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Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Friday, April 4, 2025 · Capital One Arena

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SOG 22–29

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3 on Friday, April 4, 2025 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Blackhawks 29-22.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Tyler Bertuzzi, Frank Nazar, Martin Fehérváry, Philipp Kurashev, Dylan Strome and Ryan Leonard also scored.

Charlie Lindgren made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Spencer Knight stopped 25 of 28.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Chicago BlackhawksCHI120322
Washington CapitalsWSH113529

Three stars

  1. ★1st starAlex OvechkinWSH · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starJohn CarlsonWSH · 0G 3A
  3. ★3rd starDylan StromeWSH · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:34

2–2 · 2nd 7:09 · Fehérváry. Veleno was 1:34 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCHI on iceWSH on ice

0–1 WSH

1st 3:52 · Ovechkin

Foligno 0:08

1–1 CHI

1st 13:55 · Bertuzzi

Strome 0:59

2–1 CHI

2nd 0:31 · Nazar

Carlson 0:31

2–2 WSH

2nd 7:09 · Fehérváry

Stuck out there: Veleno 1:34

3–2 CHI

2nd 7:19 · Kurashev

Eller 0:10

3–3 WSH

3rd 3:46 · PP · Strome

Long shift: Foligno 1:15

3–4 WSH

3rd 6:13 · PP · Ovechkin

Kaiser 0:15

3–5 WSH

3rd 18:24 · EN · Leonard

Levshunov 0:55

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

CHIWSH
22Shots on goal29
38%Faceoff %62%
0/1Power play2/3
6Penalty minutes2
12Hits18
14Blocked shots10
12Giveaways7
2Takeaways9

Penalties

  • 1st 18:21Ryan Leonard · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 12:40Frank Nazar · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 03:09Patrick Maroon · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 05:07Connor Bedard · holding2 min

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