Washington Capitals vs Colorado Avalanche — January 19, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Washington Capitals 5-2 on January 19, 2026. The Colorado Avalanche controlled play with 63.6% Corsi and generated 10.62 expected goals compared to 8.10 from the Washington Capitals at 5-on-5, suggesting the result was well-earned. The Colorado Avalanche created 11 high-danger scoring chances compared to 10 from the Washington Capitals at 5-on-5. Nathan MacKinnon scored 2 goals. Brock Nelson was the most dangerous skater with 2.19 individual expected goals on 3 shots at 5-on-5. The Colorado Avalanche outshot the Washington Capitals 44-24 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Washington Capitals vs Colorado Avalanche progressed on Jan 19, 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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WSH2 - 5COL

Jan 19, 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	%
COL	P1	25	24	51.0	18	21	46.2	11	12	47.8	12	10	54.5	1	4	20.0	3.15	4.59	40.7	1	1	50.0
	P2	39	19	67.2	29	12	70.7	16	9	64.0	27	14	65.9	6	3	66.7	4.89	3.01	61.9	2	1	66.7
	P3	30	13	69.8	23	11	67.6	17	3	85.0	25	9	73.5	7	4	63.6	4.80	3.17	60.2	2	0	100.0
	Total	94	56	62.7	70	44	61.4	44	24	64.7	64	33	66.0	14	11	56.0	12.85	10.77	54.4	5	2	71.4
WSH	P1	24	25	49.0	21	18	53.8	12	11	52.2	10	12	45.5	4	1	80.0	4.59	3.15	59.3	1	1	50.0
	P2	19	39	32.8	12	29	29.3	9	16	36.0	14	27	34.1	3	6	33.3	3.01	4.89	38.1	1	2	33.3
	P3	13	30	30.2	11	23	32.4	3	17	15.0	9	25	26.5	4	7	36.4	3.17	4.80	39.8	0	2	0.0
	Total	56	94	37.3	44	70	38.6	24	44	35.3	33	64	34.0	11	14	44.0	10.77	12.85	45.6	2	5	28.6

Win Probability

COL Favored

WSH Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

WSH Attempts

COL Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

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Missed Shot

Hit

Player Matchup Grid

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

Rows = COL players, Columns = WSH players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the COL 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:

COL ↓ / WSH →	Strome	Dowd	Sourdif	Lapierre	Protas	McMichael	Ovechkin	Miroshnichenko	Duhaime	Frank	Beauvillier	Leonard	Carlson	Chychrun	Fehérváry	Roy	Sandin	Chisholm
Necas	76	68	47	88	72	88	42	69	63	28	83	89	58	48	68	77	88	79
MacKinnon	73	71	47	83	70	87	42	64	50	29	83	88	60	43	69	76	81	75
Nelson	38	59	91	—	43	93	40	100	25	41	42	84	80	67	58	58	63	60
Colton	50	57	95	—	44	96	57	100	100	64	0	94	81	75	71	67	81	71
Kelly	61	50	50	36	64	60	43	42	46	44	55	40	47	41	82	82	48	36
Drury	53	50	33	50	55	43	37	50	53	44	38	33	44	35	70	78	47	50
Brindley	50	50	71	38	38	75	33	47	50	38	38	60	47	44	67	83	44	30
Bardakov	100	100	50	33	33	80	100	50	67	100	—	0	100	100	63	71	50	29
Ivan	—	100	80	25	0	80	—	63	50	—	—	0	80	80	100	50	0	0
Barré-Boulet	—	100	80	33	0	80	—	71	67	—	—	0	100	100	100	50	0	0
Lehkonen	74	71	80	89	78	83	50	91	86	55	76	67	60	46	79	87	85	100
Olofsson	33	62	94	0	25	95	38	50	67	64	0	93	82	67	70	56	58	50
Malinski	68	50	58	20	67	76	40	50	25	45	54	77	54	52	63	69	57	50
Makar	64	62	50	71	68	86	40	73	50	29	68	67	55	41	74	73	64	67
Girard	65	43	76	50	54	83	68	57	50	70	38	67	67	56	67	58	65	63
Burns	47	67	57	60	50	82	32	44	67	23	43	72	70	55	50	73	64	38
Manson	58	46	92	80	53	94	35	88	67	40	64	81	73	50	69	69	67	83
Solovyov	50	50	57	50	33	57	50	64	60	40	50	25	57	62	0	33	56	50