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Chicago Blackhawks vs. Washington CapitalsApr 4, 2025

Final· Capital One Arena
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CHI
3
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WSH
5
Goals123TShots123T
CHI1203CHI107522
WSH1135WSH1091130
CHI 43WSH 61
CHI 2.98WSH 4.87
PP goals
CHI 0WSH 2
Hits
CHI 12WSH 18
Blocks
CHI 14WSH 10
PIM
CHI 6WSH 2
CHI 38%WSH 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–3

Washington Capitals beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–3 at home. John Carlson (WSH) led the scoring with 0G 3A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:02 together.

  1. Points
    John Carlson had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 22:58.Carlson
  2. Points
    Alex Ovechkin had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:27.Ovechkin
  3. Points
    Dylan Strome had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:50.Strome
  4. Points
    Frank Nazar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:15.Nazar
  5. Points
    Landon Slaggert had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 10:43.Slaggert
  6. Points
    Oliver Moore had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:56.Moore
  7. PP1
    WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:02 together.OvechkinCarlsonWilsonStromeChychrun
  8. New line
    New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Wilson–Strome skated 12:25 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.OvechkinWilsonStrome

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.

Shot map, CHI at WSH: 104 attempts, 52 on goal, 8 goals, 7.85 expected goals; best chance Ryan Leonard at 0.97 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← CHI attacks left (bottom on phones)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →
  • WSH
  • CHI
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 104 of 104 attempts · WSH 61 · CHI 43

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, CHI at WSH: expected goals 4.87 to 2.98 (WSH led the chances), shot attempts 61 to 43, 8 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdWSHCHIOBNFKSOLnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • WSH
  • CHI
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
WSHCHIcontrol2nd3rdOvechkin · 1st 3:52Bertuzzi · 1st 13:55Nazar · 2nd 0:31Fehérváry · 2nd 7:09Kurashev · 2nd 7:19Strome · 3rd 3:46Ovechkin · 3rd 6:13Leonard · 3rd 18:24
  • WSH pressure
  • CHI pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CHI 22% of the game, WSH 43%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, CHI at WSH: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Charlie Lindgren (60:00) for WSH and Spencer Knight (59:37) for CHI, 8 goals.

WSH
CHI
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
StatCHIWSH
5266
3.573.98
3.443.58
1214
41
1020
−0.048+0.049
22%43%

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Current CHI line combinations →

Washington Capitals

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 3:52
    WSHAlex Ovechkin (Dylan Strome, John Carlson)snap0.18 xG
    CHI: Foligno, Maroon, Veleno, Vlasic, RinzelWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome, Sandin
    CHI 0 – 1 WSH
  2. 13:55
    CHITyler Bertuzzi (Landon Slaggert, Frank Nazar)snap0.53 xG
    CHI: Bertuzzi, Slaggert, Kaiser, Nazar, LevshunovWSH: Mangiapane, Strome, Roy, Raddysh, Fehérváry
    CHI 1 – 1 WSH

2nd period

  1. 0:31
    CHIFrank Nazar (Oliver Moore, Patrick Maroon)snap0.18 xG
    CHI: Maroon, Korchinski, Nazar, Rinzel, MooreWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Duhaime, Fehérváry, Leonard
    CHI 2 – 1 WSH
  2. 7:09
    WSHMartin Fehérváry (Connor McMichael, John Carlson)wrist0.50 xG
    CHI: Maroon, Murphy, Veleno, Slaggert, KorchinskiWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Duhaime, Fehérváry, McMichael
    CHI 2 – 2 WSH
  3. 7:19
    CHIPhilipp Kurashev (Landon Slaggert, Oliver Moore)wrist0.42 xG
    CHI: Kurashev, Vlasic, Slaggert, Rinzel, MooreWSH: Eller, Mangiapane, Roy, Raddysh, Sandin
    CHI 3 – 2 WSH

3rd period

  1. 3:46
    WSHDylan StromePPunknown0.09 xG
    CHI: Foligno, Murphy, Vlasic, MikheyevWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome, Chychrun
    CHI 3 – 3 WSH
  2. 6:13
    WSHAlex OvechkinPP (John Carlson, Andrew Mangiapane)snap0.10 xG
    CHI: Teravainen, Kaiser, Nazar, RinzelWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Mangiapane, Strome, Chychrun
    CHI 3 – 4 WSH
  3. 18:24
    WSHRyan LeonardENbackhand0.97 xG
    CHI: Teravainen, Bertuzzi, Donato, Nazar, Bedard, LevshunovWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Chychrun, Duhaime, Leonard
    CHI 3 – 5 WSH

Box score

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

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Teuvo Teravainen CL1000-110.0410018:19——6079
Tyler Bertuzzi LL1101020.7610017:43——6892
Frank Nazar CL1112+130.7201216:15——6389
Ryan Donato CL2000-110.0400019:16——4843
Connor Bedard CL2000-130.2110219:05——5047
Ilya Mikheyev RL2000000.0001018:00——3923
Philipp Kurashev CL3101+110.5200012:10——2537
Oliver Moore CL3022+220.0310011:56——3141
Landon Slaggert LL3022+110.2200010:43——2640
Nick Foligno LL4000-100.0022013:37——4131
Patrick Maroon LL4011-110.1600210:57——4831
Joseph Veleno CL4000-210.0311010:51——3219
Sam Rinzel DD1000+130.1732022:58——5565
Alex Vlasic DD1000000.0100021:57——5162
Wyatt Kaiser DD2000+100.0010018:59——3345
Artyom Levshunov DD2000010.0301017:17——3642
Connor Murphy DD3000-110.0114019:53——3532
Kevin Korchinski DD3000010.0302016:44——4238
CHI goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Spencer Knight(start)L28254.8933.5759:37

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Tom Wilson RL1000+110.0620023:36——3936
Alex Ovechkin LL1202+130.5600020:27——4135
Dylan Strome CL1112010.2101018:50——4231
Andrew Mangiapane LL2011-210.2911010:27——5430
Taylor Raddysh RL2000-200.001009:53——6534
Lars Eller CL2000-120.191008:27——6148
Pierre-Luc Dubois CL3000010.4111017:08——5671
Ryan Leonard RL3101041.1220213:01——5458
Aliaksei Protas LL3000020.2400011:39——6581
Nic Dowd CL4000+120.1010015:31——7068
Connor McMichael LL4011+140.3300015:05——7292
Brandon Duhaime LL4000+110.3720014:40——8086
Jakob Chychrun DD1000+100.2722022:49——5774
Trevor van Riemsdyk DD1000020.0602020:06——5369
John Carlson DD2033+220.0911022:58——6869
Rasmus Sandin DD2000000.0001018:31——3726
Martin Fehérváry DD3101-130.5721017:27——7358
Matt Roy DD3000-200.0020017:25——4025
WSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)W22193.8642.9860:00

Goal anatomy

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

Alex Ovechkin (WSH) 1st 3:52 · assists Dylan Strome, John Carlson · Forecheck turnover · 12.8 mph shot.

Frank Nazar · 2nd 0:31 · CHI

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
39.8 mph
Distance
23 ft
Entry to goal
3.5 s

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Philipp Kurashev · 2nd 7:19 · CHI

Play
rebound
Entry
pass
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
27.7 mph
Distance
10 ft
Entry to goal
4.0 s
Type
rebound

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Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 6:13 · WSH PP

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
0
Shot
55.7 mph
Distance
24 ft
Entry to goal
3.7 s
Type
one-timer

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