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2024-25 regular season

Kings at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0

Capitals beat Kings 3–1 at Capital One Arena on December 22, 2024.

LAK – WSH
26–21
Shots on goal
1/1–1/1
Power play
16–21
Hits
13–14
Blocked shots
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Aliaksei Protas
2 G
4 shots · 17:50 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Pierre-Luc Dubois
2 A
1 shots · 15:57 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Jakub Vrana
1 G
1 shots · 08:44 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Aliaksei Protas Go-ahead 1st · 10:20
Assists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Connor McMichael · beat David Rittich
0–1
2nd period
👑 Kevin Fiala PP Tying 2nd · 04:10
Assists: Adrian Kempe, Brandt Clarke · beat Logan Thompson
1–1
🦅 Jakub Vrana PP Go-ahead 2nd · 14:18
Assists: Pierre-Luc Dubois · beat David Rittich
1–2
3rd period
🦅 Aliaksei Protas Empty net 3rd · 19:06
Unassisted
1–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
👑Kings
L1 Byfield · Kempe · Laferriere 20:07
L2 Fiala · Foegele · Kopitar 18:08
L3 Helenius · Turcotte · Thomas 14:05
L4 Jeannot · Lee 10:40
D1 Anderson · Gavrikov 24:00
D2 Edmundson · Clarke 20:11
D3 Spence · Moverare 12:12
D4 Burroughs 5:57
🦅Capitals
L1 McMichael · Dowd · Protas 18:26
L2 Strome · Wilson · Duhaime 17:19
L3 Mangiapane · Dubois · Raddysh 15:57
L4 Miroshnichenko · Vrana · Lapierre 8:44
D1 Carlson · Fehervary 21:24
D2 Roy · Chychrun 20:40
D3 Sandin · van Riemsdyk 17:39

Team stats

Away left · home right
👑LAK WSH🦅
26 Shots on goal 21
1/1 Power play (goals / chances) 1/1
16 Hits 21
13 Blocked shots 14
3 Takeaways 5
16 Giveaways 14
2 Penalty minutes 2
LAK shooting 3.8% (1/26) WSH shooting 14.3% (3/21)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
👑Kings
David Rittich
18/20
.900 SV% · 2 GA · 58:40 TOI
🦅Capitals
Logan Thompson
25/26
.962 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Aliaksei Protas · 1st 10:20 · 0–1 Kevin Fiala · 2nd 04:10 · 1–1 Jakub Vrana · 2nd 14:18 · 1–2 Aliaksei Protas · 3rd 19:06 · 1–3
LAK WSH
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Kings
Kings — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-1-1 (33% win rate, 3 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-3-1 (56% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Kings
Kings — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 1–0
Jan 72024 👑LAK @ 🦅WSH 3–4 Nov 292023 🦅WSH @ 👑LAK 2–1 Mar 62023 🦅WSH @ 👑LAK 2–4 Oct 222022 👑LAK @ 🦅WSH 3–4 Dec 192021 👑LAK @ 🦅WSH 3–2
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Who won Kings vs Capitals on December 22, 2024?

Capitals won 3–1. The final score was Kings 1, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Kings?

Kevin Fiala.

Who scored for Capitals?

Aliaksei Protas (2), Jakub Vrana.

How did the Kings goalie play?

David Rittich made 18 saves on 20 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Logan Thompson made 25 saves on 26 shots (.962 save percentage).

Where is Kings vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Kings vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
👑 Kings
BeforeDec 21 👑LAK @ 🐯NSH 2–3 AfterDec 28 🛢️EDM @ 👑LAK 3–4
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 20 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 1–3 AfterDec 23 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 1–4
Also on December 22
🌪️CAR 3–1 🗽NYR 🐆FLA 4–2 ⚡TBL 🦆ANA 5–4 🏒UTA 🦑SEA 2–5 🏔️COL 🏛️OTT 1–3 🛢️EDM
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