San Jose Sharks vs. Washington CapitalsJan 15, 2026

FinalThursday, Jan 15, 2026· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	3	0	3		SJS	11	12	3	26
WSH	0	1	1	2		WSH	5	4	14	23

: SJS 53WSH 50
: SJS 2.96WSH 2.23
PP goals: SJS 0WSH 1
Hits: SJS 16WSH 18
Blocks: SJS 10WSH 14
PIM: SJS 4WSH 6
: SJS 58%WSH 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks edge Washington Capitals 3–2

San Jose Sharks beat Washington Capitals 3–2 at WSH. Collin Graf (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Strome, Chychrun, Frank and Leonard) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:59 together.

Points
Collin Graf had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:06.Graf
Points
Pavol Regenda had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:46.Regenda
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Strome, Chychrun, Frank and Leonard) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:59 together.Ovechkin Strome Chychrun Frank Leonard
New line
New look for SJS: Toffoli–Wennberg–Eklund skated 8:37 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Toffoli Wennberg Eklund
New line
New look for SJS: Celebrini–Graf–Chernyshov skated 6:38 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Celebrini Graf Chernyshov
Usage
Jakob Chychrun (WSH) played 28:19, +5:02 up on his 23:17 season average over 79 games.Chychrun
New line
New look for WSH: Dowd–Leason–Leonard skated 5:03 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Leason Leonard
New line
New look for WSH: Milano–Duhaime–Lapierre skated 4:49 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Milano Duhaime Lapierre

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

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

WSH
SJS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 103 of 103 attempts · WSH 50 · SJS 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
SJS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SJS 46% 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

SJS

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

WSH skaters (rows) against SJS 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	SJS	WSH
	53	42
	3.10	1.78
	2.97	1.72
	13	7
	5	4
	18	25
	+0.065	−0.065
	46%	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.

San Jose Sharks

L1Toffoli – Wennberg – Eklund
8:3764% CF
L2Celebrini – Graf – Chernyshov
6:3864% CF
L3Reaves – Goodrow – Ostapchuk
6:3263% CF
L4Gaudette – Regenda – Misa
2:250% CF
D1Iorio – Dickinson
15:2648% CF
D2Orlov – Klingberg
14:5459% CF
D3Ferraro – Liljegren
13:0852% CF

PP1Toffoli – Klingberg – Wennberg – Eklund – Celebrini
3:55100% CF
PP2Orlov – Gaudette – Regenda – Chernyshov – Misa
1:38
PK1FWennberg – Graf
1:36
PK2FGoodrow – Ostapchuk
1:15
PK1DFerraro – Liljegren
2:31
PK2DIorio – Dickinson
0:26

Current SJS line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Strome – Frank
7:1218% CF
L2Beauvillier – McMichael – Protas
5:5538% CF
L3Dowd – Leason – Leonard
5:0356% CF
L4Milano – Duhaime – Lapierre
4:4920% CF
D1Roy – Chychrun
9:1929% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
9:1350% CF
D3McIlrath – Sandin
4:400% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Strome – Chychrun – Frank – Leonard
2:59100% CF
PK1FDowd – McMichael
3:05
PK2FBeauvillier – Protas
2:27
PK1DRoy – Fehérváry
1:49
PK2DChychrun – Sandin
0:49

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

10:58
WSHDylan StromePP (Alex Ovechkin, Jakob Chychrun)backhand0.19 xG
SJS: Goodrow, Ferraro, Liljegren, OstapchukWSH: Ovechkin, Strome, Chychrun, Frank, Leonard
SJS 0 – 1 WSH
13:27
SJSZack Ostapchuk (Dmitry Orlov, William Eklund)snap0.22 xG
SJS: Reaves, Orlov, Klingberg, Eklund, OstapchukWSH: Dowd, Roy, Chychrun, Leason, Leonard
SJS 1 – 1 WSH
14:53
SJSCollin Graf (Pavol Regenda)tip-in0.15 xG
SJS: Orlov, Klingberg, Regenda, Celebrini, GrafWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Strome, Sandin, Frank
SJS 2 – 1 WSH
16:13
SJSPavol Regenda (Macklin Celebrini, Collin Graf)snap0.26 xG
SJS: Ferraro, Liljegren, Regenda, Celebrini, GrafWSH: Dowd, Roy, Sandin, Protas, Leonard
SJS 3 – 1 WSH

3rd period

9:11
WSHRyan Leonard (John Carlson, Martin Fehérváry)snap0.14 xG
SJS: Reaves, Goodrow, Ostapchuk, Iorio, DickinsonWSH: Carlson, Beauvillier, Fehérváry, McMichael, Leonard
SJS 3 – 2 WSH

Box score

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

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alexander Wennberg C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	1	0	20:06	—	—	58	82
William Eklund L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.25	1	0	0	17:38	—	—	55	64
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	13:46	—	—	69	87
Macklin Celebrini C	L2	0	1	1	+2	6	0.46	0	1	0	25:07	—	—	56	54
Collin Graf R	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.21	0	0	0	20:06	—	—	52	57
Igor Chernyshov L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.20	3	0	0	15:39	—	—	60	71
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	11:33	—	—	58	38
Zack Ostapchuk C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.34	4	0	0	10:54	—	—	73	57
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:21	—	—	73	60
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.38	2	2	0	15:28	—	—	43	65
Pavol Regenda L	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.26	2	0	0	13:46	—	—	53	68
Michael Misa C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.34	0	0	0	9:58	—	—	40	74
Vincent Iorio D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	1	2	17:56	—	—	50	39
Sam Dickinson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	16:43	—	—	50	38
John Klingberg D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.15	0	2	0	20:46	—	—	59	75
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:25	—	—	61	75
Mario Ferraro D	D3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.14	1	2	0	19:32	—	—	55	80
Timothy Liljegren D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:04	—	—	55	80

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	W	23	21	2	.913	2.23	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Strome C	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.42	0	0	0	22:19	—	—	35	25
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.28	0	0	0	21:21	—	—	36	35
Ethen Frank R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.22	1	0	0	15:37	—	—	29	17
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	0	0	0	21:34	—	—	53	49
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	15:49	—	—	52	55
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.62	1	1	0	15:24	—	—	45	58
Ryan Leonard R	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.26	2	1	0	18:35	—	—	50	29
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	16:12	—	—	53	35
Brett Leason R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	9:40	—	—	57	32
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	9:26	—	—	43	8
Sonny Milano L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:28	—	—	25	16
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:30	—	—	43	46
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.12	0	2	2	28:19	—	—	46	35
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	2	5	0	20:51	—	—	33	27
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	1	1	4	25:45	—	—	52	53
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	17:29	—	—	39	29
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	1	0	18:35	—	—	47	37
Dylan McIlrath D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:05	—	—	0	0

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	L	26	23	3	.885	2.96	57:01

Goal anatomy

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

Dylan Strome (WSH PP) 2nd 10:58 · assists Alex Ovechkin, Jakob Chychrun · Rebound · 18.6 mph shot.

Dylan Strome · 2nd 10:58 · WSH PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 18.6 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: rebound

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Zack Ostapchuk · 2nd 13:27 · SJS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 5-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 5.0 s

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Collin Graf · 2nd 14:53 · SJS

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 17.1 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

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Pavol Regenda · 2nd 16:13 · SJS

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.3 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Ryan Leonard · 3rd 9:11 · WSH

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 65.2 mph
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.