Dallas Stars at Washington Capitals

Jan 7, 2026 · Capital One Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Dallas Stars	4	36
Washington Capitals	1	24

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
03:06	DAL	Radek Faksa (2) SH	Esa Lindell (14)	1 - 0
2nd Period
02:37	DAL	Sam Steel (7)	Thomas Harley (14), Matt Duchene (6)	2 - 0
3rd Period
13:31	DAL	Wyatt Johnston (24)	Sam Steel (9)	3 - 0
17:41	WSH	Alex Ovechkin (18)	John Carlson (23), Jakob Chychrun (17)	3 - 1
19:41	DAL	Roope Hintz (13)	Unassisted	4 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
02:44	DAL	Ilya Lyubushkin	Holding	2
03:16	WSH	Connor McMichael	Abuse of officials	2
2nd Period
01:12	DAL	Ilya Lyubushkin	Roughing	2
01:12	WSH	Brandon Duhaime	Roughing	2
12:53	DAL	Ilya Lyubushkin	Fighting	5
12:53	WSH	Brandon Duhaime	Fighting	5
15:55	DAL	Mikko Rantanen	Slashing	2
3rd Period
04:57	WSH	Nic Dowd	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Dallas Stars	63	47	36	4	5.4	51.9
Washington Capitals	50	36	24	1	2.1	48.1

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Washington Capitals had taken more, and below it and blue while Dallas Stars had.

Expected goals

Dallas Stars: 5.4 expected, 4 scored · Washington Capitals: 2.1 expected, 1 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Dallas Stars

Washington Capitals

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Dallas Stars

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mikko Rantanen · Sam Steel · Wyatt Johnston	13:44	55.0	72.1	1-0
Roope Hintz · Jason Robertson · Mavrik Bourque	10:33	53.3	62.7	0-0
Matt Duchene · Colin Blackwell · Justin Hryckowian	6:59	38.5	42.0	0-0
Radek Faksa · Nathan Bastian · Oskar Bäck	6:27	66.7	62.6	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Esa Lindell · Miro Heiskanen	15:44	43.8	41.2	0-0
Ilya Lyubushkin · Thomas Harley	10:18	52.6	48.6	0-0
Kyle Capobianco · Nils Lundkvist	7:15	53.3	66.6	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
18	Sam Steel	C	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	18:16	0.36	13-10	0.89-0.33
12	Radek Faksa	C	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	10:47	0.66	6-5	0.25-0.15
24	Roope Hintz	C	1	0	1	1	0	12	1	17:13	0.90	18-14	0.83-0.48
53	Wyatt Johnston	C	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	21:49	0.67	12-11	0.87-0.36
23	Esa Lindell	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	26:49		18-14	0.91-0.57
55	Thomas Harley	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	3	22:11	0.01	16-15	0.62-0.41
95	Matt Duchene	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	13:40	0.22	6-9	0.23-0.32
4	Miro Heiskanen	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	28:02	0.10	10-10	0.50-0.47
5	Nils Lundkvist	D	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	15:36	0.19	15-13	0.76-0.34
10	Oskar Bäck	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:19		6-3	0.25-0.15
11	Nathan Bastian	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	08:35	0.02	6-5	0.25-0.15
15	Colin Blackwell	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	11:18	0.18	6-9	0.25-0.32
20	Kyle Capobianco	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	10:14		13-12	0.91-0.33
21	Jason Robertson	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	18:08	0.18	18-15	0.81-0.50
22	Mavrik Bourque	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14:36	0.17	17-16	0.83-0.50
46	Ilya Lyubushkin	D	0	0	0	1	9	1	2	15:14	0.01	12-14	0.63-0.49
49	Justin Hryckowian	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:36	0.06	5-11	0.23-0.32
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	20:37	0.43	13-9	0.85-0.33

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Casey DeSmith	W	24	23	1	60:00	1.98	+0.98

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Connor McMichael · Justin Sourdif · Ryan Leonard	12:39	41.7	27.3	0-0
Alex Ovechkin · Dylan Strome · Anthony Beauvillier	6:51	77.8	55.8	0-1
Nic Dowd · Brandon Duhaime · Ethen Frank	5:58	50.0	20.4	0-0
Sonny Milano · Brett Leason · Hendrix Lapierre	3:36	28.6	34.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Matt Roy · Jakob Chychrun	9:50	64.3	58.4	0-0
John Carlson · Martin Fehérváry	9:26	30.0	31.7	0-0
John Carlson · Rasmus Sandin	6:29	53.8	38.7	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	-2	0	2	1	19:43	0.21	17-8	0.88-0.60
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	0	1	1	-1	0	6	1	24:30	0.30	14-13	0.54-0.74
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	27:37	0.11	17-21	0.55-0.79
3	Matt Roy	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	21:49		17-12	0.48-0.92
9	Ryan Leonard	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	22:07	0.08	10-12	0.20-0.56
15	Sonny Milano	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	07:59	0.04	4-11	0.13-0.39
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	20:50	0.29	14-6	0.75-0.58
20	Brett Leason	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	05:34	0.04	3-6	0.09-0.16
22	Hendrix Lapierre	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	06:53		3-6	0.09-0.16
24	Brandon Duhaime	L	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	08:09	0.03	7-8	0.12-0.46
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	12:55		12-19	0.32-0.92
34	Justin Sourdif	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	19:45	0.18	11-12	0.31-0.51
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	21:19	0.03	15-12	0.49-0.88
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	18:31		12-23	0.36-0.99
52	Dylan McIlrath	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	06:08		3-3	0.19-0.02
53	Ethen Frank	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	13:44	0.13	13-15	0.27-0.92
72	Anthony Beauvillier	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	17:45	0.35	15-14	0.61-0.88
77	Connor McMichael	L	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	20:40	0.26	8-9	0.15-0.37

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
48	Logan Thompson	L	35	32	3	58:02	4.01	+1.01