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Sunday, April 5, 2026 (7:00 PM ET)
Madison Square Garden | ESPN
Washington Capitals WSH
1-8
Final
NYR New York Rangers
32% xGF Expected Goals Share 68% xGF
WSH was expected to score 1.97 goals NYR was expected to score 4.12 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 0 1 2 3 4 Cumulative xG WSH NYR Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Conor Sheary scores at 0:23 in the 1st period 0.21 xG (0-1)
  • ► Connor McMichael scores at 13:45 in the 1st period 0.17 xG (1-1) End of Period 1
  • ► J.T. Miller scores at 3:07 in the 2nd period 0.18 xG (1-2)
  • ► Will Cuylle scores at 5:53 in the 2nd period 0.45 xG (1-3)
  • ► Will Cuylle scores at 8:33 in the 2nd period 0.03 xG (1-4)
  • ► Adam Sykora scores at 13:22 in the 2nd period 0.19 xG (1-5)
  • ► Adam Fox scores at 18:27 in the 2nd period 0.03 xG (1-6) End of Period 2
  • ► Vincent Trocheck scores at 2:27 in the 3rd period 0.10 xG (1-7)
  • ► Will Cuylle scores at 19:28 in the 3rd period 0.15 xG (1-8) End of Game
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xG by State
Washington Capitals
New York Rangers
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 6:00 0.48 0 6:30 1.34 2
Even Strength 47:30 1.49 1 47:30 2.77 6
Short-Handed 6:30 0.00 0 6:00 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 34:07 2.46 5
Up 1 0:00 0.00 0 16:08 0.48 1
Tied 9:45 0.35 0 9:45 1.18 2
Down 1 16:08 0.51 1 0:00 0.00 0
Down 2+ 34:07 1.11 0 0:00 0.00 0
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
NYR Will Cuylle (L) 1.14 3 0 3 18 12:58 6 +3 9 0
NYR Conor Sheary (L) 0.47 1 0 1 19 13:49 3 +1 0 0
NYR Adam Sykora (L) 0.47 1 0 1 17 13:36 2 +1 0 0
NYR Vincent Trocheck (C) 0.41 1 1 2 21 17:03 3 +3 0 0
NYR Gabe Perreault (R) 0.31 0 0 0 17 15:55 1 0 0 0
WSH Brandon Duhaime (L) 0.28 0 0 0 18 13:29 2 -1 7 0
WSH Tom Wilson (R) 0.27 0 1 1 24 19:13 1 -2 0 0
WSH Pierre-Luc Dubois (C) 0.22 0 0 0 23 16:44 1 -3 0 0
NYR J.T. Miller (C) 0.22 1 1 2 23 14:58 2 0 0 1
NYR Jaroslav Chmelar (R) 0.21 0 1 1 18 14:19 1 +1 0 0
WSH Ryan Leonard (R) 0.21 0 0 0 18 15:58 2 -3 0 0
WSH Alex Ovechkin (L) 0.20 0 0 0 18 17:26 3 -1 0 0
NYR Mika Zibanejad (C) 0.18 0 3 3 22 19:54 2 +1 0 0
WSH Connor McMichael (L) 0.17 1 0 1 24 17:12 1 -3 2 0
NYR Jonny Brodzinski (C) 0.16 0 1 1 17 14:07 1 +2 0 0
WSH Aliaksei Protas (L) 0.15 0 0 0 22 17:05 2 0 0 0
WSH Justin Sourdif (C) 0.15 0 0 0 18 15:29 2 -2 0 0
NYR Alexis Lafrenière (L) 0.14 0 1 1 21 18:06 2 +1 0 0
WSH Ethen Frank (R) 0.14 0 0 0 16 09:44 1 0 0 0
NYR Noah Laba (C) 0.12 0 1 1 19 15:38 2 +2 5 0
WSH Hendrix Lapierre (C) 0.03 0 0 0 15 10:33 1 0 5 0
WSH Dylan Strome (C) 0.01 0 0 0 19 13:35 0 0 2 0
WSH Anthony Beauvillier (R) 0.00 0 0 0 16 12:46 0 -1 2 0
NYR Tye Kartye (L) 0.00 0 1 1 16 09:44 0 0 5 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
NYR Vladislav Gavrikov (D) 0.13 0 1 1 25 21:05 2 +2 0 0
NYR Matthew Robertson (D) 0.09 0 0 0 21 17:50 2 0 0 0
WSH Jakob Chychrun (D) 0.06 0 0 0 19 17:41 2 -1 5 0
WSH Martin Fehérváry (D) 0.04 0 1 1 21 18:59 1 +1 0 0
NYR Adam Fox (D) 0.03 1 2 3 25 19:31 1 +1 0 1
NYR Braden Schneider (D) 0.03 0 1 1 23 20:10 2 +4 2 0
WSH Cole Hutson (D) 0.02 0 0 0 21 18:38 0 -4 0 0
WSH Matt Roy (D) 0.01 0 0 0 23 18:00 0 -3 0 0
WSH Trevor van Riemsdyk (D) 0.01 0 0 0 22 19:52 1 -1 0 0
WSH Rasmus Sandin (D) 0.00 0 0 0 22 21:06 1 -1 0 0
NYR Will Borgen (D) 0.00 0 0 0 23 17:24 0 0 0 0
NYR Drew Fortescue (D) 0.00 0 0 0 17 17:53 0 +3 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
NYR Igor Shesterkin (G) +3.03% 0.952 1.0 1 20 60:00 21 W 0
WSH Charlie Lindgren (G) -8.26% 0.750 -3.9 8 24 60:00 32 L 0