Chicago BlackhawksCHI 3–2 Final/SO Washington CapitalsWSH

Saturday, January 3, 2026

Final/SO 1st2nd3rdOTSO T SOG
Chicago BlackhawksCHI 11003 3 33
Washington CapitalsWSH 10102 2 34

No impact calculated for this game. Impacts are calculated for games in the next 7 days.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
1:13 CHI Ryan Donato (10) Ilya Mikheyev (5) · tip-in xG 0.12 1–0 ▶
4:46 WSH Dylan Strome (10) Ethen Frank (8), Trevor van Riemsdyk (5) · snap xG 0.12 1–1 ▶
2nd Period
4:24 CHI Teuvo Teravainen (9)PP Tyler Bertuzzi (12), Andre Burakovsky (17) · snap xG 0.11 2–1 ▶
3rd Period
11:18 WSH Ryan Leonard (8) Matt Roy (11), Anthony Beauvillier (6) · bat xG 0.15 2–2 ▶
Overtime
No scoring
Shootout
WSH Ryan Leonard vs Spencer Knight Missed
CHI Nick Lardis vs Logan Thompson Goal
WSH Dylan Strome vs Spencer Knight Goal
CHI Ryan Donato vs Logan Thompson Saved
WSH Anthony Beauvillier vs Spencer Knight Saved
CHI Oliver Moore vs Logan Thompson Saved
WSH Connor McMichael vs Spencer Knight Saved
CHI Louis Crevier vs Logan Thompson Missed
WSH Sonny Milano vs Spencer Knight Goal
CHI Andre Burakovsky vs Logan Thompson Goal
WSH Jakob Chychrun vs Spencer Knight Missed
CHI Nick Foligno vs Logan Thompson Goal

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

CHI 45%Deserve to win55% WSH
CHIWSH
3.08Expected goals3.40
2Goals (no shootout)2
2.73Expected goals, 5 on 52.40
61Shot attempts60
42Unblocked attempts49
33Shots on goal34

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

2nd Period
7:50 WSH No shift No shift · Wilson, 40:06 on the bench
No shift after 16:42 of the 1st; 6 shifts (5:55) before that
3rd Period
7:00 WSH No shift No shift · Lapierre, 20:55 on the bench
No shift after 16:57 of the 2nd; 10 shifts (6:53) before that
17:00 WSH No shift No shift · Milano, 13:09 on the bench
No shift after 4:43 of the 3rd; 10 shifts (7:25) before that

