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2025-12-11 · Capital One Arena

3 – 2Final/SO

CAR beat WSH 3–2 in a shootout. CAR also won the expected-goals battle 4.2 to 2.8: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Logan Stankoven scored on the power play at 17:45 of the third, moving CAR’s win probability from 7% to 50%. Brandon Bussi saved 2.0 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
39 – 25
Expected goals
4.2 – 2.8
xG share
CAR 60%
Home-ice start
WSH 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

CAR goalWSH goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

CARWSH

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

CAR
Brandon Bussi
64:56 TOI
GSAx +1.97
+1.97
WSH
65:00 TOI
GSAx +1.27
+1.27
CAR
1 G, 1 A · 16:54 TOI
On-ice +0.17 · Finishing +0.36
+0.54

Rough nights

WSH
0 G, 0 A · 18:52 TOI
On-ice −0.11 · Finishing −0.29 · Shootout −0.32
−0.71
WSH
0 G, 0 A · 20:01 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing −0.43 · Faceoffs −0.06 · Shootout −0.29
−0.65
WSH
Justin Sourdif
0 G, 0 A · 19:38 TOI
On-ice −0.05 · Finishing −0.34 · Penalties −0.19 · Faceoffs −0.05
−0.62

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalCAR–WSHWin prob.
P2 5:00 WSHConnor McMichael
from Alex Ovechkin, Rasmus Sandin
0–153% → 73%
P2 13:43 CARNikolaj Ehlers
from Logan Stankoven, Alexander Nikishin
1–125% → 47%
P3 11:32 WSHNic Dowd
from Rasmus Sandin, Connor McMichael
1–252% → 84%
P3 17:45 CARLogan StankovenPP
from Nikolaj Ehlers, Jalen Chatfield
2–27% → 50%

Every player

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CAR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Logan Stankoven C16:5411+0.54+0.17+0.36−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.03−0.00
Seth Jarvis R20:30+0.46+0.17−0.37−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.66
Jackson Blake R20:24+0.26+0.07+0.00+0.01−0.01+0.19+0.00−0.00
Nikolaj Ehlers L17:5411+0.24+0.03+0.20+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Sean Walker D22:42+0.13+0.22−0.04−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jordan Staal C17:46+0.12+0.04+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.10−0.00
Joel Nystrom D12:05+0.11+0.11−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
K'Andre Miller D23:04+0.09+0.36−0.03−0.02−0.03−0.19+0.00+0.00
Alexander Nikishin D16:371+0.04+0.03+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jordan Martinook L13:26−0.01+0.04−0.02−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.00
Shayne Gostisbehere D23:41−0.07−0.11−0.15+0.01−0.01+0.19+0.00+0.00
Jalen Chatfield D22:571−0.07+0.01−0.06−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Andrei Svechnikov R19:51−0.09+0.25−0.27+0.07−0.01+0.00−0.02−0.11
William Carrier L13:21−0.13+0.02−0.14−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Eric Robinson L10:56−0.16+0.01−0.15−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Taylor Hall L11:31−0.21+0.00−0.23+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Sebastian Aho C21:19−0.26+0.12−0.42+0.04−0.03+0.00+0.02−0.00
Mark Jankowski L8:06−0.37−0.02−0.35−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.02−0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Brandon Bussi G64:56+1.97

WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Connor McMichael L18:2711+0.53−0.17+0.75−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.05−0.00
Nic Dowd C14:331+0.41−0.22+0.83−0.03+0.00−0.19+0.01−0.00
Trevor van Riemsdyk D19:21+0.18+0.13+0.00+0.02+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Sandin D18:542+0.11+0.13−0.01+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Hendrix Lapierre C4:58+0.03+0.04+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01−0.00
Ethen Frank R14:43−0.12−0.12+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Brandon Duhaime R7:55−0.12+0.04−0.16−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Jakob Chychrun D25:27−0.15+0.01−0.14+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tom Wilson R23:29−0.16−0.36+0.00+0.01−0.01+0.19+0.01−0.00
Martin Fehérváry D16:31−0.33−0.26−0.05−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Ovechkin L17:121−0.34+0.05−0.38+0.03−0.04+0.00+0.00−0.00
Aliaksei Protas L22:05−0.34+0.04−0.34+0.01−0.05+0.00+0.00−0.00
John Carlson D20:47−0.35−0.26−0.11+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Matt Roy D21:58−0.37−0.34−0.03+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Sonny Milano L6:09−0.55+0.02−0.24+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.01−0.33
Justin Sourdif C19:38−0.62−0.05−0.34+0.00+0.01−0.19−0.05−0.00
Dylan Strome C20:01−0.65+0.13−0.43+0.01−0.02+0.00−0.06−0.29
Anthony Beauvillier R18:52−0.71−0.11−0.29+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.32
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Logan Thompson G65:00+1.27

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.