Edgehalla

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Washington CapitalsFeb 27, 2026

Final· Capital One Arena
away
VGK
2
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home
WSH
3
VGK —WSH —
PP goals
VGK —WSH —
Hits
VGK 20WSH 17
Blocks
VGK 12WSH 17
PIM
VGK 8WSH 4
VGK 48%WSH 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2

Washington Capitals beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 at home. Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:19 together.

  1. Points
    Pierre-Luc Dubois had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 19:37.Dubois
  2. Points
    Aliaksei Protas had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:38.Protas
  3. Points
    Rasmus Sandin had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:30.Sandin
  4. PP1
    VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:19 together.StoneHertlEichelMarnerDorofeyev
  5. New line
    New look for VGK: Hertl–Kolesar–Bowman skated 7:42 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.HertlKolesarBowman
  6. New line
    New look for WSH: McMichael–Sourdif–Leonard skated 5:59 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McMichaelSourdifLeonard
  7. Usage
    Justin Sourdif (WSH) played 7:59, −6:51 down on his 14:50 season average over 77 games.Sourdif
  8. Usage
    Alexander Holtz (VGK) played 8:04, −3:32 down on his 11:36 season average over 27 games.Holtz

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, VGK at WSH: expected goals 2.53 to 3.90 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 56 to 66, 0 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdWSHVGKnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • WSH
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
WSHVGKcontrol2nd3rd
  • WSH pressure
  • VGK pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VGK 49% of the game, WSH 28%.

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, WSH rows versus VGK columns: 250 matchups; most common Protas vs Eichel, 10:46 at 67% xGF.

WSH ↓ · VGK →EichelStoneBarbashevMarnerDorofeyevSmithHertlKolesarBowmanSaadSissonsHoltzAnderssonHanifinLauzonTheodoreMcNabbKorczakL1 WilsonL1 ProtasL1 DuboisL2 OvechkinL2 StromeL2 BeauvillierL3 McMichaelL3 LeonardL3 SourdifL4 DowdL4 FrankL4 DuhaimeD1 FehérváryD1 SandinD2 ChychrunD2 RoyD3 RiemsdykD3 Chisholm
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
StatVGKWSH
5846
3.271.85
3.071.81
166
44
2225
−0.004+0.004
49%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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Current VGK line combinations →

Washington Capitals

Current WSH line combinations →

Box score

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

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jack Eichel CL1000-2100020:46——54
Mark Stone RL1000-1101220:40——60
Ivan Barbashev LL1000-2220015:14——48
Mitch Marner RL20110101019:50——67
Pavel Dorofeyev RL2011-1101016:24——63
Reilly Smith RL20000301014:08——78
Tomas Hertl CL3101+1331018:26——57
Keegan Kolesar RL3000+1130011:28——47
Braeden Bowman RL3101+1100211:18——44
Brandon Saad LL4000-1100012:28——58
Colton Sissons CL4000-1221011:06——47
Alexander Holtz RL4000-100008:04——50
Rasmus Andersson DD1000-2400020:46——63
Noah Hanifin DD1000-1302219:55——69
Jeremy Lauzon DD2000-1241020:35——48
Shea Theodore DD20000000020:04——50
Brayden McNabb DD30110062017:37——50
Kaedan Korczak DD30110001213:02——46
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Akira Schmid(start)L30273.90058:09

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Tom Wilson RL1000+3101021:58——68
Aliaksei Protas LL1022+3210019:38——61
Pierre-Luc Dubois CL1213+3601019:37——52
Alex Ovechkin LL2000-1322017:43——18
Dylan Strome CL2000-1201016:26——17
Anthony Beauvillier RL2000-1111013:48——19
Connor McMichael LL30000000015:03——35
Ryan Leonard RL30000200214:42——58
Justin Sourdif CL3000010007:59——58
Nic Dowd CL40000020015:13——50
Ethen Frank RL40000300010:58——56
Brandon Duhaime LL4000003009:36——59
Martin Fehérváry DD1000+1025022:04——34
Rasmus Sandin DD1022+3222021:30——39
Jakob Chychrun DD2101+1602024:43——54
Matt Roy DD2000+1120220:20——63
Trevor van Riemsdyk DD3000-1001012:54——38
Declan Chisholm DD3000-1021010:59——32
WSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Logan Thompson(start)W26242.92359:49

Goal anatomy

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

Pierre-Luc Dubois () · unassisted · Rush · carried in · 48.4 mph shot · 3.8 s from entry to goal.