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Washington Capitals vs Calgary Flames

Regular season · Friday, January 23, 2026 · Scotiabank Saddledome

Washington CapitalsWashingtonCapitalsAway

3–1

Final

SOG 38–26

Calgary FlamesCalgaryFlamesHome

SN1 · MNMT

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 on Friday, January 23, 2026 at Scotiabank Saddledome. The Capitals outshot the Flames 38-26.

Goals came from Morgan Frost, Hendrix Lapierre, Aliaksei Protas and Alex Ovechkin.

Logan Thompson made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Devin Cooley stopped 35 of 37.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Washington CapitalsWSH012338
Calgary FlamesCGY100126

Three stars

  1. ★1st starLogan ThompsonWSH · .962 SV%
  2. ★2nd starAliaksei ProtasWSH · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starDevin CooleyCGY · .946 SV%

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

1–1 · 2nd 6:33 · Lapierre. CGY stayed on through an icing. Weegar was 1:34 into his shift when it went in.

GoalWSH on iceCGY on ice

0–1 CGY

1st 6:09 · PP · Frost

Long shift: Protas 1:01

1–1 WSH

2nd 6:33 · Lapierre

Stuck out there: Weegar 1:34

2–1 WSH

3rd 7:35 · Protas

Kadri 0:20

3–1 WSH

3rd 19:07 · EN · Ovechkin

Weegar 1:24

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

WSHCGY
38Shots on goal26
53%Faceoff %47%
0/3Power play1/2
16Penalty minutes18
17Hits21
22Blocked shots17
18Giveaways16
3Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 04:40John Carlson · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 08:27Ryan Leonard · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 08:27Yan Kuznetsov · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 12:11Joel Farabee · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 02:39Adam Klapka · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 11:35Adam Klapka · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 14:00Yan Kuznetsov · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 14:37Tom Wilson · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 19:51Hendrix Lapierre · closing hand on puck2 min

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