Game Recap: WSH 5, CHI 1, January 9, 2026

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Game Recap

WSH5

FinalFri, Jan 9, 2026Every game that night

CHI1

WSH beat CHI 5-1 despite fewer good chances: 2.33 expected goals to 3.24. C. McMichael led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). L. Thompson stopped 23 of 24.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
WSH	3	1	1	5
CHI	0	1	0	1

1st 4:03WSHA. Beauvillier0.09 xG
1st 15:07WSHC. McMichael0.16 xG
1st 18:54WSHE. Frank0.16 xG
2nd 8:48CHIO. MoorePP0.07 xG
2nd 12:38WSHJ. Sourdif0.11 xG
3rd 13:33WSHA. Ovechkin0.22 xG

Team Stats

WSHCHI

24Shots on goal24

2.33Expected goals3.24

43Shot attempts49

195v5 shots on goal16

0/3Power play1/4

13Hits23

9Blocked shots6

8Penalty minutes6

16Giveaways19

5Takeaways5

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.

Expected Goals Over the Game

WSH 2.33 xGCHI 3.24 xGGoal

Each step up is a shot: how likely it was to go in. A team well above the other had the better chances, whatever the score.

Shot Map

WSH24 on goal, 5 scored

CHI23 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

WSH Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
C. McMichael	LW	1	1	2	3	0	0	+2	0	14:49	3:00
R. Leonard	RW	0	2	2	0	0	0	+2	0	13:17	1:47
A. Beauvillier	RW	1	0	1	3	1	0	+2	0	17:54	0:28
E. Frank	RW	1	0	1	1	0	1	+2	0	16:47	3:05
N. Dowd	C	0	1	1	2	1	0	+2	2	16:18	0:18
J. Sourdif	C	1	0	1	1	1	1	+2	2	15:31	3:06
A. Ovechkin	LW	1	0	1	4	3	1	+1	0	14:43	4:00
A. Protas	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	+1	0	16:12	0:00
D. Strome	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	+1	0	15:12	2:01
B. Duhaime	LW	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	2	12:48	0:29
B. Leason	RW	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10:49	0:26
H. Lapierre	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	10:45	0:59
J. Carlson	D	0	2	2	0	1	0	+3	0	19:43	1:56
M. Fehérváry	D	0	2	2	1	1	1	+4	2	17:59	0:00
M. Roy	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	+1	0	22:00	0:12
J. Chychrun	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	+1	0	20:05	1:49
R. Sandin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	19:28	2:57
D. Chisholm	D	0	0	0	3	0	1	+1	0	17:43	0:32

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
L. Thompson	24	23	1	.958	60:00	Win
C. Lindgren	0	0	0	–	0:00

CHI Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
O. Moore	C	1	0	1	2	1	0	-3	0	14:10	2:06
N. Lardis	LW	0	1	1	2	1	0	-3	2	12:01	2:06
T. Teravainen	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	19:50	4:36
R. Greene	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	2	18:52	2:08
C. Bedard	C	0	0	0	4	0	0	-1	0	17:07	4:32
A. Burakovsky	LW	0	0	0	2	0	1	-2	0	16:53	4:37
T. Bertuzzi	LW	0	0	0	4	1	0	-2	0	15:49	4:36
J. Dickinson	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	-1	0	14:17	0:00
N. Foligno	LW	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	13:53	2:07
R. Donato	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	13:52	0:00
L. Slaggert	LW	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	2	12:56	0:00
C. Dach	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	11:46	0:00
M. Grzelcyk	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	-2	0	15:15	2:02
A. Levshunov	D	0	0	0	2	3	0	-3	0	24:42	4:40
W. Kaiser	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	0	20:22	0:00
C. Murphy	D	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	20:10	0:00
A. Vlasic	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	18:47	0:00
K. Korchinski	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	-3	0	13:53	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
D. Commesso	24	19	5	.792	60:00	Loss
D. Nozzolillo	0	0	0	–	0:00

