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Chicago Blackhawks vs. Washington CapitalsJan 3, 2026

Final / SO· Capital One Arena
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CHI
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WSH
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Goals123OTSOTShots123OTT
CHI110013CHI9913233
WSH101002WSH13714034
CHI 61WSH 60
CHI 2.79WSH 3.03
PP goals
CHI 1WSH 0
Hits
CHI 11WSH 23
Blocks
CHI 9WSH 19
PIM
CHI 2WSH 4
CHI 49%WSH 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks edge Washington Capitals 3–2 (SO)

Chicago Blackhawks beat Washington Capitals 3–2 in a shootout at WSH. Ryan Leonard (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. CHI's first power-play unit (Teravainen, Grzelcyk, Burakovsky, Bertuzzi and Donato) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:04 together.

  1. PP1
    CHI's first power-play unit (Teravainen, Grzelcyk, Burakovsky, Bertuzzi and Donato) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:04 together.TeravainenGrzelcykBurakovskyBertuzziDonato
  2. Usage
    Tom Wilson (WSH) played 5:55, −13:44 down on his 19:39 season average over 71 games.Wilson
  3. New line
    New look for WSH: McMichael–Sourdif–Leonard skated 7:01 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McMichaelSourdifLeonard
  4. Usage
    Ryan Leonard (WSH) played 20:21, +6:01 up on his 14:20 season average over 74 games.Leonard
  5. Usage
    Andre Burakovsky (CHI) played 20:37, +4:16 up on his 16:21 season average over 74 games.Burakovsky
  6. Usage
    Anthony Beauvillier (WSH) played 20:07, +4:22 up on his 15:45 season average over 81 games.Beauvillier
  7. Usage
    Justin Sourdif (WSH) played 20:51, +6:11 up on his 14:40 season average over 77 games.Sourdif
  8. Usage
    Connor McMichael (WSH) played 22:07, +5:17 up on his 16:50 season average over 77 games.McMichael

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: 121 attempts, 67 on goal, 4 goals, 5.83 expected goals; best chance Ilya Mikheyev at 0.24 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 121 of 121 attempts · WSH 60 · CHI 61

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 3.03 to 2.79 (WSH led the chances), shot attempts 60 to 61, 4 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdOTWSHCHIDSTLnet xGcumulative expected goals · 63:55
  • WSH
  • CHI
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
WSHCHIcontrol2nd3rdOTDonato · 1st 1:13Strome · 1st 4:46Teravainen · 2nd 4:24Leonard · 3rd 11:18
  • 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 32% of the game, WSH 27%.

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 63:55; most ice Logan Thompson (65:00) for WSH and Spencer Knight (65:00) for CHI, 4 goals.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, WSH rows versus CHI columns: 250 matchups; most common McMichael vs Kaiser, 11:38 at 20% xGF.

WSH ↓ · CHI →BurakovskyGreeneBertuzziMikheyevDickinsonDonatoTeravainenLardisMooreDachSlaggertFolignoLevshunovKaiserVlasicCrevierGrzelcykMurphyL1 StromeL1 BeauvillierL1 OvechkinL2 McMichaelL2 SourdifL2 LeonardL3 DowdL3 FrankL3 DuhaimeL4 MilanoL4 LapierreL4 WilsonD1 ChychrunD1 RoyD2 CarlsonD2 FehérváryD3 SandinD3 Riemsdyk
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
StatCHIWSH
6859
3.042.67
2.962.49
1114
102
2823
−0.016+0.016
32%27%

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. 1:13
    CHIRyan Donato (Ilya Mikheyev)tip-in0.13 xG
    CHI: Dickinson, Donato, Vlasic, Mikheyev, CrevierWSH: Ovechkin, van Riemsdyk, Strome, Beauvillier, Sandin
    CHI 1 – 0 WSH
  2. 4:46
    WSHDylan Strome (Ethen Frank, Trevor van Riemsdyk)snap0.22 xG
    CHI: Murphy, Grzelcyk, Donato, Lardis, MooreWSH: van Riemsdyk, Strome, Beauvillier, Sandin, Frank
    CHI 1 – 1 WSH

2nd period

  1. 4:24
    CHITeuvo TeravainenPP (Tyler Bertuzzi, Andre Burakovsky)snap0.11 xG
    CHI: Teravainen, Grzelcyk, Burakovsky, Bertuzzi, DonatoWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Duhaime, Fehérváry
    CHI 2 – 1 WSH

3rd period

  1. 11:18
    WSHRyan Leonard (Matt Roy, Anthony Beauvillier)other0.16 xG
    CHI: Murphy, Grzelcyk, Burakovsky, Bertuzzi, GreeneWSH: Beauvillier, Roy, Chychrun, Sourdif, Leonard
    CHI 2 – 2 WSH

Decided in the shootout: CHI 3 – 2 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
Andre Burakovsky LL1011-140.5601020:37——5960
Ryan Greene CL1000-140.4901020:07——6056
Tyler Bertuzzi LL1011-130.3201018:43——6260
Ilya Mikheyev RL2011+120.2520018:26——5244
Jason Dickinson CL2000+110.0422017:21——5348
Ryan Donato CL2101010.1300016:59——4235
Teuvo Teravainen CL3101010.1100015:44——5660
Nick Lardis LL3000-130.2010014:34——5035
Oliver Moore CL3000-120.1200013:58——4733
Colton Dach CL4000000.0110011:41——5371
Landon Slaggert LL4000010.2410010:56——4769
Nick Foligno LL4000000.0011010:27——4773
Artyom Levshunov DD1000020.0802023:46——5476
Wyatt Kaiser DD1000020.0900222:36——4975
Alex Vlasic DD2000+110.0000023:13——5846
Louis Crevier DD2000+120.1021020:30——5849
Matt Grzelcyk DD3000-230.0500017:26——5548
Connor Murphy DD3000-210.0110016:50——4843
CHI goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Spencer Knight(start)W34322.9413.0365:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Dylan Strome CL1101020.2201021:12——5456
Anthony Beauvillier RL1011+130.5801020:07——4949
Alex Ovechkin LL1000-120.2940018:49——4534
Connor McMichael LL2000030.3333022:07——4043
Justin Sourdif CL2000+140.4201020:51——4852
Ryan Leonard RL2101+130.1920020:21——6469
Nic Dowd CL3000000.1421019:09——4538
Ethen Frank RL3011+140.1811014:20——5859
Brandon Duhaime LL3000000.1712011:37——3648
Sonny Milano LL4000010.171107:25——3848
Hendrix Lapierre CL4000020.070106:53——2715
Tom Wilson RL4000000.002005:55——2120
Jakob Chychrun DD1000+120.1332424:58——4324
Matt Roy DD1011+120.0201018:43——5135
John Carlson DD2000050.1111023:53——4049
Martin Fehérváry DD2000000.0022021:20——4254
Rasmus Sandin DD3000000.0010020:10——5961
Trevor van Riemsdyk DD3011010.0101016:06——5064
WSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Logan Thompson(start)O33312.9392.7965:00

Goal anatomy

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

Ryan Donato (CHI) 1st 1:13 · assists Ilya Mikheyev · Deflection · 24.9 mph shot.