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Toronto Maple Leafs vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Thursday, December 18, 2025 · Capital One Arena

Toronto Maple LeafsTorontoMaple LeafsAway

0–4

Final

SOG 22–29

Washington CapitalsWashingtonCapitalsHome

SNO · MNMT

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-0 on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Maple Leafs 29-22.

Jakob Chychrun scored twice. Aliaksei Protas and John Carlson also scored.

Logan Thompson made 22 saves on 22 shots for the win; Dennis Hildeby stopped 25 of 29.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Toronto Maple LeafsTOR000022
Washington CapitalsWSH202429

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJakob ChychrunWSH · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starJohn CarlsonWSH · 1G 2A
  3. ★3rd starLogan ThompsonWSH · 1.000 SV%

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+
1:12

0–3 · 3rd 4:02 · Chychrun. McMann was 1:12 into his shift when it went in.

GoalTOR on iceWSH on ice

0–1 WSH

1st 13:53 · Protas

Knies 0:31

0–2 WSH

1st 16:16 · Chychrun

Rielly 0:55

0–3 WSH

3rd 4:02 · Chychrun

Long shift: McMann 1:12

0–4 WSH

3rd 8:57 · Carlson

Cowan 0:34

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 (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

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

TORWSH
22Shots on goal29
54%Faceoff %46%
0/5Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes10
27Hits13
13Blocked shots12
16Giveaways18
6Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 00:45Aliaksei Protas · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 04:04Scott Laughton · slashing2 min
  • 1st 06:23Bobby McMann · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 09:22Martin Fehérváry · holding2 min
  • 1st 17:44Rasmus Sandin · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 11:42Dylan Strome · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 16:19Oliver Ekman-Larsson · holding2 min
  • 3rd 04:22Aliaksei Protas · hooking2 min

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