Washington Capitals vs. Anaheim DucksDec 5, 2025

Final / SOFriday, Dec 5, 2025· Honda Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
WSH	1	2	0	0	0	3		WSH	8	9	3	1	21
ANA	1	2	0	0	1	4		ANA	12	15	8	3	38

: WSH 60ANA 75
: WSH 2.83ANA 4.00
PP goals: WSH 0ANA 0
Hits: WSH 21ANA 18
Blocks: WSH 21ANA 19
PIM: WSH 10ANA 6
: WSH 46%ANA 54%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Anaheim Ducks edge Washington Capitals 4–3 (SO)

Anaheim Ducks beat Washington Capitals 4–3 in a shootout at home. Beckett Sennecke (ANA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for WSH: Wilson–McMichael–Sourdif skated 6:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Beckett Sennecke had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:15.Sennecke
Points
Ross Johnston had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 7:42.Johnston
New line
New look for WSH: Wilson–McMichael–Sourdif skated 6:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wilson McMichael Sourdif
Usage
Ryan Leonard (WSH) played 4:38, −9:55 down on his 14:33 season average over 74 games.Leonard
Goalie
Logan Thompson (WSH) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +11 against a season average of 27.4; the overtime loss.Thompson
Usage
Aliaksei Protas (WSH) played 22:46, +4:35 up on his 18:11 season average over 75 games.Protas
Usage
Matt Roy (WSH) played 24:03, +3:29 up on his 20:34 season average over 78 games.Roy
Usage
Tom Wilson (WSH) played 22:45, +3:20 up on his 19:25 season average over 71 games.Wilson

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← WSH attacks left (bottom on phones)ANA attacks right (top on phones) →

ANA
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 135 of 135 attempts · ANA 75 · WSH 60

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

ANA
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

ANA pressure
WSH pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: WSH 22% of the game, ANA 46%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

ANA

WSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

ANA skaters (rows) against WSH skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the ANA side.

Matchup matrix

ANA xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	WSH	ANA
	58	64
	2.56	2.40
	2.34	2.32
	17	12
	5	8
	17	28
	−0.023	+0.023
	22%	46%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Washington Capitals

L1Wilson – McMichael – Sourdif
6:4947% CF
L2Ovechkin – Strome – Beauvillier
6:2736% CF
L3Duhaime – Lapierre – Frank
3:0350% CF
L4Dowd – Protas – Leonard
0:00
D1Roy – Chychrun
13:0252% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Chisholm
8:2365% CF
D3Fehérváry – Sandin
6:0644% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun – McMichael
3:1033% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Beauvillier – Sandin – Lapierre – Frank
1:05100% CF
PK1FMcMichael – Protas
3:40
PK2FDowd – Wilson
3:40
PK1DRoy – Fehérváry
4:13
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Sandin
3:29

Current WSH line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Kreider – Terry – Carlsson
13:1850% CF
L2McTavish – Gauthier – Sennecke
9:0271% CF
L3Killorn – Johnston – Poehling
3:5721% CF
L4Granlund – Strome – Vatrano
2:0020% CF
D1Trouba – LaCombe
15:4250% CF
D2Helleson – Mintyukov
12:1941% CF
D3Gudas – Zellweger
10:3267% CF

PP1Kreider – Granlund – Terry – LaCombe – Carlsson
5:5390% CF
PP2Vatrano – McTavish – Zellweger – Gauthier – Sennecke
2:38100% CF
PK1FKillorn – Poehling
3:12
PK2FKreider – Granlund
0:28
PK1DTrouba – Mintyukov
2:51
PK2DGudas – Helleson
1:17

Current ANA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:29
WSHTom Wilson (Justin Sourdif, Trevor van Riemsdyk)snap0.17 xG
WSH: Wilson, van Riemsdyk, Chisholm, Protas, SourdifANA: Granlund, Strome, Vatrano, Helleson, Mintyukov
WSH 1 – 0 ANA
18:16
ANACutter Gauthier (Beckett Sennecke, Jackson LaCombe)wrist0.16 xG
WSH: van Riemsdyk, Chychrun, Chisholm, McMichael, ProtasANA: Vatrano, LaCombe, McTavish, Gauthier, Sennecke
WSH 1 – 1 ANA

