Game

Capitals at Avalanche

Avalanche 5, Capitals 2 · first star Nathan MacKinnon (2 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 2 at Colorado Avalanche 5

Capitals WSH

2 FINAL 5

Avalanche COL

Monday, January 19, 2026 · 4:00 PM ET · Ball Arena, Denver · TV TNT · truTV · HBO MAX

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Capitals	1	1	0	2	24
Avalanche	1	2	2	5	44

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Capitals attack left, Avalanche 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, COL 44.

WSH in red COL in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Capitals 24 shots on goal (2 goals, 20 missed, 12 blocked) attacking left; Avalanche 44 shots on goal (5 goals, 26 missed, 24 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	WSH SOG	WSH G	WSH ATT	COL SOG	COL G	COL ATT
1st	12	1	24	11	1	25
2nd	9	1	19	16	2	39
3rd	3	0	13	17	2	30
Total	24	2	56	44	5	94

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	WSH SOG	WSH G	COL SOG	COL G
Even strength	18	1	36	4
Power play	5	1	7	1
Short-handed	1	0	1	0

Attempt share by period

Avalanche took 62.7% of the shot attempts, and 63.6% of the 118 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 Avalanche 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 Avalanche
Period	COL CF%	COL FF%
1st	51.0	46.1
2nd	67.2	70.7
3rd	69.8	67.7
Game	62.7	61.4

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

Scoring summary

1st period

05:54 Parker Kelly (9) Cale Makar (40), Alex Barré-Boulet (1) · tip-in 0–1
07:27 Jakob Chychrun (18) PP Dylan Strome (26), Ethen Frank (9) · wrist 1–1

2nd period

07:03 Nathan MacKinnon (37) PP Martin Necas (37), Victor Olofsson (14) · wrist 1–2
15:58 Victor Olofsson (9) Josh Manson (17), Brock Nelson (17) · snap 1–3
16:15 Ethen Frank (11) Alex Ovechkin (22), Nic Dowd (11) · backhand 2–3

3rd period

12:32 Artturi Lehkonen (16) Nathan MacKinnon (47) · snap 2–4
16:30 Nathan MacKinnon (38) Martin Necas (38) · snap 2–5

Three stars

Nathan MacKinnon COL · C #29 · 2 G, 1 A
Victor Olofsson COL · L #95 · 1 G, 1 A
Martin Necas COL · C #88 · 0 G, 2 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	01:49	COL	Ilya Solovyov	holding	2	Justin Sourdif
1st	06:56	COL	Scott Wedgewood	tripping	2	Anthony Beauvillier
1st	15:42	COL	Josh Manson	high sticking	2	Nic Dowd
2nd	04:23	WSH	Jakob Chychrun	high sticking double minor	4	Ross Colton
2nd	08:50	WSH	Ivan Miroshnichenko	hooking	2	Samuel Girard
2nd	08:50	COL	Samuel Girard	holding	2	Ivan Miroshnichenko
2nd	11:58	WSH	Aliaksei Protas	interference	2	Zakhar Bardakov
3rd	04:26	WSH	Jakob Chychrun	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
3rd	05:01	WSH	Anthony Beauvillier	hooking	2	Martin Necas
3rd	05:28	COL	Brock Nelson	hooking	2	Nic Dowd
3rd	19:42	WSH	Charlie Lindgren	tripping	2	Victor Olofsson

Boxscore

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Ethen Frank #53	R	1	1	2	+1	4	0	1	0	0.0	14:57
Jakob Chychrun #6	D	1	0	1	-1	3	1	4	6	0.0	22:21
Dylan Strome #17	C	0	1	1	-2	4	0	2	0	54.5	17:39
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	50.0	17:57
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	0	1	1	+1	5	0	0	0	0.0	15:59
Hendrix Lapierre #29	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.7	07:41
Justin Sourdif #34	C	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	46.2	15:21
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	2	100.0	18:34
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	100.0	09:55
Connor McMichael #24	L	0	0	0	-3	0	0	3	0	100.0	18:02
Ivan Miroshnichenko #63	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0.0	10:43
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	2	0.0	12:46
Ryan Leonard #9	R	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	100.0	13:04
Declan Chisholm #47	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	0.0	11:51
John Carlson #74	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0.0	22:59
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	20:29
Matt Roy #3	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	3	0	0.0	21:39
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	0.0	17:05

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Charlie Lindgren #79	L	44	39	5	.886	32/36	6/7	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

Avalanche skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Nathan MacKinnon #29	C	2	1	3	+2	10	0	0	0	50.0	22:27
Victor Olofsson #95	L	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	14:26
Martin Necas #88	C	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	0.0	23:38
Parker Kelly #17	C	1	0	1	+1	2	3	1	0	0.0	16:22
Artturi Lehkonen #62	L	1	0	1	+2	2	1	0	0	0.0	20:26
Alex Barré-Boulet #27	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	03:46
Brock Nelson #11	C	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	2	47.6	20:50
Cale Makar #8	D	0	1	1	+2	4	1	2	0	0.0	24:43
Josh Manson #42	D	0	1	1	+2	3	2	1	2	0.0	19:10
Gavin Brindley #54	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	0.0	14:32
Ivan Ivan #82	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50.0	04:57
Jack Drury #18	C	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	68.8	16:14
Ross Colton #20	C	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0.0	14:41
Zakhar Bardakov #93	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	05:55
Brent Burns #84	D	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	0.0	19:32
Ilya Solovyov #28	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0.0	08:02
Sam Malinski #70	D	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	0.0	22:13
Samuel Girard #49	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	0.0	19:35

Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Scott Wedgewood #41	W	24	22	2	.917	17/18	4/5	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.