Colorado Avalanche vs. Washington CapitalsMar 22, 2026

Final / OTSunday, Mar 22, 2026· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
COL	0	0	2	1	3		COL	6	8	7	3	24
WSH	1	0	1	0	2		WSH	8	7	7	0	22

: COL 55WSH 42
: COL 2.58WSH 2.52
PP goals: COL 0WSH 1
Hits: COL 15WSH 18
Blocks: COL 5WSH 14
PIM: COL 10WSH 4
: COL 60%WSH 40%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Colorado Avalanche edge Washington Capitals 3–2 (OT)

Colorado Avalanche beat Washington Capitals 3–2 in overtime at WSH. Martin Necas (COL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for COL: Landeskog–MacKinnon–Necas skated 8:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Martin Necas had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:36.Necas
New line
New look for COL: Landeskog–MacKinnon–Necas skated 8:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Landeskog MacKinnon Necas
Usage
Ethen Frank (WSH) played 1:22, −11:03 down on his 12:25 season average over 61 games.Frank
Usage
Nicolas Roy (COL) played 8:40, −5:52 down on his 14:32 season average over 73 games.Roy
New line
New look for COL: Kadri–Nelson–Nichushkin skated 4:59 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kadri Nelson Nichushkin
New line
New look for COL: Roy–Bardakov–Brindley skated 4:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Roy Bardakov Brindley
Usage
Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH) played 24:10, +7:36 up on his 16:34 season average over 28 games.Dubois
Usage
Dylan Strome (WSH) played 14:31, −3:34 down on his 18:05 season average over 79 games.Strome

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← COL attacks left (bottom on phones)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →

WSH
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 97 of 97 attempts · WSH 42 · COL 55

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WSH pressure
COL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: COL 39% of the game, WSH 29%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

WSH

COL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

WSH skaters (rows) against COL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the WSH side.

Matchup matrix

WSH xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	COL	WSH
	54	37
	1.95	2.42
	1.92	2.34
	6	11
	4	6
	19	14
	+0.039	−0.039
	39%	29%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Colorado Avalanche

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Necas
8:5753% CF
L2Kelly – Drury – Kiviranta
8:4385% CF
L3Kadri – Nelson – Nichushkin
4:5950% CF
L4Roy – Bardakov – Brindley
4:0575% CF
D1Kulak – Makar
11:1942% CF
D2Burns – Manson
10:4668% CF
D3Toews – Malinski
8:3350% CF

PP1Kadri – Nelson – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
2:4267% CF
PP2Landeskog – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Toews – Roy
1:020% CF
PK1FKelly – Drury
3:10
PK2FNelson – Nichushkin
3:06
PK1DToews – Makar
1:38
PK2DBurns – Kulak
1:25

Current COL line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Wilson – Dubois – Protas
13:5448% CF
L2McMichael – Sourdif – Leonard
8:1269% CF
L3Ovechkin – Strome – Beauvillier
7:2714% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
11:1256% CF
D2Fehérváry – Sandin
11:0281% CF
D3Roy – Hutson
10:4721% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Wilson – Chychrun – Dubois – Leonard
4:0086% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Strome – McMichael – Sourdif – Hutson
3:2375% CF
PK1FWilson – McMichael
2:16
PK2FBeauvillier – Protas
1:34
PK1DRoy – Fehérváry
2:23
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Sandin
1:27

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Martin Necas C	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.38	1	0	0	23:36	—	—	56	42
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	22:50	—	—	56	47
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.35	3	1	2	17:21	—	—	48	36
Jack Drury C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:39	—	—	80	50
Parker Kelly C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.28	3	0	2	13:52	—	—	79	50
Joel Kiviranta L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:14	—	—	86	97
Brock Nelson C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.50	1	0	0	20:13	—	—	52	39
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:47	—	—	44	44
Nazem Kadri C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	2	0	0	15:48	—	—	45	47
Nicolas Roy C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.22	0	0	2	8:40	—	—	64	39
Gavin Brindley C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	4:57	—	—	70	50
Zakhar Bardakov C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	4:28	—	—	75	51
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	1	0	25:06	—	—	50	48
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	20:31	—	—	50	45
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	0	2	17:29	—	—	67	31
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	1	1	2	16:16	—	—	68	37
Devon Toews D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	0	0	0	19:45	—	—	67	52
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	1	0	19:24	—	—	63	50

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	2.52	61:12

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	3	1	0	24:46	—	—	42	54
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.38	1	0	0	24:10	—	—	43	52
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.32	0	1	0	20:37	—	—	53	62
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.27	0	0	0	20:03	—	—	53	62
Justin Sourdif C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.26	3	2	0	17:22	—	—	59	91
Ryan Leonard R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.28	3	0	0	15:05	—	—	63	66
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.27	2	0	2	18:45	—	—	18	28
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:53	—	—	18	34
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.16	0	1	0	14:31	—	—	21	54
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	1	0	21:30	—	—	56	59
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:57	—	—	47	50
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	1	2	0	20:34	—	—	58	78
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	1	0	20:10	—	—	47	68
Matt Roy D	D3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:50	—	—	20	22
Cole Hutson D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	17:55	—	—	16	32
Brandon Duhaime L	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	7:09	—	—	44	49
Hendrix Lapierre C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	5:44	—	—	36	23
Ethen Frank R	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	1:22	—	—	100	100

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	O	24	21	3	.875	2.58	61:05

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Justin Sourdif (WSH) 1st 11:53 · assists Connor McMichael, Matt Roy · Odd-man rush · loose puck · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 50.3 mph shot · 1.9 s from entry to goal.

Justin Sourdif · 1st 11:53 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.3 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Gabriel Landeskog · 3rd 1:05 · COL

Play: rebound
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 40.6 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 4.9 s
Type: rebound

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Nicolas Roy · 3rd 6:03 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.0 mph
Distance: 21 ft

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Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 14:17 · WSH PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 82.3 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Type: one-timer

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Brock Nelson · OT 1:22 · COL

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 17.3 mph
Distance: 2 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Colorado Avalanche vs. Washington CapitalsMar 22, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche edge Washington Capitals 3–2 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Washington Capitals

Goal anatomy

Justin Sourdif · 1st 11:53 · WSH

Gabriel Landeskog · 3rd 1:05 · COL

Nicolas Roy · 3rd 6:03 · COL

Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 14:17 · WSH PP

Brock Nelson · OT 1:22 · COL