Washington Capitals vs Chicago Blackhawks — January 9, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Washington Capitals defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 5-1 on January 9, 2026. Despite the result, the Chicago Blackhawks held the edge in expected goals (5.53 to 4.58) at 5-on-5, indicating the Washington Capitals received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Chicago Blackhawks created 7 high-danger scoring chances compared to 6 from the Washington Capitals at 5-on-5. Connor McMichael was the most dangerous skater with 1.23 individual expected goals on 2 shots at 5-on-5. Both teams finished with 24 shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Washington Capitals vs Chicago Blackhawks progressed on Jan 9, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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WSH5 - 1CHI

Jan 9, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
CHI	P1	21	13	61.8	16	9	64.0	10	6	62.5	13	9	59.1	6	2	75.0	4.37	1.61	73.1	0	3	0.0
	P2	12	17	41.4	11	15	42.3	6	10	37.5	5	11	31.3	3	5	37.5	2.67	3.23	45.2	1	1	50.0
	P3	17	13	56.7	14	12	53.8	8	8	50.0	9	8	52.9	3	1	75.0	2.46	1.57	61.0	0	1	0.0
	Total	50	43	53.8	41	36	53.2	24	24	50.0	27	28	49.1	12	8	60.0	9.50	6.42	59.7	1	5	16.7
WSH	P1	13	21	38.2	9	16	36.0	6	10	37.5	9	13	40.9	2	6	25.0	1.61	4.37	26.9	3	0	100.0
	P2	17	12	58.6	15	11	57.7	10	6	62.5	11	5	68.8	5	3	62.5	3.23	2.67	54.8	1	1	50.0
	P3	13	17	43.3	12	14	46.2	8	8	50.0	8	9	47.1	1	3	25.0	1.57	2.46	39.0	1	0	100.0
	Total	43	50	46.2	36	41	46.8	24	24	50.0	28	27	50.9	8	12	40.0	6.42	9.50	40.3	5	1	83.3

Win Probability

CHI Favored

WSH Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

WSH Attempts

CHI Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

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Goal

Shot on Net

Missed Shot

Hit

Hit Taken

Shot Blocked

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (CHI) performed against every skater on the away team (WSH) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = CHI players, Columns = WSH players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the CHI player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

CHI ↓ / WSH →	Dowd	Strome	Sourdif	Lapierre	McMichael	Protas	Duhaime	Ovechkin	Beauvillier	Frank	Leonard	Leason	Carlson	Chisholm	Chychrun	Sandin	Roy	Fehérváry
Teravainen	57	67	60	50	57	77	67	57	71	50	43	50	58	50	73	67	78	—
Bedard	47	0	40	33	60	88	25	0	43	33	25	33	67	13	0	56	64	—
Greene	44	57	13	0	30	20	—	29	44	38	36	0	63	38	31	38	13	—
Moore	40	75	0	43	29	40	38	75	25	50	0	33	30	44	57	57	33	—
Dach	58	80	50	25	33	50	40	100	69	62	50	25	50	85	67	71	67	—
Dickinson	50	53	100	0	100	33	25	50	33	83	60	0	40	50	64	50	100	—
Donato	100	62	100	0	100	25	33	56	100	86	80	0	50	73	75	63	75	—
Foligno	57	100	57	25	50	25	40	100	60	67	25	25	56	82	86	60	40	—
Burakovsky	42	0	33	—	38	88	0	0	41	30	29	—	73	0	11	57	56	—
Slaggert	55	50	57	25	33	33	50	33	64	67	17	25	47	82	63	50	67	—
Bertuzzi	67	44	38	0	50	62	33	38	67	67	20	0	60	56	44	67	63	—
Lardis	50	75	0	50	29	50	50	75	33	50	0	50	30	67	57	67	33	—
Levshunov	41	0	43	60	40	64	43	0	45	47	22	43	50	25	64	50	65	—
Kaiser	27	50	36	75	14	0	50	40	42	47	22	50	36	44	67	29	50	—
Murphy	80	60	67	25	75	56	50	50	83	83	50	25	57	77	46	69	60	—
Vlasic	80	58	67	20	75	50	50	47	82	83	50	20	57	73	46	67	60	—
Grzelcyk	40	67	20	0	38	0	0	67	25	40	20	0	43	25	40	25	20	—
Korchinski	33	0	17	0	29	0	0	0	27	36	17	0	44	14	13	0	17	—