New York RangersNYR 7–3 Final Washington CapitalsWSH

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Final	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
New York RangersNYR	1	1	5	7	21
Washington CapitalsWSH	0	3	0	3	32

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

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
14:57	NYR	Taylor Raddysh (6) Jonny Brodzinski (4), Braden Schneider (6) · snap xG 0.16	1–0 ▶
2nd Period
0:23	WSH	John Carlson (8) Aliaksei Protas (11), Ryan Leonard (12) · snap xG 0.07	1–1 ▶
8:40	WSH	Dylan Strome (7)PP Connor McMichael (14), Ryan Leonard (13) · snap xG 0.76	1–2 ▶
11:14	NYR	Will Cuylle (10)PP Mika Zibanejad (16), Vincent Trocheck (12) · tip-in xG 0.24	2–2 ▶
12:11	WSH	Aliaksei Protas (13) Sonny Milano (3), Hendrix Lapierre (6) · snap xG 0.11	2–3 ▶
3rd Period
8:10	NYR	Taylor Raddysh (7) Will Cuylle (12), Noah Laba (7) · backhand xG 0.09	3–3 ▶
9:18	NYR	Alexis Lafrenière (8) Artemi Panarin (24), Scott Morrow (3) · tip-in xG 0.10	4–3 ▶
13:43	NYR	Vincent Trocheck (7) Jonny Brodzinski (5), Gabe Perreault (3) · wrist xG 0.13	5–3 ▶
17:44	NYR	Artemi Panarin (14)EN Mika Zibanejad (17), Alexis Lafrenière (12) · snap xG 0.83	6–3 ▶
18:09	NYR	Vincent Trocheck (8) Will Cuylle (13), Taylor Raddysh (4) · backhand xG 0.16	7–3 ▶

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

NYR 33%Deserve to win67% WSH

NYR		WSH
3.53	Expected goals	3.70
7	Goals (no shootout)	3
1.95	Expected goals, 5 on 5	1.85
55	Shot attempts	72
35	Unblocked attempts	53
21	Shots on goal	32

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
8:40	WSH	Deserve to win	Deserve to win · WSH takes the lead, 75–25% NYR had led since 10:22 of the 1st, by as much as 69%
8:40	WSH	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced NYR 1.72–0.07 In xG over 10 minutes, 19:30 of the 1st to 9:30 of the 2nd; goals 2–0
3rd Period
7:00	WSH	No shift	No shift · Lapierre, 11:17 on the bench No shift from 14:40 of the 2nd to 8:10 of the 3rd; 7 shifts (4:32) before that
7:00	WSH	No shift	No shift · Milano, 11:17 on the bench No shift from 14:40 of the 2nd to 8:10 of the 3rd; 7 shifts (5:09) before that
13:43	WSH	Goalie	Goalie · Thompson −2.6 goals saved 5 goals on 2.39 xG, 19 shots on goal
16:01	WSH	Pulled goalie	Pulled goalie · Pulled Thompson, down 5–3 With 3:59 left; NYR scored at 17:44 of the 3rd (6–3)

Shot map

NYR shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ WSH shoots

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

New York Rangers

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
10	Artemi Panarin	1	1	2	+1	8	1.28	1	0	21:22
93	Mika Zibanejad	0	2	2	+1	3	0.23	2	1	20:41
16	Vincent Trocheck	2	1	3	+2	4	0.29	0	1	19:54
50	Will Cuylle	1	2	3	+2	4	0.25	4	0	18:56
13	Alexis Lafrenière	1	1	2	+1	8	0.56	0	0	18:22
14	Taylor Raddysh	2	1	3	+3	4	0.42	0	3	15:24
42	Noah Laba	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	3	15:16
94	Gabe Perreault	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	14:56
22	Jonny Brodzinski	0	2	2	+2	4	0.16	0	0	13:10
10	Sam Carrick	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	09:46
73	Matt Rempe	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	2	0	08:01
Defense
17	Will Borgen	0	0	0	+1	4	0.03	1	1	20:45
4	Braden Schneider	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	1	0	19:58
44	Vladislav Gavrikov	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	1	4	19:46
7	Carson Soucy	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	2	0	19:10
29	Matthew Robertson	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	0	0	14:44

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Igor Shesterkin	32	3	29	.906	3.70	+0.70

Washington Capitals

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
17	Dylan Strome	1	0	1	0	5	0.79	0	1	18:34
8	Alex Ovechkin	0	0	0	-2	6	0.15	1	0	18:27
77	Connor McMichael	0	1	1	-1	7	0.31	1	0	18:00
9	Ryan Leonard	0	2	2	+1	5	0.40	1	1	17:54
21	Aliaksei Protas	1	1	2	+1	4	0.35	1	0	17:04
72	Anthony Beauvillier	0	0	0	-2	7	0.23	0	0	16:22
26	Nic Dowd	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	16:16
34	Justin Sourdif	0	0	0	-2	2	0.27	1	1	15:47
53	Ethen Frank	0	0	0	-2	3	0.15	1	0	14:29
24	Brandon Duhaime	0	0	0	-2	4	0.29	0	1	10:15
22	Hendrix Lapierre	0	1	1	-2	1	0.06	0	0	07:19
15	Sonny Milano	0	1	1	-1	1	0.10	0	0	07:07
Defense
74	John Carlson	1	0	1	-1	7	0.13	0	1	22:18
6	Jakob Chychrun	0	0	0	0	6	0.14	1	2	22:00
3	Matt Roy	0	0	0	-3	4	0.03	2	1	21:27
42	Martin Fehérváry	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	1	3	21:21
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	0	0	0	-2	2	0.16	0	2	16:32
47	Declan Chisholm	0	0	0	-2	5	0.11	0	3	14:11

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Logan Thompson	20	6	14	.700	2.70	-3.30

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.

