Game

Capitals at Blackhawks

Capitals 5, Blackhawks 1 · first star Connor McMichael (1 G, 1 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Washington Capitals 5 at Chicago Blackhawks 1

Capitals WSH

5 FINAL 1

Blackhawks CHI

Friday, January 9, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET · United Center, Chicago · TV SNP · NHLN · TVAS

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Capitals	3	1	1	5	24
Blackhawks	0	1	0	1	24

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Capitals attack left, Blackhawks attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: WSH 24, CHI 24.

WSH in red CHI in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Capitals 24 shots on goal (5 goals, 12 missed, 7 blocked) attacking left; Blackhawks 24 shots on goal (1 goal, 17 missed, 9 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	WSH SOG	WSH G	WSH ATT	CHI SOG	CHI G	CHI ATT
1st	6	3	13	10	0	21
2nd	10	1	17	6	1	12
3rd	8	1	13	8	0	17
Total	24	5	43	24	1	50

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	WSH SOG	WSH G	CHI SOG	CHI G
Even strength	19	5	16	0
Power play	3	0	8	1
Short-handed	2	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Blackhawks took 53.8% of the shot attempts, and 51.4% of the 70 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Blackhawks and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Capitals hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Capitals at Blackhawks
Period	CHI CF%	CHI FF%
1st	61.8	64.0
2nd	41.4	42.3
3rd	56.7	53.9
Game	53.8	53.3

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

04:03 Anthony Beauvillier (9) Martin Fehérváry (12), John Carlson (24) · backhand 1–0
15:07 Connor McMichael (6) Ryan Leonard (17) · wrist 2–0
18:54 Ethen Frank (7) John Carlson (25), Nic Dowd (9) · wrist 3–0

2nd period

08:48 Oliver Moore (5) PP Matt Grzelcyk (11), Nick Lardis (1) · snap 3–1
12:38 Justin Sourdif (9) Connor McMichael (21), Ryan Leonard (18) · wrist 4–1

3rd period

13:33 Alex Ovechkin (19) Martin Fehérváry (13) · snap 5–1

Three stars

Connor McMichael WSH · C #24 · 1 G, 1 A
Martin Fehérváry WSH · D #42 · 0 G, 2 A
John Carlson WSH · D #74 · 0 G, 2 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	08:33	WSH	Justin Sourdif	slashing	2	Alex Vlasic
1st	09:18	WSH	Martin Fehérváry	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
2nd	01:14	CHI	Ryan Greene	hooking	2	Justin Sourdif
2nd	06:51	WSH	Brandon Duhaime	cross checking	2	Nick Lardis
2nd	12:54	CHI	Nick Lardis	roughing	2	Justin Sourdif
3rd	04:20	WSH	Nic Dowd	tripping	2	Ryan Greene
3rd	18:35	CHI	Landon Slaggert	tripping	2	Hendrix Lapierre

Boxscore

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Connor McMichael #24	L	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	0	50.0	14:49
Ryan Leonard #9	R	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0.0	13:17
John Carlson #74	D	0	2	2	+3	0	1	0	0	0.0	19:43
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	0	2	2	+4	1	1	1	2	0.0	17:59
Justin Sourdif #34	C	1	0	1	+2	1	1	1	2	27.3	15:31
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	1	0	1	+1	4	3	1	0	0.0	14:43
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	1	0	1	+2	3	1	0	0	0.0	17:54
Ethen Frank #53	R	1	0	1	+2	1	0	1	0	0.0	16:47
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	1	1	+2	2	1	0	2	50.0	16:18
Dylan Strome #17	C	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	57.1	15:12
Hendrix Lapierre #29	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50.0	10:45
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	16:12
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	2	0.0	12:48
Brett Leason #20	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	10:49
Declan Chisholm #47	D	0	0	0	+1	3	0	1	0	0.0	17:43
Jakob Chychrun #6	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	0.0	20:05
Matt Roy #3	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	22:00
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	19:28

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Logan Thompson #48	W	24	23	1	.958	16/16	7/8	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

Blackhawks skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Oliver Moore #11	C	1	0	1	-3	2	1	0	0	53.8	14:10
Nick Lardis #76	L	0	1	1	-3	2	1	0	2	0.0	12:01
Matt Grzelcyk #48	D	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0.0	15:15
Colton Dach #34	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.0	11:46
Connor Bedard #98	C	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0.0	17:07
Jason Dickinson #16	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	37.5	14:17
Ryan Donato #8	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	13:52
Ryan Greene #20	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	60.0	18:52
Teuvo Teravainen #86	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	33.3	19:50
Andre Burakovsky #28	L	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	0.0	16:53
Landon Slaggert #84	L	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	2	0.0	12:56
Nick Foligno #17	L	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	60.0	13:53
Tyler Bertuzzi #59	L	0	0	0	-2	4	1	0	0	100.0	15:49
Alex Vlasic #72	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	18:47
Artyom Levshunov #55	D	0	0	0	-3	2	3	0	0	0.0	24:42
Connor Murphy #5	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0.0	20:10
Kevin Korchinski #14	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	0	0.0	13:53
Wyatt Kaiser #44	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0.0	20:22

Blackhawks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Drew Commesso #33	L	24	19	5	.792	14/19	3/3	60:00

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.