Washington CapitalsWSH 3–4 Final/SO Anaheim DucksANA

Friday, December 5, 2025

Final/SO 1st2nd3rdOTSO T SOG
Washington CapitalsWSH 12001 3 21
Anaheim DucksANA 12002 4 38

No impact calculated for this game. Impacts are calculated for games in the next 7 days.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
9:29 WSH Tom Wilson (17) Justin Sourdif (4), Trevor van Riemsdyk (4) · snap xG 0.15 1–0 ▶
18:16 ANA Cutter Gauthier (16) Beckett Sennecke (14), Jackson LaCombe (12) · wrist xG 0.15 1–1 ▶
2nd Period
6:06 WSH Ethen Frank (4) Unassisted · wrist xG 0.20 2–1 ▶
6:19 ANA Ross Johnston (2) Radko Gudas (4), Olen Zellweger (6) · tip-in xG 0.09 2–2 ▶
7:38 WSH Aliaksei Protas (9) Matt Roy (9), Dylan Strome (17) · wrist xG 0.17 3–2 ▶
17:59 ANA Beckett Sennecke (8) Ross Johnston (5) · wrist xG 0.15 3–3 ▶
3rd Period
No scoring
Overtime
No scoring
Shootout
ANA Leo Carlsson vs Logan Thompson Saved
WSH Dylan Strome vs Ville Husso Saved
ANA Troy Terry vs Logan Thompson Goal
WSH Anthony Beauvillier vs Ville Husso Goal
ANA Mason McTavish vs Logan Thompson Goal
WSH Ethen Frank vs Ville Husso Saved

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

WSH 32%Deserve to win68% ANA
WSHANA
2.91Expected goals4.07
3Goals (no shootout)3
2.16Expected goals, 5 on 52.16
60Shot attempts75
40Unblocked attempts54
21Shots on goal38

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

2nd Period
15:00 WSH No shift No shift · Leonard, 29:22 on the bench
No shift after 16:04 of the 1st; 6 shifts (4:38) before that
Overtime
0:48 ANA Deserve to win Deserve to win · ANA takes the lead, 61–39%
WSH had led since 3:26 of the 1st, by as much as 71%

