- Oct 16, 2026
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Ryan Leonard scored a highlight-reel goal in a 4-2 Capitals victory over the Devils on Saturday afternoon.
Leonard carried the puck end to end, got past Luke Hughes, deked Jake Allen and scored his third goal of the season with 3:18 remaining in the first period. Ilya Protas, Dylan Strome and Boone Jenner also scored for Washington. Protas converted a cross-zone feed from Alex Ovechkin for a 2-1 lead, while Strome scored with help from Alex Tuch and Jordan Kyrou. Vincent Desharnais added two assists as the Capitals won consecutive games.
Arsenal Gritsyuk and Timo Meier scored for New Jersey. Gritsyuk opened the scoring, beating Logan Thompson at the end of a second-period power play. The Devils fell to 4-4-0.
In other action, Carter Verhaeghe recorded a natural hat trick as Florida defeated Seattle. Bennett found the net three times, marking his initial goals of the campaign, and the Panthers became the first NHL team with natural hat tricks in three straight games.
Written by the SportsMafia Wire desk in our own words from the original reporting (AI-assisted, checked against the source).