Washington Capitals vs. Detroit Red WingsDec 21, 2025

Final / OTSunday, Dec 21, 2025· Little Caesars Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
WSH	1	0	1	0	2		WSH	14	8	10	1	33
DET	0	2	0	1	3		DET	5	12	4	6	27

: WSH 75DET 55
: WSH 4.27DET 2.71
PP goals: WSH 0DET 1
Hits: WSH 11DET 16
Blocks: WSH 13DET 18
PIM: WSH 4DET 2
: WSH 49%DET 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Detroit Red Wings edge Washington Capitals 3–2 (OT)

Detroit Red Wings beat Washington Capitals 3–2 in overtime at home. Ethen Frank (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for WSH: Wilson–Strome–Protas skated 13:39 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Ethen Frank had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:44.Frank
Points
Andrew Copp had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:19.Copp
Points
Dylan Strome had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:36.Strome
Points
Emmitt Finnie had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:14.Finnie
New line
New look for WSH: Wilson–Strome–Protas skated 13:39 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wilson Strome Protas
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–McMichael–Sourdif skated 12:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin McMichael Sourdif
Luck
WSH scored 2 goals on 4.27 expected goals (75 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for DET: Appleton–Soderblom–Danielson skated 7:11 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Appleton Soderblom Danielson

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)DET attacks right (top on phones) →

DET
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 130 of 130 attempts · DET 55 · WSH 75

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DET
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DET 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 51% of the game, DET 19%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DET

WSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

DET 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	DET
	83	53
	4.49	1.71
	4.15	1.66
	24	6
	6	8
	24	22
	−0.016	+0.016
	51%	19%

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 – Strome – Protas
13:3963% CF
L2Ovechkin – McMichael – Sourdif
12:1154% CF
L3Dowd – Beauvillier – Frank
11:1679% CF
L4Duhaime – Lapierre – Miroshnichenko
5:4871% CF
D1Roy – Chychrun
17:3551% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
11:4868% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Sandin
10:2868% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Beauvillier – Sourdif – Frank
0:59100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun – McMichael
0:56100% CF
PK1FDowd – Wilson
0:48
PK2FMcMichael – Protas
0:27
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
0:48
PK2DRoy – Sandin
0:27

Current WSH line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Larkin – Raymond – Finnie
14:0843% CF
L2Copp – DeBrincat – Leonard
10:4350% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Compher – Rasmussen
9:5425% CF
L4Appleton – Soderblom – Danielson
7:1135% CF
D1Seider – Edvinsson
21:0039% CF
D2Chiarot – Sandin-Pellikka
13:0333% CF
D3Hamonic – Johansson
10:3740% CF

PP1van Riemsdyk – Larkin – DeBrincat – Seider – Raymond
0:51100% CF
PP2Copp – Raymond – Danielson – Sandin-Pellikka – Finnie
0:10100% CF
PK1FCopp – Compher
0:41
PK2FLarkin – Rasmussen
0:28
PK1DHamonic – Chiarot
0:52
PK2DSeider – Edvinsson
0:38

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.21	1	1	0	21:14	—	—	56	61
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	21:00	—	—	60	62
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.15	0	0	2	20:36	—	—	55	65
Justin Sourdif C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	19:45	—	—	49	51
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.29	1	0	0	17:28	—	—	55	68
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.50	1	0	0	17:19	—	—	53	64
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.32	1	1	0	16:53	—	—	71	86
Ethen Frank R	L3	2	0	2	+2	3	0.29	0	0	0	15:44	—	—	68	86
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	0	0	+1	5	0.46	1	0	0	15:41	—	—	74	88
Ivan Miroshnichenko L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.42	1	1	0	8:27	—	—	65	86
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	7:23	—	—	72	92
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	1	0	2	6:36	—	—	71	92
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.89	0	1	0	24:08	—	—	52	75
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	3	0	21:10	—	—	49	75
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.26	0	1	0	24:40	—	—	66	70
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.10	0	3	0	19:07	—	—	67	81
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:52	—	—	67	58
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	16:52	—	—	72	71

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	O	27	24	3	.889	2.71	64:21

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Larkin C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.65	3	0	0	22:51	—	—	45	32
Lucas Raymond L	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.48	0	2	0	21:13	—	—	43	25
Emmitt Finnie C	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	19:14	—	—	41	30
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.37	0	0	0	20:39	—	—	45	31
Andrew Copp C	L2	0	2	2	0	2	0.24	1	0	0	15:19	—	—	50	48
John Leonard L	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.14	1	1	0	14:00	—	—	50	48
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:55	—	—	31	16
J.T. Compher L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	2	0	14:26	—	—	26	15
Michael Rasmussen C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	2	0	12:23	—	—	30	24
Mason Appleton C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	13:08	—	—	32	17
Nate Danielson C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	13:07	—	—	36	17
Elmer Soderblom L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	2	8:34	—	—	32	22
Moritz Seider D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.30	0	4	0	26:44	—	—	43	27
Simon Edvinsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	25:54	—	—	42	32
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	3	1	0	23:23	—	—	40	25
Axel Sandin-Pellikka D	D2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:50	—	—	33	17
Travis Hamonic D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:13	—	—	40	36
Albert Johansson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	2	0	16:02	—	—	36	34

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	4.27	64:36

Goal anatomy

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

Ethen Frank (WSH) 1st 14:17 · assists Dylan Strome · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 27.9 mph shot · 2.2 s from entry to goal.

Ethen Frank · 1st 14:17 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 27.9 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Lucas Raymond · 2nd 8:37 · DET PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 76.3 mph
Distance: 42 ft

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John Leonard · 2nd 13:44 · DET

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 37.7 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 7.4 s
Type: deflection

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Ethen Frank · 3rd 10:22 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 46.6 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 4.0 s

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Moritz Seider · OT 4:36 · DET

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 75.0 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 8.0 s
Type: one-timer

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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.

Washington Capitals vs. Detroit Red WingsDec 21, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Detroit Red Wings edge Washington Capitals 3–2 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Washington Capitals

Detroit Red Wings

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Washington Capitals

Detroit Red Wings

Goal anatomy

Ethen Frank · 1st 14:17 · WSH

Lucas Raymond · 2nd 8:37 · DET PP

John Leonard · 2nd 13:44 · DET

Ethen Frank · 3rd 10:22 · WSH

Moritz Seider · OT 4:36 · DET