Game

Capitals at Red Wings

Red Wings 3, Capitals 2 in overtime · first star Moritz Seider (1 G, 0 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Washington Capitals 2 at Detroit Red Wings 3

Capitals WSH

2 FINAL/OT 3

Red Wings DET

Sunday, December 21, 2025 · 1:00 PM ET · Little Caesars Arena, Detroit · TV NHLN · TVAS

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Capitals	1	0	1	0	2	33
Red Wings	0	2	0	1	3	27

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Capitals attack left, Red Wings attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: WSH 33, DET 27.

WSH in red DET in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Capitals 33 shots on goal (2 goals, 23 missed, 19 blocked) attacking left; Red Wings 27 shots on goal (3 goals, 14 missed, 14 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	WSH SOG	WSH G	WSH ATT	DET SOG	DET G	DET ATT
1st	14	1	29	5	0	11
2nd	8	0	21	12	2	23
3rd	10	1	23	4	0	13
OT	1	0	2	6	1	8
Total	33	2	75	27	3	55

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	WSH SOG	WSH G	DET SOG	DET G
Even strength	32	2	22	2
Power play	1	0	5	1
Short-handed	0	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Capitals took 57.7% of the shot attempts, and 61.1% of the 113 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Red Wings and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Capitals hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Capitals at Red Wings
Period	DET CF%	DET FF%
1st	27.5	24.1
2nd	52.3	54.3
3rd	36.1	34.6
OT	80.0	85.7
Game	42.3	42.3

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

14:17 Ethen Frank (5) Dylan Strome (19) · backhand 1–0

2nd period

08:37 Lucas Raymond (11) PP Axel Sandin-Pellikka (10), Emmitt Finnie (9) · snap 1–1
13:44 John Leonard (2) Alex DeBrincat (20), Andrew Copp (16) · deflected 1–2

3rd period

10:22 Ethen Frank (6) John Carlson (21), Dylan Strome (20) · wrist 2–2

Overtime

04:36 Moritz Seider (6) Andrew Copp (17), Emmitt Finnie (10) · slap 2–3

Three stars

Moritz Seider DET · D #53 · 1 G, 0 A
Ethen Frank WSH · C #53 · 2 G, 0 A
John Leonard DET · L #43 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	03:23	DET	Elmer Soderblom	tripping	2	Matt Roy
2nd	07:22	WSH	Brandon Duhaime	tripping	2	Alex DeBrincat
Overtime	00:35	WSH	Dylan Strome	hooking	2	Dylan Larkin

Boxscore

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Ethen Frank #53	R	2	0	2	+2	3	0	0	0	0.0	15:44
Dylan Strome #17	C	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	2	58.3	20:36
John Carlson #74	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	0.0	24:40
Hendrix Lapierre #29	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50.0	07:23
Justin Sourdif #34	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	50.0	19:45
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	28.6	16:53
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	0	0	0	-1	5	1	0	0	0.0	17:28
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	0.0	21:14
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	100.0	06:36
Connor McMichael #24	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	17:19
Ivan Miroshnichenko #63	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	08:27
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	0	0	0	+1	5	1	0	0	100.0	15:41
Tom Wilson #43	R	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	21:00
Jakob Chychrun #6	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0.0	24:08
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	0	0	0	+2	1	0	3	0	0.0	19:07
Matt Roy #3	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0.0	21:10
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0.0	18:52
Trevor van Riemsdyk #57	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	16:52

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Charlie Lindgren #79	O	27	24	3	.889	20/22	4/5	64:21

Detroit Red Wings

Red Wings skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Andrew Copp #18	C	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	46.2	15:19
Emmitt Finnie #58	C	0	2	2	+1	1	1	0	0	0.0	19:14
John Leonard #43	L	1	0	1	-1	2	1	1	0	0.0	14:00
Lucas Raymond #23	L	1	0	1	0	5	0	2	0	0.0	21:13
Moritz Seider #53	D	1	0	1	+1	2	0	4	0	0.0	26:44
Alex DeBrincat #93	R	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	0.0	20:39
Axel Sandin-Pellikka #44	D	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0.0	15:50
Dylan Larkin #71	C	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	47.8	22:51
Mason Appleton #22	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	13:08
Michael Rasmussen #27	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0.0	12:23
Nate Danielson #29	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	28.6	13:07
Elmer Soderblom #85	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0.0	08:34
J.T. Compher #37	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	71.4	14:26
James van Riemsdyk #21	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	14:55
Albert Johansson #20	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0.0	16:02
Ben Chiarot #8	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	0.0	23:23
Simon Edvinsson #77	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	25:54
Travis Hamonic #52	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	0.0	16:13

Red Wings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Cam Talbot #39	W	33	31	2	.939	30/32	1/1	64:36

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.