C · WSH · NHL id 8483573
Ethen Frank has played 62 games for the Washington Capitals in 2025-26, scoring 12 goals and 12 assists (24 points) on 91 shots while averaging 12:14 a night (10:36 at even strength, 1:29 on the power play and 0:01 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 77% of his 5v5 minutes with Brandon Duhaime and 56% with Hendrix Lapierre over the last 10 games, and the Capitals have controlled 47% of shot attempts with Frank on the ice (30-22 in goals, 31% offensive-zone starts). In the Capitals' most recent game against NYR he was on L2 with Brandon Duhaime and Hendrix Lapierre and off the power play. He is shooting 13.2% this season against 14.0% across the 86 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 5 game vs NYR, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 15 games, 10:26 average time on ice, PP1 in 2 games, 4 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2025-26 · 166 attempts, 91 on goal, 12 goals
Shot map, OPP at WSH: 166 attempts, 91 on goal, 12 goals, 10.98 expected goals; best chance Ethen Frank at 0.46 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 62 GP · 24 points vs 24.1 expected
Last 20 games: -62. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 13.2%
- 103.5
- 57.1%
- G vs xG
- 12 / 11.7
- • Role shrank over the last 10 games (TOI down 3:07 a game, PP share 29% → 13%, 3 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
- • Shot diet improved: 0.121 xG per attempt lately vs 0.082 before (more from the slot).
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
Fantasy box score
- Games played62
- Goals12256th of 715
- Assists12419th of 715
- Points24359th of 715
- Power-play points4286th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal91343rd of 715
- Hits53374th of 715
- Blocked shots45288th of 715
- Plus/minus+8141st of 715
- Penalty minutes18477th of 715
- Faceoffs won1432nd of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)47.0%523rd of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)48.2%454th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)50.1%312th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)50.3%305th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)55.6%105th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)49.5%375th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /601.37147th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.010167th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.26424th of 719
- Faceoff win %16.7%
- Draw Equity /100−0.387
Usage
- Ice time per game12:14583rd of 715
- Power-play time per game1:29265th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %31.3%678th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60+0.08238th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO103565th of 719
- Goals above expected+0.3290th of 715
- Luck Meter+18267th of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed23.537th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts22718th of 715
- Hardest shot89.7270th of 715
- Offensive-zone time42.6%277th of 715
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 60 of 62 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.019
- Season net
- −0.21xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 1.37
- Attempts
- 15
- 0.111
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to L2 from L4Dec 11, 2025 alerts →
How his goals happened
16 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2026 vs CGY | Rush | loose | 0 | 56.0 | — | |
| Jan 19, 2026 @ COL | Cycle | — | 0 | 7.2 | — | |
| Jan 13, 2026 vs MTL | Deflection | — | 3* | 26.8 | deflection | |
| Jan 13, 2026 vs MTL | Deflection | — | 4 | 32.8 | deflection | |
| Jan 11, 2026 @ NSH | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 43.8 | 5-on-4 | |
| Jan 9, 2026 @ CHI | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 42.7 | 4-on-3 | |
| Dec 21, 2025 @ DET | Rush | carry | 0 | 46.6 | — | |
| Dec 21, 2025 @ DET | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 27.9 | 3-on-2 | |
| Dec 5, 2025 @ ANA | Rebound | carry | 0 | 47.2 | rebound | |
| Nov 22, 2025 vs TBL | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 53.7 | — | |
| Nov 20, 2025 @ MTL | Rush | loose | 0 | 56.8 | — | |
| Nov 20, 2025 @ MTL | Cycle | — | 6* | 75.5 | — | |
| Feb 22, 2025 @ PIT | Deflection | dump | 0 | 10.6 | — | |
| Jan 23, 2025 @ SEA | Rebound | carry | 0 | 45.7 | 1-on-0, rebound | |
| Jan 14, 2025 vs ANA | Odd-man rush | carry | 2* | 71.1 | 2-on-1 | |
| Jan 11, 2025 @ NSH | Odd-man rush | pass | 2 | 41.8 | 1-on-0 |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Frank
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Frank apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nic Dowd | C | 36 | 261:05 | 40% | 45.3% | 60% (12-8) | 44.0% 153:30 | 45.0% 202:46 |
| Jakob Chychrun | D | 59 | 235:11 | 36% | 44.8% | 56% (10-8) | 47.4% 392:41 | 53.0% 853:38 |
| Brandon Duhaime | RW | 45 | 234:23 | 36% | 46.9% | 45% (5-6) | 43.0% 244:10 | 42.4% 200:39 |
| Matt Roy | D | 58 | 209:40 | 32% | 42.7% | 38% (6-10) | 48.3% 413:04 | 51.6% 813:14 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | 55 | 207:54 | 32% | 49.1% | 61% (11-7) | 44.9% 387:04 | 48.3% 690:07 |
