Final
WSH at PHI game report
Capitals
5–1
Flyers
Saturday, September 26, 2026 · 5:00 p.m. ET · Xfinity Mobile Arena
Capitals beat the Flyers 5–1 despite being out-chanced 4.7–2.6 in expected goals and 14–9 in high-danger chances. Charlie Lindgren saved 2.9 goals more than expected.
Team comparison
PHIWSH
- 1Goals5
- 4.69Expected goals2.56
- 3.365-on-5 expected goals2.13
- 14High-danger chances9
- 37Shots on goal24
- 83Shot attempts46
- 695-on-5 shot attempts37
- 8:21Power-play time6:31
5-on-5 shares for PHI: 65.1% of shot attempts, 61.2% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
FlyersCapitalsCircles mark goals
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish.
Shot map
Capitals shooting ←→ Flyers shootingBigger dot = better chance · filled = goal · blocked shots not shown
By strength
| PHI at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 45:08 | 69–37 | 3.36–2.13 | 1–4 |
| Power play | 8:21 | 14–7 | 1.33–0.41 | 0–1 |
| Shorthanded | 6:31 | 0–2 | 0.00–0.02 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 0:00 | 0–0 | 0.00–0.00 | 0–0 |
Read pairs as PHI–WSH. “Power play” means PHI had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksei Kolosov PHI | 19/24 | .792 | 2.56 | -2.44 |
| Charlie Lindgren WSH | 32/33 | .970 | 3.90 | +2.90 |
| Cal Petersen WSH | 4/4 | 1.000 | 0.79 | +0.79 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Most dangerous shooters
| Player | G | SOG | Att | HD | ixG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynden Lakovic WSH | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0.71 |
| Noel Acciari PHI | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0.49 |
| Owen Tippett PHI | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0.48 |
| Matvei Michkov PHI | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0.47 |
| Ethen Frank WSH | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0.45 |
| Trevor Zegras PHI | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0.45 |
| Porter Martone PHI | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0.41 |
| Alex Bump PHI | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.39 |
| Andrew Cristall WSH | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.39 |
| Noah Cates PHI | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0.37 |
Three stars
- ★C. LindgrenWSH · .970 SV%
- ★★A. CristallWSH · 1G 1A
- ★★★J. DrysdalePHI · 1G 0A
Scoring
Period 2
- 00:31PHI J. Drysdale (from T. Konecny, T. Foerster)0–1
- 04:32WSH A. Cristall (from S. Smallman)1–1
- 07:36WSH M. Schafer2–1
- 12:24WSH E. Frank pp (from L. Belpedio, A. Cristall)3–1
Period 3
- 01:07WSH T. Niederbach4–1
- 16:06WSH L. Lakovic (from A. Suzdalev, P. Sikora)5–1