Shot map

CHI shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ WSH shoots
Connor McMichael: snap, 50 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 0:46) Landon Slaggert: snap, 34 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 2:03) Colton Dach: wrist, 53 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 2:24) Matt Grzelcyk: wrist, 56 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 2:32) Anthony Beauvillier: snap, 19 ft, xG 0.16 (P1 3:55) Anthony Beauvillier: snap, 39 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 4:10) Ethen Frank: tip-in, 11 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 4:31) Ethen Frank: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 4:44) Ethen Frank: snap, 84 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 5:44) Ryan Greene: snap, 24 ft, xG 0.17 (P1 6:34) Ryan Greene: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 6:35) Andre Burakovsky: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 6:54) Ryan Greene: snap, 13 ft, xG 0.18 (P1 7:33) Andre Burakovsky: snap, 28 ft, xG 0.11 (P1 7:35) Anthony Beauvillier: tip-in, 15 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 8:07) Ethen Frank: tip-in, 26 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 9:02) Matt Roy: slap, 58 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 9:06) Landon Slaggert: snap, 17 ft, xG 0.16 (P1 9:31) Justin Sourdif: tip-in, 8 ft, xG 0.10 (P1 10:33) John Carlson: slap, 55 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 10:46) Tyler Bertuzzi: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 13:28) Tyler Bertuzzi: backhand, 8 ft, xG 0.11 (P1 13:48) Jason Dickinson: snap, 35 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 14:17) Jakob Chychrun: snap, 73 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 14:45) Wyatt Kaiser: snap, 69 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 15:48) Ethen Frank: slap, 40 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 17:32) Louis Crevier: backhand, 129 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 19:00) Connor McMichael: snap, 6 ft, xG 0.16 (P1 19:19) Connor McMichael: bat, 7 ft, xG 0.21 (P1 19:21) Brandon Duhaime: backhand, 15 ft, xG 0.20 (P2 1:05) Ilya Mikheyev: snap, 9 ft, xG 0.23 (P2 1:20) Dylan Strome: backhand, 69 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 5:24) Jakob Chychrun: snap, 44 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 5:43) Oliver Moore: snap, 35 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 6:22) Sonny Milano: snap, 60 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 6:45) Connor McMichael: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 8:13) Connor Murphy: snap, 60 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 9:47) Hendrix Lapierre: snap, 74 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 11:30) Sonny Milano: snap, 9 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 14:27) Alex Ovechkin: snap, 23 ft, xG 0.15 (P2 15:18) Ryan Greene: snap, 40 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 15:56) Ryan Greene: snap, 10 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 16:03) Hendrix Lapierre: tip-in, 11 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 16:39) Nic Dowd: snap, 23 ft, xG 0.14 (P2 17:36) Matt Grzelcyk: slap, 48 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 17:59) Ryan Leonard: snap, 88 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 18:52) Andre Burakovsky: snap, 28 ft, xG 0.17 (P2 19:52) Andre Burakovsky: snap, 24 ft, xG 0.18 (P2 19:59) John Carlson: snap, 54 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 0:18) Wyatt Kaiser: wrist, 68 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 0:51) Trevor van Riemsdyk: snap, 57 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 2:12) Ryan Leonard: snap, 44 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 2:38) Ryan Leonard: snap, 40 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 3:00) Nick Lardis: snap, 28 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 5:07) Oliver Moore: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 5:28) Louis Crevier: slap, 44 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 5:46) Tyler Bertuzzi: snap, 16 ft, xG 0.16 (P3 6:18) Justin Sourdif: snap, 39 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 6:28) Artyom Levshunov: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 6:58) Alex Ovechkin: slap, 42 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 7:38) Alex Ovechkin: snap, 41 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 7:49) Alex Ovechkin: slap, 42 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 8:06) Jakob Chychrun: snap, 18 ft, xG 0.22 (P3 8:28) Justin Sourdif: backhand, 19 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 8:57) Justin Sourdif: snap, 11 ft, xG 0.21 (P3 9:09) Connor McMichael: snap, 11 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 9:10) Justin Sourdif: wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 9:11) Wyatt Kaiser: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 9:35) Wyatt Kaiser: snap, 39 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 10:01) Anthony Beauvillier: tip-in, 15 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 10:21) Ilya Mikheyev: snap, 55 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 10:32) Andre Burakovsky: snap, 5 ft, xG 0.15 (P3 10:38) Matt Roy: wrist, 62 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 11:16) Artyom Levshunov: snap, 48 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 13:56) Matt Grzelcyk: snap, 37 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 14:10) John Carlson: slap, 55 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 14:41) John Carlson: snap, 107 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 15:05) Jakob Chychrun: snap, 61 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 15:12) Jason Dickinson: snap, 45 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 15:21) Louis Crevier: deflected, 9 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 15:23) Nick Lardis: snap, 37 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 18:31) Alex Vlasic: snap, 62 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 18:36) John Carlson: snap, 9 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 19:56) Artyom Levshunov: snap, 26 ft, xG 0.06 (OT 1:29) Anthony Beauvillier: snap, 33 ft, xG 0.13 (OT 2:57) Anthony Beauvillier: snap, 33 ft, xG 0.13 (OT 3:10) Nick Lardis: snap, 18 ft, xG 0.17 (OT 3:55) Ryan Donato: GOAL, tip-in, 10 ft, xG 0.12 (P1 1:13) Dylan Strome: GOAL, snap, 26 ft, xG 0.12 (P1 4:46) Teuvo Teravainen: GOAL, snap, 12 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 4:24) Ryan Leonard: GOAL, bat, 8 ft, xG 0.15 (P3 11:18)
About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

Chicago Blackhawks

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
95 Andre Burakovsky 011 -1 70.68 0120:37
20 Ryan Greene 000 -1 50.50 0120:07
59 Tyler Bertuzzi 011 -1 30.34 0118:43
95 Ilya Mikheyev 011 +1 30.24 2018:26
16 Jason Dickinson 000 +1 30.04 2217:21
8 Ryan Donato 101 0 20.12 0016:59
86 Teuvo Teravainen 101 0 10.11 0015:44
76 Nick Lardis 000 -1 50.27 1014:34
11 Oliver Moore 000 -1 30.12 0013:58
34 Colton Dach 000 0 20.01 1011:41
84 Landon Slaggert 000 0 20.24 1010:56
71 Nick Foligno 000 0 00.00 1110:27
Defense
55 Artyom Levshunov 000 0 60.11 0223:46
72 Alex Vlasic 000 +1 20.00 0023:13
44 Wyatt Kaiser 000 0 50.10 0022:36
46 Louis Crevier 000 +1 60.11 2120:30
24 Matt Grzelcyk 000 -2 40.06 0017:26
5 Connor Murphy 000 -2 20.01 1016:50
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Spencer Knight 34232 .941 3.40 +1.40