2nd period

6:06
WSHEthen Frankwrist0.22 xG
WSH: Dowd, Chychrun, Sandin, McMichael, FrankANA: Granlund, Strome, Vatrano, Helleson, Mintyukov
WSH 2 – 1 ANA
6:19
ANARoss Johnston (Radko Gudas, Olen Zellweger)tip-in0.07 xG
WSH: Dowd, Fehérváry, Sandin, McMichael, FrankANA: Killorn, Gudas, Johnston, Poehling, Zellweger
WSH 2 – 2 ANA
7:38
WSHAliaksei Protas (Matt Roy, Dylan Strome)wrist0.21 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Strome, Roy, Chychrun, ProtasANA: Killorn, Trouba, Johnston, Poehling, LaCombe
WSH 3 – 2 ANA
17:59
ANABeckett Sennecke (Ross Johnston)wrist0.20 xG
WSH: Dowd, Beauvillier, Fehérváry, Chisholm, FrankANA: Johnston, Poehling, Helleson, Zellweger, Sennecke
WSH 3 – 3 ANA

Decided in the shootout: WSH 3 – 4 ANA.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tom Wilson R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.26	7	1	0	22:45	—	—	54	56
Connor McMichael L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.43	0	0	0	21:46	—	—	45	50
Justin Sourdif C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.23	2	2	0	17:06	—	—	50	67
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	2	20:23	—	—	47	35
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.65	2	0	0	20:19	—	—	56	58
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	2	1	0	15:31	—	—	33	7
Ethen Frank R	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.38	0	0	0	11:06	—	—	59	58
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	6:22	—	—	22	40
Hendrix Lapierre C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	5:23	—	—	83	100
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.25	0	3	2	22:46	—	—	52	61
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	0	0	15:47	—	—	33	43
Ryan Leonard R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	0	0	4:38	—	—	50	76
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	0	4	6	26:57	—	—	55	66
Matt Roy D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	3	0	0	24:03	—	—	41	49
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	0	2	0	17:23	—	—	58	65
Declan Chisholm D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	0	0	13:13	—	—	55	40
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	3	0	21:26	—	—	30	35
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	1	2	0	18:06	—	—	44	29

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	O	38	35	3	.921	4.00	65:00

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Troy Terry R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.43	0	0	0	24:03	—	—	56	48
Leo Carlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	7	0.42	0	0	0	23:35	—	—	56	48
Chris Kreider L	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.26	2	1	0	22:05	—	—	50	43
Cutter Gauthier L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.27	1	1	0	19:44	—	—	57	55
Mason McTavish C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	1	0	17:53	—	—	59	53
Beckett Sennecke R	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.52	2	0	2	17:15	—	—	73	82
Alex Killorn L	L3	0	0	0	0	7	0.38	2	1	0	13:23	—	—	48	49
Ryan Poehling C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:09	—	—	35	44
Ross Johnston L	L3	1	1	2	+1	1	0.07	1	1	0	7:42	—	—	35	41
Mikael Granlund C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.28	1	1	0	17:53	—	—	33	19
Frank Vatrano R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	0	0	2	9:33	—	—	67	55
Ryan Strome C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:00	—	—	64	50
Jackson LaCombe D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.93	1	3	2	27:11	—	—	56	56
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.15	4	3	0	21:57	—	—	50	48
Pavel Mintyukov D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	2	0	17:56	—	—	34	11
Drew Helleson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:15	—	—	50	40
Olen Zellweger D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	0	0	0	16:57	—	—	70	85
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	2	0	15:50	—	—	58	51

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ville Husso(start)	W	21	18	3	.857	2.83	64:39

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Aliaksei Protas (WSH) 2nd 7:38 · assists Matt Roy, Dylan Strome · Rebound · 45.3 mph shot.

Aliaksei Protas · 2nd 7:38 · WSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 45.3 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: rebound

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Tom Wilson · 1st 9:29 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.3 mph
Distance: 32 ft

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Cutter Gauthier · 1st 18:16 · ANA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.0 mph
Distance: 15 ft

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Ethen Frank · 2nd 6:06 · WSH

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.2 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 8.8 s
Type: rebound

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Ross Johnston · 2nd 6:19 · ANA

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.9 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: deflection

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Beckett Sennecke · 2nd 17:59 · ANA

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 17.0 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.