Ottawa Senators vs. Washington CapitalsMar 18, 2026

FinalWednesday, Mar 18, 2026· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
OTT	0	0	1	1		OTT	16	6	13	35
WSH	0	2	2	4		WSH	7	13	5	25

: OTT 77WSH 56
: OTT 3.73WSH 4.13
PP goals: OTT 0WSH 0
Hits: OTT 15WSH 25
Blocks: OTT 12WSH 20
PIM: OTT 4WSH 6
: OTT 67%WSH 33%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Ottawa Senators 4–1

Washington Capitals beat Ottawa Senators 4–1 at home. Tom Wilson (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. OTT scored 1 goal on 3.73 expected goals (77 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
OTT scored 1 goal on 3.73 expected goals (77 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Thomas Chabot (OTT) played 28:06, +5:37 up on his 22:29 season average over 56 games.Chabot
Goalie
Logan Thompson (WSH) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +8 against a season average of 27.4; the win.Thompson
Usage
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) played 12:57, −4:33 down on his 17:30 season average over 81 games.Ovechkin
Usage
Claude Giroux (OTT) played 13:20, −3:00 down on his 16:20 season average over 81 games.Giroux
Usage
Jakob Chychrun (WSH) played 18:01, −5:23 down on his 23:24 season average over 79 games.Chychrun
Usage
Jordan Spence (OTT) played 24:04, +5:25 up on his 18:39 season average over 72 games.Spence
Usage
Nikolas Matinpalo (OTT) played 10:08, −5:36 down on his 15:44 season average over 49 games.Matinpalo

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

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

WSH
OTT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 133 of 133 attempts · WSH 56 · OTT 77

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
OTT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: OTT 31% of the game, WSH 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

OTT

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

WSH skaters (rows) against OTT 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	OTT	WSH
	66	54
	2.45	2.64
	2.30	2.53
	17	14
	1	6
	16	17
	+0.095	−0.094
	31%	31%

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.

Ottawa Senators

L1Tkachuk – Cozens – Greig
9:3460% CF
L2Cousins – Amadio – Pinto
8:3052% CF
L3Giroux – Batherson – Stützle
7:5767% CF
L4Eller – Foegele – Zetterlund
5:3645% CF
D1Chabot – Zub
17:1841% CF
D2Spence – Kleven
15:0667% CF
D3Gilbert – Matinpalo
6:4142% CF

PP1Chabot – Batherson – Tkachuk – Cozens – Stützle
3:3191% CF
PP2Giroux – Foegele – Zetterlund – Pinto – Spence
1:52100% CF
PK1FEller – Pinto
0:46
PK2FAmadio – Stützle
0:36
PK1DKleven – Matinpalo
0:46
PK2DChabot – Spence
0:32

Current OTT line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Wilson – Dubois – Protas
7:3850% CF
L2Ovechkin – Strome – Beauvillier
7:3680% CF
L3McMichael – Sourdif – Leonard
4:1950% CF
L4Duhaime – Lapierre – Frank
3:3433% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
13:1335% CF
D2Fehérváry – Sandin
12:2728% CF
D3Roy – Hutson
12:0463% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Strome – McMichael – Frank – Hutson
1:46100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Wilson – Chychrun – Dubois – Leonard
0:46100% CF
PK1FMcMichael – Protas
2:13
PK2FBeauvillier – Duhaime
1:26
PK1DRoy – Fehérváry
3:35
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Sandin
2:05

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

8:09
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Rasmus Sandin)tip-in0.07 xG
OTT: Chabot, Tkachuk, Cozens, Greig, ZubWSH: Ovechkin, Strome, Beauvillier, Fehérváry, Sandin
OTT 0 – 1 WSH
18:13
WSHTom Wilson (Trevor van Riemsdyk, Pierre-Luc Dubois)snap0.05 xG
OTT: Giroux, Chabot, Batherson, Stützle, ZubWSH: Wilson, van Riemsdyk, Chychrun, Dubois, Protas
OTT 0 – 2 WSH

