New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals — December 31, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Washington Capitals defeated the New York Rangers 6-3 on December 31, 2025. Despite the result, the New York Rangers held the edge in expected goals (9.28 to 7.23) at 5-on-5, indicating the Washington Capitals received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The New York Rangers created 13 high-danger scoring chances compared to 11 from the Washington Capitals at 5-on-5. Justin Sourdif scored 2 goals. Tom Wilson scored 2 goals. Alexis Lafrenière was the most dangerous skater with 2.70 individual expected goals on 6 shots at 5-on-5. The Washington Capitals outshot the New York Rangers 27-25 in total shots on goal.

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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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NYR3 - 6WSH

Dec 31, 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	%
WSH	P1	27	12	69.2	11	8	57.9	7	5	58.3	21	10	67.7	6	3	66.7	2.19	1.69	56.5	1	1	50.0
	P2	25	25	50.0	18	16	52.9	11	11	50.0	21	16	56.8	6	4	60.0	5.08	4.37	53.7	2	1	66.7
	P3	17	27	38.6	13	16	44.8	9	9	50.0	11	23	32.4	3	8	27.3	3.00	4.78	38.6	3	1	75.0
	Total	69	64	51.9	42	40	51.2	27	25	51.9	53	49	52.0	15	15	50.0	10.28	10.84	48.7	6	3	66.7
NYR	P1	12	27	30.8	8	11	42.1	5	7	41.7	10	21	32.3	3	6	33.3	1.69	2.19	43.5	1	1	50.0
	P2	25	25	50.0	16	18	47.1	11	11	50.0	16	21	43.2	4	6	40.0	4.37	5.08	46.3	1	2	33.3
	P3	27	17	61.4	16	13	55.2	9	9	50.0	23	11	67.6	8	3	72.7	4.78	3.00	61.4	1	3	25.0
	Total	64	69	48.1	40	42	48.8	25	27	48.1	49	53	48.0	15	15	50.0	10.84	10.28	51.3	3	6	33.3

Win Probability

WSH Favored

NYR Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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NYR

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

NYR Attempts

WSH Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

NYR ShootWSH Shoot

Goal

Attempt Blocked

Shot Blocked

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

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

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

WSH ↓ / NYR →	Zibanejad	Trocheck	Brodzinski	Carrick	Rempe	Laba	Cuylle	Lafrenière	Panarin	Sheary	Raddysh	Perreault	Gavrikov	Schneider	Fox	Borgen	Robertson	Soucy
Strome	42	43	38	60	20	43	58	10	0	43	41	13	45	48	31	50	20	63
Sourdif	76	44	100	75	67	67	79	39	76	50	83	33	79	82	60	77	50	50
Dowd	44	42	40	50	—	100	44	41	39	100	70	46	55	54	35	59	50	45
Lapierre	100	100	60	55	56	—	100	100	100	100	60	—	33	100	50	100	60	67
McMichael	69	22	71	70	83	67	78	30	65	50	64	27	64	88	43	76	32	27
Ovechkin	62	79	29	67	0	43	69	57	33	50	50	60	62	56	45	64	63	78
Protas	38	40	38	67	20	33	33	37	38	43	47	38	47	18	39	38	50	56
Duhaime	67	25	56	45	44	—	67	30	67	100	60	0	31	50	33	80	57	50
Wilson	76	37	100	75	67	75	81	20	71	67	86	20	76	83	53	82	45	64
Beauvillier	40	54	0	—	—	100	55	43	40	100	80	48	44	50	36	58	62	55
Leonard	77	68	50	50	—	100	82	60	60	100	78	60	75	81	80	78	50	70
Frank	63	43	62	53	55	—	75	31	60	100	63	20	50	60	40	70	50	43
Chychrun	67	64	50	71	75	57	71	47	63	57	65	53	76	67	56	65	50	73
Carlson	57	25	100	80	50	50	73	25	48	33	78	25	57	69	41	57	38	35
Fehérváry	50	25	44	46	36	50	50	24	44	67	50	19	30	42	25	62	43	35
Roy	62	47	43	60	75	67	58	52	62	67	60	50	62	61	42	67	57	46
Sandin	56	40	83	83	75	50	71	32	53	60	67	36	60	79	55	62	41	46
McIlrath	50	67	50	58	46	0	33	60	50	75	40	33	20	71	31	100	71	75