HERAtlantic Division · 5th of 8 · Washington Capitals

HersheyBears

Giant Center, Hershey, PA

32-31-9
Record: 73
Points: 210
Goals for: 230
Against: -20
Differential

At home14-16-6104–122 (-18)

On the road18-15-3106–108 (-2)

Last 105-5-0 · oldest first

The story

HER were outplayed at both ends: 27th of 32 in chances created and 26th of 32 in chances allowed.

They finished 27 goals above what the chances were worth (16th of 32 in shooting), and conceded 23 more than the chances against were worth (14th of 32 in save percentage).

Where HER ranks

Expected Goals For % · 28 of 32

46.93%

xGF/60 · 27 of 32

2.50

xGA/60 · 26 of 32

2.83

Scoring Chance % · 26 of 32

47.23%

High Danger Chance % · 22 of 32

48.49%

Shooting % · 16 of 32

11.01%

Save % · 14 of 32

89.4%

PDO · 14 of 32

100.4%

Power Play % · 18 of 32

18.10%

Penalty Kill % · 23 of 32

80.68%

Special Teams Index · 19 of 32

98.78%

Rush Share of Goals · 11 of 32

41.9%

Goals For · 22 of 32

210

Goals Against · 21 of 32

230

Each bar is a percentile against all 32 clubs, with the league median on the tick. Metrics where less is better are flipped, so longer is always better.

Shots for and against

HER1,908 shots · 183 xG

quiet4.0 xG per 5 ft

Allowed2,174 shots · 207 xG

quiet4.0 xG per 5 ft

Special teams

	Goals	Chances	Rate
Power play	40	221	18.1%
Penalty kill	51	264	80.7%

Special-teams index 98.8 — power play plus penalty kill, the one number that says whether a club wins the nights the referee decides.

How the game unfolds

1st period47.7%of goals scored

Goals: 53–58
xG share: 44.3%

2nd period47.6%of goals scored

Goals: 81–89
xG share: 48.8%

3rd period48.3%of goals scored

Goals: 69–74
xG share: 46.7%

	1st	2nd	3rd
Goals for	53	81	69
Goals against	58	89	74
xG for	53.7	70.5	55.1
xG against	67.5	73.9	63.0
Shots for	615	671	589
Shots against	704	736	708

Share of goals is this club’s goals as a percentage of every goal scored in that period, so 50% is even. xG share is the same sum over chance quality, which says whether the result matched the play. Regulation only — overtime is three skaters a side and a different game.

How the goals came

Goals	For	Share	Against	Share
Off the rush	88	41.9%	104	45.2%
Off the cycle	93	44.3%	97	42.2%
In a scramble	28	13.3%	26	11.3%

Attempts	For	Sh%	Against	Sv%
Off the rush	459	19.2%	559	81.4%
Off the cycle	1337	7.0%	1487	93.5%
In a scramble	112	25.0%	128	79.7%

A rush is the first shot of a possession, taken inside 40 ft up the middle; the cycle is a shot after sustained pressure, or a first shot from distance or the wall; a scramble is a second attempt inside four seconds. League-wide they convert at about 17%, 8% and 23%. Shares are of goals scored in play — shootout winners are not shots.

Volume

	For	Against
Shots	1908	2174
Expected goals	183.4	207.4
Scoring chances	682	—
High-danger chances	290	—

With a lead, level, and from behind

Score state	Share of play	GF–GA	GF%	GF% ex. EN	xGF%	SF%	Sh%ex. EN	Sv%ex. EN
Leading	32%1,520 min	73–74	49.7%lg 52.5%	44.8%lg 47.9%	44.7%lg 48.0%	41.3%lg 46.6%	10.5%lg 10.4%	91.1%lg 90.4%
Tied	33%1,566 min	69–70	49.6%lg 50.0%	49.6%lg 50.0%	46.3%lg 50.0%	47.3%lg 50.0%	10.2%lg 9.6%	90.7%lg 90.4%
Trailing	34%1,594 min	76–91	45.5%lg 47.2%	50.3%lg 52.2%	49.8%lg 52.0%	51.7%lg 53.6%	9.7%lg 9.6%	89.5%lg 89.6%

Regulation only — overtime is three-on-three and always starts level, so pooling it here would contaminate every rate. The small figure under each percentage is the league in the same score state; HER being above it is the claim, not the percentage itself. GF% ex. EN drops empty-net goals from both sides, and across the league it reverses the headline: clubs are outscored at even play while protecting a lead, and outscore while chasing. The empty net is what settles it.

