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New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 2025 · Capital One Arena

New York RangersNY RangersRangersAway

7–3

Final

SOG 21–32

Washington CapitalsWashingtonCapitalsHome

SN · MSG 2 · MNMT2

Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 7-3 on Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 32-21.

Taylor Raddysh scored twice and Vincent Trocheck scored twice. John Carlson, Dylan Strome, Will Cuylle, Aliaksei Protas, Alexis Lafrenière and Artemi Panarin also scored.

Igor Shesterkin made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Logan Thompson stopped 14 of 20.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
New York RangersNYR115721
Washington CapitalsWSH030332

Three stars

  1. ★1st starVincent TrocheckNYR · 2G 1A
  2. ★2nd starTaylor RaddyshNYR · 2G 1A
  3. ★3rd starAliaksei ProtasWSH · 1G 1A

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+
1:08

4–3 · 3rd 9:18 · Lafrenière. van Riemsdyk was 1:08 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNYR on iceWSH on ice

1–0 NYR

1st 14:57 · Raddysh

van Riemsdyk 0:49

1–1 WSH

2nd 0:23 · Carlson

Zibanejad 0:23

1–2 WSH

2nd 8:40 · PP · Strome

Trocheck 0:11

2–2 NYR

2nd 11:14 · PP · Cuylle

Carlson 0:20

2–3 WSH

2nd 12:11 · Protas

Gavrikov 0:57

3–3 NYR

3rd 8:10 · Raddysh

Ovechkin 0:56

4–3 NYR

3rd 9:18 · Lafrenière

Long shift: van Riemsdyk 1:08

5–3 NYR

3rd 13:43 · Trocheck

Roy 0:37

6–3 NYR

3rd 17:44 · EN · Panarin

Carlson 2:54

7–3 NYR

3rd 18:09 · Trocheck

van Riemsdyk 0:25

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

NYRWSH
21Shots on goal32
54%Faceoff %46%
1/4Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes8
18Hits13
18Blocked shots17
14Giveaways11
3Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 07:49Ryan Leonard · high sticking double minor4 min
  • 2nd 03:57Matthew Robertson · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 08:29Carson Soucy · holding2 min
  • 2nd 10:54Connor McMichael · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 02:23Alex Ovechkin · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 19:31Noah Laba · tripping2 min

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