Capitals vs. Wild | NHL Highlights | December 16, 2025

Capitals vs. Wild | NHL Highlights | December 16, 2025

Last year he and Thompson played every other 
game just about all season. Lingard played 39. This year he's been more of a backup. This 
just his 11th start of the season. Wild come into this game fifth in the league in terms 
of goals against per night at 2.61. Caps also elite defensively. They allow even fewer. 2.47. 
And Ovetkin rides face first into the end glass. Well, favorite does a great job taking 
that hit cuz that is scary when you've got eight barreling down on you. The guy can 
shoot a puck, but he can finish a check, too. You're off from behind the net 
comes free to Terasco. A shot. He scores. Makes shift second line for the Wild. Just 
gets to work behind the net. Hughes leaves it in space for his partner. favor. Eurovv 
swinging through the trapezoid. He's looking for Trenion. Doesn't get him, but Washington is 
kind of focused on that. They over collapse and Terasenko from the high slot gets one past 
that first three up high centers. Baldi's redirect goes well wide. Favor to Hughes. 
Hughes rips it back to favor. A shot knocked down with a glove by Lindren. Knocked down 
at center and Wilson takes a hit from Jones. Cover. Protest threw it toward the 
net. Gustoson sweeps it aside and the Caps efficiently out of their 
zone once more. Protest with it. Caps come into this one having lost three of their 
last four. That follows a six-game win streak. Van Reamdikeke plays it across. Sandine at the 
line. Long shot and a pad saved by Gustoson. Kind of picking up where they left off from the 
October game. 45 on Gustoson in that game. Not passing up a shot. Also not passing up a hit. 
Strobe shot from the slot. Knocked aside by Gustoson. A long wrist shot. That one's kicked 
out by Gustoson. And Hughes sends it ahead for Minnesota. Hartman hits the capital line. Drops 
it back to Favor. Across for Hughes. Hughes in. A shot and a save by Lindren. Ryan Hartman. Speaking 
of guys who's elevated. Hartman's last two games. Two of his best of the year. Hov Kubel comes in. 
His shot knocked down by Lingren. Caps maintain the zone. La Pierre to the point, but it hops out 
the neutral ice. Frank carries in, walks down the slot, a backhander, and a save by Gustoson. And 
that was the exact angle the referee had. It didn't, it looked a little more benign from that 
angle. Loose puck out front. Ovkin bats one out of the air and Gustoson hangs on for Minnesota. Just 
two on the season for Ovatkin this year though. Sends it to the circle. Bollier 10 left of the 
man advantage. Bollier shot saved Gustoson. Rebound was loose for a moment and then cleared 
by Stern. Couple of rebounds on this power play for Washington. But it good thing for the 
Wild is those those rebounds were elevated. They're floating in the air and Wash can't 
get to him. And by the time they hit the ice, the Wild have done a good job getting under 
the sticks of Washington to negate a chance. Prots it across. Wilder back at full 
strength. Sort of shot was deflected away. Now sort of from the line and it's 
deflected into Gustoson who hangs on. Roy moves it ahead for the Caps. Bilier plays it 
in. Spurgeon has it now for Minnesota. Got it out to Felo at center ice. Felo look for the return 
feed from O Kubel. Caps have numbers at center. Stro had his pass broken up by O Kubel. Hartman 
now ahead to Felo. Felo on the long breakaway looking for his first of the year. Saved by 
Lindren. You know again sometimes it gets in your head. You look up, you settle this puck 
and he's a right catcher. Don't forget that. So Marcus Felo usually lefty coming down. That's 
low blocker he goes. But there with the free hand, no sticking it. He tries to go to the same spot 
that low blocker area. the fact that the Wilder now being talked about as a a true contender. I 
mean, his game's been elevated. We've seen him elevate his game. Here's a breakaway the other 
way. Faravari in for Washington and a save by Gustoson. Got to go to the outside to protect it. 
And Farvari with a good stick pokes it off. But the difference in the breakaways is Farvari 
has to chase that down and barely catches up with it by the time he gets Faber with speed 
into the Washington zone to Jones. He fires. Tip by Favor. Save by Lindren. Still no whistle. 
The puck is loose. You're deflects to the corner. Well, break this one out clean and it ends up on 
the left side of your screen here with Jones and brings us to the net. Tipped by Favor who's 
been active in this game offensively. Baldi to Capri. Terasenko fires. That was blocked. He 
got it right back. Terasenko to the line. Hughes. Capricov hammers one off the post. You get a guy 
