Overview
- Radek Faksa opened the scoring with a shorthanded goal just over three minutes in at Capital One Arena.
- Backup Casey DeSmith stopped 23 of 24 shots to secure Dallas’ first victory since Dec. 21.
- Sam Steel recorded a goal and an assist, Wyatt Johnston netted his 24th, and Roope Hintz added an empty-netter.
- Alex Ovechkin scored Washington’s lone goal, the 915th of his career, while Logan Thompson allowed three on 36 shots.
- The Capitals played without Tom Wilson (lower body) and Aliaksei Protas (IR, retroactive to Jan. 1) as Brett Leason made his season debut; Washington now heads to Chicago and Nashville, while Dallas visits San Jose on Saturday.