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Detroit Red Wings vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Saturday, December 20, 2025 · Capital One Arena

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5–2

Final

SOG 41–26

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Game summary

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Saturday, December 20, 2025 at Capital One Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Capitals 41-26.

Goals came from John Leonard, James van Riemsdyk, Elmer Soderblom, Moritz Seider, Aliaksei Protas, Martin Fehérváry and Dylan Larkin.

John Gibson made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Logan Thompson stopped 36 of 40.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Detroit Red WingsDET131541
Washington CapitalsWSH011226

Three stars

  1. ★1st starMoritz SeiderDET · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starJohn GibsonDET · .923 SV%
  3. ★3rd starAliaksei ProtasWSH · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd 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+
1:27

3–0 · 2nd 5:55 · Soderblom. Protas was 1:27 into his shift when it went in.

GoalDET on iceWSH on ice

1–0 DET

1st 1:05 · Leonard

Strome 0:21

2–0 DET

2nd 1:37 · van Riemsdyk

Roy 0:51

3–0 DET

2nd 5:55 · Soderblom

Long shift: Protas 1:27

4–0 DET

2nd 10:05 · Seider

Dowd 0:54

4–1 WSH

2nd 10:36 · Protas

Chiarot 0:31

4–2 WSH

3rd 8:30 · Fehérváry

Seider 0:29

5–2 DET

3rd 17:10 · EN · Larkin

Strome 1:47

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

DETWSH
41Shots on goal26
43%Faceoff %57%
0/3Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes6
10Hits32
19Blocked shots18
18Giveaways18
6Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 03:04Dylan Larkin · holding2 min
  • 1st 16:15John Carlson · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 06:42Axel Sandin-Pellikka · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 13:08Aliaksei Protas · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 09:41Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min

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