Washington Capitals vs. Minnesota WildDec 16, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	0	0	0		WSH	11	9	5	25
MIN	1	1	3	5		MIN	9	15	8	32

: WSH 66MIN 58
: WSH 2.61MIN 3.51
PP goals: WSH 0MIN 1
Hits: WSH 18MIN 22
Blocks: WSH 8MIN 21
PIM: WSH 8MIN 4
: WSH 47%MIN 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild rout Washington Capitals 5–0

Minnesota Wild beat Washington Capitals 5–0 at home. Vladimir Tarasenko (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Tarasenko, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 4:56 together.

Points
Vladimir Tarasenko had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:01.Tarasenko
Points
Danila Yurov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 15:02.Yurov
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Tarasenko, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 4:56 together.Tarasenko Eriksson Ek Kaprizov Hughes Boldy
New line
New look for MIN: Foligno–Hartman–Aube-Kubel skated 11:21 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Hartman Aube-Kubel
New line
New look for WSH: Milano–Lapierre–Frank skated 8:22 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Milano Lapierre Frank
Usage
Daemon Hunt (MIN) played 3:44, −8:59 down on his 12:43 season average over 31 games.Hunt
Luck
WSH scored 0 goals on 2.61 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for WSH: Dowd–Duhaime–McMichael skated 6:52 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Duhaime McMichael

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)MIN attacks right (top on phones) →

MIN
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · MIN 58 · WSH 66

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MIN 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 26% of the game, MIN 33%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MIN

WSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

MIN 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	MIN
	72	49
	2.51	2.52
	2.40	2.44
	16	10
	2	4
	24	12
	−0.002	+0.002
	26%	33%

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

L1Milano – Lapierre – Frank
8:2278% CF
L2Wilson – Protas – Sourdif
7:0738% CF
L3Dowd – Duhaime – McMichael
6:5263% CF
L4Ovechkin – Strome – Beauvillier
5:3264% CF
D1Roy – Chychrun
14:1358% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Sandin
9:3250% CF
D3Carlson – Fehérváry
9:1976% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun – Frank
1:39100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – Milano – Beauvillier – McMichael
1:0650% CF
PK1FDowd – Wilson
2:47
PK2FMcMichael – Protas
1:41
PK1DCarlson – Roy
1:37
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
1:03

Current WSH line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Foligno – Hartman – Aube-Kubel
11:2162% CF
L2Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy
10:1747% CF
L3Tarasenko – Trenin – Yurov
8:5733% CF
L4Pitlick – Jones – Sturm
8:3418% CF
D1Hughes – Faber
19:2441% CF
D2Kiersted – Jiricek
6:5613% CF
D3Spurgeon – Hunt
3:3220% CF

PP1Tarasenko – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy
4:5693% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Foligno – Hartman – Faber – Yurov
1:34100% CF
PK1FTrenin – Sturm
1:40
PK2FEriksson Ek – Boldy
1:23
PK1DSpurgeon – Faber
2:10
PK2DKiersted – Jiricek
1:07

Current MIN 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ethen Frank R	L1	0	2	0.56	0	0	0	13:14	—	—	67	55
Sonny Milano L	L1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:56	—	—	85	72
Hendrix Lapierre C	L1	0	1	0.28	0	0	0	10:33	—	—	83	64
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	-1	1	0.00	0	0	2	17:22	—	—	65	48
Justin Sourdif C	L2	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	17:17	—	—	47	45
Tom Wilson R	L2	-1	4	0.36	2	0	0	16:25	—	—	59	46
Connor McMichael L	L3	-2	1	0.08	0	0	0	17:40	—	—	65	43
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	-1	1	0.04	5	0	0	14:31	—	—	50	58
Nic Dowd C	L3	-1	1	0.13	1	1	0	14:10	—	—	47	34
Dylan Strome C	L4	-1	2	0.10	0	2	0	15:17	—	—	61	55
Alex Ovechkin L	L4	-2	0	0.30	3	0	0	15:12	—	—	57	45
Anthony Beauvillier R	L4	-3	3	0.19	1	0	0	12:35	—	—	56	54
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	4	0.21	2	1	2	21:18	—	—	55	35
Matt Roy D	D1	-1	1	0.11	2	1	0	21:07	—	—	61	43
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	-3	1	0.08	2	1	2	17:57	—	—	56	29
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	16:49	—	—	44	38
John Carlson D	D3	-2	1	0.12	0	0	0	22:10	—	—	72	84
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	1	0.02	0	1	2	17:29	—	—	67	88

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	32	27	5	.844	3.51	60:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	1	0	16:37	—	—	58	63
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.15	1	0	0	15:18	—	—	61	75
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	3	0	14:17	—	—	56	61
Matt Boldy L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.57	1	2	0	19:49	—	—	48	61
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	1	0	1	0	4	1.05	0	1	0	18:15	—	—	40	63
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.18	0	0	0	17:29	—	—	47	72
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	2	1	3	+3	4	0.33	0	0	0	16:01	—	—	30	37
Danila Yurov R	L3	1	2	3	+3	1	0.37	0	1	2	15:02	—	—	40	38
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	6	1	0	14:15	—	—	40	40
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	12:47	—	—	16	39
Ben Jones C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:18	—	—	19	35
Tyler Pitlick C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	3	1	0	9:36	—	—	18	41
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.13	1	3	0	29:33	—	—	44	65
Brock Faber D	D1	0	1	1	+3	3	0.10	2	3	0	28:10	—	—	41	61
Matt Kiersted D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.04	0	0	0	16:16	—	—	32	22
David Jiricek D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	2	14:11	—	—	26	42
Jared Spurgeon D	D3	0	0	0	+2	4	0.07	1	0	0	23:22	—	—	50	51
Daemon Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	3:44	—	—	20	0

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	25	25	0	.1000	2.61	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Vladimir Tarasenko (MIN) 1st 2:09 · assists Danila Yurov, Brock Faber · Rush · carried in · 23.5 mph shot · 2.8 s from entry to goal.

Vladimir Tarasenko · 1st 2:09 · MIN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 23.5 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Kirill Kaprizov · 2nd 12:51 · MIN PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 38.1 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Vladimir Tarasenko · 3rd 4:23 · MIN

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 57.7 mph
Distance: 32 ft

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Danila Yurov · 3rd 8:53 · MIN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.1 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Matt Boldy · 3rd 14:12 · MIN SH

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 53.3 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

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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. Minnesota WildDec 16, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild rout Washington Capitals 5–0

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Washington Capitals

Minnesota Wild

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Washington Capitals

Minnesota Wild

Goal anatomy

Vladimir Tarasenko · 1st 2:09 · MIN

Kirill Kaprizov · 2nd 12:51 · MIN PP

Vladimir Tarasenko · 3rd 4:23 · MIN

Danila Yurov · 3rd 8:53 · MIN

Matt Boldy · 3rd 14:12 · MIN SH