Shot map

WSH shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ ANA shoots
Leo Carlsson: snap, 25 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 0:14) Ryan Leonard: wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.16 (P1 1:06) Declan Chisholm: wrist, 59 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 2:19) Ethen Frank: tip-in, 7 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 2:29) Aliaksei Protas: tip-in, 30 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 3:16) Tom Wilson: tip-in, 6 ft, xG 0.10 (P1 3:26) Justin Sourdif: tip-in, 6 ft, xG 0.18 (P1 3:29) Mason McTavish: backhand, 21 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 4:09) Mikael Granlund: snap, 41 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 4:46) Frank Vatrano: snap, 42 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 5:13) Pavel Mintyukov: wrist, 59 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 5:28) Ethen Frank: tip-in, 8 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 6:06) Trevor van Riemsdyk: snap, 36 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 6:24) Hendrix Lapierre: snap, 55 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 6:35) Olen Zellweger: snap, 45 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 7:19) Connor McMichael: tip-in, 129 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 7:26) Chris Kreider: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 8:22) Leo Carlsson: backhand, 14 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 8:39) Ryan Leonard: snap, 36 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 10:03) Alex Ovechkin: slap, 45 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 12:29) Jakob Chychrun: snap, 61 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 12:48) Alex Ovechkin: snap, 41 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 12:54) Alex Killorn: wrist, 39 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 13:07) Rasmus Sandin: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 13:50) Troy Terry: snap, 40 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 13:57) Jacob Trouba: snap, 31 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 14:10) Beckett Sennecke: wrist, 19 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 14:46) Cutter Gauthier: wrist, 31 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 14:49) Radko Gudas: slap, 64 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 15:18) Nic Dowd: wrist, 132 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 16:25) Frank Vatrano: slap, 40 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 18:02) Rasmus Sandin: snap, 61 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 19:25) Leo Carlsson: snap, 44 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 19:38) Chris Kreider: backhand, 8 ft, xG 0.15 (P2 0:20) Alex Killorn: snap, 34 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 3:22) Jakob Chychrun: snap, 40 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 4:52) Connor McMichael: tip-in, 9 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 6:04) Martin Fehérváry: wrist, 23 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 6:42) Matt Roy: slap, 63 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 7:36) Cutter Gauthier: snap, 42 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 8:28) Leo Carlsson: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 9:02) Radko Gudas: slap, 60 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 9:04) Alex Ovechkin: snap, 35 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 9:31) Chris Kreider: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 9:47) Nic Dowd: snap, 29 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 10:01) Leo Carlsson: snap, 25 ft, xG 0.13 (P2 10:30) Troy Terry: slap, 29 ft, xG 0.13 (P2 11:16) Jackson LaCombe: backhand, 9 ft, xG 0.12 (P2 11:44) Jackson LaCombe: backhand, 6 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 11:45) Frank Vatrano: snap, 27 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 13:33) Alex Killorn: snap, 42 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 14:56) Connor McMichael: snap, 24 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 16:07) Alex Ovechkin: tip-in, 10 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 16:44) Alex Ovechkin: snap, 9 ft, xG 0.35 (P2 16:46) Jackson LaCombe: snap, 25 ft, xG 0.13 (P2 17:31) Beckett Sennecke: tip-in, 10 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 17:50) Matt Roy: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 18:16) Chris Kreider: backhand, 79 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 18:48) Jacob Trouba: slap, 50 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 19:22) Cutter Gauthier: tip-in, 12 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 19:33) Jacob Trouba: slap, 56 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 19:41) Alex Ovechkin: wrist, 49 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 1:44) Declan Chisholm: snap, 52 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 2:14) Leo Carlsson: tip-in, 22 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 3:29) Mikael Granlund: wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 5:56) Anthony Beauvillier: wrist, 19 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 6:16) Leo Carlsson: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 7:53) Beckett Sennecke: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 8:26) Chris Kreider: tip-in, 6 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 8:58) Troy Terry: slap, 40 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 9:34) Alex Killorn: wrist, 53 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 11:30) Alex Ovechkin: wrist, 47 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 13:58) Alex Ovechkin: wrist, 65 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 14:13) Alex Killorn: snap, 44 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 15:17) Alex Killorn: wrist, 21 ft, xG 0.17 (P3 15:36) Troy Terry: wrist, 57 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 15:48) Jakob Chychrun: wrist, 60 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 16:37) Ethen Frank: backhand, 16 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 16:54) Cutter Gauthier: slap, 29 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 17:53) Alex Killorn: snap, 39 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 18:40) Aliaksei Protas: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.05 (OT 0:21) Troy Terry: snap, 30 ft, xG 0.16 (OT 0:48) Jackson LaCombe: snap, 10 ft, xG 0.43 (OT 0:50) Beckett Sennecke: wrist, 23 ft, xG 0.16 (OT 2:22) Connor McMichael: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.31 (OT 2:42) Leo Carlsson: snap, 27 ft, xG 0.15 (OT 3:08) Mikael Granlund: snap, 17 ft, xG 0.20 (OT 4:12) Alex Ovechkin: slap, 38 ft, xG 0.12 (OT 4:22) Tom Wilson: GOAL, snap, 32 ft, xG 0.15 (P1 9:29) Cutter Gauthier: GOAL, wrist, 15 ft, xG 0.15 (P1 18:16) Ethen Frank: GOAL, wrist, 15 ft, xG 0.20 (P2 6:06) Ross Johnston: GOAL, tip-in, 10 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 6:19) Aliaksei Protas: GOAL, wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.17 (P2 7:38) Beckett Sennecke: GOAL, wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.15 (P2 17:59)
About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

Washington Capitals

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
21 Aliaksei Protas 101 +1 50.23 0322:46
43 Tom Wilson 101 +1 30.25 7122:45
77 Connor McMichael 000 -1 40.48 0021:46
17 Dylan Strome 011 +1 00.00 0220:23
8 Alex Ovechkin 000 +1 130.72 2020:19
34 Justin Sourdif 011 +1 30.18 2217:06
26 Nic Dowd 000 -1 20.04 1015:47
72 Anthony Beauvillier 000 -1 20.07 2115:31
53 Ethen Frank 101 -1 40.38 0011:06
24 Brandon Duhaime 000 0 00.00 3106:22
22 Hendrix Lapierre 000 0 10.02 0005:23
9 Ryan Leonard 000 0 20.21 0004:38
Defense
6 Jakob Chychrun 000 +1 90.09 0426:57
3 Matt Roy 011 +1 20.05 3024:03
38 Rasmus Sandin 000 0 30.03 0321:26
42 Martin Fehérváry 000 -2 10.03 1218:06
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk 011 0 30.06 0217:23
47 Declan Chisholm 000 -1 30.05 0013:13
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Logan Thompson 38335 .921 4.07 +1.07

Anaheim Ducks

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
19 Troy Terry 000 0 90.43 0024:03
91 Leo Carlsson 000 0 90.52 0023:35
22 Chris Kreider 000 0 60.38 2122:05
61 Cutter Gauthier 101 +1 60.29 1119:44
83 Mason McTavish 000 +1 20.08 0117:53
64 Mikael Granlund 000 -2 50.24 1117:53
45 Beckett Sennecke 112 +2 70.51 2017:15
17 Alex Killorn 000 0 70.39 2113:23
25 Ryan Poehling 000 +1 10.00 0112:09
77 Frank Vatrano 000 -1 30.27 0009:33
22 Ryan Strome 000 -2 10.00 0008:00
49 Ross Johnston 112 +1 10.09 1107:42
Defense
2 Jackson LaCombe 011 0 70.70 1327:11
65 Jacob Trouba 000 -1 30.13 4321:57
98 Pavel Mintyukov 000 -2 20.01 2217:56
8 Olen Zellweger 011 +2 10.01 0016:57
14 Drew Helleson 000 -1 10.00 0216:15
6 Radko Gudas 011 +1 40.02 2215:50
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Ville Husso 21318 .857 2.91 -0.09

