Game

Rangers at Capitals

Capitals 6, Rangers 3 · first star Tom Wilson (2 G, 1 A).

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

New York Rangers 3 at Washington Capitals 6

Rangers NYR

3 FINAL 6

Capitals WSH

Wednesday, December 31, 2025 · 12:30 PM ET · Capital One Arena, Washington · TV SN · TVAS

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Rangers	1	1	1	3	25
Capitals	1	2	3	6	27

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Rangers attack left, Capitals attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so a mark in a team's own end would be an attempt logged from there (none in this game); 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: NYR 25, WSH 27.

NYR in red WSH in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Rangers 25 shots on goal (3 goals, 15 missed, 24 blocked) attacking left; Capitals 27 shots on goal (6 goals, 15 missed, 27 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	NYR SOG	NYR G	NYR ATT	WSH SOG	WSH G	WSH ATT
1st	5	1	12	7	1	27
2nd	11	1	25	11	2	25
3rd	9	1	27	9	3	17
Total	25	3	64	27	6	69

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	NYR SOG	NYR G	WSH SOG	WSH G
Even strength	22	2	21	5
Power play	2	1	6	1
Short-handed	1	0	0	0
Into an empty net	0	0	1	1

Attempt share by period

Capitals took 51.9% of the shot attempts, and 48.6% of the 111 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 Capitals and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Rangers hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Rangers at Capitals
Period	WSH CF%	WSH FF%
1st	69.2	57.9
2nd	50.0	52.9
3rd	38.6	44.8
Game	51.9	51.2

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

Scoring summary

1st period

12:27 Anthony Beauvillier (8) Ryan Leonard (14), Matt Roy (10) · snap 0–1
19:20 Vincent Trocheck (9) Artemi Panarin (26), Adam Fox (24) · snap 1–1

2nd period

07:33 Tom Wilson (20) Connor McMichael (15), Rasmus Sandin (10) · snap 1–2
11:12 Justin Sourdif (4) PP Alex Ovechkin (19) · backhand 1–3
15:17 Adam Fox (4) PP Mika Zibanejad (18), Artemi Panarin (27) · slap 2–3

3rd period

13:34 Aliaksei Protas (15) Rasmus Sandin (11), Nic Dowd (7) · tip-in 2–4
16:37 Tom Wilson (21) Connor McMichael (16) · snap 2–5
18:16 Braden Schneider (2) Gabe Perreault (4) · snap 3–5
19:11 Justin Sourdif (5) EN Tom Wilson (19), Aliaksei Protas (15) · snap 3–6

Three stars

Tom Wilson WSH · R #43 · 2 G, 1 A
Charlie Lindgren WSH · G #79 · 0 GA, .880 SV%
Adam Fox NYR · D #23 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	16:27	NYR	Vincent Trocheck	holding	2	Ryan Leonard
2nd	09:13	NYR	Sam Carrick	roughing	2	Tom Wilson
2nd	09:13	NYR	Sam Carrick	fighting (major)	5	Tom Wilson
2nd	09:13	WSH	Tom Wilson	fighting (major)	5	Sam Carrick
2nd	14:00	WSH	Brandon Duhaime	hooking	2	Conor Sheary
2nd	18:33	NYR	Adam Fox	hooking	2	John Carlson

Boxscore

New York Rangers

Rangers skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Adam Fox #23	D	1	1	2	-1	1	0	1	2	0.0	21:13
Artemi Panarin #10	L	0	2	2	-1	3	0	0	0	0.0	19:41
Vincent Trocheck #16	C	1	0	1	-1	1	2	0	2	47.1	21:51
Braden Schneider #4	D	1	0	1	-1	1	2	3	0	0.0	20:57
Mika Zibanejad #93	C	0	1	1	-2	0	1	3	0	56.5	21:01
Gabe Perreault #94	R	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	100.0	15:16
Jonny Brodzinski #22	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	33.3	11:47
Matt Rempe #73	C	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	0.0	09:16
Noah Laba #42	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	33.3	05:45
Sam Carrick #39	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	7	66.7	11:18
Alexis Lafrenière #13	L	0	0	0	-1	6	2	1	0	0.0	20:14
Conor Sheary #43	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0.0	06:39
Will Cuylle #50	L	0	0	0	-1	1	3	6	0	0.0	18:08
Taylor Raddysh #14	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0.0	16:07
Carson Soucy #24	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0.0	14:29
Matthew Robertson #29	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	0.0	16:29
Vladislav Gavrikov #44	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	0.0	24:07
Will Borgen #17	D	0	0	0	-2	2	3	4	0	0.0	20:33

Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jonathan Quick #32	L	26	21	5	.808	16/20	5/6	59:10

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Tom Wilson #43	R	2	1	3	+3	4	4	0	5	0.0	19:26
Justin Sourdif #34	C	2	0	2	+3	2	3	1	0	46.2	18:46
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	1	1	2	+1	1	1	0	0	0.0	15:07
Connor McMichael #24	L	0	2	2	+1	3	1	0	0	33.3	20:06
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	0	2	2	+2	2	0	1	0	0.0	18:32
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	15:10
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	53.3	15:05
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	0	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	0.0	18:10
Ryan Leonard #9	R	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	0.0	14:06
Matt Roy #3	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	2	0	0.0	19:38
Dylan Strome #17	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	52.2	17:54
Hendrix Lapierre #29	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60.0	07:42
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	0.0	09:55
Ethen Frank #53	R	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0.0	13:36
Dylan McIlrath #52	D	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0.0	11:18
Jakob Chychrun #6	D	0	0	0	+2	3	0	2	0	0.0	21:49
John Carlson #74	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	0.0	22:55
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	4	0	0.0	19:53

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Charlie Lindgren #79	W	25	22	3	.880	20/22	1/2	59:35

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.