Anaheim Ducks vs. Washington CapitalsJan 5, 2026

FinalMonday, Jan 5, 2026· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
ANA	1	2	1	4		ANA	10	18	17	45
WSH	2	3	2	7		WSH	11	13	5	29

: ANA 82WSH 47
: ANA 3.11WSH 3.51
PP goals: ANA 0WSH 0
Hits: ANA 13WSH 20
Blocks: ANA 7WSH 22
PIM: ANA 14WSH 16
: ANA 43%WSH 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Anaheim Ducks 7–4

Washington Capitals beat Anaheim Ducks 7–4 at home. Justin Sourdif (WSH) led the scoring with 3G 2A. Charlie Lindgren (WSH) faced 45 shots and stopped 41 (.911), +16 against a season average of 28.7; the win.

Points
Justin Sourdif had a hat trick and 2 assists (5 points) on 3 shots in 16:59.Sourdif
Points
Connor McMichael had 4 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 21:37.McMichael
Points
Alex Ovechkin had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:39.Ovechkin
Points
John Carlson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:40.Carlson
Points
Ryan Leonard had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:56.Leonard
Points
Martin Fehérváry had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:13.Fehérváry
Goalie
Charlie Lindgren (WSH) faced 45 shots and stopped 41 (.911), +16 against a season average of 28.7; the win.Lindgren
Luck
WSH scored 7 goals on 3.51 expected goals (47 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

← ANA attacks left (bottom on phones)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →

WSH
ANA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 129 of 129 attempts · WSH 47 · ANA 82

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
ANA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WSH pressure
ANA pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: ANA 43% of the game, WSH 29%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

ANA

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

WSH 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	ANA	WSH
	88	47
	3.22	2.37
	3.04	2.29
	16	8
	8	4
	23	18
	−0.101	+0.101
	43%	29%

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.

Anaheim Ducks

L1McTavish – Gauthier – Sennecke
12:1875% CF
L2Kreider – Terry – Carlsson
11:1960% CF
L3Granlund – Strome – Nesterenko
10:0058% CF
L4Killorn – Johnston – Poehling
9:2382% CF
D1Moore – Mintyukov
16:4069% CF
D2Trouba – Zellweger
10:0282% CF
D3Gudas – LaCombe
7:1473% CF

PP1Granlund – McTavish – Mintyukov – Carlsson – Sennecke
2:42100% CF
PP2Kreider – Trouba – Terry – Gauthier – Mintyukov
1:29100% CF
PK1FGranlund – Poehling
0:44
PK2FKreider – Carlsson
0:30
PK1DGudas – LaCombe
0:35
PK2DMoore – Mintyukov
0:30

Current ANA line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1McMichael – Sourdif – Leonard
11:0432% CF
L2Dowd – Duhaime – Frank
9:0936% CF
L3Ovechkin – Strome – Beauvillier
8:5132% CF
D1Roy – Chychrun
14:1438% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
13:2354% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Sandin
6:5622% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Strome – Chychrun – Leonard
1:22100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Sandin – McMichael – Sourdif – Frank
0:20
PK1FDowd – McMichael
2:41
PK2FBeauvillier – Duhaime
1:11
PK1DRoy – Fehérváry
1:18
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Sandin
0:24

Current WSH 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.

