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2026-01-29 · Little Caesars Arena

4 – 3Final/SO

WSH beat DET 4–3 in a shootout. WSH lost the expected-goals battle 1.8 to 2.5 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Alex DeBrincat scored on the power play at 19:07 of the third, moving DET’s win probability from 6% to 50%. John Gibson allowed 3.7 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
23 – 21
Expected goals
1.8 – 2.5
xG share
DET 58%
Home-ice start
DET 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.

WSH goalDET goal

Expected goals

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

WSHDET

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
1 G, 0 A · 17:49 TOI
On-ice −0.35 · Finishing +0.87 · Faceoffs −0.05 · Shootout +1.01
+1.47
WSH
1 G, 1 A · 19:35 TOI
On-ice −0.11 · Finishing +0.80 · Faceoffs +0.06 · Shootout +0.66
+1.44
DET
2 G, 1 A · 22:47 TOI
On-ice −0.16 · Finishing +1.50
+1.36

Rough nights

DET
75:20 TOI
GSAx −3.73
−3.73
WSH
65:00 TOI
GSAx −1.92
−2.12
DET
0 G, 1 A · 25:32 TOI
On-ice +0.19 · Finishing −0.26 · Shootout −0.49
−0.55

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalWSH–DETWin prob.
P1 6:27 WSHNic Dowd
from Connor McMichael, Jakob Chychrun
1–047% → 63%
P2 9:52 DETBen Chiarot
from Alex DeBrincat, Patrick Kane
1–132% → 53%
P3 9:36 WSHDylan Strome
from Alex Ovechkin, Jakob Chychrun
2–148% → 81%
P3 14:44 WSHDeclan Chisholm
from Jakob Chychrun, Dylan Strome
3–186% → 98%
P3 18:20 DETAlex DeBrincatPP
from Dylan Larkin, Andrew Copp
3–20% → 6%
P3 19:07 DETAlex DeBrincatPP
from Moritz Seider
3–36% → 50%

Every player

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WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Nic Dowd C17:491+1.47−0.35+0.87−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.05+1.01
Dylan Strome C19:3511+1.44−0.11+0.80+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.06+0.66
Declan Chisholm D9:221+0.74+0.02+0.73−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Leonard R15:05+0.66+0.00−0.12+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.79
Tom Wilson R21:46+0.08+0.08+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.00
Anthony Beauvillier R17:21+0.05+0.03+0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Ethen Frank R8:48+0.02+0.03+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Hendrix Lapierre C7:48+0.02+0.02+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01−0.00
Brandon Duhaime R9:13+0.01+0.02+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Justin Sourdif C17:10+0.01+0.02−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.02−0.00
Connor McMichael L16:171−0.06−0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Aliaksei Protas L21:54−0.06+0.02−0.07−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.01−0.00
Martin Fehérváry D21:39−0.08+0.03−0.10−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Ovechkin L16:001−0.09+0.11−0.23+0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Rasmus Sandin D20:04−0.10−0.00−0.09+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jakob Chychrun D28:543−0.13+0.00−0.13+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Trevor van Riemsdyk D16:18−0.23−0.05−0.01+0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00+0.00
John Carlson D28:07−0.50+0.05−0.39+0.03−0.01−0.19+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Charlie Lindgren G65:00−2.12

DET

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Alex DeBrincat R22:4721+1.36−0.16+1.50+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Lucas Raymond L21:34+0.81+0.21−0.27+0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00+0.66
Ben Chiarot D20:401+0.57−0.10+0.87−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00+0.00
Patrick Kane R19:441+0.57−0.12−0.13+0.05−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.79
Andrew Copp C19:181+0.09+0.07+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.01−0.00
Travis Hamonic D13:56+0.05+0.05+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Emmitt Finnie C10:13+0.02+0.04+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
J.T. Compher L15:07−0.00+0.05−0.25−0.02+0.02+0.19+0.00−0.00
Jacob Bernard-Docker D18:44−0.02−0.02+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Axel Sandin-Pellikka D12:36−0.03+0.01+0.00−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
James van Riemsdyk L13:10−0.03−0.01+0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Moritz Seider D33:411−0.08+0.05−0.14+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Albert Johansson D19:16−0.10−0.09+0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Elmer Soderblom L11:29−0.12−0.11+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Michael Rasmussen C12:52−0.12−0.07+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.04−0.00
Mason Appleton C13:56−0.16−0.08−0.07−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Marco Kasper C15:56−0.34+0.00−0.33−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00
Dylan Larkin C25:321−0.55+0.19−0.26+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.49
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
John Gibson G75:20−3.73

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.