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2026-01-15 · Capital One Arena

3 – 2Final

SJS beat WSH 3–2. Expected goals were close to even (SJS 2.5, WSH 2.4), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Collin Graf scored at 14:53 of the second, moving SJS’s win probability from 47% to 70%.

Shots on goal
26 – 23
Expected goals
2.5 – 2.4
xG share
SJS 51%
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.

SJS goalWSH goal

Expected goals

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

SJSWSH

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.

SJS
Pavol Regenda
1 G, 1 A · 13:46 TOI
Finishing +0.37 · Playmaking +0.22
+0.58
SJS
0 G, 1 A · 25:07 TOI
On-ice +0.05 · Finishing −0.26 · Playmaking +0.21 · Penalties +0.39 · Faceoffs +0.07
+0.45
SJS
1 G, 1 A · 20:06 TOI
Finishing +0.32
+0.37

Rough nights

WSH
57:01 TOI
GSAx −0.56
−0.56
WSH
0 G, 1 A · 28:19 TOI
Finishing −0.16 · Penalties −0.19
−0.39
WSH
0 G, 1 A · 25:45 TOI
Playmaking +0.16 · Penalties −0.39
−0.29

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalSJS–WSHWin prob.
P2 10:58 WSHDylan StromePP
from Alex Ovechkin, Jakob Chychrun
0–154% → 74%
P2 13:27 SJSZack Ostapchuk
from Dmitry Orlov, William Eklund
1–125% → 47%
P2 14:53 SJSCollin Graf
from Pavol Regenda
2–147% → 70%
P2 16:13 SJSPavol Regenda
from Macklin Celebrini, Collin Graf
3–171% → 87%
P3 9:11 WSHRyan Leonard
from John Carlson, Martin Fehérváry
3–25% → 21%

Every player

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SJS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Pavol Regenda L13:4611+0.58−0.01+0.37+0.22+0.00+0.00+0.00
Macklin Celebrini C25:071+0.45+0.05−0.26+0.21−0.01+0.39+0.07
Collin Graf R20:0611+0.37−0.01+0.32+0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Dmitry Orlov D20:251+0.35+0.13+0.00+0.22−0.00+0.00+0.00
Zack Ostapchuk C10:541+0.30+0.04+0.28−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.02
William Eklund L17:381+0.20+0.10−0.08−0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00
John Klingberg D20:46+0.20+0.24−0.06+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Reaves R8:21+0.07+0.09−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Timothy Liljegren D19:04+0.05+0.07+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexander Wennberg C20:06+0.02+0.15−0.09−0.09−0.00+0.00+0.05
Mario Ferraro D19:32−0.04+0.06−0.09−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Adam Gaudette R15:28−0.06−0.01−0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00−0.01
Sam Dickinson D16:43−0.06−0.00−0.02−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Igor Chernyshov L15:39−0.11−0.04−0.00−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael Misa C9:58−0.13−0.02−0.07−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.03
Barclay Goodrow C11:33−0.16−0.05−0.06−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tyler Toffoli C13:46−0.20+0.10−0.00−0.11+0.00−0.19+0.00
Vincent Iorio D17:56−0.26−0.01−0.01−0.04−0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Alex Nedeljkovic G60:00+0.19

WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Ryan Leonard R18:351+0.22−0.14+0.40−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ethen Frank R15:37+0.17+0.03−0.00−0.06+0.01+0.19+0.00
Dylan Strome C22:191+0.06−0.05+0.26−0.08−0.01+0.00−0.06
Martin Fehérváry D17:291+0.03−0.02+0.00+0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00
Dylan McIlrath D6:05+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brandon Duhaime R9:26−0.01−0.01−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Sonny Milano L7:28−0.04−0.04−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Connor McMichael L15:49−0.04−0.02−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.01
Rasmus Sandin D18:35−0.05−0.03−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Hendrix Lapierre C6:30−0.05−0.01−0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00−0.02
Brett Leason R9:40−0.08−0.05−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.01
Matt Roy D20:51−0.10−0.07−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Anthony Beauvillier R15:24−0.11+0.05−0.19+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.01
Nic Dowd C16:12−0.12−0.07−0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00−0.01
Aliaksei Protas L21:34−0.13+0.02−0.23−0.08−0.02+0.19−0.01
Alex Ovechkin L21:211−0.16−0.05−0.23+0.15−0.03+0.00+0.00
John Carlson D25:451−0.29−0.01−0.04+0.16−0.01−0.39+0.00
Jakob Chychrun D28:191−0.39−0.05−0.16+0.02−0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Logan Thompson G57:01−0.56

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.