Red Wings vs. Capitals Prediction, Odds & Stats - December 20, 2025

Scoreboard	1	2	3	Odds
Detroit Red Wings 41-31-6-4	1	3	1	+5.5
Washington Capitals 43-30-3-6	0	1	1	+135

Date	Result	Competition
04/15/26	Detroit Red Wings DET ( 41-31-6-4 ) Florida Panthers FLA ( 40-38-2-2 ) 1 - 8	Atlantic
04/14/26	Washington Capitals WAS ( 43-30-3-6 ) Columbus Blue Jackets CLB ( 40-30-10-2 ) 2 - 1	Metropolitan
04/13/26	Detroit Red Wings DET ( 41-31-6-4 ) Tampa Bay Lightning TB ( 50-26-4-2 ) 3 - 4	Atlantic

Team	Puckline	Moneyline	Over / Under
Detroit Red Wings DET	+1.5 0	0	U+5.50
Washington Capitals WAS	-1.5 0	0	O+5.50

time	fav	spread	money line	total
Opening 19 Dec 5:20pm	DET	-1.5 +135	-	O +6 -110
Closing 19 Dec 5:20pm	DET	-1.5 +135	-	O +6 -110

Alex DeBrincat Right Wing Washington	85	Points	64	Alex Ovechkin Left Wing Detroit
Jakob Chychrun Defense Detroit	20	+ / -	15	Moritz Seider Defense Washington
Alex DeBrincat Right Wing Washington	287	Shots	244	Alex Ovechkin Left Wing Detroit
Tom Wilson Right Wing Detroit	117	Penalty Mins	75	Ben Chiarot Defense Washington
Logan Thompson Goaltender Detroit	31	Wins	29	John Gibson Goaltender Washington
John Gibson Goaltender Washington	2.7	GAA	2	Clay Stevenson Goaltender Detroit

Detroit Red Wings DET Washington Capitals WAS

	Stat
19	Games Won	19
13	Games Lost	11
2-6-1-1	Last 10	8-2-0
10-7-1	W L Streak	11-5-0-2
17-18	Against The Spread	20-14
-375	Money	910
10-7-1	Home	11-5-0-2
9-6-0-2	Away	8-6-0-2
17-14-4	Total	14-16-4

date	home-away	ats	o/u	WAS:Shots	WAS:Goals	WAS:Assists	DET:Shots	DET:Goals	DET:Assists
01/29/2026	DET 3 - WAS 3	WAS	Under 6	23	3	6	21	3	5
12/21/2025	DET 3 - WAS 2	DET	Under 6	33	2	3	27	3	6
12/20/2025	WAS 2 - DET 5	DET	Over 5.5	26	2	4	41	5	7
03/18/2025	WAS 4 - DET 1	WAS	Under 6	24	1	1	26	4	8
03/07/2025	WAS 5 - DET 2	WAS	Over 6.5	19	2	3	28	5	8
12/29/2024	DET 4 - WAS 2	DET	Over 5.5	27	2	4	27	4	8
04/09/2024	DET 1 - WAS 2	WAS	Under 6	23	2	2	43	1	2
03/26/2024	WAS 4 - DET 3	WAS	Over 6	33	3	5	30	4	8
02/27/2024	DET 8 - WAS 3	DET	Over 6	21	3	3	31	8	14
09/30/2023	DET 5 - WAS 2	DET	Over 6	29	2	4	25	5	9
09/28/2023	WAS 4 - DET 3	WAS	Over 6.5	30	3	3	29	4	7
02/21/2023	WAS 1 - DET 3	DET	Under 6	25	3	2	27	1	2
12/19/2022	WAS 4 - DET 3	WAS	Over 6	19	3	6	42	4	8
11/03/2022	DET 3 - WAS 1	DET	Under 6	34	1	1	26	3	6
10/05/2022	WAS 4 - DET 2	WAS	Under 6	33	2	3	35	4	8
09/30/2022	DET 0 - WAS 2	WAS	Under 6	31	2	4	19	0	0
12/31/2021	DET 1 - WAS 3	WAS	Under 6	27	3	6	20	1	2
11/11/2021	DET 0 - WAS 2	WAS	Under 6	29	2	3	21	0	0
10/27/2021	WAS 2 - DET 3 (OT)	DET	Under 6.5	25	3	6	28	2	4
11/30/2019	DET 2 - WAS 5	WAS	Over 6.5	34	5	8	27	2	4

