Detroit Red Wings 5 — 2 Washington Capitals
2025-12-20 · Capital One Arena
Shots on goal by period
| Period | DET | WSH |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | 6 |
| 2 | 14 | 9 |
| 3 | 10 | 11 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Thompson start | WSH | L | 36 | 40 | 4 | 27/31 | 9/9 | 0/0 | 58:48 |
| John Gibson start | DET | W | 24 | 26 | 2 | 21/23 | 3/3 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
DET skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moritz Seider | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 23:31 |
| Simon Edvinsson | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22:16 |
| Andrew Copp | C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:23 |
| James van Riemsdyk | L | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:24 |
| Marco Kasper | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:38 |
| Dylan Larkin | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:48 |
| Albert Johansson | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:31 |
| Elmer Soderblom | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10:26 |
| John Leonard | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:57 |
| Alex DeBrincat | R | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:21 |
| Nate Danielson | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:28 |
| Axel Sandin-Pellikka | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:04 |
| Emmitt Finnie | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22:33 |
| Lucas Raymond | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:01 |
| Michael Rasmussen | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:15 |
| Jacob Bernard-Docker | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17:56 |
| J.T. Compher | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:26 |
| Ben Chiarot | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22:02 |
WSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Wilson | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 22:58 |
| Dylan Strome | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:32 |
| Aliaksei Protas | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:26 |
| Martin Fehérváry | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19:47 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19:21 |
| Declan Chisholm | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14:37 |
| Jakob Chychrun | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21:31 |
| Ethen Frank | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12:51 |
| Ivan Miroshnichenko | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:50 |
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:06 |
| John Carlson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21:14 |
| Matt Roy | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19:37 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:52 |
| Brandon Duhaime | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10:18 |
| Nic Dowd | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:00 |
| Justin Sourdif | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:44 |
| Sonny Milano | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:21 |
| Connor McMichael | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:07 |
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 |