Chicago Blackhawks 3, Washington Capitals 2: final score and stats
Chicago Blackhawks beat Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks 3 to Washington Capitals 2, on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at Capital One Arena, Washington, DC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Washington Capitals vs Chicago Blackhawks.
NHLSaturday, January 3, 2026
DateJan 3, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueCapital One Arena, Washington, DC
TVESPN+
Attendance18,347
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT1 | OT2 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Blackhawks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Washington Capitals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Chicago BlackhawksWashington Capitals
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
16-18-7Record21-15-6
8th in Central DivisionStanding4th in Metropolitan Division
0-9Road record / home record7-4
LLLLLLast 5WWLLW
L6StreakW2
Team stats
Chicago BlackhawksWashington Capitals
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Chicago Blackhawks
Patrick Kane RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBowen Byram D · Upper Body
Injured ReserveWashington Capitals
Rasmus Sandin D · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveVincent Desharnais D · Abdomen - Surgery
Injured ReservePatrick Thomas C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Chicago Blackhawks Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Bertuzzi | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 18:43 | 1:58 | 0:00 | 16:45 | 23 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Burakovsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:37 | 1:58 | 0:00 | 18:39 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Colton Dach | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:41 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:41 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Dickinson | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17:21 | 0:00 | 0:42 | 16:39 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 41.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Donato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:59 | 1:04 | 0:00 | 15:55 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Foligno | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:27 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:27 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Greene | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:07 | 0:00 | 0:28 | 19:39 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 56.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Lardis | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:34 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:34 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ilya Mikheyev | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18:26 | 0:00 | 0:22 | 18:04 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:58 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:58 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Landon Slaggert | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:56 | 0:00 | 0:50 | 10:06 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:44 | 1:58 | 1:34 | 12:12 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Chicago Blackhawks Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Crevier | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20:30 | 0:00 | 0:51 | 19:39 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Grzelcyk | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 17:26 | 1:04 | 0:49 | 15:33 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyatt Kaiser | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 22:36 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Artyom Levshunov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23:46 | 0:54 | 0:00 | 22:52 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Murphy | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 16:50 | 0:00 | 1:15 | 15:35 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Vlasic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:13 | 0:00 | 1:09 | 22:04 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Chicago Blackhawks Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Knight | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 32 | .941 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 65:00 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Beauvillier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:07 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 20:07 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nic Dowd | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:09 | 0:00 | 1:58 | 17:11 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Duhaime | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:37 | 0:00 | 0:50 | 10:47 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethen Frank | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:20 | 0:45 | 0:00 | 13:35 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:53 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:53 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Leonard | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:21 | 1:15 | 0:00 | 19:06 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor McMichael | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22:07 | 0:47 | 0:14 | 21:06 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sonny Milano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:25 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:25 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Ovechkin | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 18:49 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 16:49 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Sourdif | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:51 | 0:42 | 0:00 | 20:09 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 35.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Strome | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:12 | 1:13 | 0:00 | 19:59 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 72.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Wilson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5:55 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:55 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Carlson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:53 | 1:22 | 1:58 | 20:33 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakob Chychrun | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24:58 | 1:18 | 0:00 | 23:40 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Martin Fehervary | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:20 | 0:00 | 1:58 | 19:22 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Roy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:43 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 18:43 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Sandin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:10 | 0:38 | 0:00 | 19:32 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:06 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Thompson | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 31 | .939 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 65:00 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals?
Chicago Blackhawks won, 3-2, on Saturday, January 3, 2026.
What was the final score of Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals?
Chicago Blackhawks 3, Washington Capitals 2.
Who were the top performers?
Chicago Blackhawks: Teuvo Teravainen (1 goals). Washington Capitals: Ryan Leonard (1 goals).
Where is Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals played?
Capital One Arena, Washington, DC.
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