New York Rangers

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
14 Taylor Raddysh R	+3.30	+2.05	+0.27	+0.85	0.00	0.00	+0.13	—	15:24
16 Vincent Trocheck C	+2.83	+2.05	+0.19	+0.34	+0.15	+0.05	+0.05	—	19:54
50 Will Cuylle L	+2.50	+2.15	+0.16	+0.24	0.00	-0.01	-0.04	—	18:56
10 Artemi Panarin L	+2.31	+1.45	+0.83	+0.07	0.00	0.00	-0.04	—	21:22
22 Jonny Brodzinski C	+2.16	+1.40	+0.10	+0.31	+0.30	0.00	+0.04	—	13:10
93 Mika Zibanejad C	+1.84	+1.40	+0.15	+0.28	0.00	-0.04	+0.05	—	20:41
13 Alexis Lafrenière L	+1.70	+1.30	+0.37	+0.03	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	18:22
60 Scott Morrow D	+1.40	+0.55	0.00	+0.72	0.00	0.00	+0.13	—	19:14
31 Igor Shesterkin G	+0.70	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+0.70	60:00
4 Braden Schneider D	+0.70	+0.55	+0.03	+0.10	0.00	0.00	+0.02	—	19:58
29 Matthew Robertson D	+0.69	0.00	+0.01	+0.84	-0.15	0.00	0.00	—	14:44
94 Gabe Perreault R	+0.62	+0.55	0.00	+0.04	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	14:56
42 Noah Laba C	+0.35	+0.55	0.00	-0.22	-0.15	+0.04	+0.13	—	15:16
17 Will Borgen D	+0.20	0.00	+0.02	+0.15	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	20:45
39 Sam Carrick C	+0.18	0.00	+0.05	+0.17	0.00	0.00	-0.04	—	9:46
24 Carson Soucy D	-0.02	0.00	0.00	+0.15	-0.15	0.00	-0.02	—	19:10
73 Matt Rempe C	-0.13	0.00	+0.05	-0.18	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	8:01
78 Brennan Othmann L	-0.21	0.00	+0.04	-0.45	+0.15	0.00	+0.05	—	7:55
44 Vladislav Gavrikov D	-0.46	0.00	+0.03	-0.67	0.00	0.00	+0.18	—	19:46

Washington Capitals

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
21 Aliaksei Protas C	+2.33	+1.45	+0.23	+0.67	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	17:04
17 Dylan Strome C	+1.47	+0.75	+0.52	+0.15	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	18:34
9 Ryan Leonard R	+1.20	+1.10	+0.26	-0.04	-0.15	0.00	+0.03	—	17:54
6 Jakob Chychrun D	+0.92	0.00	+0.09	+0.75	0.00	0.00	+0.08	—	22:00
15 Sonny Milano L	+0.60	+0.70	+0.06	-0.14	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	7:07
74 John Carlson D	+0.56	+0.75	+0.09	-0.28	0.00	0.00	+0.01	—	22:18
24 Connor McMichael C	+0.48	+0.70	+0.20	-0.25	-0.15	0.00	-0.02	—	18:00
29 Hendrix Lapierre C	+0.16	+0.55	+0.04	-0.43	0.00	-0.01	0.00	—	7:19
26 Nic Dowd C	+0.08	0.00	0.00	-0.09	+0.15	-0.03	+0.05	—	16:16
34 Justin Sourdif R	+0.04	0.00	+0.18	-0.18	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	15:47
3 Matt Roy D	+0.01	0.00	+0.02	-0.21	+0.15	0.00	+0.05	—	21:27
8 Alex Ovechkin L	-0.02	0.00	+0.10	+0.03	-0.15	0.00	0.00	—	18:27
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D	-0.13	0.00	+0.10	-0.34	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	16:32
22 Brandon Duhaime R	-0.27	0.00	+0.19	-0.51	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	10:15
72 Anthony Beauvillier L	-0.28	0.00	+0.15	-0.41	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	16:22
42 Martin Fehérváry D	-0.30	0.00	+0.01	-0.44	0.00	0.00	+0.13	—	21:21
53 Ethen Frank C	-0.36	0.00	+0.10	-0.46	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	14:29
47 Declan Chisholm D	-0.36	0.00	+0.07	-0.59	0.00	0.00	+0.15	—	14:11
48 Logan Thompson G	-3.30	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	-3.30	58:17

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.