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Washington Capitals vs. Colorado Avalanche: game summary

Final · January 19, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.

Washington Capitals logoWashington Capitals2
Colorado Avalanche logoColorado Avalanche5

Shots on goal : WSH 24 — COL 44 · Ball Arena

Three stars

Washington Capitals logo WSH

Game stats

COL Colorado Avalanche logo
24Shots on goal44
52 %Faceoff win %48 %
1/4Power play1/6
14Penalty minutes10
14Hits14
24Blocked shots9
14Giveaways15
7Takeaways6

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
WSH129324
COL11161744

Season series WSH 0 – 2 COL

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← Washington Capitals logoWSH 2 / 24 / 445 / 44 / 70 COLColorado Avalanche logo →
Missed shot — Justin Sourdif (WSH), P1 01:47 · backhandMissed shot — Dylan Strome (WSH), P1 02:57 · tip-inMissed shot — Ivan Miroshnichenko (WSH), P1 04:51 · backhandMissed shot — Ethen Frank (WSH), P1 06:22 · backhandMissed shot — Anthony Beauvillier (WSH), P1 06:49 · tip-inMissed shot — Sam Malinski (COL), P1 08:58 · slapMissed shot — Jakob Chychrun (WSH), P1 10:26 · wristMissed shot — Artturi Lehkonen (COL), P1 12:37 · tip-inMissed shot — Jack Drury (COL), P1 13:01 · wristMissed shot — Gavin Brindley (COL), P1 13:22 · wristMissed shot — Brock Nelson (COL), P1 13:54 · deflectedMissed shot — Ethen Frank (WSH), P1 15:14 · batMissed shot — Ethen Frank (WSH), P1 15:48 · tip-inMissed shot — Anthony Beauvillier (WSH), P1 17:21 · snapMissed shot — Sam Malinski (COL), P1 19:48 · wristMissed shot — Martin Necas (COL), P1 19:53 · wristMissed shot — Brandon Duhaime (WSH), P2 02:20 · tip-inMissed shot — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P2 03:24 · slapMissed shot — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P2 03:36 · wristMissed shot — Samuel Girard (COL), P2 03:46 · wristMissed shot — Ross Colton (COL), P2 03:56 · wristMissed shot — Cale Makar (COL), P2 04:26 · wristMissed shot — Ross Colton (COL), P2 06:09 · wristMissed shot — Alex Barré-Boulet (COL), P2 08:03 · wristMissed shot — Ivan Ivan (COL), P2 08:13 · tip-inMissed shot — Ilya Solovyov (COL), P2 08:18 · snapMissed shot — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P2 12:07 · slapMissed shot — Brock Nelson (COL), P2 12:55 · slapMissed shot — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P2 13:18 · wristMissed shot — Victor Olofsson (COL), P2 14:03 · wristMissed shot — Ivan Miroshnichenko (WSH), P2 15:38 · wristMissed shot — Nic Dowd (WSH), P2 18:58 · tip-inMissed shot — Nic Dowd (WSH), P3 00:51 · snapMissed shot — John Carlson (WSH), P3 00:55 · wristMissed shot — Connor McMichael (WSH), P3 01:55 · snapMissed shot — Brent Burns (COL), P3 03:04 · wristMissed shot — Artturi Lehkonen (COL), P3 03:21 · snapMissed shot — Cale Makar (COL), P3 06:07 · wristMissed shot — Rasmus Sandin (WSH), P3 08:10 · tip-inMissed shot — Martin Necas (COL), P3 08:26 · snapMissed shot — Ilya Solovyov (COL), P3 12:54 · slapMissed shot — Cale Makar (COL), P3 13:43 · wristMissed shot — Anthony Beauvillier (WSH), P3 13:58 · tip-inMissed shot — Martin Fehérváry (WSH), P3 14:22 · wristMissed shot — Hendrix Lapierre (WSH), P3 16:43 · wristMissed shot — John Carlson (WSH), P3 16:49 · snapShot on goal — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P1 00:25 · wristShot on goal — Sam Malinski (COL), P1 00:32 · wristShot on goal — Dylan Strome (WSH), P1 02:49 · wristShot on goal — Brock Nelson (COL), P1 03:27 · backhandShot on goal — Sam Malinski (COL), P1 04:30 · wristShot on goal — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P1 04:53 · wristShot on goal — Ethen Frank (WSH), P1 06:09 · wristShot on goal — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P1 08:16 · snapShot on goal — Jack Drury (COL), P1 10:28 · wristShot on goal — Justin Sourdif (WSH), P1 11:16 · backhandShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P1 11:37 · wristShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P1 11:38 · pokeShot on goal — Jakob Chychrun (WSH), P1 11:45 · wristShot on goal — Ross Colton (COL), P1 13:40 · wristShot on goal — Brent Burns (COL), P1 14:24 · wristShot on goal — Brent Burns (COL), P1 14:30 · snapShot on goal — Cale Makar (COL), P1 14:59 · wristShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P1 15:40 · wristShot on goal — Dylan Strome (WSH), P1 16:01 · wristShot on goal — Anthony Beauvillier (WSH), P1 16:45 · wristShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P1 17:13 · slapShot on goal — Brent Burns (COL), P2 00:39 · wristShot on goal — Declan Chisholm (WSH), P2 02:50 · wristShot on goal — Sam Malinski (COL), P2 04:17 · backhandShot on goal — Brock Nelson (COL), P2 04:18 · wristShot on goal — Brock Nelson (COL), P2 04:19 · wristShot on goal — Cale Makar (COL), P2 05:14 · wristShot on goal — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P2 05:39 · backhandShot on goal — Victor Olofsson (COL), P2 06:37 · wristShot on goal — Martin Necas (COL), P2 07:12 · wristShot on goal — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P2 07:24 · wristShot on goal — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P2 08:56 · wristShot on goal — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P2 09:11 · wristShot on goal — Ethen Frank (WSH), P2 10:44 · wristShot on goal — Ethen Frank (WSH), P2 10:47 · wristShot on goal — Brock Nelson (COL), P2 12:19 · slapShot on goal — Josh Manson (COL), P2 15:55 · wristShot on goal — Josh Manson (COL), P2 17:54 · wristShot on goal — Ross Colton (COL), P2 18:08 · snapShot on goal — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P2 18:41 · snapShot on goal — Dylan Strome (WSH), P2 19:24 · backhandShot on goal — Dylan Strome (WSH), P2 19:26 · wristShot on goal — Jakob Chychrun (WSH), P2 19:53 · wristShot on goal — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P3 00:37 · wristShot on goal — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P3 04:42 · slapShot on goal — Cale Makar (COL), P3 05:08 · wristShot on goal — Cale Makar (COL), P3 05:57 · slapShot on goal — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P3 06:36 · slapShot on goal — Brock Nelson (COL), P3 07:42 · wristShot on goal — Sam Malinski (COL), P3 07:48 · wristShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P3 09:14 · slapShot on goal — Ross Colton (COL), P3 10:10 · snapShot on goal — Artturi Lehkonen (COL), P3 10:55 · tip-inShot on goal — Sam Malinski (COL), P3 11:41 · slapShot on goal — Josh Manson (COL), P3 12:08 · wristShot on goal — Parker Kelly (COL), P3 12:45 · wristShot on goal — Ross Colton (COL), P3 13:07 · wristShot on goal — Martin Necas (COL), P3 14:41 · wristShot on goal — Ivan Miroshnichenko (WSH), P3 16:47 · snapShot on goal — Brandon Duhaime (WSH), P3 16:48 · snapShot on goal — Ross Colton (COL), P3 17:57 · wristGoal — Parker Kelly (COL), P1 05:54 · tip-inGoal — Jakob Chychrun (WSH), P1 07:27 · wristGoal — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P2 07:03 · wristGoal — Victor Olofsson (COL), P2 15:58 · snapGoal — Ethen Frank (WSH), P2 16:15 · backhandGoal — Artturi Lehkonen (COL), P3 12:32 · snapGoal — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P3 16:30 · snap

