GRIT & GF

Monday, January 19, 2026

Washington Capitals

Colorado Avalanche

Expected goals, WSH–COL
2.9–4.5
all situations, empty nets out
COL share of xG
60.5%
50% is even
Shots on goal
24–44
WSH–COL
Pre-game model
–
no projection stored

The story

The Avalanche beat the Capitals 5-2, and the chances agreed: 4.5 expected goals to 3.0. Nathan MacKinnon had 19 shot attempts, more than any other skater that night. Sam Malinski had 11 shot attempts. The Avalanche outshot the Capitals 44-24.

  • Nathan MacKinnon had 19 shot attempts, more than any other skater that night. Ten reached the net and two went in. He came in averaging 7.6 attempts a game. He finished with two goals and one assist. The Avalanche beat the Capitals 5-2.

  • Sam Malinski had 11 shot attempts. Five got through to the goalie, and none went in. He came in averaging 4.5 attempts a game. He played 22:13, about 6 minutes over his average. It finished 5-2 for the Avalanche.

Shot attempts

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

WSHCOL

Where the shots came from

7 goals from 114 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.

GoalShot or miss
← WSH shootingCOL shooting →

Washington Capitals

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
John Carlson D22:590000.182148
Jakob Chychrun D22:211030.061448
Matt Roy D21:390000.004334
Martin Fehérváry D20:290000.031241
Aliaksei Protas C18:340030.180028
Connor McMichael C18:020000.030313
Nic Dowd C17:570100.213170
Dylan Strome C17:390140.330221
Rasmus Sandin D17:050000.071115
Alex Ovechkin L15:590150.280060
Justin Sourdif R15:210010.091116
Ethen Frank C14:571140.790157
Ryan Leonard R13:040000.000012
Anthony Beauvillier L12:460010.310136
Declan Chisholm D11:510010.010328
Ivan Miroshnichenko L10:430010.140255
Brandon Duhaime R9:550010.201160
Hendrix Lapierre C7:410000.020054

Colorado Avalanche

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Cale Makar D24:430140.431260
Martin Necas C23:380220.340070
Nathan MacKinnon C22:2721100.980072
Sam Malinski D22:130050.160266
Brock Nelson C20:500150.841069
Artturi Lehkonen L20:261020.361075
Samuel Girard D19:350000.000170
Brent Burns D19:320030.050058
Josh Manson D19:100130.112165
Parker Kelly C16:221020.113139
Jack Drury C16:140010.170033
Ross Colton C14:410050.561178
Gavin Brindley C14:320000.031030
Victor Olofsson L14:261120.290074
Ilya Solovyov D8:020000.022149
Zakhar Bardakov C5:550000.000028
Ivan Ivan C4:570000.030041
Alex Barré-Boulet C3:460100.022041

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.