Philadelphia Flyers vs. Washington CapitalsFeb 25, 2026

FinalWednesday, Feb 25, 2026· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	0	0	1	1		PHI	9	9	6	24
WSH	0	1	2	3		WSH	7	13	9	29

: PHI 49WSH 65
: PHI 2.60WSH 3.69
PP goals: PHI 0WSH 0
Hits: PHI 26WSH 25
Blocks: PHI 19WSH 14
PIM: PHI 2WSH 4
: PHI 48%WSH 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Philadelphia Flyers 3–1

Washington Capitals beat Philadelphia Flyers 3–1 at home. Aliaksei Protas (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for WSH: Dubois–McMichael–Leonard skated 10:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Aliaksei Protas had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:44.Protas
New line
New look for WSH: Dubois–McMichael–Leonard skated 10:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dubois McMichael Leonard
New line
New look for WSH: Beauvillier–Sourdif–Frank skated 10:17 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Beauvillier Sourdif Frank
New line
New look for PHI: Hathaway–Grundstrom–Grebenkin skated 5:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hathaway Grundstrom Grebenkin
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Strome–Protas skated 9:56 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Strome Protas
Luck
PHI scored 1 goal on 2.60 expected goals (49 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Ethen Frank (WSH) played 17:07, +4:58 up on his 12:09 season average over 61 games.Frank
Usage
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) played 13:22, −4:08 down on his 17:30 season average over 81 games.Ovechkin

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

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

WSH
PHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · WSH 65 · PHI 49

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
PHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PHI 32% of the game, WSH 40%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

PHI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

WSH skaters (rows) against PHI 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	PHI	WSH
	56	71
	2.92	3.12
	2.79	2.96
	16	17
	6	6
	22	18
	−0.023	+0.023
	32%	40%

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Dvorak – Konecny – Zegras
12:1954% CF
L2Couturier – Tippett – Barkey
11:2735% CF
L3Cates – Brink – Michkov
10:5659% CF
L4Hathaway – Grundstrom – Grebenkin
5:3744% CF
D1Ristolainen – Sanheim
17:4755% CF
D2York – Drysdale
16:2658% CF
D3Seeler – Juulsen
12:1127% CF

PP1Dvorak – Konecny – Zegras – Brink – Drysdale
0:57100% CF
PP2Tippett – Cates – York – Barkey – Michkov
0:30
PK1FCouturier – Dvorak
1:17
PK2FHathaway – Cates
0:25
PK1DSeeler – Juulsen
1:06
PK2DRistolainen – Sanheim
0:48

Current PHI line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Dubois – McMichael – Leonard
10:5752% CF
L2Beauvillier – Sourdif – Frank
10:1759% CF
L3Ovechkin – Strome – Protas
9:5650% CF
L4Dowd – Duhaime – Lapierre
6:4265% CF
D1Chychrun – Sandin
10:1748% CF
D2Roy – Fehérváry
8:4750% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Chisholm
8:0061% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Strome – Chychrun – Sourdif – Leonard
1:39
PP2Roy – Dubois – Sandin – McMichael – Frank
0:21
PK1FDowd – McMichael
0:49
PK2FBeauvillier – Protas
0:18
PK1Dvan Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
0:49
PK2DRoy – Sandin
0:43

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

13:52
WSHRasmus Sandin (Hendrix Lapierre, Jakob Chychrun)snap0.17 xG
PHI: Couturier, Ristolainen, Sanheim, Tippett, MichkovWSH: Strome, Chychrun, Duhaime, Sandin, Lapierre
PHI 0 – 1 WSH

3rd period

0:29
PHINoah Cates (Travis Sanheim, Bobby Brink)tip-in0.10 xG
PHI: Ristolainen, Sanheim, Cates, Brink, MichkovWSH: Ovechkin, van Riemsdyk, Strome, Fehérváry, Protas
PHI 1 – 1 WSH
14:08
WSHTrevor van Riemsdyk (Declan Chisholm, Aliaksei Protas)snap0.23 xG
PHI: Couturier, Ristolainen, Sanheim, Tippett, BarkeyWSH: Ovechkin, van Riemsdyk, Dubois, Chisholm, Protas
PHI 1 – 2 WSH
19:34
WSHAliaksei ProtasENsnap0.58 xG
PHI: Dvorak, Konecny, Tippett, Zegras, Drysdale, MichkovWSH: Beauvillier, Roy, Fehérváry, Protas
PHI 1 – 3 WSH

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Travis Konecny R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	3	1	0	21:37	—	—	45	33
Christian Dvorak C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	0	0	20:10	—	—	59	58
Trevor Zegras C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	0	0	0	19:10	—	—	46	30
Sean Couturier C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	2	2	0	17:29	—	—	37	35
Owen Tippett R	L2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.21	3	3	0	17:28	—	—	27	25
Denver Barkey C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	3	0	0	14:22	—	—	41	46
Matvei Michkov R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.36	0	0	0	16:52	—	—	61	77
Bobby Brink R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.34	1	0	0	16:07	—	—	64	82
Noah Cates L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.45	3	0	0	15:10	—	—	46	62
Nikita Grebenkin R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:13	—	—	32	16
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	1	0	7:43	—	—	31	21
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	7:43	—	—	42	46
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.26	0	1	0	22:25	—	—	49	46
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	21:59	—	—	50	43
Jamie Drysdale D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	4	0	22:20	—	—	53	78
Cam York D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	0	1	2	19:50	—	—	59	75
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	4	0	15:29	—	—	21	20
Noah Juulsen D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	15:08	—	—	23	25

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dan Vladar(start)	L	28	26	2	.929	2.71	57:45

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Leonard R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.64	1	1	0	17:07	—	—	50	53
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	1	1	0	16:57	—	—	51	61
Connor McMichael L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	1	1	0	16:09	—	—	57	78
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.28	2	1	0	17:25	—	—	54	50
Ethen Frank R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.37	3	3	0	17:07	—	—	59	67
Justin Sourdif C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	2	0	0	15:35	—	—	58	57
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	1	1	2	+1	1	0.58	1	0	0	15:44	—	—	44	36
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	14:40	—	—	46	34
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	1	0	2	13:22	—	—	48	34
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	2	13:05	—	—	69	53
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	1	0	0	12:41	—	—	69	60
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	0	1	0	8:51	—	—	64	57
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	1	0	0	24:14	—	—	45	45
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.28	1	1	0	20:01	—	—	57	55
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	3	1	0	21:04	—	—	50	39
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	2	0	20:34	—	—	56	45
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	1	0	1	0	2	0.25	0	2	0	17:27	—	—	62	62
Declan Chisholm D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	66	63

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	2.60	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Rasmus Sandin (WSH) 2nd 13:52 · assists Hendrix Lapierre, Jakob Chychrun · Forecheck turnover · 50.2 mph shot.

Rasmus Sandin · 2nd 13:52 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 50.2 mph
Distance: 12 ft

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Noah Cates · 3rd 0:29 · PHI

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 11.8 mph
Distance: 11 ft

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Trevor van Riemsdyk · 3rd 14:08 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.4 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 4.4 s

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Aliaksei Protas · 3rd 19:34 · WSH EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 71.7 mph
Distance: 72 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.