New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals — March 20, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

A low-scoring battle went the way of the Washington Capitals, 2-1 over the New Jersey Devils on Friday. The expected goals were nearly even at 5-on-5 — WSH 3.05, NJD 3.24. Lenni Hameenaho generated the most offense at even strength with 0.97 ixG on 3 shots. High-danger chances favored WSH by a wide margin: 15 to 8. NJD outshot WSH 32-28.

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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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NJD1 - 2WSH

Mar 20, 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	18	14	56.3	10	9	52.6	8	5	61.5	16	6	72.7	5	1	83.3	0.88	0.29	75.2	1	0	100.0
	P2	16	23	41.0	12	19	38.7	7	8	46.7	12	16	42.9	6	7	46.2	1.03	1.26	45.0	0	0	—
	P3	21	32	39.6	19	26	42.2	13	19	40.6	13	21	38.2	4	5	44.4	1.64	2.43	40.3	1	1	50.0
	Total	55	69	44.4	41	54	43.2	28	32	46.7	41	43	48.8	15	13	53.6	3.55	3.97	47.2	2	1	66.7
NJD	P1	14	18	43.8	9	10	47.4	5	8	38.5	6	16	27.3	1	5	16.7	0.29	0.88	24.8	0	1	0.0
	P2	23	16	59.0	19	12	61.3	8	7	53.3	16	12	57.1	7	6	53.8	1.26	1.03	55.0	0	0	—
	P3	32	21	60.4	26	19	57.8	19	13	59.4	21	13	61.8	5	4	55.6	2.43	1.64	59.7	1	1	50.0
	Total	69	55	55.6	54	41	56.8	32	28	53.3	43	41	51.2	13	15	46.4	3.97	3.55	52.8	1	2	33.3

Win Probability

WSH Favored

NJD Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

WSH

NJD

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

NJD Attempts

WSH Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

NJD ShootWSH Shoot

Shot on Net

Missed Shot

Player Matchup Grid

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

Rows = WSH players, Columns = NJD 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 ↓ / NJD →	Hughes	Hischier	Mercer	Glass	Bjugstad	Bratt	Cotter	Brown	Meier	Gritsyuk	Hameenaho	Tsyplakov	Hamilton	Hughes	Kovacevic	Nemec	Dillon	Siegenthaler
Strome	70	43	60	50	75	67	75	57	55	50	50	75	100	45	45	60	60	100
Dubois	43	—	0	100	67	50	67	50	0	100	100	67	50	67	0	50	80	50
Sourdif	—	38	38	50	—	—	0	—	43	50	50	—	29	100	100	50	50	29
Lapierre	100	67	67	67	100	100	—	100	67	80	75	100	83	100	100	67	67	83
Protas	63	0	0	100	67	54	67	54	0	57	100	67	64	40	0	29	80	82
McMichael	22	29	50	50	100	22	—	22	50	67	50	100	29	100	100	67	67	50
Duhaime	20	11	17	67	—	0	0	20	20	71	67	—	29	20	20	60	60	50
Ovechkin	67	75	86	50	75	50	75	33	75	50	50	75	50	71	71	67	67	50
Beauvillier	30	33	44	50	75	0	75	0	41	29	50	75	0	38	46	46	60	0
Wilson	43	17	0	100	67	46	67	46	0	100	100	67	45	67	0	40	67	67
Frank	100	33	17	50	100	—	0	100	20	55	67	100	60	40	100	29	50	60
Leonard	100	50	50	67	—	100	—	100	50	67	67	—	50	100	100	67	67	50
Fehérváry	45	18	17	0	—	39	0	39	18	43	75	—	41	10	13	40	100	67
Roy	27	17	44	50	67	9	67	8	40	33	50	67	11	64	83	25	43	0
Sandin	68	22	45	50	—	58	0	62	50	80	75	—	60	40	36	100	100	75
Chychrun	100	57	57	83	100	100	100	100	57	83	80	100	56	100	100	100	100	56
van Riemsdyk	33	50	67	75	100	33	100	33	67	80	75	100	38	100	100	100	100	50
Hutson	0	33	33	40	71	0	67	0	25	50	40	71	—	75	50	36	47	0