Washington Capitals

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
77 Connor McMichael 000 0 50.48 3322:07
17 Dylan Strome 101 0 30.12 0121:12
34 Justin Sourdif 000 +1 50.49 0120:51
9 Ryan Leonard 101 +1 40.20 2020:21
72 Anthony Beauvillier 011 +1 60.57 0120:07
26 Nic Dowd 000 0 20.14 2119:09
8 Alex Ovechkin 000 -1 50.27 4018:49
53 Ethen Frank 011 +1 50.21 1114:20
24 Brandon Duhaime 000 0 10.20 1211:37
15 Sonny Milano 000 0 20.16 1107:25
22 Hendrix Lapierre 000 0 20.08 0106:53
43 Tom Wilson 000 0 00.00 2005:55
Defense
6 Jakob Chychrun 000 +1 70.28 3224:58
74 John Carlson 000 0 60.15 1123:53
42 Martin Fehérváry 000 0 10.00 2221:20
38 Rasmus Sandin 000 0 10.00 1020:10
3 Matt Roy 011 +1 40.02 0118:43
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk 011 0 10.01 0116:06
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Logan Thompson 33231 .939 3.08 +1.08

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

Chicago Blackhawks

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
30 Spencer Knight G +1.40 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +1.40 65:00
28 Andre Burakovsky L +1.25 +0.55 +0.44 +0.25 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 20:37
59 Tyler Bertuzzi L +1.24 +0.70 +0.22 +0.23 0.00 +0.01 +0.07 — 18:43
86 Teuvo Teravainen C +0.85 +0.75 +0.07 +0.05 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 15:44
55 Artyom Levshunov D +0.77 0.00 +0.07 +0.60 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 23:46
95 Ilya Mikheyev R +0.75 +0.70 +0.16 -0.05 0.00 0.00 -0.06 — 18:26
34 Colton Dach C +0.51 0.00 +0.01 +0.35 +0.15 0.00 0.00 — 11:41
44 Wyatt Kaiser D +0.50 0.00 +0.07 +0.58 -0.15 0.00 0.00 — 22:36
84 Landon Slaggert L +0.44 0.00 +0.16 +0.29 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 10:56
17 Nick Foligno L +0.44 0.00 0.00 +0.44 0.00 -0.01 +0.01 — 10:27
20 Ryan Greene C +0.38 0.00 +0.32 +0.01 0.00 +0.02 +0.03 — 20:07
8 Ryan Donato C +0.38 +0.75 +0.08 -0.44 0.00 -0.01 0.00 — 16:59
16 Jason Dickinson C +0.19 0.00 +0.03 +0.06 0.00 -0.02 +0.12 — 17:21
46 Louis Crevier D +0.07 0.00 +0.07 -0.03 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 20:30
76 Nick Lardis L +0.05 0.00 +0.18 -0.28 +0.15 0.00 0.00 — 14:34
48 Matt Grzelcyk D -0.12 0.00 +0.04 -0.18 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 17:26
72 Alex Vlasic D -0.20 0.00 0.00 -0.17 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 23:13
11 Oliver Moore C -0.24 0.00 +0.08 -0.30 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 13:58
5 Connor Murphy D -0.35 0.00 +0.01 -0.35 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 16:50

Washington Capitals

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
53 Ethen Frank C +1.26 +0.70 +0.14 +0.37 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 14:20
9 Ryan Leonard R +1.23 +0.75 +0.13 +0.39 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 20:21
17 Dylan Strome C +1.09 +0.75 +0.08 +0.12 0.00 +0.08 +0.07 — 21:12
48 Logan Thompson G +1.08 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +1.08 65:00
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D +0.94 +0.55 +0.01 +0.38 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 16:06
72 Anthony Beauvillier L +0.92 +0.55 +0.37 -0.03 0.00 -0.01 +0.03 — 20:07
34 Justin Sourdif R +0.64 0.00 +0.32 +0.31 0.00 -0.04 +0.05 — 20:51
42 Martin Fehérváry D +0.43 0.00 0.00 +0.33 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 21:20
24 Connor McMichael C +0.42 0.00 +0.31 -0.03 0.00 -0.01 +0.15 — 22:07
74 John Carlson D +0.25 0.00 +0.10 +0.12 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 23:53
38 Rasmus Sandin D +0.25 0.00 0.00 +0.29 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 20:10
3 Matt Roy D +0.25 +0.70 +0.01 -0.51 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 18:43
22 Brandon Duhaime R +0.20 0.00 +0.13 -0.01 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 11:37
15 Sonny Milano L +0.08 0.00 +0.11 -0.07 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 7:25
26 Nic Dowd C -0.23 0.00 +0.09 -0.33 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 19:09
29 Hendrix Lapierre C -0.34 0.00 +0.05 -0.43 0.00 -0.01 +0.05 — 6:53
43 Tom Wilson R -0.39 0.00 0.00 -0.39 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 5:55
8 Alex Ovechkin L -0.43 0.00 +0.18 -0.72 +0.15 0.00 -0.04 — 18:49
6 Jakob Chychrun D -0.90 0.00 +0.18 -0.85 -0.30 0.00 +0.06 — 24:58

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.