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Washington Capitals vs Chicago Blackhawks

Regular season · Friday, January 9, 2026 · United Center

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5–1

Final

SOG 24–24

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-1 on Friday, January 9, 2026 at United Center.

Goals came from Anthony Beauvillier, Connor McMichael, Ethen Frank, Oliver Moore, Justin Sourdif and Alex Ovechkin.

Logan Thompson made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Drew Commesso stopped 19 of 24.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Washington CapitalsWSH311524
Chicago BlackhawksCHI010124

Three stars

  1. ★1st starConnor McMichaelWSH · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starMartin FehérváryWSH · 0G 2A
  3. ★3rd starJohn CarlsonWSH · 0G 2A

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+
1:05

1–0 · 1st 4:03 · Beauvillier. Korchinski was 1:05 into his shift when it went in.

GoalWSH on iceCHI on ice

1–0 WSH

1st 4:03 · Beauvillier

Long shift: Korchinski 1:05

2–0 WSH

1st 15:07 · McMichael

Grzelcyk 0:07

3–0 WSH

1st 18:54 · Frank

Kaiser 0:21

3–1 CHI

2nd 8:48 · PP · Moore

Dowd 0:10

4–1 WSH

2nd 12:38 · Sourdif

Grzelcyk 0:24

5–1 WSH

3rd 13:33 · Ovechkin

Kaiser 0:52

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 (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

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

WSHCHI
24Shots on goal24
46%Faceoff %54%
0/3Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes6
13Hits23
9Blocked shots6
17Giveaways19
5Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 08:33Justin Sourdif · slashing2 min
  • 1st 09:18Martin Fehérváry · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 2nd 01:14Ryan Greene · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 06:51Brandon Duhaime · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 12:54Nick Lardis · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 04:20Nic Dowd · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 18:35Landon Slaggert · tripping2 min

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