like Quinn Hughes on your power play and it'd be easy to overpass the puck, but Terasenko got it 
to Hughes to hold the zone. Hughes pass got caught in the skates there. Teraso got it back now to 
Capri off. He fires. It's tipped wide off of Eric. Burov wins this draw cleanly back to Faber. Faber a long shot save. Lingren long 
Sanders. You know, he's amazing. Here he goes off the post. Quinn 
Hughes comes down the left side, shoots a puck through a screen 
in front. Erikson actavari threw it down low. Carlson for Ovetkin. And that 
deflection knocked away by Gustoson. And now he'll start out. Long pass at center deflected comes 
on the stick of Pentlick. He's in but fires high and wide. Understanding the timing and the 
the room through the middle of the ice. He snaps it forward and then Sturm just has to put 
that on a T for Pitlick coming through again. It's just the timing. One touch bump. Boom. 
Right to the middle. Pitlick sprung. Now he's favor sends it out through neutral ice. Trenion 
able to bump Van Reevesike off the puck and Terasenko came up with a great chance where they'd 
get some secondary scoring with Capri off Ericson and Bully on the top line but the Wildline has 
been Treny and Terasenko and Yurov and combination of speed and physicality there from Trenan 
gets under Ben Ree in 10 minutes of this game but haven't seen a lot as of late but now chasing 
the puck a little bit they're getting back to it. Mcichael throws it across. Dows it 
alone and a save by Gustoson. Oh, they got that. Nearly missed. Then Dow trying 
to go back where Mcichel did earlier. Underrated play right there. Terasenko to Baldi. Back 
to Hughes. Baldi in drive. That went wide. Terasenko up high. Hughes. A long shot. 
Knocked down in front. Rebound. He scores. Carell Capriov with a franchise record 70 power 
play goals and it's a two0 Minnesota lead. There's still a willingness to shoot the puck with his 
power play group. It's Quinn Hughes collecting a puck off of a one-time from Baldi and he just 
sees a lane delivers it quick. Garrett Sak with the screen. He's going to end up getting 
an assist on this cuz it hits off his back. And then Capri off just going downhill. 
Backhand chip over the glove of Lingren. Boy, we asked Hines this morning about the power play and who's going to benefit 
the most from having Quinn Hughes. Some of that has to do with 
them wearing groups down, but uh that hasn't really been a factor 
in tonight's game. Baldi moves in a shot and a blocker saved by Lindred this injury 
storm. They score right off the draw. Eurog wins the face off. Terraenko has his second 
of the night and Minnesota leads it 30-0. This line continues to be good with 
an ozone draw and Euro just gets low strongly. This puck just bounces back 
to Terasenko who's posted up again. The kind of things you can do with Quinn 
Hughes. He's left on that faceoff circle almost three AC across this win goes right to 
Terasenko quick. Terasenko grabs it at center. Mcichel played it across. That shot goes wide 
and Terasco scoops it up for Minnesota. Terra Sinko drags to the backand centers. Eurovv 
scores. He really did take offense to all the chatter about Capri offers versus 
Oesk. And this line has been dynamite. And how about this move from Terasenko 
cutting to the middle between the legs and then just leaving it soft in space 
for Eurovv to come in and dunk on Charlie Lingren. Three points for Eurovv goal, 
two assists, three points for Terraenko. This line that Hines has had to put together 
because of injury has shown chemistry and been terrific. Too much power from the Wild skating 
and they close that off at the blue line. Kirstad plays it ahead. Baldi hustling. He has Felino driving the net. Baldi cuts 
to the middle. A shot. He scores. An American gets into the mix tonight on Russian 
night in St. Paul. Watch 17 on this one. He's not going to get an assist, but he deserves one. 
He puts the head down. He pushes Carlson the defense back and this is opens up ice for 
Bully to be able to cut to the middle and then that's the that's the high hockey IQ for 
Baldi like knowing goalenders didn't try to raise that against the grain. No goalies 
moving. Philip Gustiffson will earn his third shut out of the year. Minnesota will 
earn their seventh which leaves the league and is just one short of a franchise 
record. The Wild have won five in a row.

Watch full game NHL highlights from the matchup between the Washington Capitals and the Minnesota Wild on December 16, 2025, condensing all the action to get you up to speed in a flash, where Vladimir Tarasenko scored two goals and Matt Boldy tallied a nice shorthanded goal!

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6:02 2nd Period
8:35 3rd Period

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