Washington Capitals vs. Nashville PredatorsJan 11, 2026

FinalSunday, Jan 11, 2026· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	0	1	2		WSH	11	9	12	32
NSH	1	0	2	3		NSH	8	6	7	21

: WSH 62NSH 42
: WSH 2.53NSH 2.38
PP goals: WSH 2NSH 2
Hits: WSH 21NSH 16
Blocks: WSH 5NSH 11
PIM: WSH 12NSH 10
: WSH 55%NSH 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Washington Capitals 3–2

Nashville Predators beat Washington Capitals 3–2 at home. Roman Josi (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Evangelista) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 6:07 together.

Points
Roman Josi had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 21:53.Josi
Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:26.Ovechkin
Points
Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:52.Stamkos
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Evangelista) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 6:07 together.Stamkos Josi O'Reilly Forsberg Evangelista
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Strome, Sourdif and Leonard) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:48 together.Ovechkin Carlson Strome Sourdif Leonard
New line
New look for WSH: McMichael–Protas–Leonard skated 4:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (83.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McMichael Protas Leonard
New line
New look for NSH: O'Reilly–Bunting–Evangelista skated 5:43 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.O'Reilly Bunting Evangelista
Usage
Ethen Frank (WSH) played 18:06, +5:58 up on his 12:08 season average over 61 games.Frank

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)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →

NSH
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 104 of 104 attempts · NSH 42 · WSH 62

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH 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, NSH 28%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NSH

WSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

NSH 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	NSH
	54	32
	1.55	1.54
	1.45	1.48
	10	5
	5	5
	18	16
	+0.030	−0.030
	39%	28%

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

L1McMichael – Protas – Leonard
4:1283% CF
L2Ovechkin – Strome – Frank
2:3943% CF
L3Dowd – Beauvillier – Leason
1:34
L4Duhaime – Sourdif – Lapierre
0:00
D1Roy – Fehérváry
13:2367% CF
D2Carlson – Sandin
11:1540% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Chisholm
8:0577% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Strome – Sourdif – Leonard
3:48100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Beauvillier – Sandin – McMichael – Frank
1:38100% CF
PK1FDowd – McMichael
3:16
PK2FBeauvillier – Protas
0:50
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
4:04
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
1:37

Current WSH line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1McCarron – Smith – Schaefer
8:4254% CF
L2O'Reilly – Bunting – Evangelista
5:4327% CF
L3Jost – Svechkov – Wood
5:3857% CF
L4Stamkos – Haula – Forsberg
5:3527% CF
D1Skjei – Wilsby
13:4829% CF
D2Josi – Perbix
11:1647% CF
D3Hague – Blankenburg
9:5523% CF

PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista
6:0775% CF
PP2Haula – Bunting – Svechkov – Blankenburg – Wood
2:03100% CF
PK1FMcCarron – Smith
2:34
PK2FO'Reilly – Svechkov
0:53
PK1DSkjei – Perbix
1:55
PK2DHague – Blankenburg
1:50

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:56
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (John Carlson, Ryan Leonard)slap0.22 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Strome, Sourdif, LeonardNSH: O'Reilly, Skjei, Perbix
WSH 1 – 0 NSH
13:15
NSHSteven StamkosPP (Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi)slap0.10 xG
WSH: Carlson, Dowd, Fehérváry, McMichaelNSH: Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg, Evangelista
WSH 1 – 1 NSH

3rd period

1:12
NSHCole Smith (Roman Josi, Reid Schaefer)wrist0.25 xG
WSH: Strome, Beauvillier, Roy, Fehérváry, ProtasNSH: Josi, Bunting, Perbix, Smith, Blankenburg
WSH 1 – 2 NSH
3:29
NSHRoman JosiPP (Steven Stamkos, Ryan O'Reilly)slap0.09 xG
WSH: Dowd, Roy, FehérváryNSH: Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg, Evangelista
WSH 1 – 3 NSH
9:03
WSHEthen FrankPP (Alex Ovechkin, Dylan Strome)wrist0.13 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Strome, Frank, LeonardNSH: Haula, McCarron, Hague, Blankenburg
WSH 2 – 3 NSH

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	0.17	0	0	2	20:26	—	—	77	40
Connor McMichael L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	1	1	0	18:38	—	—	68	70
Ryan Leonard R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	17:18	—	—	59	62
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.20	0	0	0	21:53	—	—	55	49
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.28	1	0	2	19:26	—	—	50	34
Ethen Frank R	L2	1	0	1	0	6	0.57	1	0	0	18:06	—	—	65	65
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.53	1	0	2	19:23	—	—	61	53
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	4	1	0	18:16	—	—	71	54
Brett Leason R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	0	0	9:30	—	—	64	54
Justin Sourdif C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	6:17	—	—	43	40
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	2	5:46	—	—	50	17
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	5:23	—	—	50	16
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	2	0	0	22:31	—	—	68	58
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	22:20	—	—	64	46
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	0	4	0.15	0	1	2	26:43	—	—	53	48
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	1	0	17:20	—	—	46	42
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	11:35	—	—	79	37
Declan Chisholm D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	1	0	11:11	—	—	77	69

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	21	18	3	.857	2.38	58:09

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cole Smith R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.26	4	0	0	16:16	—	—	53	75
Michael McCarron C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	2	0	2	15:57	—	—	53	66
Reid Schaefer L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	11:17	—	—	40	64
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.17	0	0	0	21:15	—	—	24	4
Luke Evangelista R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	0	1	0	15:49	—	—	25	6
Michael Bunting L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.32	0	1	0	14:40	—	—	37	44
Matthew Wood R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	1	0	0	11:21	—	—	46	92
Fedor Svechkov C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	8:57	—	—	57	94
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:42	—	—	50	88
Steven Stamkos C	L4	1	1	2	0	2	0.14	3	1	0	19:52	—	—	36	40
Filip Forsberg L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	18:16	—	—	29	16
Erik Haula L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	2	17:45	—	—	31	37
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	1	0	0	22:45	—	—	30	33
Adam Wilsby D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	2	2	16:20	—	—	36	39
Roman Josi D	D2	1	2	3	+1	2	0.24	0	0	2	21:53	—	—	46	50
Nick Perbix D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	2	15:38	—	—	45	62
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:08	—	—	40	50
Nick Blankenburg D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	2	0	17:43	—	—	29	67

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Justus Annunen(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.53	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Alex Ovechkin (WSH PP) 1st 5:56 · assists John Carlson, Ryan Leonard · Cycle · carried in · 5-on-3 at the blue line · 77.5 mph shot · 7.7 s from entry to goal.

Alex Ovechkin · 1st 5:56 · WSH PP

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-3
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 77.5 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Entry to goal: 7.7 s
Type: one-timer

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Steven Stamkos · 1st 13:15 · NSH PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 66.1 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Type: one-timer

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Roman Josi · 3rd 3:29 · NSH PP

Play: faceoff
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 74.6 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Type: one-timer

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Cole Smith · 3rd 1:12 · NSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.0 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Ethen Frank · 3rd 9:03 · WSH PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 0
Shot: 43.8 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 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.