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2026-02-02 · Capital One Arena

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WSH beat NYI 4–1. WSH lost the expected-goals battle 2.5 to 3.6 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Martin Fehérváry scored at 5:29 of the second, moving WSH’s win probability from 33% to 53%. Clay Stevenson saved 2.2 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
30 – 25
Expected goals
3.6 – 2.5
xG share
NYI 59%
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.

NYI goalWSH goal

Expected goals

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

NYIWSH

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
60:00 TOI
GSAx +2.16
+2.16
WSH
1 G, 0 A · 19:00 TOI
Finishing +0.44
+0.36
WSH
1 G, 1 A · 14:24 TOI
Finishing +0.38
+0.34

Rough nights

NYI
David Rittich
57:08 TOI
GSAx −1.08
−0.89
NYI
0 G, 0 A · 23:23 TOI
On-ice +0.12 · Finishing −0.12 · Playmaking −0.18 · Penalties −0.19
−0.39
WSH
0 G, 0 A · 23:19 TOI
On-ice −0.12 · Finishing −0.17
−0.30

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalNYI–WSHWin prob.
P1 16:38 NYIMathew Barzal
unassisted
1–047% → 65%
P2 5:29 WSHMartin Fehérváry
from Tom Wilson, Nic Dowd
1–133% → 53%
P2 6:00 WSHAnthony Beauvillier
from Matt Roy, Alex Ovechkin
1–253% → 73%
P3 8:46 WSHNic Dowd
from Rasmus Sandin, Ethen Frank
1–382% → 96%
P3 17:35 WSHJohn CarlsonEN
from Aliaksei Protas
1–499% → 100%

Every player

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NYI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Mathew Barzal C18:221+0.21−0.06+0.37−0.10−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Pulock D20:05+0.08+0.08+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ondrej Palat L17:28+0.05−0.09−0.08+0.02+0.01+0.19+0.00
Adam Pelech D21:14−0.00+0.04−0.00−0.06+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C15:24−0.01−0.03−0.00−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.06
Tony DeAngelo D20:56−0.01+0.03−0.07+0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kyle MacLean C10:50−0.03+0.07−0.04−0.08+0.00+0.00+0.01
Marc Gatcomb C11:02−0.08+0.06−0.09−0.06+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Drouin L14:22−0.09+0.03−0.02−0.06−0.01+0.00−0.03
Anders Lee C11:35−0.14+0.01−0.07−0.08−0.00+0.00+0.00
Scott Mayfield D13:28−0.17+0.10−0.08+0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Bo Horvat C20:00−0.19+0.05−0.19+0.03−0.01+0.00−0.06
Emil Heineman L16:09−0.19+0.11−0.16−0.13−0.00+0.00−0.01
Simon Holmstrom R21:22−0.19+0.09−0.15−0.15+0.01+0.00+0.00
Carson Soucy D14:33−0.25−0.01−0.01−0.05+0.01−0.19+0.00
Casey Cizikas C13:56−0.29+0.23−0.50−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.03
Anthony Duclair L11:34−0.29−0.04−0.02−0.05+0.00−0.19+0.00
Matthew Schaefer D23:23−0.39+0.12−0.12−0.18−0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
David Rittich G57:08−0.89

WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Martin Fehérváry D19:001+0.36−0.03+0.44−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nic Dowd C14:2411+0.34+0.02+0.38−0.05+0.00+0.00−0.02
Rasmus Sandin D16:251+0.24+0.11−0.01+0.14−0.01+0.00+0.00
Anthony Beauvillier R18:281+0.14−0.15+0.34−0.07+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tom Wilson R16:501+0.11+0.04−0.11+0.19−0.01+0.00+0.00
Matt Roy D19:231+0.06−0.07−0.04+0.17−0.00+0.00+0.00
Trevor van Riemsdyk D15:21+0.05+0.07−0.01−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ethen Frank R13:461+0.01−0.05−0.00+0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Aliaksei Protas L18:061−0.03+0.05−0.03−0.05−0.02+0.00+0.01
Hendrix Lapierre C8:42−0.07+0.02−0.04−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.03
Brandon Duhaime R15:22−0.09−0.08−0.02−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.01
Sonny Milano L7:21−0.10−0.02−0.06−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.01
John Carlson D21:361−0.12−0.12+0.00+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Leonard R13:50−0.13−0.15−0.11−0.05−0.01+0.19+0.00
Justin Sourdif C17:23−0.14−0.01−0.22−0.10+0.01+0.19−0.01
Dylan Strome C19:29−0.18−0.22−0.00+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.03
Alex Ovechkin L17:151−0.21−0.18−0.15+0.14−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jakob Chychrun D23:19−0.30−0.12−0.17+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Clay Stevenson G60:00+2.16

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.