New Jersey Devils @ Washington Capitals

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Devils

NAME	WINS	OTL	GAA	SV%
N. Daws	1	1	2.90	.868
J. Allen	0	0	0.00	1.000
D. Rittich	1	0	1.00	.958

Capitals

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
L. Thompson	0	0	1	0	1.86	.933

Capital One Arena

1:00 PM, October 17, 2026

Washington, DC

WSH

Points

Timo MeierRW #28

2PTS

Ivan MiroshnichenkoLW #63

2PTS

Goals

Ethan EdwardsD #73

0PPG

Ivan MiroshnichenkoLW #63

0PPG

Assists

Ben SteevesLW #37

0PPA

2+/-

Ivan MiroshnichenkoLW #63

0PPA

2+/-

New Jersey Devils

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Seamus Casey D	OUT	Oct 1
Johnathan Kovacevic D	OUT	Oct 1
Nick Bjugstad C	OUT	Jan 19

Washington Capitals

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Alex Ovechkin LW	OUT	Oct 2
Patrick Thomas C	OUT	Oct 3

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
NJ	2.67	2.00	25.3	21.7	20	1	16.7	1	85.7	0	0
WSH	3.50	2.00	29.5	25.0	38	1	10.0	2	77.8	0	0

Devils Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
9/24/26	@NYR	L4-3 SO
9/21/26	vsNYR	W3-2
9/20/26	vsNYI	W2-1
4/14/26	@BOS	L4-0
4/12/26	vsOTT	W4-3 OT

Capitals Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
9/21/26	vsPHI	W5-2
9/20/26	@BOS	L3-2 SO
4/14/26	@CBJ	W2-1
4/12/26	vsPIT	W3-0
4/11/26	@PIT	W6-3

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 10/17

Devils
Capitals

Game 1

10/17

Capitals
Devils

Game 2

11/12

Devils
Capitals

Game 3

11/14

Capitals
Devils

Game 4

1/24

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
New Jersey	2	0	1	5
Columbus	2	1	0	4
Carolina	2	1	0	4
Washington	1	0	1	3
NY Islanders	1	1	0	2
Pittsburgh	1	2	0	2
Philadelphia	1	2	0	2
NY Rangers	1	2	0	2

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New Jersey Devils @ Washington Capitals

Scoring Leaders

Timo MeierRW #28

Ivan MiroshnichenkoLW #63

Ethan EdwardsD #73

Ivan MiroshnichenkoLW #63

Ben SteevesLW #37

Ivan MiroshnichenkoLW #63

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