2025-26 skaters · 45

Player	GP	G	A	P	SOG	ixG
Ilya ProtasC	69	29	37	66	147	21.59
Andrew CristallLW	72	20	40	60	135	15.25
Bogdan TrineyevRW	62	17	28	45	137	15.14
Brett LeasonRW	56	14	30	44	143	16.81
Graeme ClarkeRW	65	20	23	43	172	18.33
Calle RosénD	70	9	29	38	147	8.60
Ivan MiroshnichenkoLW	41	14	20	34	121	14.26
Louie BelpedioD	68	9	25	34	105	6.12
Corey SchuenemanD	71	6	25	31	119	5.14
Henrik RybinskiC	59	10	20	30	77	10.52
Wyatt BongiovanniC	65	15	15	30	115	11.19
Alex SuzdalevRW	41	10	14	24	43	4.25
Matt StromeC	55	8	15	23	63	5.31
Grant CruikshankC	67	10	8	18	110	12.35
Luke ToporowskiRW	38	8	8	16	63	6.15
Ryan ChesleyD	64	6	10	16	88	4.10
David GucciardiD	52	3	10	13	53	2.50
Sonny MilanoLW	16	5	8	13	36	4.25
Jon McDonaldD	60	3	9	12	52	2.58
Spencer SmallmanC	24	4	7	11	33	3.66
Cam AllenD	22	3	4	7	33	2.15
Jalen LuypenC	24	5	2	7	35	3.87
Leon MuggliD	27	1	6	7	31	1.12
Sam BittenLW	47	4	3	7	30	2.98
Aaron NessD	38	1	5	6	34	1.02
Dalton SmithLW	60	2	4	6	37	3.56
Eriks MateikoC	27	1	5	6	27	3.12
Justin NachbaurRW	31	2	1	3	14	1.23
Kyler KupkaF	12	1	2	3	8	1.33
Patrick ThomasLW	7	1	2	3	8	0.94
Phip WaughD	15	0	3	3	19	0.73
Reilly WebbD	16	0	3	3	12	0.38
D.J. KingD	18	0	2	2	12	0.56
Ethen FrankRW	3	2	0	2	5	0.72
Kaden BohlsenF	5	2	0	2	6	1.06
Nicky LeivermannD	3	0	2	2	3	0.14
Sheldon RempalRW	4	1	1	2	9	1.09
Zac FunkLW	10	0	2	2	9	0.88
Connor MayerD	1	1	0	1	3	0.29
Ludwig PerssonRW	7	0	1	1	8	1.27
Ryan HoferC	11	0	1	1	2	0.05
Simon PinardF	3	0	1	1	4	0.56
Alex GaffneyLW	2	0	0	0	1	0.14
Garrett PykeD	1	0	0	0	0	—
Romain RodzinskiD	6	0	0	0	10	0.47

2025-26 goaltending

Goalie	GP	W	SV%	GAA	GSAx
Clay Stevenson	37	18	91.2%	2.62	6.9
Mitch Gibson	23	9	90.3%	2.94	-1.5
Jesper Vikman	18	8	86.6%	3.41	-17.1
Garin Bjorklund	17	5	87.6%	3.72	-11.1