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Penalties

1st period

  • 01:49COLIlya Solovyov — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Justin Sourdif
  • 06:56COLScott Wedgewood — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Anthony Beauvillier
  • 15:42COLJosh Manson — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Nic Dowd

2nd period

  • 04:23WSHJakob Chychrun — High sticking double minor (4 min) · drawn by Ross Colton
  • 08:50WSHIvan Miroshnichenko — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Samuel Girard
  • 08:50COLSamuel Girard — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Ivan Miroshnichenko
  • 11:58WSHAliaksei Protas — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Zakhar Bardakov

3rd period

  • 04:26WSHJakob Chychrun — Delaying game puck over glass (2 min)
  • 05:01WSHAnthony Beauvillier — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Martin Necas
  • 05:28COLBrock Nelson — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Nic Dowd
  • 19:42WSHCharlie Lindgren — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Victor Olofsson

Box score

Washington Capitals

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
A. OvechkinL0115015:59
R. LeonardR00-30013:04
D. StromeC01-24017:39
A. ProtasL00-13018:34
B. DuhaimeL0001109:55
C. McMichaelL00-30018:02
N. DowdC0110317:57
H. LapierreC0000007:41
J. SourdifC00-21115:21
E. FrankR1114014:57
I. MiroshnichenkoL0001010:43
A. BeauvillierR00-11012:46
M. RoyD00-10421:39
J. ChychrunD10-13122:21
R. SandinD00-20117:05
M. FehérváryD0000120:29
D. ChisholmD00-11011:51
J. CarlsonD00-10222:59
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
L. Thompson0/0—00:00
C. Lindgren(L)39/4488.6 %60:00

Colorado Avalanche

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
B. NelsonC0105120:50
P. KellyC1012316:22
J. DruryC0011016:14
R. ColtonC0005114:41
A. Barré-BouletC0100203:46
N. MacKinnonC21210022:27
G. BrindleyC0010114:32
A. LehkonenL1022120:26
I. IvanC0000004:57
M. NecasC0222023:38
Z. BardakovC0000005:55
V. OlofssonL1102014:26
C. MakarD0124124:43
I. SolovyovD0000208:02
J. MansonD0123219:10
S. GirardD0010019:35
S. MalinskiD0005022:13
B. BurnsD0013019:32
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
M. Blackwood0/0—00:00
S. Wedgewood(W)22/2491.7 %60:00

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About this game

Who won Capitals vs Avalanche?

Avalanche won 5-2 over Capitals on Monday, January 19, 2026.

When was Capitals vs Avalanche played?

On Monday, January 19, 2026, at 4:00 PM ET at Ball Arena.

Where was Capitals vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena, in Denver.

Have the Capitals and Avalanche played this season?

No, this is their first meeting of the season.