3rd period

17:19
OTTTim Stützle (Claude Giroux, Thomas Chabot)tip-in0.20 xG
OTT: Giroux, Chabot, Batherson, Tkachuk, Cozens, StützleWSH: Wilson, Dubois, Fehérváry, Sandin, Protas
OTT 1 – 2 WSH
18:28
WSHAliaksei ProtasEN (Connor McMichael)wrist0.52 xG
OTT: Chabot, Batherson, Tkachuk, Cozens, Pinto, StützleWSH: Wilson, Roy, Fehérváry, McMichael, Protas
OTT 1 – 3 WSH
19:34
WSHCole HutsonENsnap0.64 xG
OTT: Chabot, Tkachuk, Pinto, Spence, StützleWSH: Ovechkin, Strome, McMichael, Frank, Hutson
OTT 1 – 4 WSH

Box score

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

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brady Tkachuk L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.43	0	0	0	18:30	—	—	64	52
Dylan Cozens C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	0	0	18:25	—	—	64	47
Ridly Greig C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	0	0	0	16:41	—	—	67	50
Shane Pinto C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.47	1	1	0	19:04	—	—	46	39
Michael Amadio R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	0	0	0	14:15	—	—	48	39
Nick Cousins C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	3	0	2	13:20	—	—	58	38
Tim Stützle C	L3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.58	4	0	0	21:09	—	—	63	59
Drake Batherson R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.34	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	65	73
Claude Giroux R	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.23	0	0	0	13:20	—	—	74	77
Fabian Zetterlund L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	0	0	12:41	—	—	47	46
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	11:42	—	—	28	40
Warren Foegele L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	10:41	—	—	29	42
Thomas Chabot D	D1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.19	2	2	0	28:06	—	—	53	48
Artem Zub D	D1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.13	1	1	0	20:41	—	—	42	31
Jordan Spence D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	24:04	—	—	71	60
Tyler Kleven D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	4	2	20:07	—	—	62	47
Nikolas Matinpalo D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	10:08	—	—	48	55
Dennis Gilbert D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	3	0	9:33	—	—	44	53

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	23	21	2	.913	2.63	57:42

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.64	0	1	0	19:38	—	—	54	56
Tom Wilson R	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.68	5	1	4	17:49	—	—	48	49
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	33	34
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.38	0	1	2	15:43	—	—	58	62
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.32	0	0	0	14:15	—	—	65	80
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.33	1	0	0	12:57	—	—	65	87
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	1	1	0	17:34	—	—	32	48
Justin Sourdif C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	11:54	—	—	50	47
Ryan Leonard R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	3	0	0	11:51	—	—	22	37
Ethen Frank R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.31	1	0	0	13:26	—	—	52	51
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	1	0	13:08	—	—	33	25
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	11:19	—	—	33	54
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	18:01	—	—	38	57
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:24	—	—	38	44
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	5	0	21:52	—	—	31	29
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	4	0	20:09	—	—	40	57
Matt Roy D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	2	0	0	23:31	—	—	56	56
Cole Hutson D	D3	1	0	1	0	3	0.91	0	0	0	16:24	—	—	68	62

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	35	34	1	.971	3.73	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Alex Ovechkin (WSH) 2nd 8:09 · assists Rasmus Sandin · Deflection · 27.4 mph shot.

Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 8:09 · WSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 27.4 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: deflection

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Tom Wilson · 2nd 18:13 · WSH

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 53.5 mph
Distance: 31 ft

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Tim Stützle · 3rd 17:19 · OTT

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.0 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Aliaksei Protas · 3rd 18:28 · WSH EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 67.7 mph
Distance: 76 ft

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Cole Hutson · 3rd 19:34 · WSH EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 61.1 mph
Distance: 60 ft
Entry to goal: 1.0 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.