Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers — April 5, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The New York Rangers defeated the Washington Capitals 8-1 on April 5, 2026. The New York Rangers controlled play with 58.2% Corsi and generated 2.53 expected goals compared to 1.89 from the Washington Capitals at 5-on-5, suggesting the result was well-earned. The New York Rangers created 12 high-danger scoring chances compared to 4 from the Washington Capitals at 5-on-5. Will Cuylle recorded a hat trick with 3 goals. The New York Rangers outshot the Washington Capitals 32-21 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers progressed on Apr 5, 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
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

WSH1 - 8NYR

Apr 5, 2026 · Regular Season

Strength:

Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
NYR	P1	18	15	54.5	8	10	44.4	7	7	50.0	16	9	64.0	7	3	70.0	0.72	0.89	44.8	1	1	50.0
	P2	28	12	70.0	22	9	71.0	16	7	69.6	21	8	72.4	6	1	85.7	1.90	0.59	76.3	5	0	100.0
	P3	23	19	54.8	17	13	56.7	10	7	58.8	20	13	60.6	5	2	71.4	1.39	0.90	60.7	2	0	100.0
	Total	69	46	60.0	47	32	59.5	33	21	61.1	57	30	65.5	18	6	75.0	4.01	2.38	62.8	8	1	88.9
WSH	P1	15	18	45.5	10	8	55.6	7	7	50.0	9	16	36.0	3	7	30.0	0.89	0.72	55.2	1	1	50.0
	P2	12	28	30.0	9	22	29.0	7	16	30.4	8	21	27.6	1	6	14.3	0.59	1.90	23.7	0	5	0.0
	P3	19	23	45.2	13	17	43.3	7	10	41.2	13	20	39.4	2	5	28.6	0.90	1.39	39.3	0	2	0.0
	Total	46	69	40.0	32	47	40.5	21	33	38.9	30	57	34.5	6	18	25.0	2.38	4.01	37.2	1	8	11.1

Win Probability

NYR Favored

WSH Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

NYR

WSH

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

WSH Attempts

NYR Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

WSH ShootNYR Shoot

Goal

Attempt Blocked

Hit Taken

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

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

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

NYR ↓ / WSH →	Dubois	Strome	Lapierre	Sourdif	Duhaime	Protas	McMichael	Ovechkin	Wilson	Leonard	Frank	Beauvillier	Sandin	Hutson	van Riemsdyk	Chychrun	Roy	Fehérváry
Trocheck	75	50	73	80	75	60	92	80	58	82	67	100	83	60	91	82	58	73
Miller	70	63	75	50	75	67	90	58	64	50	50	100	64	69	100	71	80	80
Zibanejad	31	38	56	60	67	44	63	20	54	43	0	62	39	50	56	57	67	44
Brodzinski	71	0	73	100	79	50	91	—	56	100	67	100	90	63	89	88	58	73
Laba	45	70	80	69	89	71	67	46	36	43	83	88	75	54	83	71	86	67
Lafrenière	50	29	56	60	70	47	63	25	70	50	0	64	43	50	63	78	70	41
Sheary	88	56	75	25	67	56	71	57	69	50	50	100	58	50	100	100	82	83
Sykora	50	78	80	91	91	56	88	71	56	83	83	89	80	75	75	75	88	67
Cuylle	89	0	73	100	77	60	91	100	73	100	63	100	100	50	90	90	55	82
Kartye	67	67	67	25	50	50	86	55	57	20	50	100	50	64	100	60	80	67
Chmelar	44	73	80	91	90	50	89	75	50	83	83	88	78	69	76	76	75	67
Perreault	38	29	56	50	57	43	63	25	78	40	0	64	31	29	57	78	70	47
Schneider	64	46	71	50	67	50	85	50	63	60	60	67	52	41	89	84	33	50
Fox	63	67	70	90	88	60	73	56	67	100	80	85	73	82	71	78	73	73
Gavrikov	56	56	83	77	88	60	72	46	67	80	80	92	78	67	70	70	80	82
Fortescue	80	25	67	43	65	43	100	57	80	57	60	58	50	27	88	93	22	50
Borgen	33	57	67	56	78	42	50	37	15	33	67	100	61	57	56	38	80	38
Robertson	36	64	50	50	78	29	63	40	17	27	67	67	63	50	56	38	75	40