Washington Capitals 3 — 1 Detroit Red Wings
2021-12-31 · Little Caesars Arena
Shots on goal by period
| Period | WSH | DET |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 9 | 4 |
| 3 | 13 | 5 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Greiss start | DET | L | 24 | 26 | 2 | 18/19 | 5/6 | 1/1 | 58:19 |
| Ilya Samsonov start | WSH | W | 19 | 20 | 1 | 14/15 | 3/3 | 2/2 | 60:00 |
WSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:54 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20:09 |
| John Carlson | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26:03 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:29 |
| Garnet Hathaway | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13:12 |
| Lucas Johansen | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:18 |
| Matt Irwin | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:33 |
| T.J. Oshie | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:08 |
| Carl Hagelin | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:48 |
| Tom Wilson | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:34 |
| Conor Sheary | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:01 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21:10 |
| Michal Kempny | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19:52 |
| Aliaksei Protas | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:56 |
| Brett Leason | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:22 |
| Connor McMichael | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10:09 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22:04 |
| Nic Dowd | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14:12 |
DET skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Gagner | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:03 |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:01 |
| Pius Suter | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:40 |
| Moritz Seider | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 22:39 |
| Dylan Larkin | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:39 |
| Filip Hronek | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:31 |
| Danny DeKeyser | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18:14 |
| Michael Rasmussen | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:10 |
| Robby Fabbri | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:56 |
| Adam Erne | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:36 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:38 |
| Marc Staal | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 19:47 |
| Carter Rowney | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:25 |
| Jordan Oesterle | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:03 |
| Gustav Lindstrom | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17:09 |
| Joe Veleno | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:31 |
| Filip Zadina | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:23 |
| Lucas Raymond | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:17 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | 2025-26 | WSH | 4 | DET | 3 | SO |
| 2025-12-21 | 2025-26 | WSH | 2 | DET | 3 | OT |
| 2025-12-20 | 2025-26 | DET | 5 | WSH | 2 | |
| 2025-03-18 | 2024-25 | DET | 1 | WSH | 4 | |
| 2025-03-07 | 2024-25 | DET | 2 | WSH | 5 | |
| 2024-12-29 | 2024-25 | WSH | 2 | DET | 4 | |
| 2024-04-09 | 2023-24 | WSH | 2 | DET | 1 | |
| 2024-03-26 | 2023-24 | DET | 3 | WSH | 4 | OT |
| 2024-02-27 | 2023-24 | WSH | 3 | DET | 8 | |
| 2023-02-21 | 2022-23 | DET | 3 | WSH | 1 |