GRIT & GF

Thursday, January 1, 2026

Washington Capitals

Ottawa Senators

Expected goals, WSH–OTT
2.2–3.1
all situations, empty nets out
OTT share of xG
58.5%
50% is even
Shots on goal
29–32
WSH–OTT
Pre-game model
–
no projection stored

The story

The Senators beat the Capitals 4-3, and the chances agreed: 3.1 expected goals to 2.2. The Senators trailed by two at one point. Tim Stützle has a point in 11 straight games. Tom Wilson has scored in 3 straight games.

  • Tim Stützle has a point in 11 straight games. He has 42 points in 39 games this season. He played 21:23 and had two shots on goal. It finished 4-3 for the Senators.

  • Tom Wilson has scored in 3 straight games. He has 22 goals this season. He played 22:51 and had three shots on goal. The Capitals fell 4-3 to the Senators.

  • Nick JensenDrought over

    Nick Jensen scored for the first time in 20 games. That was his second goal of the season. He played 18:10 and had two shots on goal. The Senators beat the Capitals 4-3.

  • Aliaksei Protas has a point in 5 straight games. He has 16 goals this season. He played 14:55 and had three shots on goal. The Capitals fell 4-3 to the Senators.

Shot attempts

Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.

WSHOTT

Where the shots came from

7 goals from 83 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.

GoalShot or miss
← WSH shootingOTT shooting →

Washington Capitals

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Jakob Chychrun D23:250120.090053
John Carlson D23:150020.020544
Tom Wilson R22:511130.323162
Matt Roy D21:380000.010242
Dylan Strome C18:471040.170020
Connor McMichael C18:210000.050139
Rasmus Sandin D18:050010.021027
Nic Dowd C17:290000.001126
Alex Ovechkin L16:330040.244024
Martin Fehérváry D16:040030.021330
Anthony Beauvillier L15:270020.211133
Aliaksei Protas C14:551030.320123
Justin Sourdif R13:250210.271056
Ryan Leonard R12:580100.001032
Trevor van Riemsdyk D11:390000.010323
Ethen Frank C11:340020.260046
Brandon Duhaime R8:370000.001083
Hendrix Lapierre C7:120020.161170

Ottawa Senators

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Jake Sanderson D25:440121.191372
Thomas Chabot D22:540100.071274
Tim Stützle C21:230120.194256
Artem Zub D18:550010.000066
Shane Pinto C18:540210.061160
Dylan Cozens C18:160040.251151
Nick Jensen D18:101020.082152
Brady Tkachuk L17:450030.293167
Claude Giroux R16:560020.020054
Drake Batherson R16:070010.183042
Michael Amadio R16:060100.003068
Ridly Greig C15:081041.332157
Jordan Spence D14:230010.070274
Tyler Kleven D13:310000.014133
David Perron L12:351050.554076
Fabian Zetterlund L10:301020.242194
Stephen Halliday C6:540110.201181
Nick Cousins C6:430110.040133

The minute-by-minute expected goals flow is part of Pro

The game measured in chance quality, minute by minute, which shows when it tilted and toward whom.