15–9–2 32 [30]
December: 6–5–3 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 3–3–2)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
27 December 2 Washington 3–1 Los Angeles Thompson Crypto.com Arena 16,509 16–9–2 34 [31]
28 December 3 Washington 7–1 San Jose Lindgren SAP Center 15,466 17–9–2 36 [32]
29 December 5 Washington 3–4 Anaheim SO Thompson Honda Center 16,122 17–9–3 37 [33]
30 December 7 Columbus 0–2 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 17,312 18–9–3 39 [34]
31 December 11 Carolina 3–2 Washington SO Thompson Capital One Arena 18,185 18–9–4 40 [35]
32 December 13 Washington 1–5 Winnipeg Thompson Canada Life Centre 14,096 18–10–4 40 [36]
33 December 16 Washington 0–5 Minnesota Lindgren Grand Casino Arena 18,044 18–11–4 40 [37]
34 December 18 Toronto 0–4 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,347 19–11–4 42 [38]
35 December 20 Detroit 5–2 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,347 19–12–4 42 [39]
36 December 21 Washington 2–3 Detroit OT Lindgren Little Caesars Arena 19,515 19–12–5 43 [40]
37 December 23 NY Rangers 7–3 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,347 19–13–5 43 [41]
38 December 27 Washington 4–3 New Jersey OT Thompson Prudential Center 16,763 20–13–5 45 [42]
39 December 29 Washington 3–5 Florida Thompson Amerant Bank Arena 19,421 20–14–5 45 [43]
40 December 31 NY Rangers 3–6 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,347 21–14–5 47 [44]
January: 6–8–2 (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 3–5–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
41 January 1 Washington 3–4 Ottawa Thompson Canadian Tire Centre 18,433 21–15–5 47 [45]
42 January 3 Chicago 3–2 Washington SO Thompson Capital One Arena 18,347 21–15–6 48 [46]
43 January 5 Anaheim 4–7 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 17,560 22–15–6 50 [47]
44 January 7 Dallas 4–1 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,347 22–16–6 50 [48]
45 January 9 Washington 5–1 Chicago Thompson United Center 19,917 23–16–6 52 [49]
46 January 11 Washington 2–3 Nashville Lindgren Bridgestone Arena 17,159 23–17–6 52 [50]
47 January 13 Montreal 2–3 Washington OT Thompson Capital One Arena 18,347 24–17–6 54 [51]
48 January 15 San Jose 3–2 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,347 24–18–6 54 [52]
49 January 17 Florida 5–2 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,347 24–19–6 54 [53]
50 January 19 Washington 2–5 Colorado Lindgren Ball Arena 18,136 24–20–6 54 [54]
51 January 21 Washington 3–4 Vancouver Thompson Rogers Arena 18,556 24–21–6 54 [55]
52 January 23 Washington 3–1 Calgary Thompson Scotiabank Saddledome 17,379 25–21–6 56 [56]
53 January 24 Washington 5–6 Edmonton OT Lindgren Rogers Place 18,347 25–21–7 57 [57]
54 January 27 Washington 1–5 Seattle Thompson Climate Pledge Arena 17,151 25–22–7 57 [58]
55 January 29 Washington 4–3 Detroit SO Lindgren Little Caesars Arena 19,515 26–22–7 59 [59]
56 January 31 Carolina 3–4 Washington OT Stevenson Capital One Arena 18,347 27–22–7 61 [60]
February: 4–2–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 0–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
57 February 2 NY Islanders 1–4 Washington Stevenson Capital One Arena 17,545 28–22–7 63 [61]
58 February 3 Washington 2–4 Philadelphia Stevenson Xfinity Mobile Arena 19,410 28–23–7 63 [62]
59 February 5 Nashville 2–4 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,347 29–23–7 65 [63]
60 February 25 Philadelphia 1–3 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,347 30–23–7 67 [64]
61 February 27 Vegas 2–3 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,347 31–23–7 69 [65]
62 February 28 Washington 2–6 Montreal Lindgren Bell Centre 20,962 31–24–7 69 [66]
March: 4–3–1 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 1–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
63 March 3 Utah 3–2 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 17,387 31–25–7 69 [67]
64 March 7 Washington 1–3 Boston Thompson TD Garden 17,850 31–26–7 69 [68]
65 March 9 Calgary 3–7 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 17,724 32–26–7 71 [69]
66 March 11 Washington 1–4 Philadelphia Thompson Xfinity Mobile Arena 19,053 32–27–7 71 [70]
67 March 12 Washington 2–1 Buffalo Lindgren KeyBank Center 19,070 33–27–7 73 [71]
68 March 14 Boston 3–2 Washington SO Thompson Capital One Arena 18,347 33–27–8 74 [72]
69 March 18 Ottawa 1–4 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,347 34–27–8 76 [73]
70 March 20 New Jersey 1–2 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 18,347 35–27–8 78 [74]
71 March 22 Colorado Washington Capital One Arena
72 March 24 Washington St. Louis Enterprise Center
73 March 26 Washington Utah Delta Center
74 March 28 Washington Vegas T-Mobile Arena
75 March 31 Philadelphia Washington Capital One Arena
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
76 April 2 Washington New Jersey Prudential Center
77 April 4 Buffalo Washington Capital One Arena
78 April 5 Washington NY Rangers Madison Square Garden
79 April 8 Washington Toronto Scotiabank Arena
80 April 11 Washington Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena
81 April 12 Pittsburgh Washington Capital One Arena
82 April 14 Washington Columbus Nationwide Arena

