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Washington Capitals vs Detroit Red Wings

Regular season · Sunday, December 29, 2024 · Little Caesars Arena

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2–4

Final

SOG 27–27

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Game summary

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Washington Capitals 4-2 on Sunday, December 29, 2024 at Little Caesars Arena.

Alex DeBrincat scored twice. Patrick Kane, Alex Ovechkin, Lucas Raymond and Nic Dowd also scored.

Alex Lyon made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Charlie Lindgren stopped 23 of 27.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Washington CapitalsWSH101227
Detroit Red WingsDET400427

Three stars

  1. ★1st starPatrick KaneDET · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starAlex DeBrincatDET · 2G 0A
  3. ★3rd starLucas RaymondDET · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:06

2–4 · 3rd 10:27 · Dowd. Gustafsson was 1:06 into his shift when it went in.

GoalWSH on iceDET on ice

0–1 DET

1st 3:19 · DeBrincat

Duhaime 0:40

0–2 DET

1st 6:44 · PP · Kane

Wilson 0:44

1–2 WSH

1st 12:04 · Ovechkin

Edvinsson 0:39

1–3 DET

1st 12:35 · DeBrincat

Eller 0:31

1–4 DET

1st 14:18 · Raymond

Protas 0:59

2–4 WSH

3rd 10:27 · Dowd

Long shift: Gustafsson 1:06

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

WSHDET
27Shots on goal27
47%Faceoff %53%
0/3Power play1/4
10Penalty minutes8
24Hits12
9Blocked shots18
11Giveaways12
0Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 05:33Lars Eller · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 09:28Aliaksei Protas · holding2 min
  • 1st 15:13Dylan Strome · roughing2 min
  • 1st 15:13Lucas Raymond · roughing2 min
  • 1st 20:00Brandon Duhaime · roughing removing opponents helmet2 min
  • 2nd 03:13Simon Edvinsson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 2nd 08:35Justin Holl · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 10:17Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 3rd 18:32Simon Edvinsson · cross checking2 min

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