Washington Capitals vs. Vancouver CanucksJan 21, 2026

FinalWednesday, Jan 21, 2026· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	0	1	3		WSH	11	12	9	32
VAN	2	2	0	4		VAN	10	11	4	25

: WSH 66VAN 54
: WSH 3.52VAN 2.74
PP goals: WSH 2VAN 0
Hits: WSH 18VAN 17
Blocks: WSH 14VAN 13
PIM: WSH 10VAN 10
: WSH 61%VAN 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge Washington Capitals 4–3

Vancouver Canucks beat Washington Capitals 4–3 at home. Dylan Strome (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for VAN: Kane–DeBrusk–Pettersson skated 9:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (21.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Dylan Strome had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 21:17.Strome
Points
Brock Boeser had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:20.Boeser
Points
Justin Sourdif had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:02.Sourdif
Points
David Kampf had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:04.Kampf
Points
Jake DeBrusk had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:20.DeBrusk
Points
John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 26:45.Carlson
New line
New look for VAN: Kane–DeBrusk–Pettersson skated 9:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (21.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kane DeBrusk Pettersson
New line
New look for WSH: Wilson–Protas–Sourdif skated 7:02 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wilson Protas Sourdif

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)VAN attacks right (top on phones) →

VAN
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · VAN 54 · WSH 66

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VAN 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 39% of the game, VAN 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VAN

WSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

VAN 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	VAN
	52	50
	1.97	1.72
	1.92	1.63
	11	10
	2	6
	22	22
	+0.055	−0.055
	39%	25%

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

L1Wilson – Protas – Sourdif
7:0258% CF
L2Strome – McMichael – Leonard
4:0938% CF
L3Ovechkin – Dowd – Frank
3:3920% CF
L4Beauvillier – Duhaime – Lapierre
2:5757% CF
D1Carlson – Chychrun
15:1459% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Sandin
6:3725% CF
D3Roy – Fehérváry
5:5415% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun – Leonard
2:36100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – McMichael – Sourdif – Frank
1:42100% CF
PK1FDowd – Wilson
1:17
PK2FMcMichael – Protas
1:11
PK1DRoy – Fehérváry
1:27
PK2DCarlson – Sandin
0:21

Current WSH line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Kane – DeBrusk – Pettersson
9:3821% CF
L2Blueger – Garland – Ohgren
9:3791% CF
L3Boeser – Kampf – O'Connor
7:1050% CF
L4Karlsson – Hoglander – Sasson
5:1360% CF
D1Hronek – Buium
12:2447% CF
D2Myers – Pettersson
10:1441% CF
D3Pettersson – Willander
10:1265% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Pettersson – Karlsson – Willander
3:5986% CF
PP2Kane – Garland – Hronek – Ohgren – Buium
0:150% CF
PK1FBlueger – Garland
1:50
PK2FKampf – O'Connor
1:12
PK1DMyers – Pettersson
1:09
PK2DHronek – Pettersson
0:19

Current VAN 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
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	1	0	0	20:20	—	—	52	50
Justin Sourdif C	L1	1	1	2	-1	3	0.63	1	0	0	18:02	—	—	43	45
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.17	0	0	0	17:19	—	—	46	37
Dylan Strome C	L2	2	1	3	+1	3	1.11	0	0	0	21:17	—	—	62	69
Ryan Leonard R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.37	2	0	4	12:40	—	—	67	75
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	2	12:03	—	—	42	40
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.24	0	0	0	23:13	—	—	52	63
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	2	0	14:08	—	—	44	34
Ethen Frank R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	0	11:28	—	—	29	32
Anthony Beauvillier R	L4	0	0	0	-2	4	0.25	1	0	0	10:49	—	—	65	57
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	8:36	—	—	63	71
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	1	0	6:43	—	—	56	71
John Carlson D	D1	0	2	2	0	4	0.07	0	0	2	26:45	—	—	64	56
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	2	1	0	25:53	—	—	62	43
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.09	1	2	0	19:51	—	—	44	50
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	2	0	11:02	—	—	46	66
Matt Roy D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	1	2	2	19:58	—	—	32	35
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	2	0	12:56	—	—	39	64

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	L	25	21	4	.840	2.34	56:57

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Pettersson C	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.15	0	4	0	19:20	—	—	17	7
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.17	3	0	0	18:20	—	—	23	7
Evander Kane L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.10	0	1	2	14:54	—	—	18	7
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	4	0	0	18:24	—	—	72	66
Conor Garland R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	0	17:49	—	—	77	71
Liam Ohgren L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	13:18	—	—	79	56
Brock Boeser R	L3	1	1	2	+1	4	0.51	0	1	0	16:20	—	—	44	67
David Kampf C	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	15:04	—	—	50	60
Drew O'Connor L	L3	1	0	1	+2	4	0.45	2	0	0	12:51	—	—	45	52
Linus Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	1	2	11:49	—	—	50	69
Nils Hoglander L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	2	0	2	9:56	—	—	57	59
Max Sasson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	6:56	—	—	60	89
Filip Hronek D	D1	1	0	1	0	1	0.12	0	2	0	23:10	—	—	55	49
Zeev Buium D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	14:44	—	—	38	24
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	22:21	—	—	43	37
Elias Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:32	—	—	42	49
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.44	2	0	2	23:54	—	—	54	46
Tom Willander D	D3	0	1	1	+3	1	0.14	1	1	0	17:23	—	—	62	69

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	W	32	29	3	.906	3.52	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Dylan Strome (WSH PP) 1st 8:25 · assists Tom Wilson, John Carlson · Cycle · 48.6 mph shot.

Dylan Strome · 1st 8:25 · WSH PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 48.6 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Justin Sourdif · 1st 9:43 · WSH PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 5.6 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Brock Boeser · 1st 13:32 · VAN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 49.0 mph
Distance: 19 ft

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Evander Kane · 1st 18:22 · VAN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 15.4 mph
Distance: 11 ft

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Drew O'Connor · 2nd 8:58 · VAN

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.2 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 5.6 s

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Filip Hronek · 2nd 11:43 · VAN

Play: deflection
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 26.0 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s
Type: one-timer

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Dylan Strome · 3rd 16:37 · WSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 25.1 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

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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. Vancouver CanucksJan 21, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Vancouver Canucks edge Washington Capitals 4–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Washington Capitals

Vancouver Canucks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Washington Capitals

Vancouver Canucks

Goal anatomy

Dylan Strome · 1st 8:25 · WSH PP

Justin Sourdif · 1st 9:43 · WSH PP

Brock Boeser · 1st 13:32 · VAN

Evander Kane · 1st 18:22 · VAN

Drew O'Connor · 2nd 8:58 · VAN

Filip Hronek · 2nd 11:43 · VAN

Dylan Strome · 3rd 16:37 · WSH