Dec 21, 2025; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Detroit Red Wings defenseman Moritz Seider (53) celebrates his game winning goal during overtime against the Washington Capitals at Little Caesars Arena. Mandatory Credit: Tim Fuller-Imagn Images
The Washington Capitals were very much looking for a bounceback performance yesterday after a sleepy outing against the Detroit Red Wings on the first half of their back-to-back. They started much stronger than they did on Saturday, dominating play in the first period and getting on the board first courtesy of Ethen Frank. The second period belonged to the Red Wings, who took a 2-1 lead into second intermission, but the Caps woke back up in the third to tie it with another goal from Frank. No one scored again before the end of regulation, so fans at Little Caesar’s Arena were treated to some bonus overtime hockey. Unfortunately, they were bested by Detroit’s 3-on-3 play and only left with one point. Let’s take a closer look at how those sequences unfolded…
Overtime got off to an inauspicious start for Washington when Dylan Strome was called for hooking on Dylan Larkin. The Caps were not pleased with the call, which was definitely a little weak, but their penalty kill and Charlie Lindgren came up huge to keep the Red Wings from scoring on the 4-on-3 man-advantage. However, Mo Seider came up huge for his team two minutes later to score the overtime game winner.
Aliaksei Protas was a little delayed getting to his defensive position on this play, which gave Seider the time and space he needed to fire the puck past Lindgren. While he was definitely skating on tired legs after leading all Washington forwards in ice time with 21:14, he probably could have made it to Seider in time if he had been more aware.
Inconsistency was Washington’s downfall today—stop us if you’ve heard that one before—but hopefully they can improve on that trend in their last few games of 2025.
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