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

Washington Capitals

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
34 Justin Sourdif R +1.52 +0.70 +0.12 +0.67 0.00 0.00 +0.04 — 17:06
21 Aliaksei Protas C +1.48 +0.75 +0.15 +0.60 -0.15 0.00 +0.13 — 22:46
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D +1.17 +0.55 +0.04 +0.52 0.00 0.00 +0.06 — 17:23
43 Tom Wilson R +1.11 +0.75 +0.16 +0.17 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 22:45
48 Logan Thompson G +1.07 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +1.07 65:00
53 Ethen Frank C +1.05 +0.75 +0.25 +0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 11:06
6 Jakob Chychrun D +0.98 0.00 +0.06 +0.87 -0.15 0.00 +0.20 — 26:57
8 Alex Ovechkin L +0.82 0.00 +0.47 +0.35 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 20:19
3 Matt Roy D +0.72 +0.70 +0.03 -0.04 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 24:03
29 Hendrix Lapierre C +0.28 0.00 +0.02 +0.28 0.00 -0.01 0.00 — 5:23
9 Ryan Leonard R +0.27 0.00 +0.13 +0.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 4:38
24 Connor McMichael C +0.26 0.00 +0.31 -0.20 +0.15 0.00 0.00 — 21:46
17 Dylan Strome C +0.20 +0.55 0.00 -0.27 -0.15 +0.01 +0.06 — 20:23
22 Brandon Duhaime R -0.03 0.00 0.00 -0.09 0.00 +0.01 +0.05 — 6:22
38 Rasmus Sandin D -0.32 0.00 +0.02 -0.45 0.00 0.00 +0.11 — 21:26
26 Nic Dowd C -0.43 0.00 +0.03 -0.38 0.00 -0.04 -0.04 — 15:47
47 Declan Chisholm D -0.44 0.00 +0.03 -0.40 0.00 0.00 -0.08 — 13:13
42 Martin Fehérváry D -0.69 0.00 +0.02 -0.81 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 18:06
72 Anthony Beauvillier L -0.89 0.00 +0.05 -0.98 0.00 -0.01 +0.05 — 15:31

Anaheim Ducks

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
45 Beckett Sennecke R +2.65 +1.45 +0.33 +1.00 -0.15 0.00 +0.02 — 17:15
51 Olen Zellweger D +1.67 +0.55 +0.01 +1.13 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 16:57
44 Ross Johnston L +1.53 +1.45 +0.06 -0.03 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 7:42
2 Jackson LaCombe D +1.49 +0.55 +0.45 +0.35 0.00 0.00 +0.13 — 27:11
61 Cutter Gauthier L +1.21 +0.75 +0.19 +0.28 0.00 -0.02 +0.01 — 19:44
7 Radko Gudas D +1.17 +0.70 +0.01 +0.21 +0.15 0.00 +0.10 — 15:50
91 Leo Carlsson C +0.41 0.00 +0.34 +0.10 0.00 -0.03 0.00 — 23:35
20 Chris Kreider L +0.40 0.00 +0.25 0.00 +0.15 0.00 +0.01 — 22:05
65 Jacob Trouba D +0.40 0.00 +0.09 -0.12 +0.30 0.00 +0.13 — 21:57
19 Troy Terry R +0.38 0.00 +0.28 +0.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 24:03
17 Alex Killorn L +0.34 0.00 +0.25 +0.02 0.00 -0.01 +0.07 — 13:23
23 Mason McTavish C +0.30 0.00 +0.05 +0.21 0.00 +0.01 +0.03 — 17:53
25 Ryan Poehling C +0.11 0.00 0.00 +0.03 0.00 +0.03 +0.05 — 12:09
77 Frank Vatrano R +0.02 0.00 +0.18 -0.01 -0.15 0.00 0.00 — 9:33
33 Ville Husso G -0.09 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -0.09 64:39
16 Ryan Strome C -0.26 0.00 0.00 -0.28 0.00 +0.02 0.00 — 8:00
14 Drew Helleson D -0.31 0.00 0.00 -0.41 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 16:15
64 Mikael Granlund C -0.87 0.00 +0.15 -1.11 0.00 +0.04 +0.05 — 17:53
98 Pavel Mintyukov D -1.38 0.00 +0.01 -1.49 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 17:56

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.