Patrick Kane sets NHL record in Red Wings' shootout loss to Capitals

Ted Kulfan, The Detroit News on Jan 29, 2026

Published in Hockey

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DETROIT — Patrick Kane set another incredible career milestone and the Red Wings provided a dramatic ending.

Just not a perfect ending.

Washington defeated the Wings, 4-3, in a shootout (3-2) in a wild game at Little Caesars Arena.

Kane set the mark for the highest-scoring, U.S.-born hockey player in NHL history Thursday with a second period assist on Ben Chiarot's goal.

That was highlight No. 1 for the evening, but then the Wings added to the theatrics.

Alex DeBrincat scored two goals in 47 seconds with goaltender John Gibson pulled for an extra attacker, tying the game 3-3 late in the third period.

DeBrincat's second goal, his 30th, came when he dumped the puck into the corner, where it took a strange bounce off the glass and caromed to the crease, where it got behind goaltender Charlie Lindgren with 51.1 seconds left.

DeBrincat jammed a puck near the post, tying the game, at 18:20 of regulation time, cutting the Washington lead to 3-2.

But after a scoreless overtime, the Capitals scored three times on goaltender John Gibson to clinch the victory.

Dylan Strome's goal at 9:36 broke a 1-1 tie for the Capitals in the third period, then Declan Chisholm made it 3-1 at 14:44.

Strome dug the puck from Gibson, and scored on a wraparound, the puck bouncing off Gibson and into the net for Strome's 15th goal. The Wings challenged for goalie interference on Strome, but the goal stood.

Kane, 37, bypassed Mike Modano with his 1,375th career point with his second-period assist.

At 9 minutes, 52 seconds, Kane passed to DeBrincat, who whirled and set up a one-timer for Ben Chiarot from the high slot. Chiarot scored his fifth goal of the season, whistling a shot past goaltender Charlie Lindgren. Kane earned the secondary assist, his 24th assist this season, tying the game 1-1.

Kane appeared to have set the record in the first period. An apparent fgoal by DeBrincat, on a pass from Kane — which would have been so fitting, given their offensive wizardry for so many years — was taken off the scoreboard when Kane was offside leading into the play.

Kane, a three-time Stanley Cup champion with the Chicago Blackhawks, became the 50th player and fifth American to score 500 goals, at LCA on Jan. 8 against Vancouver, on an empty net goal.

Nic Dowd got Washington on the scoreboard in the first period with his third goal. Connor McMichael got to a loose puck along the boards and fed Dowd, who snapped a shot from the dot past Gibson at 6:27.