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player stats

As of game played March 14, 2026

Skaters

Regular Season [75]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Alexander Ovechkin 68 24 27 51 −4 24
Tom Wilson 58 24 26 50 +13 84
Jakob Chychrun 66 23 28 51 +14 55
Dylan Strome 66 16 34 50 +2 34
John Carlson 55 10 36 46 +11 26
Aliaksei Protas 64 21 24 45 +16 20
Ryan Leonard 61 14 21 35 0 34
Connor McMichael 64 10 23 33 +5 22
Justin Sourdif 64 13 16 29 +16 29
Ethen Frank 57 12 12 24 +9 16
Anthony Beauvillier 68 12 11 23 +6 24
Rasmus Sandin 61 4 20 24 +9 10
Martin Fehervary 67 4 17 21 +13 25
Nic Dowd 55 4 12 16 –6 53
Matt Roy 65 2 14 16 +12 12
Hendrix Lapierre 63 3 10 13 +3 14
Sonny Milano 31 4 4 8 0 4
Trevor van Riemsdyk 54 2 7 9 –3 16
Pierre-Luc Dubois 16 4 3 7 −4 4
Brandon Duhaime 68 4 3 7 –3 66
Declan Chisholm 26 1 6 7 +3 4
Dylan McIlrath 12 0 0 0 –1 10
Brett Leason 6 0 0 0 –2 0
Bogdan Trineyev 2 0 0 0 0 0
Ivan Miroshnichenko 4 0 0 0 +1 2
Timothy Liljegren 1 0 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders

Regular season [76]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Logan Thompson 46 46 2,723:32 22 19 5 110 2.42 1,252 .912 2 0 1 0
Charlie Lindgren 20 19 1,186:02 9 7 3 65 3.29 569 .886 1 0 1 8
Clay Stevenson 3 3 180:07 2 1 0 7 2.33 73 .904 0 0 0 0

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Capitals. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
No longer with the Capitals.

Transactions

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 28, 2025 (2025-06-28) To Ottawa Senators
CAR 3rd-round pick in 2025 (#93 overall)
To Washington Capitals
FLA 3rd-round pick in 2025 (#96 overall)
7th-round pick in 2027
[77]
June 28, 2025 (2025-06-28) To Minnesota Wild
Chase Priskie
4th-round pick in 2025
To Washington Capitals
Declan Chisholm
6th-round pick in 2025
[78]
November 3, 2025 (2025-11-03) To St. Louis Blues
Calle Rosen
To Washington Capitals
Corey Schueneman
[79]
March 5, 2026 (2026-03-05) To Vegas Golden Knights
Nic Dowd
To Washington Capitals
Jesper Vikman
2nd-round pick in 2029
3rd-round pick in 2027
[80]
March 6, 2026 (2026-03-06) To Anaheim Ducks
John Carlson
To Washington Capitals
Conditional 1st-round pick in 2026
3rd-round pick in 2027
[81]
March 6, 2026 (2026-03-06) To Vancouver Canucks
6th-round pick in 2026
To Washington Capitals
David Kampf
[82]
March 6, 2026 (2026-03-06) To San Jose Sharks
VGK 4th-round pick in 2026
To Washington Capitals
Timothy Liljegren
[83]
March 6, 2026 (2026-03-06) To Ottawa Senators
Graeme Clarke
To Washington Capitals
Wyatt Bongiovanni
[84]

Players acquired

Date Player New team Term Via Ref
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02) Louie Belpedio Philadelphia Flyers 2-year Free agency [85]
Graeme Clarke Minnesota Wild 1-year Free agency [85]
Calle Rosen Colorado Avalanche 1-year Free agency [85]
July 7, 2025 (2025-07-07) Sheldon Rempal Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL) 1-year Free agency [86]
October 27, 2025 (2025-10-27) Brett Leason Anaheim Ducks 1-year Free agency [87]

Players lost

Date Player New team Term Via Ref
June 9, 2025 (2025-06-09) T.J. Oshie Retirement [88]
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01) Ethan Bear New York Islanders 1-year Free agency [89]
Lars Eller Ottawa Senators 1-year Free agency [90]
Taylor Raddysh New York Rangers 2-year Free agency [91]
Andrew Mangiapane Edmonton Oilers 2-year Free agency [92]
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02) Hunter Shepard Ottawa Senators 1-year Free agency [93]
Alexander Alexeyev Pittsburgh Penguins 1-year Free agency [94]
October 16, 2025 Vincent Iorio San Jose Sharks Waivers [95]

Signings

Draft picks

Below are the Washington Capitals' selections at the 2025 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 27 and 28, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 27 Lynden Lakovic RW  Canada Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
2 37 Milton Gastrin C  Sweden Modo Hockey (SHL)
3 96 Maxim Schafer LW  Germany Eisbären Berlin (DEL)
5 155 Jackson Crowder C  United States Chicago Steel (USHL)
6 180 Aron Dahlqvist D  Sweden Brynäs J20 (J20 Nationell)

Notes:

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