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Beckett Sennecke R	L1	1	0	1	-1	5	0.55	1	1	0	18:25	—	—	72	72
Cutter Gauthier L	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.23	0	0	0	18:20	—	—	70	69
Mason McTavish C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	1	0	17:06	—	—	69	72
Troy Terry R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	17:29	—	—	61	51
Leo Carlsson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	2	16:54	—	—	63	51
Chris Kreider L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	1	1	0	14:49	—	—	59	39
Mikael Granlund C	L3	0	0	0	-5	2	0.40	0	0	0	17:41	—	—	55	40
Nikita Nesterenko C	L3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.21	2	0	0	12:25	—	—	55	45
Ryan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	-4	1	0.28	1	0	0	10:51	—	—	52	41
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	12:53	—	—	79	91
Alex Killorn L	L4	1	0	1	+1	5	0.35	0	0	2	12:07	—	—	85	94
Ross Johnston L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	2	0	5	10:10	—	—	78	88
Pavel Mintyukov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	1	1	0	22:50	—	—	70	66
Ian Moore D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	21:09	—	—	70	65
Olen Zellweger D	D2	0	1	1	+2	4	0.09	0	0	0	19:40	—	—	68	59
Jacob Trouba D	D2	1	0	1	-3	3	0.09	0	2	5	18:48	—	—	65	44
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:29	—	—	58	65
Jackson LaCombe D	D3	0	1	1	-4	5	0.13	0	0	0	17:27	—	—	56	49

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Petr Mrazek(start)	L	24	19	5	.792	2.56	40:00
Lukas Dostal	—	3	3	0	.1000	0.20	19:27

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor McMichael L	L1	0	4	4	+3	2	0.07	1	1	0	21:37	—	—	36	50
Justin Sourdif C	L1	3	2	5	+3	3	0.54	0	0	0	16:59	—	—	31	45
Ryan Leonard R	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.60	2	0	0	15:56	—	—	39	55
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	20:03	—	—	39	57
Ethen Frank R	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.28	0	2	0	16:18	—	—	35	44
Brandon Duhaime L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	5	16:04	—	—	29	44
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	20:58	—	—	36	34
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.30	1	0	0	16:48	—	—	29	26
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	2	0	2	+2	4	0.64	4	0	2	16:39	—	—	36	27
Matt Roy D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	3	3	0	22:22	—	—	37	41
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	3	0	22:16	—	—	33	33
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.13	0	2	2	20:13	—	—	53	71
John Carlson D	D2	1	1	2	+3	2	0.49	0	2	2	19:40	—	—	53	53
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	1	3	0	18:45	—	—	24	37
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:07	—	—	15	26
Hendrix Lapierre C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	6:25	—	—	42	56
Sonny Milano L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	6:08	—	—	33	53
Dylan McIlrath D	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	5	5:42	—	—	15	13

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	W	45	41	4	.911	3.11	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Chris Kreider (ANA) 1st 6:33 · assists Olen Zellweger · Forecheck turnover · 52.8 mph shot.

Chris Kreider · 1st 6:33 · ANA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.8 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Type: one-timer

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Justin Sourdif · 1st 15:56 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 61.0 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Justin Sourdif · 1st 18:58 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 62.8 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Ryan Leonard · 2nd 5:54 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 9.3 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 9.1 s

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Justin Sourdif · 2nd 7:30 · WSH

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 21.3 mph
Distance: 1 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s

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Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 8:52 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 68.8 mph
Distance: 40 ft

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Alex Killorn · 2nd 12:56 · ANA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 45.1 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 7.4 s

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Jacob Trouba · 2nd 14:12 · ANA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 69.7 mph
Distance: 60 ft

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Beckett Sennecke · 3rd 9:22 · ANA

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 27.5 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: deflection

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John Carlson · 3rd 18:46 · WSH EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 21.0 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 19:18 · WSH EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Distance: 28 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.

Anaheim Ducks vs. Washington CapitalsJan 5, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals beat Anaheim Ducks 7–4

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Anaheim Ducks

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Anaheim Ducks

Washington Capitals

Goal anatomy

Chris Kreider · 1st 6:33 · ANA

Justin Sourdif · 1st 15:56 · WSH

Justin Sourdif · 1st 18:58 · WSH

Ryan Leonard · 2nd 5:54 · WSH

Justin Sourdif · 2nd 7:30 · WSH

Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 8:52 · WSH

Alex Killorn · 2nd 12:56 · ANA

Jacob Trouba · 2nd 14:12 · ANA

Beckett Sennecke · 3rd 9:22 · ANA

John Carlson · 3rd 18:46 · WSH EN

Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 19:18 · WSH EN