Washington Capitals vs. Chicago BlackhawksJan 9, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	3	1	1	5		WSH	6	10	8	24
CHI	0	1	0	1		CHI	10	6	8	24

: WSH 43CHI 50
: WSH 2.57CHI 2.76
PP goals: WSH 0CHI 1
Hits: WSH 13CHI 23
Blocks: WSH 9CHI 6
PIM: WSH 8CHI 6
: WSH 46%CHI 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals rout Chicago Blackhawks 5–1

Washington Capitals beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–1 at CHI. Connor McMichael (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for WSH: Dowd–Beauvillier–Frank skated 9:01 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Connor McMichael had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:49.McMichael
Points
John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:43.Carlson
Points
Martin Fehérváry had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:59.Fehérváry
Points
Ryan Leonard had 2 assists (2 points) in 13:17.Leonard
New line
New look for WSH: Dowd–Beauvillier–Frank skated 9:01 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Beauvillier Frank
New line
New look for CHI: Burakovsky–Greene–Bedard skated 6:21 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Burakovsky Greene Bedard
New line
New look for WSH: Duhaime–Leason–Lapierre skated 7:26 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Duhaime Leason Lapierre
Luck
WSH scored 5 goals on 2.57 expected goals (43 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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)CHI attacks right (top on phones) →

CHI
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 93 of 93 attempts · CHI 50 · WSH 43

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CHI
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CHI 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 36% of the game, CHI 26%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CHI

WSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

CHI 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	CHI
	41	43
	2.29	1.13
	2.21	1.08
	8	10
	4	5
	26	24
	−0.014	+0.014
	36%	26%

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

L1Dowd – Beauvillier – Frank
9:0148% CF
L2Duhaime – Leason – Lapierre
7:2650% CF
L3Ovechkin – Strome – Protas
7:0050% CF
L4McMichael – Sourdif – Leonard
6:5467% CF
D1Roy – Chychrun
13:4550% CF
D2Sandin – Chisholm
10:3536% CF
D3Carlson – Fehérváry
9:1861% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Sandin – McMichael – Sourdif – Frank
2:40100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – Strome – Chychrun – Leonard
1:4775% CF
PK1FDowd – McMichael
1:48
PK2FBeauvillier – Protas
1:20
PK1DRoy – Fehérváry
2:26
PK2DCarlson – Sandin
0:50

Current WSH line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Foligno – Slaggert – Dach
8:4263% CF
L2Burakovsky – Greene – Bedard
6:2120% CF
L3Teravainen – Lardis – Moore
5:3550% CF
L4Dickinson – Bertuzzi – Donato
4:4143% CF
D1Murphy – Vlasic
15:4467% CF
D2Kaiser – Levshunov
15:0150% CF
D3Grzelcyk – Korchinski
12:2321% CF

PP1Teravainen – Burakovsky – Bertuzzi – Bedard – Levshunov
4:3185% CF
PP2Foligno – Grzelcyk – Greene – Lardis – Moore
1:5967% CF
PK1FDickinson – Slaggert
1:40
PK2FTeravainen – Greene
1:32
PK1DKaiser – Levshunov
2:48
PK2DMurphy – Vlasic
2:14

Current CHI 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
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.26	1	0	0	17:54	—	—	44	66
Ethen Frank R	L1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.15	0	1	0	16:47	—	—	39	55
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.06	1	0	2	16:18	—	—	52	62
Brandon Duhaime L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	4	1	2	12:48	—	—	50	39
Brett Leason R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:49	—	—	60	39
Hendrix Lapierre C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	10:45	—	—	60	39
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	58	100
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	0	0	0	15:12	—	—	35	66
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.32	3	1	0	14:43	—	—	50	76
Justin Sourdif C	L4	1	0	1	+2	1	0.18	1	1	2	15:31	—	—	50	84
Connor McMichael L	L4	1	1	2	+2	3	0.61	0	0	0	14:49	—	—	55	76
Ryan Leonard R	L4	0	2	2	+2	0	0.30	0	0	0	13:17	—	—	56	79
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	0	0	22:00	—	—	53	60
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	1	0	20:05	—	—	50	55
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	19:28	—	—	44	68
Declan Chisholm D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.04	0	1	0	17:43	—	—	39	55
John Carlson D	D3	0	2	2	+3	0	0.01	1	0	0	19:43	—	—	44	73
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	2	2	+4	1	0.04	1	1	2	17:59	—	—	65	84

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	2.76	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	1	0	13:53	—	—	60	35
Landon Slaggert L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	5	1	2	12:56	—	—	65	47
Colton Dach C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	4	0	0	11:46	—	—	67	54
Ryan Greene C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	2	18:52	—	—	39	24
Connor Bedard C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.32	0	0	0	17:07	—	—	29	28
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	0	1	0	16:53	—	—	28	18
Teuvo Teravainen C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	0	0	19:50	—	—	64	48
Oliver Moore C	L3	1	0	1	-3	2	0.21	1	0	0	14:10	—	—	44	27
Nick Lardis L	L3	0	1	1	-3	2	0.26	1	0	2	12:01	—	—	47	27
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L4	0	0	0	-2	4	1.13	1	0	0	15:49	—	—	44	15
Jason Dickinson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	2	0	0	14:17	—	—	64	51
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	0	0	13:52	—	—	69	55
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	2	0	20:10	—	—	69	78
Alex Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	18:47	—	—	64	72
Artyom Levshunov D	D2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.09	3	0	0	24:42	—	—	46	32
Wyatt Kaiser D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	1	0	0	20:22	—	—	54	43
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:15	—	—	27	16
Kevin Korchinski D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:53	—	—	28	12

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Drew Commesso(start)	L	24	19	5	.792	2.57	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Anthony Beauvillier (WSH) 1st 4:03 · assists Martin Fehérváry, John Carlson · Forecheck turnover · 26.8 mph shot.

Anthony Beauvillier · 1st 4:03 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 26.8 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: one-timer

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Connor McMichael · 1st 15:07 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 22.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Ethen Frank · 1st 18:54 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 0
Shot: 42.7 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 5.1 s

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Oliver Moore · 2nd 8:48 · CHI PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 46.7 mph
Distance: 25 ft

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Justin Sourdif · 2nd 12:38 · WSH

Play: rebound
Entry: dump
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 1.6 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 6.9 s
Type: rebound

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Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 13:33 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 47.3 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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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. Chicago BlackhawksJan 9, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals rout Chicago Blackhawks 5–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Washington Capitals

Chicago Blackhawks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Washington Capitals

Chicago Blackhawks

Goal anatomy

Anthony Beauvillier · 1st 4:03 · WSH

Connor McMichael · 1st 15:07 · WSH

Ethen Frank · 1st 18:54 · WSH

Oliver Moore · 2nd 8:48 · CHI PP

Justin Sourdif · 2nd 12:38 · WSH

Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 13:33 · WSH