Washington Capitals · #53 · Right wing

Ethen Frank

Age 28 · Shoots right · 5′11″ · 200 lb · Born Aurora, Colorado, USA

Undrafted

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Games622025-26 · missed 20
Goals1211th on WSH
Assists12T-16th on WSH
Points2413th on WSH
P / GP0.39320th in the NHL
Shots9113.2% shooting
TOI / GP12:1422nd on WSH

Ethen Frank scored 24 points (12 goals, 12 assists) in 62 games in 2025-26, 13th on Washington.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 0 games

Washington have played 2 games and Ethen Frank has not dressed yet. Next game tonight against Pittsburgh. 2025-26 in full below.

Last season

2025-26 regular season · 62 games
2025-26 · The season

24 points in 62 games on a team that finished 12th

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Blocked shots4577th
Goals / 600.9565th
Shooting %13.2%55th
Shots / GP1.4746th
Penalty differential+145th
PP points444th
Assists / 600.9542nd
Points / GP0.3939th
Hits5339th
Ice time12:1420th
Takeaways813th

Bars show the percentile against 411 forwards with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.40.71–100.311–200.321–300.731–400.341–500.151–600.061–62

Dashed line: season average (0.4). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points2413th on WSH
Points per game0.39320th in NHL
Goals12T-256th in NHL
Assists12T-16th on WSH
Shooting %13.2%Above avg (11.1%)
Ice time12:1422nd on WSH
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who plays on the power play

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Washington's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength10:43
Power play1:29
Shorthanded0:01
Total12:14

16.7 shifts a game, averaging 44 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals2T-8th on WSH
PP assists2T-10th on WSH
PP points410th on WSH · T-289th NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 602.6011th on WSH

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP43Washington total
Involved in4goals or assists
Share9.3%of every WSH PPG
PP TOI share31.0%of WSH PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

How the 12 goals and 12 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-14th on WSH
Overtime goals0T-4th on WSH
First goal of the game1
Empty-net goals1
Even-strength goals10
Power-play goals2

Goals by period

1st2
2nd4
3rd6
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied3
Leading3
Trailing6

3 of 12 goals broke a tie; 6 came with Washington trailing.

Assists

Primary7 · 58%
Secondary5 · 42%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.90
Goals / 600.95
Shots / 607.2
ES points / 601.8120 ES points
PP points / 602.604 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease12 att · 0 G
Slot100 att · 9 G
Wing45 att · 3 G
Point5 att · 0 G
Neutral zone3 att · 0 G

165 attempts across the 52 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals (ixG)13.0245th
Goals12
Goals vs expected−1.0
Unblocked attempts128
xG per attempt.102
ixG per 601.03

2025-26 · 62 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2025-26 · Skating and shot power

20+ mph bursts in the 96th percentile of forwards: 227

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

22+ mph bursts3097th
20+ mph bursts22796th
Top speed, mph23.5292nd
Hardest shot, mph89.6974th
Offensive-zone time42.7%53rd
Average shot, mph50.739th
90+ mph shots038th
Defensive-zone time40.6%37th
Distance / 60, mi9.2417th
Distance skated, mi116.814th

Bars show the percentile against 370 forwards with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph23.52Forward average 22.51
Hardest shot, mph89.69Forward average 87.1
Distance skated116.8 mi2.75 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts21.4%42.8% defensive · 35.9% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

42.7%All situations40.6%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph30 · avg 5.7
20-22 mph197 · avg 102
18-20 mph404 · avg 448

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 1.0
80-89 mph18 · avg 15
70-79 mph21 · avg 42

Shot attempts per speed band.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways8T-17th on WSH
Giveaways29
TK / GV ratio0.28
Hits5312th on WSH
Blocked shots45T-13th on WSH

Discipline

Penalty minutes18
Minors9
Majors0
Penalties drawn10
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken60.1 a game
Won1
Win %16.7%
Offensive zone1 of 3

A winger: fewer than one draw a game.


Consistency

Points come in bunches, not every night (18 of 62)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point1829% of games
Multi-point games46%
Goals in9 games15%
Pointless games4471%

Streaks

Longest point streak3 games9 Jan – 13 Jan
Longest goal streak3 games
Longest pointless run8 games
Final ten1 in 10point in 1

Game log

The last ten games

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
5 Apr 2026@NYRL 1-8000109:44
4 Apr 2026vsBUFW 6-20000−19:34
22 Mar 2026vsCOLOTL 2-3 OT000101:22
20 Mar 2026vsNJDW 2-10001011:23
18 Mar 2026vsOTTW 4-10001013:26
14 Mar 2026vsBOSOTL 2-3 SO000107:32
12 Mar 2026@BUFW 2-10000010:30
11 Mar 2026@PHIL 1-4000108:46
9 Mar 2026vsCGYW 7-31013+214:18
7 Mar 2026@BOSL 1-3000009:36

Splits · 2025-26

Better on the road

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP
Home3290.28
Road30150.50

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP
vs Metropolitan1740.24
vs Western Conf.2690.35

By month

SplitGPPP/GP
October310.33
November1280.67
December1440.29
January1690.56
February610.17
March910.11
April200.00

Contract

$2M a season through 2027-28

In 2025-26 he scored 12.0 points per $1M of cap hit, 102nd of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$2M1.9% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 1 of 2
Expires2027-28UFA at 30
Cap value$4MCap hit × 2 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.


With Washington

Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Dylan Strome sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

Dylan Strome4
Alex Ovechkin3
Hendrix Lapierre2
John Carlson2
Nic Dowd2

Assists on his 12 goals, 2025-26.

Who he sets up

Jakob Chychrun3
Brandon Duhaime2
Sonny Milano2
Tom Wilson1
Dylan Strome1

Scorers on his 12 assists.

By opponent

2025-26 · top 6 by P/GP

Montréal6 P in 32.00 P/GP
Tampa Bay2 P in 21.00 P/GP
Chicago2 P in 21.00 P/GP
Colorado2 P in 21.00 P/GP
Carolina2 P in 30.67 P/GP
Detroit2 P in 30.67 P/GP

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points31127th for Washington
Goals1694th
Assists15146th
Games played86156th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Two seasons, all with the Capitals

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2024-25WSH244370.2917.4%
2025-26WSH621212240.3913.2%
Career861615310.3614.0%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Teammates in the stats

2025-26 · WSH points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct