Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, January 3, 2026 · Capital One Arena
CHSN · MNMT
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Blackhawks 34-33.
Goals came from Ryan Donato, Dylan Strome, Teuvo Teravainen and Ryan Leonard.
Spencer Knight made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Logan Thompson stopped 31 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Donato (10)Ilya Mikheyev (5)1–001:13 CHI
Dylan Strome (10)Ethen Frank (8), Trevor van Riemsdyk (5)Donato 1:06 into shift1–104:46 WSH
2nd period
Teuvo Teravainen (9)Tyler Bertuzzi (12), Andre Burakovsky (17)Carlson 1:04 into shift2–104:24 CHI · PPG
3rd period
Ryan Leonard (8)Matt Roy (11), Anthony Beauvillier (6)2–211:18 WSH
SO period
Nick FolignoUnassisted3–200:00 CHI
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–1 · 1st 4:46 · Strome. CHI stayed on through an icing. Donato was 1:06 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 CHI
1st 1:13 · Donato
Strome 0:30
1–1 WSH
1st 4:46 · Strome
Long shift: Donato 1:06
2–1 CHI
2nd 4:24 · PP · Teravainen
Long shift: Carlson 1:04
2–2 WSH
3rd 11:18 · Leonard
Murphy 0:43
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 2nd 03:20
Jakob Chychrun · roughing2 min - 3rd 07:27
Wyatt Kaiser · tripping2 min - OT 04:06Jakob Chychrun · slashing2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 8Ryan DonatoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:59 |
| 28Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 20:37 |
| 59Tyler BertuzziL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:43 |
| 86Teuvo TeravainenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:44 |
| 95Ilya MikheyevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:26 |
| 11Oliver MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:58 |
| 16Jason DickinsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:21 |
| 17Nick FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:27 |
| 20Ryan GreeneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 20:07 |
| 34Colton DachC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:41 |
| 76Nick LardisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:34 |
| 84Landon SlaggertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:56 |
| 5Connor MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:50 |
| 44Wyatt KaiserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:36 |
| 46Louis CrevierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:30 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 17:26 |
| 55Artyom LevshunovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:46 |
| 72Alex VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Spencer KnightG | W | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 65:00 |
| 40Arvid SoderblomG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan LeonardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:21 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:12 |
| 53Ethen FrankC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:20 |
| 72Anthony BeauvillierL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:07 |
| 3Matt RoyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:43 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:06 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:49 |
| 15Sonny MilanoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:25 |
| 22Brandon DuhaimeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:37 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:07 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:09 |
| 29Hendrix LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:53 |
| 34Justin SourdifR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 20:51 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:55 |
| 6Jakob ChychrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:58 |
| 38Rasmus SandinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:10 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:20 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48Logan ThompsonG | O | 33 | 31 | 2 | .939 | 65:00 |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |