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New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 2025 · Capital One Arena

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3–6

Final

SOG 25–27

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 6-3 on Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 27-25.

Tom Wilson scored twice and Justin Sourdif scored twice. Anthony Beauvillier, Vincent Trocheck, Adam Fox, Aliaksei Protas and Braden Schneider also scored.

Charlie Lindgren made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Jonathan Quick stopped 21 of 26.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
New York RangersNYR111325
Washington CapitalsWSH123627

Three stars

  1. ★1st starTom WilsonWSH · 2G 1A
  2. ★2nd starCharlie LindgrenWSH · .880 SV%
  3. ★3rd starAdam FoxNYR · 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+
1:31

1–1 · 1st 19:20 · Trocheck. McMichael was 1:31 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNYR on iceWSH on ice

0–1 WSH

1st 12:27 · Beauvillier

Lafrenière 0:51

1–1 NYR

1st 19:20 · Trocheck

Stuck out there: McMichael 1:31

1–2 WSH

2nd 7:33 · Wilson

Long shift: Schneider 1:06

1–3 WSH

2nd 11:12 · PP · Sourdif

Stuck out there: Robertson 1:31

2–3 NYR

2nd 15:17 · PP · Fox

Dowd 0:21

2–4 WSH

3rd 13:34 · Protas

Long shift: Robertson 1:08

2–5 WSH

3rd 16:37 · Wilson

Panarin 0:45

3–5 NYR

3rd 18:16 · Schneider

Carlson 0:55

3–6 WSH

3rd 19:11 · EN · Sourdif

Trocheck 0:55

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
25Shots on goal27
50%Faceoff %50%
1/1Power play1/3
11Penalty minutes7
21Hits21
27Blocked shots21
17Giveaways18
5Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 16:27Vincent Trocheck · holding2 min
  • 2nd 09:13Sam Carrick · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 09:13Sam Carrick · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 09:13Tom Wilson · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 14:00Brandon Duhaime · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 18:33Adam Fox · hooking2 min

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