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2025-12-21 · Little Caesars Arena

2 – 3Final/OT

DET beat WSH 3–2 in overtime. DET lost the expected-goals battle 2.5 to 3.9 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Moritz Seider scored at 4:36 of overtime, moving DET’s win probability from 52% to 100%. Cam Talbot saved 1.4 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
33 – 27
Expected goals
3.9 – 2.5
xG share
WSH 61%
Home-ice start
DET 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.

WSH goalDET goal

Expected goals

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

WSHDET

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.

WSH
Ethen Frank
2 G, 0 A · 15:44 TOI
On-ice +0.21 · Finishing +1.50
+1.71
DET
64:36 TOI
GSAx +1.44
+1.44
DET
1 G, 0 A · 26:44 TOI
On-ice +0.16 · Finishing +0.71
+0.89

Rough nights

WSH
0 G, 0 A · 17:19 TOI
Finishing −0.43
−0.42
DET
Elmer Soderblom
0 G, 0 A · 8:34 TOI
On-ice −0.11 · Finishing −0.09 · Penalties −0.19
−0.40
DET
0 G, 0 A · 22:51 TOI
Finishing −0.56 · Penalties +0.19
−0.38

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalWSH–DETWin prob.
P1 14:17 WSHEthen Frank
from Dylan Strome
1–047% → 64%
P2 8:37 DETLucas RaymondPP
from Axel Sandin-Pellikka, Emmitt Finnie
1–133% → 53%
P2 13:44 DETJohn Leonard
from Alex DeBrincat, Andrew Copp
1–253% → 75%
P3 10:22 WSHEthen Frank
from John Carlson, Dylan Strome
2–217% → 48%
OT 4:36 DETMoritz Seider
from Andrew Copp, Emmitt Finnie
2–352% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Ethen Frank R15:442+1.71+0.21+1.50−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Matt Roy D21:10+0.18−0.02−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.19+0.00
Trevor van Riemsdyk D16:52+0.18+0.15−0.00+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Martin Fehérváry D19:07+0.17+0.25−0.07−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
John Carlson D24:401+0.16+0.11+0.00+0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00
Justin Sourdif C19:45+0.06+0.06−0.02+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Hendrix Lapierre C7:23−0.01+0.14−0.14−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Sandin D18:52−0.03−0.03+0.00+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Tom Wilson R21:00−0.04+0.06−0.12+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nic Dowd C16:53−0.09+0.22−0.21−0.04+0.00+0.00−0.06
Ivan Miroshnichenko L8:27−0.11+0.13−0.24−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Anthony Beauvillier R15:41−0.15+0.26−0.43+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.01
Alex Ovechkin L17:28−0.25−0.05−0.22+0.05−0.03+0.00+0.00
Dylan Strome C20:362−0.28+0.01−0.15+0.03−0.01−0.19+0.04
Brandon Duhaime R6:36−0.29+0.13−0.25−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.02
Jakob Chychrun D24:08−0.36+0.20−0.55+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Aliaksei Protas L21:14−0.37−0.26−0.07+0.01−0.03+0.00−0.01
Connor McMichael L17:19−0.42+0.01−0.43+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Charlie Lindgren G64:21+0.08

DET

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Moritz Seider D26:441+0.89+0.16+0.71+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
John Leonard L14:001+0.73+0.00+0.72−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Lucas Raymond L21:131+0.51+0.14+0.36+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Travis Hamonic D16:13−0.03−0.02+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Emmitt Finnie C19:142−0.12−0.06−0.04−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Andrew Copp C15:192−0.15+0.06−0.21−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01
James van Riemsdyk L14:55−0.15−0.16+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mason Appleton C13:08−0.18−0.17−0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Simon Edvinsson D25:54−0.18−0.16−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
J.T. Compher L14:26−0.19−0.24−0.05−0.02+0.06+0.00+0.06
Albert Johansson D16:02−0.21−0.07−0.12−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Rasmussen C12:23−0.23−0.16−0.06+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ben Chiarot D23:23−0.30−0.30+0.00−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Nate Danielson C13:07−0.34−0.14−0.17−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.03
Alex DeBrincat R20:391−0.34−0.20−0.35+0.02+0.00+0.19+0.00
Axel Sandin-Pellikka D15:501−0.36−0.29+0.00−0.02−0.05+0.00+0.00
Dylan Larkin C22:51−0.38+0.01−0.56+0.00−0.02+0.19−0.01
Elmer Soderblom L8:34−0.40−0.11−0.09−0.00+0.00−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Cam Talbot G64:36+1.44

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.