Washington Capitals vs. Detroit Red WingsJan 29, 2026

Final / SOThursday, Jan 29, 2026· Little Caesars Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
WSH	1	0	2	0	1	4		WSH	7	8	5	3	23
DET	0	1	2	0	0	3		DET	3	8	9	1	21

: WSH 49DET 63
: WSH 1.63DET 2.76
PP goals: WSH 0DET 0
Hits: WSH 26DET 13
Blocks: WSH 22DET 17
PIM: WSH 6DET 2
: WSH 54%DET 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Detroit Red Wings 4–3 (SO)

Washington Capitals beat Detroit Red Wings 4–3 in a shootout at DET. Alex DeBrincat (DET) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Strome–Beauvillier skated 9:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (68.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Alex DeBrincat had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 21:28.DeBrincat
Points
Jakob Chychrun had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 26:58.Chychrun
Points
Dylan Strome had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:31.Strome
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Strome–Beauvillier skated 9:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (68.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Strome Beauvillier
Usage
Moritz Seider (DET) played 31:57, +6:22 up on his 25:35 season average over 81 games.Seider
New line
New look for DET: Compher–Appleton–Finnie skated 5:42 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (90% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Compher Appleton Finnie
New line
New look for DET: van Riemsdyk–Rasmussen–Soderblom skated 5:15 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.van Riemsdyk Rasmussen Soderblom
New line
New look for WSH: Dowd–McMichael–Leonard skated 8:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd McMichael Leonard

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)DET attacks right (top on phones) →

DET
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · DET 63 · WSH 49

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DET
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DET 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, DET 35%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DET

WSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

DET 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	DET
	50	50
	1.44	1.36
	1.41	1.33
	6	4
	5	1
	16	10
	+0.023	−0.023
	21%	35%

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
9:5741% CF
L2Ovechkin – Strome – Beauvillier
9:0368% CF
L3Dowd – McMichael – Leonard
8:3847% CF
L4Duhaime – Lapierre – Frank
5:0467% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
10:4922% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
9:0167% CF
D3Sandin – Chisholm
3:3225% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun – Leonard
2:25100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – McMichael – Sourdif – Frank
1:23
PK1FDowd – Wilson
1:50
PK2FMcMichael – Protas
1:05
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
2:42
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Sandin
1:47

Current WSH line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Larkin – Raymond – Kasper
10:2359% CF
L2Kane – Copp – DeBrincat
9:3060% CF
L3Compher – Appleton – Finnie
5:4290% CF
L4van Riemsdyk – Rasmussen – Soderblom
5:150% CF
D1Bernard-Docker – Seider
15:4959% CF
D2Hamonic – Johansson
8:3738% CF
D3Chiarot – Sandin-Pellikka
7:1347% CF

PP1Kane – Larkin – DeBrincat – Seider – Raymond
5:12100% CF
PP2van Riemsdyk – Copp – Compher – Kasper – Sandin-Pellikka
2:08100% CF
PK1FCopp – Compher
1:34
PK2FLarkin – Rasmussen
1:14
PK1DHamonic – Johansson
2:15
PK2DChiarot – Seider
0:33

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: WSH 4 – 3 DET.

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	0	0	-2	0	0.11	4	3	0	21:13	—	—	40	48
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	0	1	0	21:09	—	—	37	33
Justin Sourdif C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	1	0	17:10	—	—	48	54
Dylan Strome C	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.11	0	1	0	18:31	—	—	67	71
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:21	—	—	64	52
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.16	3	0	0	16:00	—	—	62	64
Nic Dowd C	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.15	6	2	0	17:49	—	—	44	33
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:17	—	—	40	33
Ryan Leonard R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	4	2	0	15:05	—	—	44	31
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:13	—	—	44	70
Ethen Frank R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:48	—	—	64	89
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	1	0	6:48	—	—	36	50
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	0	5	2	27:25	—	—	53	56
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.10	2	4	0	21:39	—	—	24	40
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	0	3	3	+3	1	0.04	0	0	0	26:58	—	—	68	61
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	2	16:18	—	—	55	59
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	2	0	20:04	—	—	45	35
Declan Chisholm D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	0	0	0	9:22	—	—	58	61

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	W	21	18	3	.857	2.76	65:00

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Larkin C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.43	0	0	0	24:38	—	—	55	57
Lucas Raymond L	L1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.33	0	0	0	20:41	—	—	59	65
Marco Kasper C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.45	3	1	0	15:56	—	—	57	63
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	2	1	3	+2	5	0.44	0	1	0	21:28	—	—	50	42
Patrick Kane R	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.20	0	1	0	19:08	—	—	54	47
Andrew Copp C	L2	0	1	1	+3	0	0.27	1	0	0	18:17	—	—	64	54
J.T. Compher L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	1	0	15:07	—	—	50	48
Mason Appleton C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	0	0	0	13:56	—	—	61	36
Emmitt Finnie C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:13	—	—	63	70
James van Riemsdyk L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:10	—	—	8	36
Michael Rasmussen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	0	2	0	12:52	—	—	20	27
Elmer Soderblom L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:29	—	—	30	3
Moritz Seider D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.14	0	1	0	31:57	—	—	65	74
Jacob Bernard-Docker D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:44	—	—	57	68
Albert Johansson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	2	0	19:16	—	—	38	27
Travis Hamonic D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	4	0	13:56	—	—	50	56
Ben Chiarot D	D3	1	0	1	-2	2	0.13	2	1	2	20:40	—	—	40	36
Axel Sandin-Pellikka D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.05	1	1	0	11:20	—	—	53	42

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	O	23	20	3	.870	1.63	63:12

Goal anatomy

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

Nic Dowd (WSH) 1st 6:27 · assists Connor McMichael, Jakob Chychrun · Forecheck turnover · 55.3 mph shot.

Nic Dowd · 1st 6:27 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 55.3 mph
Distance: 37 ft

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Dylan Strome · 3rd 9:36 · WSH

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.5 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Alex DeBrincat · 3rd 19:07 · DET

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.5 mph
Distance: 95 ft

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Ben Chiarot · 2nd 9:52 · DET

Play: point-shot
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 3
Shot: 80.7 mph
Distance: 46 ft
Entry to goal: 7.0 s
Type: one-timer

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Declan Chisholm · 3rd 14:44 · WSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 40.9 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: deflection

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Alex DeBrincat · 3rd 18:20 · DET

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.3 mph
Distance: 7 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. Detroit Red WingsJan 29, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals edge Detroit Red Wings 4–3 (SO)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Washington Capitals

Detroit Red Wings

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Washington Capitals

Detroit Red Wings

Goal anatomy

Nic Dowd · 1st 6:27 · WSH

Dylan Strome · 3rd 9:36 · WSH

Alex DeBrincat · 3rd 19:07 · DET

Ben Chiarot · 2nd 9:52 · DET

Declan Chisholm · 3rd 14:44 · WSH

Alex DeBrincat · 3rd 18:20 · DET