Detroit Red Wings vs. Washington CapitalsDec 20, 2025

FinalSaturday, Dec 20, 2025· Capital One Arena

away

home

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
DET	1	3	1	5		DET	17	14	10	41
WSH	0	1	1	2		WSH	6	9	11	26

: DET 70WSH 62
: DET 5.09WSH 2.69
PP goals: DET 0WSH 0
Hits: DET 10WSH 32
Blocks: DET 19WSH 18
PIM: DET 4WSH 4
: DET 43%WSH 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Detroit Red Wings beat Washington Capitals 5–2

Detroit Red Wings beat Washington Capitals 5–2 at WSH. Moritz Seider (DET) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Logan Thompson (WSH) faced 40 shots and stopped 36 (.900), +13 against a season average of 27.4; the loss.

Points
Moritz Seider had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:31.Seider
Points
Andrew Copp had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:23.Copp
Points
Simon Edvinsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:16.Edvinsson
Goalie
Logan Thompson (WSH) faced 40 shots and stopped 36 (.900), +13 against a season average of 27.4; the loss.Thompson
New line
New look for WSH: Dowd–Duhaime–Miroshnichenko skated 4:34 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Duhaime Miroshnichenko
Usage
Emmitt Finnie (DET) played 22:33, +7:08 up on his 15:25 season average over 81 games.Finnie
Usage
Tom Wilson (WSH) played 22:58, +3:33 up on his 19:25 season average over 71 games.Wilson
Usage
Alex DeBrincat (DET) played 14:21, −4:12 down on his 18:33 season average over 81 games.DeBrincat

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

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

WSH
DET
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 132 of 132 attempts · WSH 62 · DET 70

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
DET
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: DET 41% of the game, WSH 17%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

DET

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

WSH skaters (rows) against DET 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	DET	WSH
	68	64
	4.38	2.15
	4.09	2.01
	17	12
	6	6
	25	18
	−0.053	+0.053
	41%	17%

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.

Detroit Red Wings

L1Larkin – Raymond – Finnie
12:4637% CF
L2Soderblom – Kasper – Danielson
9:1160% CF
L3Copp – DeBrincat – Leonard
7:5761% CF
L4van Riemsdyk – Compher – Rasmussen
7:2760% CF
D1Seider – Edvinsson
16:0474% CF
D2Chiarot – Sandin-Pellikka
11:5450% CF
D3Bernard-Docker – Johansson
10:5146% CF

PP1van Riemsdyk – Larkin – DeBrincat – Seider – Raymond
3:18100% CF
PP2Copp – Leonard – Danielson – Sandin-Pellikka – Finnie
2:12100% CF
PK1FRasmussen – Finnie
1:19
PK2FCopp – Compher
1:08
PK1DSeider – Edvinsson
1:45
PK2DChiarot – Bernard-Docker
0:56

Current DET line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Wilson – Protas – Sourdif
10:1775% CF
L2Dowd – Duhaime – Miroshnichenko
4:3422% CF
L3Milano – McMichael – Frank
3:3013% CF
L4Ovechkin – Strome – Beauvillier
3:120% CF
D1Roy – Chychrun
9:3758% CF
D2Carlson – Sandin
7:1944% CF
D3Fehérváry – Chisholm
5:1863% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun – McMichael
2:25100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – Milano – Sourdif – Frank
1:29100% CF
PK1FDowd – Wilson
2:18
PK2FBeauvillier – McMichael
1:06
PK1DRoy – Fehérváry
2:55
PK2DCarlson – Sandin
1:35

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.

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Emmitt Finnie C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	3	0	22:33	—	—	33	28
Lucas Raymond L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	22:01	—	—	38	43
Dylan Larkin C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.68	1	0	2	19:48	—	—	39	33
Marco Kasper C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.35	2	0	0	13:38	—	—	61	68
Nate Danielson C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	12:28	—	—	57	68
Elmer Soderblom L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.31	2	2	0	10:26	—	—	60	68
Andrew Copp C	L3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.24	1	0	0	15:23	—	—	62	90
Alex DeBrincat R	L3	0	0	0	+2	8	1.05	1	0	0	14:21	—	—	61	89
John Leonard L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.61	0	1	0	12:57	—	—	60	88
J.T. Compher L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:26	—	—	52	67
James van Riemsdyk L	L4	1	0	1	+1	6	0.83	0	1	0	12:24	—	—	63	83
Michael Rasmussen C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	12:15	—	—	58	49
Moritz Seider D	D1	1	1	2	+3	3	0.33	1	3	0	23:31	—	—	71	90
Simon Edvinsson D	D1	0	2	2	+3	2	0.03	0	1	0	22:16	—	—	72	84
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	2	0	22:02	—	—	34	35
Axel Sandin-Pellikka D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	1	2	15:04	—	—	54	50
Jacob Bernard-Docker D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	4	0	17:56	—	—	32	49
Albert Johansson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	0	1	0	13:31	—	—	46	60

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	2.69	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.56	6	0	0	22:58	—	—	63	51
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	1	0	1	-2	2	0.15	1	0	2	18:26	—	—	64	40
Justin Sourdif C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	1	0	0	16:44	—	—	75	79
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:00	—	—	20	0
Ivan Miroshnichenko L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	3	0	0	10:50	—	—	46	28
Brandon Duhaime L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	10:18	—	—	18	0
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:07	—	—	50	33
Ethen Frank R	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.24	2	1	0	12:51	—	—	48	54
Sonny Milano L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:21	—	—	29	28
Alex Ovechkin L	L4	0	0	0	-3	2	0.25	3	0	0	18:06	—	—	45	22
Dylan Strome C	L4	0	1	1	-3	2	0.59	0	1	0	17:32	—	—	37	18
Anthony Beauvillier R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.14	0	1	0	13:52	—	—	39	26
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	-3	8	0.26	1	3	0	21:31	—	—	56	32
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	3	3	0	19:37	—	—	47	29
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	1	1	2	21:14	—	—	55	44
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	4	0	19:21	—	—	32	14
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	1	3	0	19:47	—	—	52	62
Declan Chisholm D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:37	—	—	39	27

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	L	40	36	4	.900	4.69	58:48

Goal anatomy

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

John Leonard (DET) 1st 1:05 · assists Simon Edvinsson, Andrew Copp · Rebound · passed in · 35.9 mph shot · 2.8 s from entry to goal.

John Leonard · 1st 1:05 · DET

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.9 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s
Type: rebound

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

James van Riemsdyk · 2nd 1:37 · DET

Play: rebound
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 10.7 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Elmer Soderblom · 2nd 5:55 · DET

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 20.3 mph
Distance: 6 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Moritz Seider · 2nd 10:05 · DET

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 63.2 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Aliaksei Protas · 2nd 10:36 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 68.9 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Martin Fehérváry · 3rd 8:30 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.4 mph
Distance: 27 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Dylan Larkin · 3rd 17:10 · DET EN

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.0 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Type: deflection

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

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.

Detroit Red Wings vs. Washington CapitalsDec 20, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Detroit Red Wings beat Washington Capitals 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Detroit Red Wings

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Detroit Red Wings

Washington Capitals

Goal anatomy

John Leonard · 1st 1:05 · DET

James van Riemsdyk · 2nd 1:37 · DET

Elmer Soderblom · 2nd 5:55 · DET

Moritz Seider · 2nd 10:05 · DET

Aliaksei Protas · 2nd 10:36 · WSH

Martin Fehérváry · 3rd 8:30 · WSH

Dylan Larkin · 3rd 17:10 · DET EN