Detroit Red Wings at Washington Capitals

Sat, Dec 20, 2025 · Capital One Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Detroit Red Wings

5 – 2

Final

Washington Capitals

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Sat, Dec 20, 2025 at Capital One Arena. Moritz Seider led the way with 2 points. John Gibson made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 41–26.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
DET	1	3	1	5	41
WSH	0	1	1	2	26

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:05	DET	EV	John Leonard (1) · snap	Simon Edvinsson (7), Andrew Copp (14)	1–0
2nd	01:37	DET	EV	James van Riemsdyk (8) · snap	Moritz Seider (21), Andrew Copp (15)	2–0
2nd	05:55	DET	EV	Elmer Soderblom (2) · backhand	Marco Kasper (2), Albert Johansson (4)	3–0
2nd	10:05	DET	EV	Moritz Seider (5) · snap	Unassisted	4–0
2nd	10:36	WSH	EV	Aliaksei Protas (12) · snap	Tom Wilson (17), Rasmus Sandin (8)	4–1
3rd	08:30	WSH	EV	Martin Fehérváry (3) · snap	Declan Chisholm (3), Dylan Strome (18)	4–2
3rd	17:10	DET	SH EN	Dylan Larkin (18) · snap	Simon Edvinsson (8)	5–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:04	DET	Dylan Larkin	holding	2
1st	16:15	WSH	John Carlson	hooking	2
2nd	06:42	DET	Axel Sandin-Pellikka	cross checking	2
2nd	13:08	WSH	Aliaksei Protas	hooking	2
3rd	09:41	WSH	Bench	delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: DET 6.27 · WSH 2.58 · xG% DET 70.8

Detroit Red Wings

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
53	Moritz Seider	D	1	1	2	+3	0	3	1	3		23:31	28
77	Simon Edvinsson	D	0	2	2	+3	0	2	0	1		22:16	25
18	Andrew Copp	C	0	2	2	+2	0	1	1	0	50.0	15:23	23
71	Dylan Larkin	C	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	0	43.8	19:48	21
92	Marco Kasper	C	0	1	1	+1	0	4	1	0	33.3	13:38	18
20	Albert Johansson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1		13:31	17
43	John Leonard	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	1		12:57	19
21	James van Riemsdyk	L	1	0	1	+1	0	6	0	1		12:24	19
85	Elmer Soderblom	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	2		10:26	13
58	Emmitt Finnie	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	100.0	22:33	26
8	Ben Chiarot	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		22:02	26
23	Lucas Raymond	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		22:01	23
25	Jacob Bernard-Docker	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	4		17:56	21
44	Axel Sandin-Pellikka	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	1		15:04	22
93	Alex DeBrincat	R	0	0	0	+2	0	8	1	0		14:21	20
37	J.T. Compher	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	42.9	13:26	21
29	Nate Danielson	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	16.7	12:28	16
27	Michael Rasmussen	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	100.0	12:15	23

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
36	John Gibson	W	26	24	2	.923	60:00

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	1	1	-1	0	4	6	0		22:58	20
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	3		19:47	21
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	4		19:21	21
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	1	0	1	-2	2	2	1	0		18:26	21
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	1	1	-3	0	2	0	1	84.6	17:32	17
47	Declan Chisholm	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		14:37	19
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	0	0	0	-3	0	8	1	3		21:31	20
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	1		21:14	24
3	Matt Roy	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	3		19:37	20
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-3	0	2	3	0		18:06	18
34	Justin Sourdif	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	58.3	16:44	20
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33.3	16:07	20
72	Anthony Beauvillier	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	100.0	13:52	18
53	Ethen Frank	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	1		12:51	18
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	50.0	12:00	16
63	Ivan Miroshnichenko	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		10:50	15
22	Brandon Duhaime	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0		10:18	15
15	Sonny Milano	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9:21	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
48	Logan Thompson	L	40	36	4	.900	58:48