Washington Capitals vs Detroit Red Wings — December 21, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Washington Capitals 3-2 in overtime on December 21, 2025. Despite the result, the Washington Capitals held the edge in expected goals (13.17 to 5.10) at 5-on-5, indicating the Detroit Red Wings received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Washington Capitals created 21 high-danger scoring chances compared to 5 from the Detroit Red Wings at 5-on-5. Ethen Frank scored 2 goals. Nic Dowd was the most dangerous skater with 1.95 individual expected goals on 1 shots at 5-on-5. The Washington Capitals outshot the Detroit Red Wings 33-27 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Washington Capitals vs Detroit Red Wings progressed on Dec 21, 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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WSH2 - 3DET (OT)

Dec 21, 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	%
DET	P1	11	29	27.5	7	22	24.1	5	14	26.3	7	21	25.0	1	10	9.1	1.00	6.34	13.6	0	1	0.0
	P2	23	21	52.3	19	16	54.3	12	8	60.0	16	13	55.2	2	7	22.2	2.73	3.98	40.7	2	0	100.0
	P3	13	23	36.1	9	17	34.6	4	10	28.6	9	17	34.6	2	6	25.0	1.59	4.46	26.2	0	1	0.0
	OT	8	2	80.0	6	1	85.7	6	1	85.7	8	2	80.0	2	1	66.7	1.12	0.25	81.5	1	0	100.0
	Total	55	75	42.3	41	56	42.3	27	33	45.0	40	53	43.0	7	24	22.6	6.44	15.03	30.0	3	2	60.0
WSH	P1	29	11	72.5	22	7	75.9	14	5	73.7	21	7	75.0	10	1	90.9	6.34	1.00	86.4	1	0	100.0
	P2	21	23	47.7	16	19	45.7	8	12	40.0	13	16	44.8	7	2	77.8	3.98	2.73	59.3	0	2	0.0
	P3	23	13	63.9	17	9	65.4	10	4	71.4	17	9	65.4	6	2	75.0	4.46	1.59	73.8	1	0	100.0
	OT	2	8	20.0	1	6	14.3	1	6	14.3	2	8	20.0	1	2	33.3	0.25	1.12	18.5	0	1	0.0
	Total	75	55	57.7	56	41	57.7	33	27	55.0	53	40	57.0	24	7	77.4	15.03	6.44	70.0	2	3	40.0

Win Probability

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Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Shot Density Heatmap

WSH Attempts

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Individual Event Map

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Player Matchup Grid

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

Rows = DET players, Columns = WSH players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the DET 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:

DET ↓ / WSH →	Strome	Sourdif	Dowd	Lapierre	Protas	McMichael	Ovechkin	Miroshnichenko	Duhaime	Wilson	Beauvillier	Frank	Chychrun	Carlson	Roy	Fehérváry	Sandin	van Riemsdyk
Larkin	28	58	78	40	41	42	42	50	50	39	0	60	43	57	55	86	33	57
Finnie	25	62	50	67	33	55	54	75	100	20	25	25	50	25	56	67	38	25
Copp	67	43	50	0	57	71	60	0	0	62	43	43	80	33	83	40	70	80
Appleton	0	50	33	22	20	50	44	30	22	0	29	29	24	38	31	80	17	20
Rasmussen	43	44	13	25	80	36	42	20	25	60	13	7	71	20	100	12	40	13
Danielson	0	67	33	29	33	63	63	38	29	0	33	33	31	43	40	80	33	25
Raymond	29	80	67	67	37	60	67	75	100	39	0	50	50	57	57	70	44	57
Leonard	67	44	40	0	60	55	38	0	0	62	50	56	88	35	86	36	50	57
Compher	50	40	16	25	75	33	38	20	25	100	18	13	80	18	83	17	31	16
van Riemsdyk	75	29	22	25	86	29	38	20	25	100	13	18	83	36	86	21	40	13
Soderblom	0	60	20	25	50	40	40	38	29	0	20	20	17	43	25	75	33	—
DeBrincat	64	36	60	0	56	50	33	0	0	77	43	50	50	48	64	56	45	67
Seider	35	56	58	60	41	50	55	50	75	38	17	50	52	47	59	50	38	33
Edvinsson	32	50	20	60	38	45	45	50	75	29	20	50	50	27	54	25	25	22
Chiarot	64	42	32	50	70	33	28	60	50	50	30	30	50	36	64	45	31	25
Johansson	80	58	22	0	33	55	40	17	0	75	33	14	17	33	29	25	47	38
Hamonic	60	57	25	0	100	53	50	14	0	60	25	14	38	27	50	40	44	50
Sandin-Pellikka	57	44	35	29	63	56	56	25	29	50	28	32	67	35	69	33	20	9