Washington Capitals vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Tuesday, December 16, 2025 · Grand Casino Arena
FDSNNO · MNMT · FDSNWI
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Washington Capitals 5-0 on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at Grand Casino Arena. The Wild outshot the Capitals 32-25.
Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice. Kirill Kaprizov, Danila Yurov and Matt Boldy also scored.
Filip Gustavsson made 25 saves on 25 shots for the win; Charlie Lindgren stopped 27 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Vladimir Tarasenko (4)Danila Yurov (6), Brock Faber (12)0–102:09 MIN
2nd period
Kirill Kaprizov (21)Joel Eriksson Ek (17), Quinn Hughes (22)Carlson 1:37 into shift0–212:51 MIN · PPG
3rd period
- Vladimir Tarasenko (5)Danila Yurov (7)0–304:23 MIN
Danila Yurov (4)Vladimir Tarasenko (11)0–408:53 MIN
Matt Boldy (19)Matt Kiersted (1)Ovechkin 1:38 into shift0–514:12 MIN · SHG
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
0–5 · 3rd 14:12 · Boldy. Ovechkin was 1:38 into his shift when it went in.
0–1 MIN
1st 2:09 · Tarasenko
Ovechkin 0:32
0–2 MIN
2nd 12:51 · PP · Kaprizov
Stuck out there: Carlson 1:37
0–3 MIN
3rd 4:23 · Tarasenko
Carlson 0:02
0–4 MIN
3rd 8:53 · Yurov
McMichael 0:29
0–5 MIN
3rd 14:12 · SH · Boldy
Stuck out there: Ovechkin 1:38
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 1st 11:39
Danila Yurov · hooking2 min - 1st 17:55
Rasmus Sandin · holding2 min - 2nd 11:53Martin Fehérváry · hooking2 min
- 2nd 17:23Jakob Chychrun · hooking2 min
- 3rd 12:44David Jiricek · hooking2 min
- 3rd 15:22Aliaksei Protas · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:12 |
| 15Sonny MilanoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:56 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:17 |
| 21Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:22 |
| 22Brandon DuhaimeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:31 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:40 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:10 |
| 29Hendrix LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:33 |
| 34Justin SourdifR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:17 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:25 |
| 53Ethen FrankC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:14 |
| 72Anthony BeauvillierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 12:35 |
| 3Matt RoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:07 |
| 6Jakob ChychrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:18 |
| 38Rasmus SandinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 17:57 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:49 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 22:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48Logan ThompsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | L | 32 | 27 | 5 | .844 | 60:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 22Danila YurovR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 15:02 |
| 91Vladimir TarasenkoR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 16:01 |
| 12Matt BoldyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:49 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 97Kirill KaprizovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:15 |
| 7Brock FaberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 28:10 |
| 26Matt KierstedD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:16 |
| 43Quinn HughesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 29:33 |
| 13Yakov TreninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 14:15 |
| 16Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:17 |
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:18 |
| 19Tyler PitlickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:36 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:37 |
| 39Ben JonesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:18 |
| 78Nico SturmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:47 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 23:22 |
| 48Daemon HuntD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:44 |
| 55David JiricekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jesper WallstedtG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 32Filip GustavssonG | W | 25 | 25 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 |