Overview
- Washington jumped to a 3-0 first-period lead on goals from Hendrix Lapierre, Tom Wilson and Connor McMichael.
- Calgary erased the deficit in the second, scoring once at 5-on-5 before Blake Coleman and Yegor Sharangovich struck shorthanded 1:16 apart.
- McMichael put Washington back in front on a third-period power play and finished with two goals as the Capitals scored four in the final frame.
- Logan Thompson stopped 22 of 25 shots for Washington, while Devin Cooley made 22 saves for Calgary.
- Trade-deadline fallout shaped the lineups, with David Kampf unavailable due to immigration processing, Timothy Liljegren held out to acclimate, and Victor Olofsson debuting for the Flames; Calgary has dropped five of six.