Washington Capitals at Minnesota Wild

Thu, Feb 15, 2018 · Xcel Energy Center · 2017–18 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

5 – 2

Final

Minnesota Wild

The Washington Capitals beat the Minnesota Wild 5–2 on Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at Xcel Energy Center. Tom Wilson scored twice. Philipp Grubauer made 32 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–34.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	2	3	5	27
MIN	0	0	2	2	34

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	00:59	WSH	EV	Tom Wilson (8) · snap	Alex Ovechkin (29), Dmitry Orlov (13)	1–0
2nd	05:51	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (34) · wrist	Andre Burakovsky (8)	2–0
3rd	02:29	WSH	EV	Andre Burakovsky (6) · wrist	Brett Connolly (5), Philipp Grubauer (1)	3–0
3rd	04:25	MIN	EV	Nino Niederreiter (15) · wrist	Mikko Koivu (22), Gustav Olofsson (6)	3–1
3rd	15:06	WSH	EV	Nicklas Backstrom (15) · wrist	Alex Ovechkin (30), Tom Wilson (17)	4–1
3rd	16:48	MIN	PP	Eric Staal (26) · wrist	Mikael Granlund (29), Ryan Suter (30)	4–2
3rd	17:46	WSH	SH EN	Tom Wilson (9) · wrist	Nicklas Backstrom (30), Alex Ovechkin (31)	5–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	09:23	MIN	Nino Niederreiter	hooking	2
2nd	10:14	WSH	Devante Smith-Pelly	holding	2
2nd	11:29	MIN	Eric Staal	tripping	2
3rd	07:15	WSH	Tom Wilson	tripping	2
3rd	11:26	WSH	Lars Eller	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	16:34	WSH	Brooks Orpik	roughing	2
3rd	19:19	WSH	Taylor Chorney	high sticking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 2.43 · MIN 3.03 · xG% WSH 44.5

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	3	4	+4	0	7	0	0		17:48	19
43	Tom Wilson	R	2	1	3	+3	2	3	2	2	100.0	16:34	21
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	0	33.3	18:00	21
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	1	1	2	+2	0	1	0	0		11:31	16
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	2		21:12	25
10	Brett Connolly	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	100.0	10:25	15
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0	2		23:09	24
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	1		21:43	26
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0		19:26	23
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0		18:22	19
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	37.5	17:37	19
29	Christian Djoos	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	1		17:19	20
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	+2	2	2	1	0	50.0	14:39	20
4	Taylor Chorney	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		13:51	18
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		13:26	19
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		13:03	15
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	62.5	12:32	17
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1		12:28	19

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Philipp Grubauer	W	34	32	2	.941	60:00

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
20	Ryan Suter	D	0	1	1	-2	0	3	0	2		25:57	24
23	Gustav Olofsson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	3		19:02	21
64	Mikael Granlund	C	0	1	1	-2	0	3	1	1		18:51	21
9	Mikko Koivu	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	55.6	18:12	20
12	Eric Staal	C	1	0	1	-1	2	2	0	0	64.3	15:37	21
22	Nino Niederreiter	R	1	0	1	-1	2	3	1	0		14:35	17
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	-4	0	0	2	0		24:59	23
24	Mathew Dumba	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0		21:53	23
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	54.5	18:59	21
11	Zach Parise	L	0	0	0	-1	0	7	0	0		18:56	21
16	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		14:57	20
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	60.0	14:13	19
39	Nate Prosser	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		12:29	15
36	Nick Seeler	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		12:26	15
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	0		11:49	16
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	44.4	11:38	14
26	Daniel Winnik	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	100.0	11:30	13
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		10:59	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Devan Dubnyk	L	26	22	4	.846	58:58