Washington Capitals vs. Calgary FlamesJan 23, 2026

FinalFriday, Jan 23, 2026· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	2	3		WSH	8	17	13	38
CGY	1	0	0	1		CGY	16	4	6	26

: WSH 78CGY 67
: WSH 5.23CGY 1.82
PP goals: WSH 0CGY 1
Hits: WSH 17CGY 21
Blocks: WSH 22CGY 17
PIM: WSH 16CGY 18
: WSH 53%CGY 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Calgary Flames 3–1

Washington Capitals beat Calgary Flames 3–1 at CGY. Martin Fehérváry (WSH) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for CGY: Backlund–Farabee–Sharangovich skated 11:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Martin Fehérváry had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:59.Fehérváry
New line
New look for CGY: Backlund–Farabee–Sharangovich skated 11:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Backlund Farabee Sharangovich
New line
New look for CGY: Kadri–Huberdeau–Coronato skated 9:40 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kadri Huberdeau Coronato
Goalie
Devin Cooley (CGY) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +10 against a season average of 27.3; the loss.Cooley
Usage
Morgan Frost (CGY) played 10:13, −5:21 down on his 15:34 season average over 81 games.Frost
Luck
WSH scored 3 goals on 5.23 expected goals (78 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for CGY: Pospisil–Zary–Gridin skated 6:16 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pospisil Zary Gridin
Usage
Matvei Gridin (CGY) played 9:09, −6:11 down on his 15:20 season average over 36 games.Gridin

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)CGY attacks right (top on phones) →

CGY
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 145 of 145 attempts · CGY 67 · WSH 78

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CGY
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CGY 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 48% of the game, CGY 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CGY

WSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

CGY 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	CGY
	69	67
	3.39	1.71
	3.15	1.62
	18	16
	5	6
	22	20
	+0.056	−0.056
	48%	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.

Washington Capitals

L1Wilson – Protas – Sourdif
9:0250% CF
L2Strome – McMichael – Leonard
7:2450% CF
L3Ovechkin – Dowd – Frank
6:1247% CF
L4Beauvillier – Duhaime – Lapierre
3:5482% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Sandin
13:4133% CF
D2Roy – Chychrun
12:3665% CF
D3Carlson – Fehérváry
12:1053% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun – Leonard
3:24100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – Strome – Sourdif – Leonard
1:4050% CF
PK1FMcMichael – Protas
0:45
PK2FDowd – Wilson
0:28
PK1DRoy – Fehérváry
0:38
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Sandin
0:35

Current WSH line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Backlund – Farabee – Sharangovich
11:4844% CF
L2Kadri – Huberdeau – Coronato
9:4055% CF
L3Pospisil – Zary – Gridin
6:1643% CF
L4Lomberg – Frost – Klapka
3:5744% CF
D1Whitecloud – Bahl
18:0354% CF
D2Weegar – Kuznetsov
14:1028% CF
D3Hanley – Pachal
8:0760% CF

PP1Backlund – Weegar – Frost – Sharangovich – Zary
0:44100% CF
PP2Kadri – Huberdeau – Weegar – Coronato – Gridin
0:40100% CF
PK1FBacklund – Farabee
2:25
PK2FHuberdeau – Sharangovich
1:01
PK1DWhitecloud – Bahl
3:53
PK2DWeegar – Kuznetsov
0:59

Current CGY 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	1	0	1	+1	3	0.48	1	2	0	19:12	—	—	51	69
Justin Sourdif C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.25	0	2	0	16:55	—	—	44	55
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.97	5	0	10	16:30	—	—	46	83
Ryan Leonard R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.40	2	0	2	18:12	—	—	48	48
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.43	0	1	0	18:07	—	—	55	66
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	12:30	—	—	48	62
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	1	0	1	+1	6	1.28	1	0	0	17:49	—	—	49	51
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:31	—	—	36	50
Ethen Frank R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:50	—	—	36	31
Anthony Beauvillier R	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.32	1	0	0	13:48	—	—	74	97
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.26	0	0	2	9:32	—	—	83	99
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	2	0	9:14	—	—	59	96
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	4	0	19:38	—	—	33	63
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	4	0	16:24	—	—	41	79
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	3	1	0	19:42	—	—	60	75
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.31	1	2	0	19:09	—	—	61	67
John Carlson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	0	1	2	20:28	—	—	52	54
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	2	2	+2	2	0.02	1	1	0	18:59	—	—	51	55

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	1.82	59:52

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Backlund C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	20:14	—	—	41	21
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.16	0	3	0	20:13	—	—	49	33
Joel Farabee L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	2	18:59	—	—	53	35
Nazem Kadri C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	1	0	0	18:26	—	—	59	45
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.15	0	0	0	16:41	—	—	56	30
Matt Coronato R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.23	1	1	0	15:05	—	—	44	19
Connor Zary C	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.01	1	1	0	14:24	—	—	53	51
Martin Pospisil C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.20	3	0	0	13:07	—	—	55	64
Matvei Gridin R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:09	—	—	36	29
Morgan Frost C	L4	1	0	1	-2	1	0.12	2	0	0	10:13	—	—	39	14
Adam Klapka R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	3	1	12	9:26	—	—	64	54
Ryan Lomberg L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	1	0	0	8:59	—	—	35	27
Kevin Bahl D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	25:46	—	—	56	42
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	3	0	25:16	—	—	53	33
MacKenzie Weegar D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	0	5	0	22:46	—	—	38	39
Yan Kuznetsov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	3	4	20:06	—	—	33	34
Joel Hanley D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:08	—	—	59	18
Brayden Pachal D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:42	—	—	58	30

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devin Cooley(start)	L	37	35	2	.946	4.75	58:20

Goal anatomy

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

Morgan Frost (CGY PP) 1st 6:09 · assists Connor Zary · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 58.7 mph shot · 2.5 s from entry to goal.

Morgan Frost · 1st 6:09 · CGY PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 58.7 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Aliaksei Protas · 3rd 7:35 · WSH

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.5 mph
Distance: 11 ft

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Hendrix Lapierre · 2nd 6:33 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 6-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 20.5 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s

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Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 19:07 · WSH EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.6 mph
Distance: 106 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. Calgary FlamesJan 23, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals beat Calgary Flames 3–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Washington Capitals

Calgary Flames

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Washington Capitals

Calgary Flames

Goal anatomy

Morgan Frost · 1st 6:09 · CGY PP

Aliaksei Protas · 3rd 7:35 · WSH

Hendrix Lapierre · 2nd 6:33 · WSH

Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 19:07 · WSH EN