Moritz Seider has a goal and an assist, Red Wings beat Capitals 5-2

WASHINGTON (AP) — Moritz Seider had a goal and an assist and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Saturday.

John Leonard and James van Riemsdyk — siblings of sidelined Capitals players Ryan Leonard and Trevor van Riemsdyk — also scored for the Red Wings. So did Elmer Soderblom and Dylan Larkin.

Detroit has won three of its last four games and remains atop a very competitive Atlantic Division.

Aliaksei Protas and Martin Fehervary scored for the Capitals, who have dropped four of their last five contests.

The Red Wings dominated early and often, outshooting the Capitals 17-6 in the opening frame. Leonard opened the scoring just 1:05 minutes into the contest, crashing the net and sneaking a rebound past Logan Thompson.

Detroit then took control in the second, scoring three goals in 10:05 to make it a 4-0 game.

Just over a minute into the middle frame, van Riemsdyk corralled Seider’s rebound off the boards and fired it past Thompson. Then, Soderblom scored after being taken down in front before Seider called his own number on a 2-on-0 for his fifth goal of the season.

Protas responded seconds after Seider’s goal, streaking up the ice and beating John Gibson glove side to cut things to 4-1.

In the third, the Capitals showed more life, and Fehervary scored from long range to pull it to 4-2 early on. Jakob Chychrun struck shortly after to bring Washington within one, but it was waved off for goaltender interference, and ultimately, D.C.’s rally fell short as Larkin iced the game with an empty-netter.

Gibson made 24 saves for his seventh straight win in net, moving him to 11-7-1 on the season.

Thompson stopped 36 of 40 shots in the loss to drop to 14-8-3.

Red Wings: Host the Capitals on Sunday for the second game of a home-and-home.

Capitals: Visit the Red Wings on Sunday.

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Detroit Red Wings defenseman Ben Chiarot, left, battles for the puck against Washington Capitals center Ethen Frank in front of Red Wings goaltender John Gibson during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Detroit Red Wings left wing Elmer Soderblom (85) moves past Washington Capitals center Dylan Strome (17) to score a goal against Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Detroit Red Wings head coach Todd McLellan watches the action from the bench during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Washington Capitals, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Washington Capitals defenseman Matt Roy, right moves in to gather the puck as Detroit Red Wings left wing James van Riemsdyk, left, knocks Capitals center Nic Dowd to the ice during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Detroit Red Wings defenseman Moritz Seider (53) gathers the puck near the net against Washington Capitals left wing Sonny Milano during the first period of an NHL hockey game,Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Detroit Red Wings center Dylan Larkin warms up before an NHL hockey game against the Washington Capitals Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The owner of a South Dakota hotel who said Native Americans were banned from the establishment was found liable for discrimination against Native Americans on Friday.

A federal jury decided the owner of the Grand Gateway Hotel in Rapid City will pay tens of thousands of dollars in damages to various plaintiffs who were denied service at the hotel. The jury awarded $1 to the NDN Collective, the Indigenous advocacy group that filed the lawsuit.

The group brought the class-action civil rights lawsuit against Retsel Corporation, the company that owns the hotel, in 2022. The case was delayed when the company filed for bankruptcy in September 2024. The head of the company, Connie Uhre, passed away this September.

“This was never about money. We sued for one dollar," said Wizipan Garriott, president of NDN Collective and an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. "It was about being on record for the discrimination that happened, and using this as an opportunity to be able to really call out racism.”

Uhre posted on social media in March 2022 that she would ban Native Americans from the property after a fatal shooting at the hotel involving two teenagers whom police identified as Native American. She wrote in a Facebook post that she cannot “allow a Native American to enter our business including Cheers,” the hotel's bar and casino.

When Native American members of the NDN Collective tried to book a room at the hotel after her social media posts, they were turned away. The incident drew protests in Rapid City and condemnation from the mayor as well as tribes in the state.

In Friday's decision, the jury also ruled in Retsel's countersuit against NDN Collective that the group had acted as a nuisance in its protests against the hotel, awarding $812 to the company.

Following a consent decree with the U.S. Justice Department in November 2023, Uhre had to publicly apologize and was banned from managing the establishment for four years.

The Associated Press reached out to the defense attorneys for comment.

Rapid City, a gateway to Mount Rushmore, has long seen racial tensions. At least 8% of the city's population of about 80,000 identifies as American Indian or Alaska Native, according to census data.

FILE - Demonstrators march from Memorial Park to the Andrew W. Bogue Federal building on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Rapid City, S.D., where it was announced that a federal civil rights lawsuit was filed against the Grand Gateway Hotel for denying services to Native Americans. (Matt Gade/Rapid City Journal via AP, File)