New York Rangers vs. Washington CapitalsDec 31, 2025

FinalWednesday, Dec 31, 2025· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	1	1	1	3		NYR	5	11	9	25
WSH	1	2	3	6		WSH	7	11	9	27

: NYR 64WSH 69
: NYR 2.73WSH 4.30
PP goals: NYR 1WSH 1
Hits: NYR 21WSH 21
Blocks: NYR 27WSH 21
PIM: NYR 11WSH 7
: NYR 50%WSH 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 6–3

Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 6–3 at home. Tom Wilson (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 1A. NYR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox and Lafrenière) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:17 together.

Points
Tom Wilson had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:26.Wilson
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Justin Sourdif had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:46.Sourdif
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Adam Fox had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:13.Fox
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Aliaksei Protas had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:07.Protas
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Artemi Panarin had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:41.Panarin
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Connor McMichael had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:06.McMichael
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Rasmus Sandin had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:32.Sandin
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox and Lafrenière) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:17 together.Trocheck Zibanejad Panarin Fox Lafrenière

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

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

WSH
NYR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 133 of 133 attempts · WSH 69 · NYR 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
NYR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 27% of the game, WSH 40%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

NYR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

WSH 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	NYR	WSH
	68	65
	2.68	2.90
	2.62	2.84
	20	12
	5	1
	28	25
	−0.010	+0.010
	27%	40%

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.

New York Rangers

L1Trocheck – Lafrenière – Perreault
12:1277% CF
L2Zibanejad – Panarin – Cuylle
11:3036% CF
L3Carrick – Brodzinski – Rempe
4:4438% CF
L4Sheary – Raddysh – Laba
4:0371% CF
D1Gavrikov – Fox
16:4764% CF
D2Borgen – Schneider
14:2135% CF
D3Soucy – Robertson
10:4370% CF

PP1Trocheck – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox – Lafrenière
1:17100% CF
PK1FTrocheck – Cuylle
2:39
PK2FZibanejad – Raddysh
1:52
PK1DGavrikov – Schneider
2:56
PK2DSoucy – Borgen
1:21

Current NYR line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Wilson – McMichael – Sourdif
10:0468% CF
L2Ovechkin – Strome – Protas
7:2420% CF
L3Dowd – Beauvillier – Leonard
7:0550% CF
L4Duhaime – Lapierre – Frank
5:3543% CF
D1Roy – Chychrun
12:3361% CF
D2Carlson – Sandin
11:2650% CF
D3McIlrath – Fehérváry
9:0529% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun – Leonard
4:10100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – Beauvillier – Sourdif – Frank
1:29100% CF
PK1FWilson – McMichael
0:22
PK2FDowd – Protas
0:21
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
0:56
PK2DRoy – Sandin
0:21

Current WSH 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.

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.52	2	0	2	21:51	—	—	63	56
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.52	2	1	0	20:14	—	—	66	61
Gabe Perreault R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.33	1	1	0	15:16	—	—	66	59
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.21	1	3	0	21:01	—	—	35	42
Artemi Panarin L	L2	0	2	2	-1	3	0.07	0	0	0	19:41	—	—	42	45
Will Cuylle L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	3	6	0	18:08	—	—	32	54
Jonny Brodzinski C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	2	0	0	11:47	—	—	46	23
Sam Carrick C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	1	7	11:18	—	—	46	38
Matt Rempe C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	2	0	0	9:16	—	—	53	28
Taylor Raddysh R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.10	0	1	0	16:07	—	—	48	36
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	1	0	6:39	—	—	50	43
Noah Laba C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	0	0	5:45	—	—	63	35
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	0	3	0	24:07	—	—	61	33
Adam Fox D	D1	1	1	2	-1	1	0.07	0	1	2	21:13	—	—	59	43
Braden Schneider D	D2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.09	2	3	0	20:57	—	—	36	37
Will Borgen D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	3	4	0	20:33	—	—	35	36
Matthew Robertson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	1	1	0	16:29	—	—	67	72
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	1	0	14:29	—	—	63	65

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	26	21	5	.808	3.41	59:10

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor McMichael L	L1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.27	1	0	0	20:06	—	—	57	53
Tom Wilson R	L1	2	1	3	+3	4	0.67	4	0	5	19:26	—	—	68	77
Justin Sourdif C	L1	2	0	2	+3	2	1.34	3	1	0	18:46	—	—	67	78
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.26	2	1	0	18:10	—	—	35	38
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:54	—	—	24	18
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.09	1	0	0	15:07	—	—	33	32
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.50	0	0	0	15:10	—	—	48	54
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:05	—	—	46	42
Ryan Leonard R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.37	0	1	0	14:06	—	—	59	53
Ethen Frank R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	2	0	13:36	—	—	39	39
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	0	2	9:55	—	—	29	31
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	0	0	0	7:42	—	—	55	95
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.35	0	2	0	21:49	—	—	59	67
Matt Roy D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.03	1	2	0	19:38	—	—	59	65
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.05	0	3	0	22:55	—	—	38	36
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.01	0	1	0	18:32	—	—	61	66
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	2	4	0	19:53	—	—	33	23
Dylan McIlrath D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	2	0	11:18	—	—	41	56

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	W	25	22	3	.880	2.73	59:35

Goal anatomy

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

Anthony Beauvillier (WSH) 1st 12:27 · assists Ryan Leonard, Matt Roy · Cycle · carried in · 32.7 mph shot · 6.9 s from entry to goal.

Anthony Beauvillier · 1st 12:27 · WSH

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 32.7 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 6.9 s
Type: one-timer

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Vincent Trocheck · 1st 19:20 · NYR

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 41.5 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: deflection

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Tom Wilson · 2nd 7:33 · WSH

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Justin Sourdif · 2nd 11:12 · WSH PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 13.7 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Adam Fox · 2nd 15:17 · NYR PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 69.2 mph
Distance: 49 ft

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Aliaksei Protas · 3rd 13:34 · WSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 16.4 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Tom Wilson · 3rd 16:37 · WSH

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.0 mph
Distance: 21 ft

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Braden Schneider · 3rd 18:16 · NYR

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 51.8 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Justin Sourdif · 3rd 19:11 · WSH EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.6 mph
Distance: 13 ft

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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.

New York Rangers vs. Washington CapitalsDec 31, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 6–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Rangers

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New York Rangers

Washington Capitals

Goal anatomy

Anthony Beauvillier · 1st 12:27 · WSH

Vincent Trocheck · 1st 19:20 · NYR

Tom Wilson · 2nd 7:33 · WSH

Justin Sourdif · 2nd 11:12 · WSH PP

Adam Fox · 2nd 15:17 · NYR PP

Aliaksei Protas · 3rd 13:34 · WSH

Tom Wilson · 3rd 16:37 · WSH

Braden Schneider · 3rd 18:16 · NYR

Justin Sourdif · 3rd 19:11 · WSH EN