Kraken 5, Capitals 3: McCann Breaks a 3-3 Tie

October 11, 2026 - Washington - It was 3-3, and Alex Ovechkin already had his first of the year. Then Jared McCann came down the middle, left Timothy Liljegren behind, and beat Logan Thompson low. Capital One Arena had 5:27 left. It did not get the equalizer.

The Seattle Kraken beat the Washington Capitals 5-3. Seattle is 4-2-0, two in a row to start a five-game road trip, the NHL recap said. Washington is 3-2-0 after winning two straight. Shots were 36-27 Washington. Attendance was 18,107.

Joey Daccord stopped 33, including 17 in the third, the NHL recap said. Jordan Eberle, Frederick Gaudreau, Kaapo Kakko, and Ryan Winterton also scored. Jordan Kyrou and Boone Jenner scored for Washington. Thompson stopped 22 of 27. Gaudreau, Meyers, Winterton, Jenner, Hutson, Liljegren, and Ilya Protas are not seeded on AthX player pages, so those names stay unlinked.

1-0, 2-1, then Eberle with 11 seconds left

Seattle killed two early minors. Kakko made it 1-0 at 6:06. Thompson stopped Vince Dunn from the point. The rebound sat in the bottom of the right circle. Kakko put it between Thompson's left skate and the post, the NHL recap said.

Kyrou tied it at 11:41. Ryan Leonard found Cole Hutson coming off the bench. Hutson hit Kyrou in the left circle. First goal as a Capital after the June trade from St. Louis. 1-1.

Ovechkin made it 2-1 at 16:47. Ryker Evans turned it over behind the net. Ilya Protas passed in front. Ovechkin wristed it past Daccord, the NHL recap said. The Associated Press recap called it his 930th NHL goal. The NHL recap added it was his first career goal on Daccord, the 190th different goaltender he has scored on.

Eberle tied it at 19:49. Chandler Stephenson got the first shot. Eberle knocked in his own rebound at the back post. Bobby McMann the other helper. Eberle told NHL.com it was a big goal at the end of a period they were losing.

Ovechkin, on the first one: training camp didn't go the way he wanted after a lower-body injury kept him out of the preseason. Through the games, he said, you find your touches.

Fourth line, then Jenner in 46 seconds

Gaudreau put Seattle up 3-2 at 13:24 of the second. The Kraken site recap had Ben Meyers beat a defender to a puck behind the net and shovel it out. Winterton, at the side, found Gaudreau. Deked. Backhand. Third goal in two games, the NHL recap said. Meyers finished with two assists.

Jenner tied it 46 seconds into the third, unassisted. He kept it in at the blue line and knocked in his own rebound, the NHL recap said. Washington put four of its 17 third-period shots in those first 46 seconds, the Capitals site recap said.

McCann scored at 14:33 from Brandon Montour and Evans. The Capitals site recap had him catching Montour in stride, cutting left, glove side. 4-3.

Winterton finished it at 17:20, a breakaway from Meyers and Gaudreau. 5-3. Six of Washington's third-period shots came after that, the Capitals site recap said.

Seattle coach Lane Lambert told NHL.com there was pretty good commitment all over, a lot of blocked shots, a hard-fought game. Meyers: both teams played well, Joey stood on his head a little bit, five goals was enough.

Washington coach Spencer Carbery told NHL.com they made a poor mistake on the winner and too many mistakes with the puck. Jenner: they didn't play to their strengths for 60 minutes.

AthX Engine on 33 saves

AthX Engine (our projection and scoring system) scored Daccord at 12.60 (win, 33 saves, three goals against). Eberle is 8.10. Jenner is 8.00. Gaudreau is 7.70. Winterton is 7.60. Meyers is 5.60. Ovechkin is 5.80. McCann is 5.20. Kakko is 4.60. Thompson's loss, 22 saves, and five goals against land at 2.80.

Seattle's team line is 20.00. Washington keeps 1.60.

Fantasy points measure the box. Price is what traders will pay for Daccord after 17 third-period saves, and for Ovechkin's first of a last season that still ended 5-3. They are not the same number.

Seattle visits Philadelphia on Tuesday. Washington visits Carolina that night. Track Daccord, McCann, Ovechkin, and both clubs on the marketplace.

*Sources: AP recap (ESPN), ESPN box score, NHL.com recap, NHL.com scoreboard. AthX Engine fantasy points scored from NHL gamecenter box 2026020084. Information only; not financial advice.*