Lines at 5-on-5

WSH

Line 1A. Beauvillier15:11N. Dowd13:39E. Frank13:42

Line 2B. Leason10:23H. Lapierre9:46B. Duhaime11:28

Line 3A. Ovechkin10:43D. Strome13:09A. Protas12:53

Line 4R. Leonard11:30J. Sourdif11:35C. McMichael9:19

Pair 1J. Chychrun17:33M. Roy17:51

Pair 2R. Sandin14:39D. Chisholm17:11

Pair 3J. Carlson14:34M. Fehérváry14:19

CHI

Line 1J. Dickinson11:13R. Donato13:52T. Bertuzzi11:13

Line 2R. Greene14:46A. Burakovsky12:16C. Bedard12:35

Line 3N. Foligno11:46L. Slaggert10:56C. Dach11:46

Line 4N. Lardis9:55O. Moore10:44T. Teravainen12:47

Pair 1C. Murphy17:38A. Vlasic16:28

Pair 2W. Kaiser17:13A. Levshunov17:11

Pair 3M. Grzelcyk13:13K. Korchinski13:53

From the NHL's shift charts: the players on the ice together most at 5-on-5, with each one's own 5-on-5 time.

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamAnthony Beauvillier WSH Faces CHI, his team until Mar 20241 G, 3 SOG

As Tonight had them before puck drop, with what each player did.

How We Did

	We projected	It finished
Score	WSH 3.4, CHI 2.9	WSH 5, CHI 1
Total goals	6.3	6
Shots on goal	WSH 28.4, CHI 26.7	WSH 24, CHI 24
Win chance	WSH 57%	WSH won

Players

Player	SOG projected	SOG	Points projected	Points	Goal chance	Goals
WSH A. Ovechkin	3.1	4	0.94	1	39%	1
WSH J. Chychrun	3.0	1	0.69	0	23%	0
CHI C. Bedard	2.8	4	0.91	0	28%	0
WSH R. Leonard	2.4	0	0.67	2	21%	0
WSH A. Beauvillier	2.4	3	0.44	1	19%	1
WSH C. McMichael	2.3	3	0.68	2	24%	1
CHI R. Donato	2.1	1	0.60	0	24%	0
CHI T. Bertuzzi	2.1	4	0.64	0	27%	0
WSH D. Strome	2.0	1	0.93	0	28%	0
WSH J. Carlson	2.0	0	0.69	2	14%	0
WSH A. Protas	1.9	1	0.69	0	23%	0
WSH J. Sourdif	1.7	1	0.56	1	21%	1
CHI A. Burakovsky	1.7	2	0.63	0	20%	0
CHI R. Greene	1.6	1	0.39	0	13%	0
CHI N. Lardis	1.6	2	0.27	1	15%	0
WSH E. Frank	1.6	1	0.43	1	18%	1
CHI A. Levshunov	1.4	2	0.47	0	5%	0
CHI T. Teravainen	1.3	0	0.56	0	19%	0
WSH M. Roy	1.3	1	0.34	0	6%	0
CHI J. Dickinson	1.3	0	0.32	0	15%	0
CHI N. Foligno	1.3	1	0.39	0	14%	0
CHI O. Moore	1.2	2	0.37	1	11%	1
CHI W. Kaiser	1.2	0	0.22	0	7%	0
WSH M. Fehérváry	1.1	1	0.32	2	8%	0
WSH R. Sandin	1.1	0	0.35	0	6%	0
WSH N. Dowd	1.1	2	0.35	1	16%	0
CHI M. Grzelcyk	1.1	0	0.32	1	3%	0
CHI C. Murphy	1.0	2	0.21	0	5%	0
CHI L. Slaggert	1.0	2	0.23	0	10%	0
CHI C. Dach	1.0	0	0.21	0	9%	0
CHI K. Korchinski	1.0	0	0.17	0	6%	0
WSH B. Leason	1.0	0	0.21	0	9%	0
CHI A. Vlasic	0.9	1	0.24	0	4%	0
WSH D. Chisholm	0.9	3	0.18	0	4%	0
WSH B. Duhaime	0.7	1	0.19	0	10%	0
WSH H. Lapierre	0.6	1	0.20	0	6%	0

Shots on goal: 22 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.2 fewer than projected on average.

Our projections as they stood at puck drop. One game says little about a model; Model Notes has how it tests over thousands.