Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils — December 27, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Washington Capitals defeated the New Jersey Devils 4-3 in overtime on December 27, 2025. Expected goals were closely matched at 5-on-5 (NJD 8.48, WSH 8.50), making this a tightly contested game on both sides of the puck. The New Jersey Devils created 12 high-danger scoring chances compared to 6 from the Washington Capitals at 5-on-5. Jesper Bratt scored 2 goals. Dawson Mercer was the most dangerous skater with 2.12 individual expected goals on 4 shots at 5-on-5. The New Jersey Devils outshot the Washington Capitals 38-33 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils progressed on Dec 27, 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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WSH4 - 3NJD (OT)

Dec 27, 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	%
NJD	P1	24	20	54.5	19	14	57.6	15	11	57.7	16	15	51.6	2	4	33.3	3.32	3.30	50.2	0	1	0.0
	P2	31	12	72.1	20	11	64.5	14	7	66.7	21	9	70.0	9	2	81.8	4.66	2.85	62.0	1	1	50.0
	P3	15	22	40.5	9	19	32.1	8	13	38.1	10	13	43.5	2	2	50.0	1.00	4.29	19.0	2	1	66.7
	OT	3	2	60.0	1	2	33.3	1	2	33.3	2	2	50.0	0	1	0.0	0.18	0.98	15.2	0	1	0.0
	Total	73	56	56.6	49	46	51.6	38	33	53.5	49	39	55.7	13	9	59.1	9.16	11.42	44.5	3	4	42.9
WSH	P1	20	24	45.5	14	19	42.4	11	15	42.3	15	16	48.4	4	2	66.7	3.30	3.32	49.8	1	0	100.0
	P2	12	31	27.9	11	20	35.5	7	14	33.3	9	21	30.0	2	9	18.2	2.85	4.66	38.0	1	1	50.0
	P3	22	15	59.5	19	9	67.9	13	8	61.9	13	10	56.5	2	2	50.0	4.29	1.00	81.0	1	2	33.3
	OT	2	3	40.0	2	1	66.7	2	1	66.7	2	2	50.0	1	0	100.0	0.98	0.18	84.8	1	0	100.0
	Total	56	73	43.4	46	49	48.4	33	38	46.5	39	49	44.3	9	13	40.9	11.42	9.16	55.5	4	3	57.1

Win Probability

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Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Shot Density Heatmap

WSH Attempts

NJD Attempts

Individual Event Map

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Player Matchup Grid

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

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

NJD ↓ / WSH →	Strome	Dowd	Sourdif	Lapierre	Protas	McMichael	Ovechkin	Duhaime	Beauvillier	Wilson	Leonard	Frank	Chychrun	Roy	Fehérváry	Carlson	Sandin	van Riemsdyk
Hischier	47	78	59	33	30	63	33	60	64	46	93	71	68	68	67	60	47	43
Mercer	38	82	56	0	27	54	15	60	75	33	91	71	72	76	67	38	20	18
Hughes	38	85	50	67	58	36	25	73	50	60	46	71	33	67	65	67	50	40
Glass	57	57	67	100	54	67	60	67	69	50	64	—	33	53	83	100	73	80
Glendening	0	100	40	100	33	25	20	100	—	0	60	71	0	50	100	80	40	40
Bratt	67	81	50	67	56	43	100	67	67	83	100	67	38	40	78	87	73	86
Cotter	0	83	25	100	0	20	17	100	100	0	100	100	0	0	100	100	25	22
Palat	25	100	100	63	40	100	—	63	20	100	38	70	100	67	56	56	50	50
Meier	50	71	64	20	33	64	18	67	64	33	93	85	64	68	69	50	47	36
Brown	38	54	70	100	38	73	55	67	53	46	39	0	41	47	40	54	73	80
Gritsyuk	56	56	78	100	40	73	78	67	73	45	75	—	47	41	67	100	85	100
Noesen	25	100	25	100	20	33	20	100	—	40	100	100	—	—	100	100	40	33
Hamilton	44	65	62	64	45	52	38	73	64	38	100	73	50	57	82	64	56	60
Hughes	25	83	50	80	21	40	0	88	50	33	65	90	57	65	63	68	40	30
Pesce	13	71	38	0	13	25	0	67	39	11	59	79	36	47	61	55	22	13
Siegenthaler	40	75	60	33	53	50	38	40	78	38	100	50	50	59	89	50	54	54
Dillon	62	75	56	60	44	75	36	60	88	55	63	25	63	71	60	70	63	58
White	75	75	63	67	50	86	50	67	89	70	83	33	86	75	60	78	65	62