Washington Capitals at Colorado Avalanche

Mon, Jan 19, 2026 · Ball Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

2 – 5

Final

Colorado Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at Ball Arena. Nathan MacKinnon scored twice. Scott Wedgewood made 22 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 24–44.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	0	2	24
COL	1	2	2	5	44

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:54	COL	EV	Parker Kelly (9) · tip-in	Cale Makar (40), Alex Barré-Boulet (1)	0–1
1st	07:27	WSH	PP	Jakob Chychrun (18) · wrist	Dylan Strome (26), Ethen Frank (9)	1–1
2nd	07:03	COL	PP	Nathan MacKinnon (37) · wrist	Martin Necas (37), Victor Olofsson (14)	1–2
2nd	15:58	COL	EV	Victor Olofsson (9) · snap	Josh Manson (17), Brock Nelson (17)	1–3
2nd	16:15	WSH	EV	Ethen Frank (11) · backhand	Alex Ovechkin (22), Nic Dowd (11)	2–3
3rd	12:32	COL	EV	Artturi Lehkonen (16) · snap	Nathan MacKinnon (47)	2–4
3rd	16:30	COL	EV	Nathan MacKinnon (38) · snap	Martin Necas (38)	2–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:49	COL	Ilya Solovyov	holding	2
1st	06:56	COL	Scott Wedgewood	tripping	2
1st	15:42	COL	Josh Manson	high sticking	2
2nd	04:23	WSH	Jakob Chychrun	high sticking double minor	4
2nd	08:50	WSH	Ivan Miroshnichenko	hooking	2
2nd	08:50	COL	Samuel Girard	holding	2
2nd	11:58	WSH	Aliaksei Protas	interference	2
3rd	04:26	WSH	Jakob Chychrun	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	05:01	WSH	Anthony Beauvillier	hooking	2
3rd	05:28	COL	Brock Nelson	hooking	2
3rd	19:42	WSH	Charlie Lindgren	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 3.36 · COL 4.53 · xG% WSH 42.6

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
53	Ethen Frank	C	1	1	2	+1	0	4	0	1		14:57	23
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	1	0	1	-1	6	3	1	4		22:21	25
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	0	50.0	17:57	28
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	1	1	-2	0	4	0	2	54.5	17:39	26
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	+1	0	5	0	0		15:59	22
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		23:00	29
3	Matt Roy	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	3		21:39	28
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		20:29	26
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	100.0	18:34	27
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	3	100.0	18:02	27
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1		17:05	23
34	Justin Sourdif	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	1	46.2	15:21	22
9	Ryan Leonard	R	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	100.0	13:04	19
72	Anthony Beauvillier	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	1		12:46	21
47	Declan Chisholm	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	3		11:51	16
63	Ivan Miroshnichenko	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1		10:43	15
22	Brandon Duhaime	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	100.0	9:54	20
29	Hendrix Lapierre	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.7	7:41	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
79	Charlie Lindgren	L	44	39	5	.886	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	2	1	3	+2	0	10	0	0	50.0	22:27	28
88	Martin Necas	C	0	2	2	+2	0	2	0	0		23:42	27
95	Victor Olofsson	L	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0		14:26	26
8	Cale Makar	D	0	1	1	+2	0	4	1	2		25:31	28
11	Brock Nelson	C	0	1	1	0	2	5	1	0	47.6	20:50	30
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	1	0	1	+2	0	2	1	0		20:26	26
42	Josh Manson	D	0	1	1	+2	2	3	2	1		19:06	28
17	Parker Kelly	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	3	1		16:22	21
27	Alex Barré-Boulet	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		3:46	8
70	Sam Malinski	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2		22:13	28
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1		19:35	27
84	Brent Burns	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0		18:44	29
18	Jack Drury	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	68.8	16:14	21
20	Ross Colton	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1		14:41	23
54	Gavin Brindley	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0		14:32	20
28	Ilya Solovyov	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1		8:02	17
93	Zakhar Bardakov	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5:55	9
82	Ivan Ivan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50.0	4:57	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Scott Wedgewood	W	24	22	2	.917	60:00