| Martin Fehérváry | D | 58 | 207:21 | 32% | 44.6% | 63% (10-6) | 47.9% 417:23 | 46.8% 709:24 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | C | 37 | 187:21 | 29% | 55.2% | 55% (6-5) | 40.1% 192:29 | 50.5% 108:13 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | 47 | 166:50 | 25% | 48.6% | 50% (4-4) | 47.9% 338:47 | 46.7% 494:28 |
| John Carlson | D | 42 | 153:06 | 23% | 51.8% | 71% (12-5) | 44.3% 309:33 | 52.4% 553:23 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW | 26 | 116:45 | 18% | 52.3% | 50% (4-4) | 43.8% 180:41 | 45.5% 249:07 |
| Sonny Milano | LW | 14 | 75:39 | 12% | 53.1% | 60% (6-4) | 47.8% 70:02 | 49.2% 30:37 |
| Declan Chisholm | D | 21 | 68:00 | 10% | 48.4% | 57% (4-3) | 51.9% 159:16 | 48.0% 208:23 |
| Dylan Strome | C | 27 | 64:59 | 10% | 41.6% | 64% (7-4) | 48.0% 243:49 | 45.2% 306:04 |
| Alex Ovechkin | LW | 17 | 63:41 | 10% | 44.2% | 50% (4-4) | 45.6% 132:37 | 50.7% 145:56 |
Game log
62 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5 | @ NYR | L 1-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 9:44 | 9:36 | 0:08 | — |
| Apr 4 | vs BUF | W 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 9:34 | 9:34 | — | — |
| Mar 22 | vs COL | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1:22 | 0:51 | 0:31 | — |
| Mar 20 | vs NJD | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 11:23 | 10:40 | 0:43 | — |
| Mar 18 | vs OTT | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13:26 | 11:01 | 1:46 | — |
| Mar 14 | vs BOS | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7:32 | 7:32 | — | — |
| Mar 12 | @ BUF | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 10:30 | 10:30 | — | — |
| Mar 11 | @ PHI | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 8:46 | 8:46 | — | — |
| Mar 9 | vs CGY | W 7-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 14:18 | 11:31 | 2:10 | — |
| Mar 7 | @ BOS | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | 9:36 | 7:35 | 2:01 | — |
| Mar 3 | vs UTA | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 10:20 | 9:48 | 0:32 | — |
| Feb 28 | @ MTL | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 11:30 | 8:43 | 2:47 | — |
| Feb 27 | vs VGK | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10:58 | 7:32 | 3:24 | — |
| Feb 25 | vs PHI | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | 17:07 | 16:11 | 0:21 | — |
| Feb 5 | vs NSH | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | 13:49 | 10:08 | 2:14 | — |
| Feb 3 | @ PHI | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 14:25 | 13:41 | 0:44 | — |
| Feb 2 | vs NYI | W 4-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 13:46 | 12:22 | 1:22 | 0:02 |
| Jan 31 | vs CAR | W 4-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15:47 | 13:34 | 2:13 | — |
| Jan 29 | @ DET | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8:48 | 7:15 | 1:33 | — |
| Jan 27 | @ SEA | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 15:00 | 10:37 | 3:24 | 0:59 |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 62 | 758:41 | 12:14 | 766 | 714 | 51.8% | 53.4% | 375 | 321 | 42 | 25 | 63% | 39.8 | 28.3 | 42% |
| Even strength | 62 | 657:08 | 10:36 | 611 | 681 | 47.3% | 48.5% | 286 | 305 | 31 | 22 | 58% | 27.4 | 25.8 | 31% |
| 5v5 | 62 | 654:41 | 10:34 | 604 | 680 | 47.0% | 48.2% | 281 | 305 | 30 | 22 | 58% | 26.0 | 25.8 | 31% |
| Power play | 55 | 92:09 | 1:41 | 141 | 17 | 89.2% | 88.0% | 80 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 89% | 10.5 | 0.6 | 98% |
| Penalty kill | 9 | 1:29 | 0:10 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% |
| 5v4 | 55 | 91:01 | 1:39 | 138 | 17 | 89.0% | 87.7% | 79 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 89% | 10.2 | 0.6 | 98% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 8 | 3:14 | 0:24 | 12 | 2 | 85.7% | 84.6% | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 0.8 | 1.3 | — |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 9 | 4:23 | 0:29 | 1 | 13 | 7.1% | 12.5% | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 0.5 | 0.6 | — |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | WSH | 62 | 12 | 12 | 24 | +8 | 18 | 91 | 13.2% | 53 | 45 | 12:14 |
| 2024-25 | WSH | 24 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +3 | 6 | 23 | 17.4% | 11 | 16 | 10:49 |
Ethen Frank news
- As He Fights To Stay In The NHL, Ethen Frank Emphasizing Cognitive Training & The Mental Side Of The GameThe Hockey News
- Ethen Frank | September 21NHL.com
- Ethen Frank HomeNHL.com
- Ethen Frank Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Ethen Frank StatsNHL.com
- Video - Capitals' Ethen Frank Visits His Skates Enshrined At Hockey Hall Of Fame As He Remains One Of NHL's Fastest SkatersThe Hockey News
- Capitals' Ethen Frank Visits His Skates Enshrined At Hockey Hall Of Fame As He Remains One Of NHL's Fastest SkatersThe Hockey News
- Ethen Frank's HUGE EXPECTATIONS: Capitals Speedster Faces Make-or-Break 2026-27 Roster BattleWUSA9
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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.