Washington Capitals vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 19, 2026

FinalMonday, Jan 19, 2026· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	1	0	2		WSH	12	9	3	24
COL	1	2	2	5		COL	11	16	17	44

: WSH 56COL 94
: WSH 2.63COL 4.59
PP goals: WSH 1COL 1
Hits: WSH 14COL 14
Blocks: WSH 24COL 9
PIM: WSH 14COL 10
: WSH 52%COL 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Washington Capitals 5–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Washington Capitals 5–2 at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (Nelson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:48 together.

Points
Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 10 shots in 22:27.MacKinnon
Points
Ethen Frank had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:57.Frank
Points
Victor Olofsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:26.Olofsson
Points
Martin Necas had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:38.Necas
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Nelson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:48 together.Nelson Lehkonen MacKinnon Necas Makar
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Strome, Chychrun, Frank and Leonard) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:53 together.Ovechkin Strome Chychrun Frank Leonard
New line
New look for WSH: Strome–Beauvillier–Protas skated 7:22 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (27.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Strome Beauvillier Protas
Goalie
Charlie Lindgren (WSH) faced 44 shots and stopped 39 (.886), +15 against a season average of 28.7; the loss.Lindgren

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

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

COL
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 150 of 150 attempts · COL 94 · WSH 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: WSH 21% of the game, COL 49%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

WSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

COL 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	WSH	COL
	52	90
	1.77	4.15
	1.73	4.04
	16	17
	0	11
	24	22
	+0.007	−0.007
	21%	49%

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.

Washington Capitals

L1Strome – Beauvillier – Protas
7:2228% CF
L2McMichael – Sourdif – Leonard
7:1021% CF
L3Ovechkin – Dowd – Frank
6:3577% CF
L4Duhaime – Lapierre – Miroshnichenko
4:5860% CF
D1Carlson – Chychrun
14:0140% CF
D2Roy – Fehérváry
12:5726% CF
D3Sandin – Chisholm
8:3935% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Strome – Chychrun – Frank – Leonard
2:5383% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – Beauvillier – McMichael – Sourdif
1:2467% CF
PK1FDowd – McMichael
2:20
PK2FBeauvillier – Protas
1:05
PK1DRoy – Fehérváry
3:37
PK2DCarlson – Sandin
1:18

Current WSH line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
10:4276% CF
L2Nelson – Olofsson – Colton
9:2674% CF
L3Kelly – Drury – Brindley
9:0638% CF
L4Barré-Boulet – Bardakov – Ivan
2:5663% CF
D1Makar – Malinski
11:4756% CF
D2Burns – Manson
10:0970% CF
D3Girard – Solovyov
5:0440% CF

PP1Nelson – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
3:4891% CF
PP2Burns – Olofsson – Colton – Kelly – Brindley
0:56100% CF
PK1FKelly – Drury
2:18
PK2FNelson – Lehkonen
2:01
PK1DBurns – Manson
2:00
PK2DGirard – Makar
1:13

Current COL 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.

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.26	0	0	2	18:34	—	—	36	29
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	1	1	-2	4	0.36	0	2	0	17:39	—	—	24	22
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	0	1	2	12:46	—	—	35	37
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.03	0	3	0	18:02	—	—	13	10
Justin Sourdif C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	1	1	0	15:21	—	—	24	10
Ryan Leonard R	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:04	—	—	15	8
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.18	3	0	0	17:57	—	—	56	63
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	1	1	+1	5	0.13	0	0	0	15:59	—	—	52	55
Ethen Frank R	L3	1	1	2	+1	4	0.89	0	1	0	14:57	—	—	52	53
Ivan Miroshnichenko L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	2	10:43	—	—	44	58
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	1	0	9:55	—	—	55	61
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	7:41	—	—	55	59
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	2	1	0	22:59	—	—	37	39
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.09	1	4	6	22:21	—	—	41	40
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	3	0	21:39	—	—	30	27
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	2	0	20:29	—	—	33	31
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.05	1	1	0	17:05	—	—	35	13
Declan Chisholm D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	3	0	11:51	—	—	43	27

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	44	39	5	.886	4.59	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Martin Necas C	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.36	0	0	0	23:38	—	—	68	75
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	2	1	3	+2	10	1.06	0	0	0	22:27	—	—	66	75
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.35	1	0	0	20:26	—	—	74	79
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.80	1	0	2	20:50	—	—	66	76
Ross Colton C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.57	1	1	0	14:41	—	—	77	83
Victor Olofsson L	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.56	0	0	0	14:26	—	—	70	78
Parker Kelly C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.09	3	1	0	16:22	—	—	55	40
Jack Drury C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	53	31
Gavin Brindley C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	1	0	0	14:32	—	—	41	22
Zakhar Bardakov C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:55	—	—	63	30
Ivan Ivan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	4:57	—	—	56	41
Alex Barré-Boulet C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	2	0	0	3:46	—	—	63	41
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.41	1	2	0	24:43	—	—	61	59
Sam Malinski D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.13	0	2	0	22:13	—	—	66	70
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	0	0	0	19:32	—	—	65	71
Josh Manson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.09	2	1	2	19:10	—	—	70	73
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	19:35	—	—	63	79
Ilya Solovyov D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	1	2	8:02	—	—	50	57

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	2.63	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Parker Kelly (COL) 1st 5:54 · assists Cale Makar, Alex Barré-Boulet · Deflection · carried in · 39.2 mph shot · 9.3 s from entry to goal.

Parker Kelly · 1st 5:54 · COL

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 39.2 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 9.3 s
Type: deflection

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Jakob Chychrun · 1st 7:27 · WSH PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-3
Passes: 2
Shot: 77.5 mph
Distance: 54 ft
Entry to goal: 8.0 s

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Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 7:03 · COL PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-3
Passes: 1
Shot: 73.7 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 1.6 s

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Victor Olofsson · 2nd 15:58 · COL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.5 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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Ethen Frank · 2nd 16:15 · WSH

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 7.2 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Artturi Lehkonen · 3rd 12:32 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 57.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s
Type: one-timer

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Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 16:30 · COL

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.2 mph
Distance: 6 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.

Washington Capitals vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 19, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche beat Washington Capitals 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Washington Capitals

Colorado Avalanche

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Washington Capitals

Colorado Avalanche

Goal anatomy

Parker Kelly · 1st 5:54 · COL

Jakob Chychrun · 1st 7:27 · WSH PP

Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 7:03 · COL PP

Victor Olofsson · 2nd 15:58 · COL

Ethen Frank · 2nd 16:15 · WSH

Artturi Lehkonen · 3rd 12:32 · COL

Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 16:30 · COL