Vegas Golden Knights vs Washington Capitals — February 27, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Washington Capitals defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 on February 27, 2026. Despite the result, the Vegas Golden Knights held the edge in expected goals (7.94 to 5.49) at 5-on-5, indicating the Washington Capitals received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Vegas Golden Knights created 11 high-danger scoring chances compared to 5 from the Washington Capitals at 5-on-5. Pierre-Luc Dubois scored 2 goals. Colton Sissons was the most dangerous skater with 2.16 individual expected goals on 2 shots at 5-on-5. The Washington Capitals outshot the Vegas Golden Knights 29-26 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Vegas Golden Knights vs Washington Capitals progressed on Feb 27, 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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VGK2 - 3WSH

Feb 27, 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	%
WSH	P1	15	19	44.1	15	14	51.7	10	6	62.5	6	11	35.3	2	5	28.6	2.36	2.70	46.6	0	0	—
	P2	22	18	55.0	15	13	53.6	12	7	63.2	17	14	54.8	4	5	44.4	2.89	3.52	45.1	3	0	100.0
	P3	19	28	40.4	14	19	42.4	7	13	35.0	14	20	41.2	4	9	30.8	3.28	5.80	36.1	0	2	0.0
	Total	56	65	46.3	44	46	48.9	29	26	52.7	37	45	45.1	10	19	34.5	8.52	12.02	41.5	3	2	60.0
VGK	P1	19	15	55.9	14	15	48.3	6	10	37.5	11	6	64.7	5	2	71.4	2.70	2.36	53.4	0	0	—
	P2	18	22	45.0	13	15	46.4	7	12	36.8	14	17	45.2	5	4	55.6	3.52	2.89	54.9	0	3	0.0
	P3	28	19	59.6	19	14	57.6	13	7	65.0	20	14	58.8	9	4	69.2	5.80	3.28	63.9	2	0	100.0
	Total	65	56	53.7	46	44	51.1	26	29	47.3	45	37	54.9	19	10	65.5	12.02	8.52	58.5	2	3	40.0

Win Probability

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Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Shot Density Heatmap

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Individual Event Map

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Player Matchup Grid

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

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

WSH ↓ / VGK →	Eichel	Hertl	Sissons	Barbashev	Saad	Stone	Marner	Smith	Kolesar	Bowman	Dorofeyev	Holtz	Hanifin	Andersson	Lauzon	Theodore	McNabb	Korczak
Strome	57	24	50	13	31	11	53	47	36	40	14	40	47	67	36	17	45	33
Dubois	59	0	100	75	83	59	40	50	0	0	60	75	45	47	80	88	100	67
Dowd	10	25	50	25	75	0	36	63	100	33	45	100	27	23	100	33	83	71
Sourdif	—	80	33	—	43	—	100	—	80	80	—	43	50	50	57	57	50	50
Ovechkin	33	25	57	13	45	7	50	73	36	40	25	100	44	53	40	23	60	36
Protas	63	0	75	73	80	67	62	60	0	0	33	100	58	59	89	88	100	80
McMichael	0	57	43	0	30	0	0	0	67	80	0	22	29	50	50	50	20	50
Duhaime	100	100	100	67	50	—	63	44	100	100	63	50	38	60	100	100	56	83
Wilson	76	40	60	73	100	71	79	91	67	50	50	100	79	76	100	75	100	80
Beauvillier	33	19	40	14	30	13	13	13	30	25	14	67	13	17	18	18	33	33
Leonard	100	80	43	—	44	—	100	88	80	86	—	38	73	83	64	57	86	50
Frank	50	33	100	50	100	—	50	44	50	—	45	100	50	50	75	67	63	63
Fehérváry	33	9	50	44	67	29	8	17	25	20	11	100	24	20	46	40	67	50
Sandin	50	18	80	53	63	36	22	40	29	20	50	100	41	40	53	44	43	40
Chychrun	86	50	88	83	62	100	73	57	60	67	50	62	58	73	73	67	72	80
Roy	40	25	75	67	78	40	50	56	50	50	43	88	58	58	67	60	78	78
Chisholm	50	45	14	40	13	50	33	0	56	67	0	13	11	20	43	50	31	40
van Riemsdyk	33	50	11	29	14	50	25	0	67	50	0	25	20	14	50	38	50	50