Washington Capitals vs Minnesota Wild — December 16, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Minnesota Wild shut out the Washington Capitals 5-0 on December 16, 2025. Despite the result, the Washington Capitals held the edge in expected goals (7.63 to 5.98) at 5-on-5, indicating the Minnesota Wild received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Washington Capitals created 13 high-danger scoring chances compared to 6 from the Minnesota Wild at 5-on-5. Vladimir Tarasenko scored 2 goals. Alex Ovechkin was the most dangerous skater with 1.72 individual expected goals on 0 shots at 5-on-5. The Minnesota Wild outshot the Washington Capitals 32-25 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Washington Capitals vs Minnesota Wild progressed on Dec 16, 2025
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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WSH0 - 5MIN

Dec 16, 2025 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
MIN	P1	15	23	39.5	12	15	44.4	9	11	45.0	9	13	40.9	0	7	0.0	1.67	2.59	39.1	1	0	100.0
	P2	28	25	52.8	21	18	53.8	15	9	62.5	22	17	56.4	7	5	58.3	4.38	3.59	55.0	1	0	100.0
	P3	15	18	45.5	14	10	58.3	8	5	61.5	7	12	36.8	2	4	33.3	2.38	2.18	52.2	3	0	100.0
	Total	58	66	46.8	47	43	52.2	32	25	56.1	38	42	47.5	9	16	36.0	8.43	8.36	50.2	5	0	100.0
WSH	P1	23	15	60.5	15	12	55.6	11	9	55.0	13	9	59.1	7	0	100.0	2.59	1.67	60.9	0	1	0.0
	P2	25	28	47.2	18	21	46.2	9	15	37.5	17	22	43.6	5	7	41.7	3.59	4.38	45.0	0	1	0.0
	P3	18	15	54.5	10	14	41.7	5	8	38.5	12	7	63.2	4	2	66.7	2.18	2.38	47.8	0	3	0.0
	Total	66	58	53.2	43	47	47.8	25	32	43.9	42	38	52.5	16	9	64.0	8.36	8.43	49.8	0	5	0.0

Win Probability

MIN Favored

WSH Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

MIN

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Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

WSH Attempts

MIN Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

WSH ShootMIN Shoot

Missed Shot

Hit

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (MIN) performed against every skater on the away team (WSH) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = MIN players, Columns = WSH players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the MIN player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

MIN ↓ / WSH →	Strome	Sourdif	Dowd	Lapierre	Protas	Ovechkin	McMichael	Duhaime	Milano	Wilson	Beauvillier	Frank	Carlson	Roy	Chychrun	Sandin	Fehérváry	van Riemsdyk
Eriksson Ek	40	86	75	50	63	56	60	40	50	50	67	38	87	63	27	50	90	70
Sturm	11	13	50	29	13	18	33	50	43	20	27	20	25	27	23	0	20	14
Trenin	38	67	100	33	57	40	63	100	27	75	44	40	25	33	40	67	30	100
Jones	11	0	38	33	0	11	20	38	33	0	23	25	0	23	27	13	20	14
Pitlick	0	0	50	33	0	0	0	50	33	0	23	25	0	25	23	0	25	17
Boldy	40	89	75	67	62	60	61	50	67	48	75	38	88	61	25	50	91	73
Kaprizov	67	63	75	50	52	100	56	29	50	56	67	75	87	59	38	43	73	67
Foligno	67	73	83	67	64	71	50	75	75	64	69	50	57	75	69	64	50	80
Tarasenko	33	57	100	40	73	33	89	57	25	88	44	40	62	64	25	45	47	100
Hartman	64	71	63	50	60	67	33	60	50	60	67	100	43	73	69	60	40	80
Yurov	38	57	100	40	33	38	67	71	25	60	43	40	38	38	43	62	20	100
Aube-Kubel	67	73	40	33	60	69	33	50	33	56	67	50	38	71	67	57	33	70
Faber	42	56	53	40	37	45	45	47	33	35	45	38	42	31	30	67	36	92
Hughes	63	73	56	50	55	65	50	44	33	63	57	75	62	55	44	56	55	83
Spurgeon	42	57	83	50	43	48	40	86	67	36	69	40	47	62	50	52	43	58
Kiersted	20	75	100	38	75	19	33	67	40	78	26	38	10	48	47	43	13	60
Jiricek	43	40	100	25	14	50	43	60	27	20	50	30	11	38	50	27	40	40
Hunt	100	0	—	—	0	100	—	—	—	0	100	—	—	0	0	25	—	25