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
04/15/2026	FLA 8 - DET 1	L	Over 6	25	1	2
04/13/2026	TB 4 - DET 3	L	Over 6.5	30	3	5
04/11/2026	DET 3 - NJ 5	L	Over 6.5	33	5	10
04/09/2026	DET 6 - PHI 3	W	Over 6	27	3	6
04/07/2026	DET 3 - CLB 3	L	Under 6	35	3	4
04/05/2026	DET 4 - MIN 5	L	Over 6	20	5	8
04/04/2026	NYR 4 - DET 1	L	Under 6.5	32	1	2
04/02/2026	PHI 2 - DET 4	W	Under 6	19	4	7
03/31/2026	PIT 5 - DET 1	L	Under 6.5	23	1	1
03/28/2026	DET 3 - PHI 5	L	Over 6	26	5	8

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
04/14/2026	CLB 1 - WAS 2	W	Under 6.5	28	1	2
04/12/2026	WAS 3 - PIT 0	W	Under 7	27	3	6
04/11/2026	PIT 3 - WAS 6	W	Over 6.5	11	3	5
04/08/2026	TOR 0 - WAS 4	W	Under 6.5	21	0	0
04/05/2026	NYR 8 - WAS 1	L	Over 6	33	8	14
04/04/2026	WAS 6 - BUF 2	W	Over 6.5	28	6	9
04/02/2026	NJ 7 - WAS 3	L	Over 6.5	30	7	14
03/31/2026	WAS 6 - PHI 4	W	Over 5.5	18	6	12
03/28/2026	VEG 4 - WAS 4	W	Over 6	29	4	4
03/26/2026	UTAH 4 - WAS 7	W	Over 6	40	4	8

Detroit Red Wings DET

	Season stats	rank
Goals Against	3.1	19
Shots Against	27.74	16
Penalty Kill (%)	77	24
Shutouts	5	11
Penalty Mins	749	19

Washington Capitals WAS

	Season stats	rank
Goals Against	2.9	8
Shots Against	28.13	19
Penalty Kill (%)	80	13
Shutouts	5	9
Penalty Mins	751	20

Detroit Red Wings DET

	Season stats	rank
Goals	2.91	22
Shots	28.24	11
Power Play (%)	23	12
Faceoff (%)	51	10
Penalty Mins	625	28

Washington Capitals WAS

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.18	15
Shots	28.05	16
Power Play (%)	18	25
Faceoff (%)	49	20
Penalty Mins	773	11

Detroit Red Wings DET

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
John Gibson (G)	Ques Sat	Neck - 10 / 04 / 26	2-1	3-0	Details
Michael Rasmussen (C)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 08 / 04 / 26	2-2	4-0	Details
Mason Appleton (C)	Out indefinitely	Upper Body - 05 / 04 / 26	3-3	5-1	Details
Justin Faulk (D)	Ques Tues	Lower Body - 04 / 04 / 26	4-3	5-1-1	Details
Cam Talbot (G)	Ques Sat	Undisclosed - 26 / 03 / 26	5-6	7-3-1	Details
Emmitt Finnie (C)	Ques Fri	Concussion - 25 / 03 / 26	5-6	7-3-1	Details
Mason Appleton (C)	Ques Sat	Undisclosed - 20 / 03 / 26	6-7	7-5-1	Details
Michael Brandsegg-Nygard (RW)	Ques Tues	Undisclosed - 14 / 03 / 26	6-7	7-5-1	Details
Michael Rasmussen (C)	MidMar	Undisclosed - 14 / 03 / 26	6-7	7-5-1	Details
Andrew Copp (C)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 11 / 03 / 26	6-7	7-5-1	Details