Full schedule · 72 regular + 6 playoff

Recent Full schedule

Date	Opp	Result	Goals	xG
2025-10-11	vs SYR	L	2–5	1.4–4.5
2025-10-12	vs SYR	OTL	2–3	3.2–2.0
2025-10-18	vs SPR	W	5–1	3.4–2.2
2025-10-19	vs SPR	L	1–5	2.2–3.0
2025-10-24	@ LV	L	4–5	3.1–2.1
2025-10-25	vs LV	W	4–3	3.1–2.9
2025-10-29	@ BRI	W	3–1	2.3–1.7
2025-10-31	@ SPR	W	3–2	3.0–2.7
2025-11-01	@ PRO	W	2–0	2.3–2.4
2025-11-07	vs TOR	L	2–5	1.5–2.6
2025-11-09	vs ROC	W	2–1	1.5–1.7
2025-11-14	@ SYR	W	2–1	2.4–1.8
2025-11-15	@ LV	W	4–3	2.0–4.6
2025-11-16	vs LV	W	2–1	3.4–2.8
2025-11-20	@ CLE	W	5–2	2.8–3.0
2025-11-22	@ CLE	L	3–5	2.4–3.3
2025-11-26	vs WBS	L	3–6	3.4–3.2
2025-11-29	vs WBS	W	6–2	3.2–3.4
2025-11-30	vs LAV	L	3–4	1.6–2.9
2025-12-06	vs WBS	L	1–4	2.4–3.3
2025-12-07	vs LV	W	3–2	3.2–2.3
2025-12-10	vs PRO	L	1–3	4.1–3.2
2025-12-12	vs PRO	L	1–4	2.7–4.8
2025-12-13	vs CLT	W	4–0	2.1–2.7
2025-12-20	vs BRI	W	4–1	2.7–1.4
2025-12-21	@ WBS	L	1–3	2.2–2.1
2025-12-27	@ WBS	L	2–5	1.9–2.4
2025-12-28	vs CLT	L	2–3	3.1–2.5
2025-12-31	@ LV	L	0–3	2.2–2.7
2026-01-03	vs RFD	W	5–4	2.0–2.7
2026-01-04	vs RFD	W	5–2	2.4–1.7
2026-01-10	vs CLE	W	3–2	3.0–2.7
2026-01-11	vs CLE	OTL	2–3	3.3–2.8
2026-01-14	vs HFD	OTL	2–3	2.1–3.0
2026-01-17	@ CLT	W	4–3	2.0–2.3
2026-01-18	@ CLT	OTL	3–4	2.1–4.1
2026-01-20	vs HFD	OTL	4–5	2.6–4.7
2026-01-23	vs WBS	OTL	3–4	3.9–3.7
2026-01-24	@ LV	OTL	3–4	4.1–1.9
2026-01-28	@ ROC	W	3–1	2.1–2.0
2026-01-30	@ ROC	L	1–3	1.6–2.2
2026-01-31	@ UTC	W	4–3	1.9–2.8
2026-02-04	@ WBS	L	1–4	3.3–3.1
2026-02-07	vs WBS	OTL	3–4	2.3–3.4
2026-02-13	@ LAV	L	1–6	2.1–3.7
2026-02-14	@ BEL	W	6–3	2.6–4.6
2026-02-16	@ BEL	L	1–3	2.7–2.5
2026-02-18	@ TOR	W	3–2	1.8–3.0
2026-02-20	vs LV	L	1–4	3.2–3.5
2026-02-21	vs LV	L	4–6	3.7–4.8
2026-02-25	vs UTC	W	6–3	3.3–2.7
2026-02-27	@ RFD	W	4–1	2.3–2.2
2026-02-28	@ RFD	W	5–1	2.8–2.1
2026-03-02	vs CLT	W	3–2	1.4–2.6
2026-03-03	vs CLT	L	1–4	2.2–2.5
2026-03-07	@ HFD	L	2–5	2.0–3.0
2026-03-08	@ PRO	L	4–5	2.1–4.2
2026-03-13	@ WBS	W	4–2	1.9–2.7
2026-03-14	vs BEL	L	3–6	1.6–2.4
2026-03-15	vs BEL	L	2–5	3.1–4.0
2026-03-21	@ BRI	OTL	3–4	2.6–2.3
2026-03-22	vs BRI	L	3–6	1.6–2.6
2026-03-27	@ SYR	W	4–3	2.1–3.4
2026-03-28	@ LV	L	2–4	2.4–2.4
2026-04-01	@ BRI	L	1–4	3.8–2.0
2026-04-03	@ SPR	L	2–4	2.8–4.3
2026-04-04	@ HFD	W	8–1	3.2–2.0
2026-04-11	@ CLT	W	2–1	2.0–1.8
2026-04-12	@ CLT	L	1–6	1.5–4.6
2026-04-15	@ WBS	W	5–1	2.4–2.8
2026-04-18	vs BRI	L	1–2	2.6–1.9
2026-04-19	vs ROC	W	5–4	3.7–3.6
2026-04-21	@ BRIPlayoff	W	2–0	1.0–1.2
2026-04-23	vs BRIPlayoff	W	5–2	2.1–2.3
2026-04-30	@ WBSPlayoff	L	2–4	2.7–2.2
2026-05-02	@ WBSPlayoff	W	2–1	3.0–3.0
2026-05-05	vs WBSPlayoff	OTL	3–4	2.6–2.7
2026-05-07	vs WBSPlayoff	L	1–4	3.9–3.4