NHL Recaps: Friday, Jan 9, 2026

3 games: what happened that matters for your fantasy team, built from the play-by-play and shift charts.

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Washington Capitals

Chicago Blackhawks

Washington Capitals rout Chicago Blackhawks 5–1

Washington Capitals beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–1 at CHI. Connor McMichael (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for WSH: Dowd–Beauvillier–Frank skated 9:01 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Connor McMichael had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:49.
•John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:43.
•Martin Fehérváry had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:59.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Winnipeg Jets rout Los Angeles Kings 5–1

Winnipeg Jets beat Los Angeles Kings 5–1 at home. Mark Scheifele (WPG) led the scoring with 2G 0A. WPG's first power-play unit (Toews, Scheifele, Morrissey, Connor and Vilardi) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:06 together.

•Mark Scheifele had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:21.
•Cole Perfetti had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:46.
•Gabriel Vilardi had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:33.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Utah Mammoth beat St. Louis Blues 4–2

Utah Mammoth beat St. Louis Blues 4–2 at home. Nick Schmaltz (UTA) led the scoring with 2G 1A. UTA's first power-play unit (Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Peterka and Guenther) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:52 together.

•Nick Schmaltz had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 23:28.
•Clayton Keller had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:09.
•Lawson Crouse had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:06.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Lawson Crouse for UTA vs STL, 85.3 mph. Full game report →

Lawson Crouse (UTA vs STL): Odd-man rush, carried in, 3-on-2 at the blue line, 2 passes, 85.3 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Nick Schmaltz UTA	vs STL	2	1	3	5	0	0	23:28	—
Clayton Keller UTA	vs STL	0	3	3	4	0	0	18:09	—
Mark Scheifele WPG	vs LAK	2	0	2	3	0	0	20:21	—
Connor McMichael WSH	at CHI	1	1	2	3	0	0	14:49	—
Lawson Crouse UTA	vs STL	1	1	2	1	4	0	18:06	—
Cole Perfetti WPG	vs LAK	0	2	2	3	0	1	12:46	—
Martin Fehérváry WSH	at CHI	0	2	2	1	1	1	17:59	—
John Carlson WSH	at CHI	0	2	2	0	1	0	19:43	—
Ryan Leonard WSH	at CHI	0	2	2	0	0	0	13:17	—
Gabriel Vilardi WPG	vs LAK	0	2	2	0	0	0	16:33	—
Alexey Toropchenko STL	at UTA	0	0	0	0	5	3	10:25	—

Line changes

New look for WSH: Dowd–Beauvillier–Frank skated 9:01 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for LAK: Kempe–Laferriere–Malott skated 5:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Karel Vejmelka UTA	vs STL	W	28	2	.929
Logan Thompson WSH	at CHI	W	24	1	.958
Drew Commesso CHI	vs WSH	L	24	5	.792
Eric Comrie WPG	vs LAK	W	24	1	.958
Joel Hofer STL	at UTA	L	23	4	.826
Darcy Kuemper LAK	at WPG	L	16	5	.688
Anton Forsberg LAK	at WPG	—	4	0	.1000

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.