New York Rangers at Washington Capitals

Wed, Dec 31, 2025 · Capital One Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

New York Rangers

3 – 6

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 6–3 on Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at Capital One Arena. Tom Wilson scored twice; Justin Sourdif scored twice. Charlie Lindgren made 22 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 25–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	1	1	1	3	25
WSH	1	2	3	6	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	12:27	WSH	EV	Anthony Beauvillier (8) · snap	Ryan Leonard (14), Matt Roy (10)	0–1
1st	19:20	NYR	EV	Vincent Trocheck (9) · snap	Artemi Panarin (26), Adam Fox (24)	1–1
2nd	07:33	WSH	EV	Tom Wilson (20) · snap	Connor McMichael (15), Rasmus Sandin (10)	1–2
2nd	11:12	WSH	PP	Justin Sourdif (4) · backhand	Alex Ovechkin (19)	1–3
2nd	15:17	NYR	PP	Adam Fox (4) · slap	Mika Zibanejad (18), Artemi Panarin (27)	2–3
3rd	13:34	WSH	EV	Aliaksei Protas (15) · tip-in	Rasmus Sandin (11), Nic Dowd (7)	2–4
3rd	16:37	WSH	EV	Tom Wilson (21) · snap	Connor McMichael (16)	2–5
3rd	18:16	NYR	EV	Braden Schneider (2) · snap	Gabe Perreault (4)	3–5
3rd	19:11	WSH	SH EN	Justin Sourdif (5) · snap	Tom Wilson (19), Aliaksei Protas (15)	3–6

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	16:27	NYR	Vincent Trocheck	holding	2
2nd	09:13	NYR	Sam Carrick	roughing	2
2nd	09:13	NYR	Sam Carrick	fighting	5
2nd	09:13	WSH	Tom Wilson	fighting	5
2nd	14:00	WSH	Brandon Duhaime	hooking	2
2nd	18:33	NYR	Adam Fox	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NYR 3.55 · WSH 4.34 · xG% NYR 45.0

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
23	Adam Fox	D	1	1	2	-1	2	1	0	1		21:13	27
10	Artemi Panarin	L	0	2	2	-1	0	3	0	0		19:41	22
16	Vincent Trocheck	C	1	0	1	-1	2	1	2	0	47.1	21:51	24
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	3	56.5	21:01	25
4	Braden Schneider	D	1	0	1	-1	0	1	2	3		20:57	25
94	Gabe Perreault	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	100.0	15:16	18
44	Vladislav Gavrikov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	3		24:07	26
17	Will Borgen	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	4		20:33	25
13	Alexis Lafrenière	L	0	0	0	-1	0	6	2	1		20:14	21
50	Will Cuylle	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	6		18:08	25
29	Matthew Robertson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		16:29	21
14	Taylor Raddysh	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1		16:07	21
24	Carson Soucy	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		14:29	20
22	Jonny Brodzinski	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	33.3	11:47	14
39	Sam Carrick	C	0	0	0	0	7	2	1	1	66.7	11:18	16
73	Matt Rempe	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0		9:16	10
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		6:39	11
42	Noah Laba	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	33.3	5:45	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Jonathan Quick	L	26	21	5	.808	59:10

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
43	Tom Wilson	R	2	1	3	+3	5	4	4	0		19:26	24
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	2	2	+1	0	3	1	0	33.3	20:06	21
34	Justin Sourdif	R	2	0	2	+3	0	2	3	1	46.2	18:46	22
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	2	2	+2	0	2	0	1		18:32	20
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	1	1	2	+1	0	1	1	0		15:07	19
3	Matt Roy	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	2		19:38	22
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	0	0	4	2	1		18:10	19
72	Anthony Beauvillier	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0		15:10	20
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1	53.3	15:05	20
9	Ryan Leonard	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1		14:06	15
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	3		22:55	26
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	0	0	0	+2	0	3	0	2		21:49	22
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	4		19:53	21
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	52.2	17:54	19
53	Ethen Frank	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2		13:36	16
52	Dylan McIlrath	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2		11:18	14
22	Brandon Duhaime	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0		9:55	14
29	Hendrix Lapierre	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60.0	7:42	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
79	Charlie Lindgren	W	25	22	3	.880	59:35