Washington Capitals at Detroit Red Wings

Sun, Dec 21, 2025 · Little Caesars Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

2 – 3

Final/OT

Detroit Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in overtime on Sun, Dec 21, 2025 at Little Caesars Arena. Ethen Frank scored twice. Cam Talbot made 31 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
WSH	1	0	1	0	2	33
DET	0	2	0	1	3	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	14:17	WSH	EV	Ethen Frank (5) · backhand	Dylan Strome (19)	1–0
2nd	08:37	DET	PP	Lucas Raymond (11) · snap	Axel Sandin-Pellikka (10), Emmitt Finnie (9)	1–1
2nd	13:44	DET	EV	John Leonard (2) · deflected	Alex DeBrincat (20), Andrew Copp (16)	1–2
3rd	10:22	WSH	EV	Ethen Frank (6) · wrist	John Carlson (21), Dylan Strome (20)	2–2
OT	04:36	DET	EV	Moritz Seider (6) · slap	Andrew Copp (17), Emmitt Finnie (10)	2–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:23	DET	Elmer Soderblom	tripping	2
2nd	07:22	WSH	Brandon Duhaime	tripping	2
OT	00:35	WSH	Dylan Strome	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 4.44 · DET 2.15 · xG% WSH 67.4

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	2	2	+1	2	2	0	0	58.3	20:36	23
53	Ethen Frank	C	2	0	2	+2	0	3	0	0		15:44	19
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	1		24:40	24
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1		24:08	22
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1		21:14	24
3	Matt Roy	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3		21:10	22
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		21:00	24
34	Justin Sourdif	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	50.0	19:45	22
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	3		19:07	20
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1		18:52	21
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	0		17:28	21
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		17:19	22
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	28.6	16:53	22
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		16:52	18
72	Anthony Beauvillier	L	0	0	0	+1	0	5	1	0	100.0	15:41	20
63	Ivan Miroshnichenko	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		8:27	11
29	Hendrix Lapierre	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50.0	7:23	8
22	Brandon Duhaime	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	100.0	6:36	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
79	Charlie Lindgren	OTL	27	24	3	.889	64:21

Detroit Red Wings

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
58	Emmitt Finnie	C	0	2	2	+1	0	1	1	0		19:14	27
18	Andrew Copp	C	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	46.2	15:19	25
53	Moritz Seider	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	4		26:44	32
23	Lucas Raymond	L	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	2		21:13	26
93	Alex DeBrincat	R	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0		20:39	25
44	Axel Sandin-Pellikka	D	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	1		15:50	20
43	John Leonard	L	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	1		14:00	21
77	Simon Edvinsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		25:54	30
8	Ben Chiarot	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1		23:23	29
71	Dylan Larkin	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	47.8	22:51	27
52	Travis Hamonic	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		16:13	23
20	Albert Johansson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		16:02	23
21	James van Riemsdyk	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		14:55	20
37	J.T. Compher	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	71.4	14:26	20
22	Mason Appleton	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		13:08	18
29	Nate Danielson	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	28.6	13:07	18
27	Michael Rasmussen	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2		12:23	18
85	Elmer Soderblom	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		8:34	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39	Cam Talbot	W	33	31	2	.939	64:36