Fri, Feb 27, 2026·Capital One Arena, Washington
Vegas Golden Knights 2, Washington Capitals 3
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 66% of the time.
27%
58%
WSH winsVGK wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
WSH forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against VGK's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.
| Stone–Barbashev–Eichel | Smith–Marner–Dorofeyev | Hertl–Kolesar–Bowman | Saad–Sissons–Holtz | Hanifin–Andersson | Theodore–Lauzon | McNabb–Korczak | Hanifin–Korczak | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson–Dubois–Protas | 7:030.50–0.24 | 1:050.00–0.01 | 0:550.10–0.00 | 4:390.40–0.14 | 3:380.14–0.00 | 1:210.07–0.00 | 0:300.01–0.11 | |
| Ovechkin–Strome–Beauvillier | 0:490.00–0.00 | 1:050.00–0.05 | 2:370.16–0.36 | 1:510.09–0.19 | 3:130.08–0.27 | 2:580.21–0.55 | ||
| McMichael–Sourdif–Leonard | 0:360.00–0.00 | 2:120.17–0.00 | 2:590.10–0.41 | 1:340.12–0.04 | 2:180.14–0.36 | 1:390.01–0.00 | ||
| Dowd–Duhaime–Frank | 3:340.08–0.02 | 1:120.02–0.00 | 0:440.23–0.00 | 1:090.00–0.00 | 1:330.02–0.00 | 2:330.32–0.02 | ||
| Beauvillier–Dubois–Leonard | 0:340.00–0.00 | 0:340.00–0.00 | ||||||
| Fehérváry–Sandin | 6:460.43–0.26 | 1:050.00–0.05 | 2:310.11–0.03 | 0:400.06–0.00 | 5:060.37–0.30 | 6:210.16–0.20 | 0:480.06–0.00 | |
| Roy–Chychrun | 2:160.04–0.06 | 5:120.08–0.26 | 1:280.08–0.10 | 1:530.37–0.00 | 5:060.18–0.16 | 3:030.08–0.10 | 3:340.34–0.19 | |
| van Riemsdyk–Chisholm | 0:450.00–0.00 | 0:430.00–0.02 | 3:120.17–0.24 | 2:010.01–0.41 | 1:370.03–0.21 | 2:050.14–0.36 | 4:000.01–0.26 | |
| Chychrun–Chisholm | ||||||||
| van Riemsdyk–Chychrun | 0:500.00–0.00 | 0:470.00–0.00 | ||||||
| Chychrun–Fehérváry | 0:420.00–0.14 | |||||||
| Roy–Fehérváry | 0:430.00–0.00 | |||||||
| van Riemsdyk–Sandin | 0:340.00–0.10 | |||||||
| Sandin–Chisholm | 1:000.15–0.32 |
Every shift, one row per player.
WSHVGKFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
| 22 | 24:43 | 1:07 | 2:43 | 3 | 2 | |
| 23 | 22:04 | 0:58 | 2:16 | 1 | 5 | |
| 22 | 21:58 | 1:00 | 3:43 | 4 | 5 | |
| 22 | 21:30 | 0:59 | 2:00 | 1 | 2 | |
| 22 | 20:46 | 0:57 | 2:36 | 6 | 2 | |
| 32 | 20:46 | 0:39 | 1:06 | 4 | 3 | |
| 21 | 20:40 | 0:59 | 2:24 | 5 | 1 | |
| 31 | 20:35 | 0:40 | 1:13 | 1 | 8 | |
| 23 | 20:20 | 0:53 | 2:02 | 3 | 3 | |
| 26 | 20:04 | 0:46 | 2:35 | 1 | 3 | |
| 29 | 19:55 | 0:41 | 1:23 | 3 | 2 | |
| 20 | 19:50 | 1:00 | 2:00 | 2 | 1 | |
| 25 | 19:38 | 0:47 | 1:27 | 3 | 2 | |
| 22 | 19:37 | 0:54 | 1:24 | 2 | 2 | |
| 21 | 18:26 | 0:53 | 2:02 | 6 | 5 | |
| 16 | 17:43 | 1:06 | 2:53 | 6 | 0 | |
| 23 | 17:37 | 0:46 | 1:56 | 0 | 7 | |
| 18 | 16:26 | 0:55 | 2:13 | 6 | 0 | |
| 17 | 16:24 | 0:58 | 1:51 | 2 | 1 | |
| 19 | 15:14 | 0:48 | 1:59 | 2 | 1 | |
| 21 | 15:13 | 0:43 | 1:16 | 1 | 8 | |
| 22 | 15:03 | 0:41 | 1:25 | 2 | 1 | |
| 16 | 14:42 | 0:55 | 2:13 | 4 | 0 | |
| 18 | 14:08 | 0:47 | 1:18 | 1 | 1 | |
| 19 | 13:48 | 0:44 | 1:28 | 2 | 1 | |
| 16 | 13:02 | 0:49 | 1:57 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | 12:54 | 0:46 | 1:16 | 1 | 4 | |
| 18 | 12:28 | 0:42 | 1:36 | 1 | 4 | |
| 18 | 11:28 | 0:38 | 1:09 | 4 | 4 | |
| 16 | 11:18 | 0:42 | 1:21 | 3 | 1 | |
| 18 | 11:06 | 0:37 | 1:53 | 1 | 4 | |
| 13 | 10:59 | 0:51 | 1:26 | 1 | 2 | |
| 15 | 10:58 | 0:44 | 1:05 | 2 | 4 | |
| 15 | 9:36 | 0:38 | 0:56 | 1 | 3 | |
| 11 | 8:04 | 0:44 | 1:55 | 1 | 1 | |
| 12 | 7:59 | 0:40 | 1:23 | 2 | 0 |