Minnesota Wild vs. Washington CapitalsOct 17, 2025

FinalFriday, Oct 17, 2025· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	1	0	1		MIN	3	4	7	14
WSH	1	1	3	5		WSH	13	11	21	45

: MIN 42WSH 76
: MIN 1.73WSH 4.24
PP goals: MIN 0WSH 1
Hits: MIN 18WSH 23
Blocks: MIN 17WSH 14
PIM: MIN 10WSH 4
: MIN 50%WSH 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals rout Minnesota Wild 5–1

Washington Capitals beat Minnesota Wild 5–1 at home. Dylan Strome (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 2A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Milano and Strome) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 4:28 together.

Points
Dylan Strome had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 6 shots in 17:52.Strome
Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:33.Ovechkin
Points
Tom Wilson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:52.Wilson
Points
Martin Fehérváry had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:38.Fehérváry
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Milano and Strome) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 4:28 together.Ovechkin Carlson Wilson Milano Strome
Goalie
Filip Gustavsson (MIN) faced 45 shots and stopped 40 (.889), +17 against a season average of 27.5; the loss.Gustavsson
Usage
Sonny Milano (WSH) played 14:54, +6:13 up on his 8:41 season average over 30 games.Milano
Usage
Connor McMichael (WSH) played 12:32, −4:26 down on his 16:58 season average over 77 games.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

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WSH
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · WSH 76 · MIN 42

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MIN 19% of the game, WSH 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

MIN

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

WSH skaters (rows) against MIN 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	MIN	WSH
	41	72
	1.71	4.03
	1.68	3.74
	5	22
	5	5
	22	18
	−0.029	+0.029
	19%	42%

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.

Minnesota Wild

L1Foligno – Hartman – Trenin
8:0727% CF
L2Hinostroza – Ohgren – Yurov
6:3447% CF
L3Kaprizov – Boldy – Rossi
4:3460% CF
L4Johansson – Tarasenko – Eriksson Ek
2:5414% CF
D1Brodin – Faber
13:1131% CF
D2Spurgeon – Middleton
10:4244% CF
D3Bogosian – Buium
7:4829% CF

PP1Tarasenko – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy – Buium
2:25100% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Johansson – Hinostroza – Hartman – Rossi
1:06100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
2:31
PK2FBoldy – Rossi
2:08
PK1DBrodin – Faber
3:54
PK2DBogosian – Spurgeon
2:15

Current MIN line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Dowd – Duhaime – Sourdif
10:0775% CF
L2Milano – Lapierre – Leonard
8:1552% CF
L3Ovechkin – Strome – Beauvillier
8:0888% CF
L4Wilson – McMichael – Protas
7:2067% CF
D1Chychrun – Chisholm
12:4946% CF
D2Roy – Sandin
11:2545% CF
D3Carlson – Fehérváry
8:2579% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Milano – Strome
4:2891% CF
PP2Chychrun – Sandin – McMichael – Protas – Leonard
3:08100% CF
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
1:49
PK2FWilson – Protas
1:10
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
1:56
PK2DRoy – Sandin
1:56

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.

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	0	1	0	16:46	—	—	14	16
Yakov Trenin C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	7	0	0	15:28	—	—	22	13
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	2	13:08	—	—	23	28
Danila Yurov R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.14	1	0	0	9:51	—	—	42	23
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.21	0	0	0	9:36	—	—	39	36
Liam Ohgren L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	1	0	0	9:06	—	—	42	23
Kirill Kaprizov L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	18:59	—	—	33	21
Matt Boldy L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.22	1	0	2	18:16	—	—	56	44
Marco Rossi C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.40	0	0	0	17:24	—	—	58	46
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	2	4	0	16:51	—	—	32	34
Marcus Johansson L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	16:03	—	—	33	50
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	14:18	—	—	34	36
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	0	2	0	24:12	—	—	32	28
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	3	0	21:47	—	—	36	25
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	2	0	21:00	—	—	41	33
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	1	1	4	16:41	—	—	52	36
Zeev Buium D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	1	2	20:15	—	—	31	33
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	12:08	—	—	30	25

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	L	45	40	5	.889	4.24	59:53

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	0	1	0	16:47	—	—	68	47
Brandon Duhaime L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	1	0	14:02	—	—	75	52
Justin Sourdif C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:58	—	—	72	62
Ryan Leonard R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	4	1	0	16:00	—	—	53	54
Sonny Milano L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.39	1	0	0	14:54	—	—	44	48
Hendrix Lapierre C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	3	1	0	11:07	—	—	48	59
Dylan Strome C	L3	2	2	4	+2	6	0.94	0	0	0	17:52	—	—	72	81
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	1	1	2	+3	3	0.28	1	0	0	16:33	—	—	83	99
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	1	1	+3	2	0.43	1	0	0	14:31	—	—	74	85
Tom Wilson R	L4	1	1	2	0	3	0.27	1	0	0	16:52	—	—	61	79
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.32	0	1	0	16:28	—	—	50	64
Connor McMichael L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	0	1	4	12:32	—	—	67	99
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.37	0	4	0	24:10	—	—	51	48
Declan Chisholm D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:55	—	—	50	38
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	2	1	0	20:57	—	—	61	58
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.02	2	1	0	17:30	—	—	64	78
John Carlson D	D3	0	1	1	0	5	0.38	1	0	0	21:23	—	—	76	83
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	2	2	+2	6	0.33	4	1	0	16:38	—	—	77	93

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	14	13	1	.929	1.73	59:51

Goal anatomy

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

Dylan Strome (WSH) 1st 17:52 · assists Alex Ovechkin, Martin Fehérváry · Deflection · passed in · 20.7 mph shot · 3.1 s from entry to goal.

Dylan Strome · 1st 17:52 · WSH

Play: deflection
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 5
Shot: 20.7 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s
Type: rebound

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Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 1:19 · WSH

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 45.8 mph
Distance: 33 ft

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Marcus Johansson · 2nd 16:47 · MIN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 50.7 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Entry to goal: 4.8 s

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Aliaksei Protas · 2nd 17:18 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 30.9 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 9.6 s

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Dylan Strome · 3rd 11:32 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.8 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s

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Tom Wilson · 3rd 18:03 · WSH PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 5
Shot: 29.1 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Type: deflection

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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.

Minnesota Wild vs. Washington CapitalsOct 17, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals rout Minnesota Wild 5–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Washington Capitals

Goal anatomy

Dylan Strome · 1st 17:52 · WSH

Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 1:19 · WSH

Marcus Johansson · 2nd 16:47 · MIN

Aliaksei Protas · 2nd 17:18 · WSH

Dylan Strome · 3rd 11:32 · WSH

Tom Wilson · 3rd 18:03 · WSH PP