OCTOBER 5, 2026

October 5, 2026, on the Washington Capitals front. The crown changed hands 1 time before the day was done. When the last hour closed, Capitals stood on top of the hill, having held the summit for 9 of the day's 24 tracked hours.

The day's decisive strike came at 15:00 UTC, when Capitals ripped the hill away from nhl. The lines below the summit churned too: 12 overtakes were logged across the elite ranks in total.

Between them, the 8 tracked armies fired 6.5M engagements across the day. The single hottest hour belonged to Capitals, who detonated 944.5K engagements in the 15:00 UTC hour alone.

In sheer volume, Capitals was the loudest army of the day with 48% of tracked engagement, ahead of nhl (28%) and sportsnet (14%).