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2026-01-05 · Capital One Arena

4 – 7Final

WSH beat ANA 7–4. WSH lost the expected-goals battle 2.7 to 3.3 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Justin Sourdif scored at 18:58 of the first, moving WSH’s win probability from 53% to 71%. Petr Mrazek allowed 2.7 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
45 – 29
Expected goals
3.3 – 2.7
xG share
ANA 55%
Home-ice start
WSH 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

ANA goalWSH goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

ANAWSH

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

WSH
Justin Sourdif
3 G, 2 A · 16:59 TOI
Finishing +2.38 · Faceoffs −0.05
+2.31
ANA
1 G, 0 A · 18:48 TOI
On-ice −0.10 · Finishing +0.83
+0.75
ANA
1 G, 0 A · 14:49 TOI
On-ice −0.09 · Finishing +0.76
+0.69

Rough nights

ANA
60:00 TOI
GSAx −2.75
−2.75
ANA
0 G, 1 A · 18:20 TOI
Finishing −0.57
−0.52
ANA
0 G, 1 A · 17:27 TOI
On-ice −0.13 · Finishing −0.23
−0.39

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalANA–WSHWin prob.
P1 6:33 ANAChris Kreider
from Olen Zellweger
1–047% → 63%
P1 15:56 WSHJustin Sourdif
from Connor McMichael, Matt Roy
1–135% → 53%
P1 18:58 WSHJustin Sourdif
from Connor McMichael
1–253% → 71%
P2 5:54 WSHRyan Leonard
from Justin Sourdif, Connor McMichael
1–373% → 87%
P2 7:30 WSHJustin Sourdif
from Ryan Leonard, Connor McMichael
1–488% → 96%
P2 8:52 WSHAlex Ovechkin
from Martin Fehérváry, John Carlson
1–596% → 99%
P2 12:56 ANAAlex Killorn
from Ross Johnston
2–51% → 3%
P2 14:12 ANAJacob Trouba
from Troy Terry
3–53% → 10%
P3 9:22 ANABeckett Sennecke
from Cutter Gauthier, Jackson LaCombe
4–54% → 18%
P3 18:46 WSHJohn CarlsonEN
from Nic Dowd, Martin Fehérváry
4–695% → 100%
P3 19:18 WSHAlex OvechkinEN
from Justin Sourdif
4–7100% → 100%

Every player

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ANA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jacob Trouba D18:481+0.75−0.10+0.83+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Chris Kreider L14:491+0.69−0.09+0.76+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Beckett Sennecke R18:251+0.59−0.01+0.42+0.00−0.01+0.19+0.00
Alex Killorn L12:071+0.45+0.07+0.37+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ian Moore D21:09+0.08+0.12−0.03−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Radko Gudas D17:29−0.04−0.07+0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mason McTavish C17:06−0.06−0.01−0.05+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Pavel Mintyukov D22:50−0.06+0.15−0.19−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Ryan Poehling C12:53−0.11+0.02−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.06
Olen Zellweger D19:401−0.12−0.07−0.24−0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00
Ross Johnston L10:101−0.22+0.06−0.27−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Strome C10:51−0.26−0.03−0.24+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Leo Carlsson C16:54−0.27−0.02−0.01−0.02−0.00−0.19−0.03
Troy Terry R17:291−0.28−0.08−0.21+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Mikael Granlund C17:41−0.34−0.10−0.27+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Nikita Nesterenko C12:25−0.36−0.04−0.33−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jackson LaCombe D17:271−0.39−0.13−0.23−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Cutter Gauthier L18:201−0.52+0.04−0.57+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Lukas Dostal G32:25+0.17
Petr Mrazek G60:00−2.75

WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Justin Sourdif C16:5932+2.31−0.03+2.38+0.00+0.01+0.00−0.05
Ryan Leonard R15:5611+0.61+0.06+0.54+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex Ovechkin L16:392+0.53−0.12+0.84+0.04−0.04−0.19+0.00
John Carlson D19:4011+0.12+0.18−0.10+0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nic Dowd C20:031+0.09+0.10+0.00−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.02
Brandon Duhaime R16:04+0.09+0.08+0.00−0.02+0.03+0.00+0.00
Connor McMichael L21:374+0.02+0.03−0.07+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.05
Sonny Milano L7:32−0.00+0.02−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dylan McIlrath D9:32−0.03−0.03+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Anthony Beauvillier R20:58−0.05−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.01+0.00−0.02
Rasmus Sandin D18:45−0.06−0.01−0.03+0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Matt Roy D22:221−0.06−0.05−0.21+0.00+0.00+0.19+0.00
Trevor van Riemsdyk D11:07−0.11−0.15+0.00+0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
Hendrix Lapierre C10:07−0.16−0.01−0.13−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jakob Chychrun D22:16−0.17−0.10−0.05+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Martin Fehérváry D20:132−0.18+0.20−0.17−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Ethen Frank R16:18−0.27+0.03−0.31−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Dylan Strome C16:48−0.28−0.09−0.28+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.09
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Charlie Lindgren G60:00+0.35

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.