Washington Capitals WAS

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Rasmus Sandin (D)	Ques Tues	Leg - 13 / 04 / 26	1-0	0-1	Details
Pierre-Luc Dubois (LW)	Ques Sun	Upper Body - 12 / 04 / 26	2-0	1-1	Details
Charlie Lindgren (G)	Ques Tues	Upper Body - 09 / 04 / 26	3-0	1-2	Details
Aliaksei Protas (LW)	Ques Sat	Upper Body - 29 / 03 / 26	7-2	7-2	Details
Ethen Frank (RW)	Ques Sat	Lower Body - 22 / 03 / 26	7-3	7-3	Details
Tom Wilson (RW)	Ques Fri	Illness - 26 / 02 / 26	9-6	8-7	Details
Tom Wilson (RW)	Ques Wed	Illness - 25 / 02 / 26	9-6	8-7	Details
John Carlson (D)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 22 / 02 / 26	9-6	8-7	Details
Sonny Milano (LW)	Ques Feb 25	Personal - 05 / 02 / 26	10-7	8-8-1	Details
Connor McMichael (LW)	Out indefinitely	Undisclosed - 31 / 01 / 26	11-7	9-8-1	Details

Detroit Red Wings DET

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Washington Capitals WAS

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Detroit Red Wings DET

Over is 3-1-1 in Red Wings last 5 games as a road underdog of +201 or greater.

Over is 9-3 in Red Wings last 12 Saturday games.

Red Wings are 9-1 in their last 10 games as a road favorite of -151 to -200.

Red Wings are 5-0 in their last 5 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.

Under is 4-0 in Red Wings last 4 games as a favorite.

Washington Capitals WAS

Over is 5-2 in Capitals last 7 Saturday games.

Capitals are 13-39 in their last 52 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Under is 5-0 in Capitals last 5 games as a home underdog.

Under is 7-1-2 in Capitals last 10 games as a home favorite of -151 to -200.

Under is 7-3-1 in Capitals last 11 games as a home favorite of -201 or greater.

Detroit Red Wings

Pitchers

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Washington Capitals

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Game Statistics

Shots

12.2

7.7

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

Team	Last 5 Matches
Detroit Red Wings DET ( 41-31-6-4 )	L L L W L
Washington Capitals WAS ( 43-30-3-6 )	W W W L W

Alex DeBrincat Right Wing Washington	85	Points	64	Alex Ovechkin Left Wing Detroit
Jakob Chychrun Defense Detroit	20	+ / -	15	Moritz Seider Defense Washington
Alex DeBrincat Right Wing Washington	287	Shots	244	Alex Ovechkin Left Wing Detroit
Tom Wilson Right Wing Detroit	117	Penalty Mins	75	Ben Chiarot Defense Washington
Logan Thompson Goaltender Detroit	31	Wins	29	John Gibson Goaltender Washington
John Gibson Goaltender Washington	2.7	GAA	2	Clay Stevenson Goaltender Detroit

team	gp games_played	w games_won	l games_lost	otl games_lost_overtime
Boston Bruins BOS	0	0	0	0
Buffalo Sabres BUF	0	0	0	0
Detroit Red Wings DET	0	0	0	0
Florida Panthers FLA	0	0	0	0
Montreal Canadiens MON	0	0	0	0
Ottawa Senators OTT	0	0	0	0
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	0	0	0	0
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR	0	0	0	0
Carolina Hurricanes CAR	0	0	0	0
Columbus Blue Jackets CLB	0	0	0	0
NY Islanders Islanders NYI	0	0	0	0
NY Rangers Rangers NYR	0	0	0	0
New Jersey Devils NJ	0	0	0	0
Philadelphia Flyers PHI	0	0	0	0
Pittsburgh Penguins PIT	0	0	0	0
Washington Capitals WAS	0	0	0	0