Washington Capitals 5, Chicago Blackhawks 1: final score and stats
Washington Capitals beat Chicago Blackhawks, Washington Capitals 5 to Chicago Blackhawks 1, on Friday, January 9, 2026 at United Center, Chicago, IL. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals.
NHLFriday, January 9, 2026
DateJan 9, 2026
Start time8:00 PM ET
VenueUnited Center, Chicago, IL
TVNHL Net
Attendance19,917
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Capitals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Chicago Blackhawks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Washington CapitalsChicago Blackhawks
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
23-16-6Record18-19-7
4th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding8th in Central Division
3-2Road record / home record4-5
WWLLWLast 5LLLLL
W2StreakL6
Team stats
Washington CapitalsChicago Blackhawks
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.
Washington Capitals
Rasmus Sandin D · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveVincent Desharnais D · Abdomen - Surgery
Injured ReservePatrick Thomas C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveChicago Blackhawks
Patrick Kane RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBowen Byram D · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBox score
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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:54 | 0:28 | 2:15 | 15:11 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nic Dowd | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16:18 | 0:18 | 2:21 | 13:39 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Brandon Duhaime | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12:48 | 0:29 | 0:51 | 11:28 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ethen Frank | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:47 | 3:05 | 0:00 | 13:42 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:45 | 0:59 | 0:00 | 9:46 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Leason | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:49 | 0:26 | 0:00 | 10:23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Leonard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:17 | 1:47 | 0:00 | 11:30 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor McMichael | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:49 | 3:00 | 2:30 | 9:19 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Ovechkin | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14:43 | 4:00 | 0:00 | 10:43 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aliaksei Protas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:12 | 0:00 | 3:19 | 12:53 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Sourdif | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:31 | 3:06 | 0:50 | 11:35 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Dylan Strome | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:12 | 2:01 | 0:02 | 13:09 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 57.1 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19:43 | 1:56 | 3:13 | 14:34 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Declan Chisholm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:43 | 0:32 | 0:00 | 17:11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakob Chychrun | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:05 | 1:49 | 0:43 | 17:33 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Fehervary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:59 | 0:00 | 3:40 | 14:19 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Matt Roy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:00 | 0:12 | 3:57 | 17:51 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Sandin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:28 | 2:57 | 1:52 | 14:39 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Thompson | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .958 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Chicago Blackhawks Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Bedard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:07 | 4:32 | 0:00 | 12:35 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 15:49 | 4:36 | 0:00 | 11:13 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Burakovsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 16:53 | 4:37 | 0:00 | 12:16 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Colton Dach | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:46 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:46 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Dickinson | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 14:17 | 0:00 | 3:04 | 11:13 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Donato | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:52 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:52 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Foligno | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13:53 | 2:07 | 0:00 | 11:46 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Greene | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:52 | 2:08 | 1:58 | 14:46 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 60.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Lardis | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 12:01 | 2:06 | 0:00 | 9:55 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Oliver Moore | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 14:10 | 2:06 | 1:20 | 10:44 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 53.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Landon Slaggert | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12:56 | 0:00 | 2:00 | 10:56 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:50 | 4:36 | 2:27 | 12:47 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Grzelcyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 15:15 | 2:02 | 0:00 | 13:13 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyatt Kaiser | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 20:22 | 0:00 | 3:09 | 17:13 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Korchinski | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 13:53 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:53 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Artyom Levshunov | 0 | 3 | 1 | -3 | 24:42 | 4:40 | 2:51 | 17:11 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Murphy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:10 | 0:00 | 2:32 | 17:38 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Vlasic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:47 | 0:00 | 2:19 | 16:28 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Chicago Blackhawks Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Commesso | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .792 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
Series tied 1-1
Jan 9, 2026WSH 5, CHI 1
Jan 3, 2026CHI 3, WSH 2
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Washington Capitals vs Chicago Blackhawks?
Washington Capitals won, 5-1, on Friday, January 9, 2026.
What was the final score of Washington Capitals vs Chicago Blackhawks?
Washington Capitals 5, Chicago Blackhawks 1.
Who were the top performers?
Washington Capitals: Connor McMichael (1 goals). Chicago Blackhawks: Oliver Moore (1 goals).
Where is Washington Capitals vs Chicago Blackhawks played?
United Center, Chicago, IL.
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