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2026-01-31 · Capital One Arena

3 – 4Final/OT

WSH beat CAR 4–3 in overtime. WSH also won the expected-goals battle 4.9 to 2.6: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Justin Sourdif scored at 1:42 of overtime, moving WSH’s win probability from 52% to 100%. Clay Stevenson allowed 1.2 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
22 – 42
Expected goals
2.6 – 4.9
xG share
WSH 65%
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.

CAR goalWSH goal

Expected goals

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

CARWSH

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.

CAR
61:42 TOI
GSAx +0.92
+0.92
WSH
0 G, 1 A · 27:57 TOI
On-ice +0.61 · Playmaking +0.13
+0.70
WSH
1 G, 0 A · 18:40 TOI
On-ice +0.55 · Finishing +0.09 · Playmaking −0.11 · Faceoffs −0.06
+0.48

Rough nights

WSH
61:42 TOI
GSAx −1.21
−1.21
CAR
0 G, 0 A · 13:41 TOI
On-ice −0.45 · Penalties −0.58
−1.04
CAR
0 G, 0 A · 13:54 TOI
On-ice −0.43
−0.45

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCAR–WSHWin prob.
P1 13:27 CARMark Jankowski
from William Carrier, Jesperi Kotkaniemi
1–047% → 64%
P1 17:51 CARSebastian Aho
unassisted
2–065% → 79%
P2 4:16 CARShayne Gostisbehere
from Jordan Martinook, Jordan Staal
3–082% → 94%
P2 7:52 WSHHendrix Lapierre
from Sonny Milano
3–15% → 17%
P2 14:58 WSHDylan Strome
from Aliaksei Protas, Jakob Chychrun
3–213% → 30%
P3 13:18 WSHJakob Chychrun
from Aliaksei Protas, Tom Wilson
3–316% → 51%
OT 1:42 WSHJustin Sourdif
from John Carlson, Ethen Frank
3–452% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

CAR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Mark Jankowski L12:421+0.44+0.10+0.36−0.06+0.02+0.00+0.03
Sebastian Aho C19:251+0.26−0.26+0.37−0.01−0.05+0.19+0.02
Shayne Gostisbehere D15:591+0.21−0.17+0.39+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
William Carrier L11:041+0.18+0.03−0.00+0.15−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C12:261+0.02+0.06−0.07+0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jordan Martinook L16:001−0.00−0.16−0.00+0.19−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jordan Staal C15:191−0.09−0.15−0.00+0.08−0.02+0.00+0.00
Alexander Nikishin D13:14−0.15−0.11−0.02−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Logan Stankoven C13:37−0.17−0.20−0.06−0.01−0.03+0.19−0.05
Nikolaj Ehlers L14:58−0.17−0.18−0.03+0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00
Andrei Svechnikov R15:16−0.18−0.24−0.02+0.09−0.02+0.00+0.00
Sean Walker D22:10−0.22+0.03+0.00−0.02−0.03−0.19+0.00
Jaccob Slavin D22:41−0.26−0.35−0.02+0.09+0.02+0.00+0.00
Jalen Chatfield D23:09−0.28−0.37+0.00+0.11−0.02+0.00+0.00
K'Andre Miller D22:43−0.35−0.21−0.11−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Seth Jarvis R18:48−0.36−0.19−0.24+0.05+0.02+0.00+0.00
Jackson Blake R13:54−0.45−0.43−0.00−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Taylor Hall L13:41−1.04−0.45−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.58+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Frederik Andersen G61:42+0.92

WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
John Carlson D27:571+0.70+0.61−0.03+0.13−0.01+0.00+0.00
Justin Sourdif C18:401+0.48+0.55+0.09−0.11+0.01+0.00−0.06
Dylan Strome C21:481+0.47+0.13+0.31−0.05−0.01+0.00+0.08
Aliaksei Protas L19:152+0.44+0.19−0.27+0.35−0.03+0.19+0.00
Sonny Milano L8:291+0.26−0.02−0.06+0.13+0.01+0.19+0.00
Ethen Frank R15:471+0.25+0.28−0.00−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Hendrix Lapierre C6:131+0.24+0.08+0.04−0.05−0.01+0.19−0.02
Rasmus Sandin D20:50+0.19+0.36−0.07−0.08−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jakob Chychrun D28:0211+0.18+0.17+0.24−0.02−0.02−0.19+0.00
Tom Wilson R21:241+0.17+0.32−0.06−0.08−0.01+0.00+0.00
Trevor van Riemsdyk D18:46+0.09+0.15−0.01−0.07+0.02+0.00+0.00
Declan Chisholm D10:04−0.01+0.06−0.03−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Anthony Beauvillier R16:18−0.02+0.09−0.11−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.01
Brandon Duhaime R8:59−0.04+0.10−0.04−0.11+0.01+0.00+0.00
Dylan McIlrath D9:15−0.08−0.04−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Ovechkin L18:25−0.17+0.04−0.13−0.05−0.02+0.00+0.00
Nic Dowd C14:13−0.20−0.02−0.16−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Leonard R16:41−0.21+0.18−0.07−0.10−0.01−0.19−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Clay Stevenson G61:42−1.21

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.