Washington Capitals at Minnesota Wild

Thu, Feb 11, 2016 · Xcel Energy Center · 2015–16 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

4 – 3

Final

Minnesota Wild

The Washington Capitals beat the Minnesota Wild 4–3 on Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at Xcel Energy Center. Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick. Braden Holtby made 33 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–36.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	3	1	4	33
MIN	0	1	2	3	36

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	02:14	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (32) · wrist	T.J. Oshie (17), Nicklas Backstrom (33)	1–0
2nd	05:21	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (33) · wrist	John Carlson (23), Nicklas Backstrom (34)	2–0
2nd	11:27	MIN	EV	Charlie Coyle (15) · backhand	Mikko Koivu (26), Ryan Suter (28)	2–1
2nd	14:55	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (34) · wrist	Nicklas Backstrom (35)	3–1
3rd	07:35	MIN	PP	Ryan Suter (7) · slap	Mathew Dumba (10), Zach Parise (14)	3–2
3rd	19:08	WSH	SH EN	Jason Chimera (15) · wrist	Tom Wilson (13)	4–2
3rd	19:56	MIN	PP	Mikael Granlund (5) · wrist	Zach Parise (15), Thomas Vanek (18)	4–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:53	WSH	Justin Williams	slashing	2
1st	11:24	MIN	Nate Prosser	roughing	2
1st	12:05	WSH	T.J. Oshie	interference	2
1st	13:57	WSH	Matt Niskanen	hooking	2
1st	19:54	MIN	Christian Folin	holding	2
2nd	04:10	MIN	Thomas Vanek	slashing	2
2nd	07:48	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	slashing	2
2nd	16:23	MIN	Charlie Coyle	tripping	2
3rd	05:59	WSH	Justin Williams	cross checking	2
3rd	09:30	MIN	Jarret Stoll	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 3.52 · MIN 3.43 · xG% WSH 50.7

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	3	0	3	+1	0	10	2	2		19:47	25
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	3	3	+1	0	4	0	2	57.1	19:26	27
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0		23:46	31
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	1	1	+1	2	2	3	0		21:30	28
25	Jason Chimera	L	1	0	1	+1	0	5	2	0		15:50	23
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	1	1	+1	0	3	3	0		14:43	20
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1		23:11	29
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	1		22:07	28
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1	33.3	18:04	21
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	5		17:21	24
14	Justin Williams	R	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	33.3	16:58	23
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		14:12	17
4	Taylor Chorney	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2		13:00	21
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	21.4	12:47	17
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0		12:21	19
10	Mike Richards	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	23.1	11:03	16
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	100.0	9:02	17
46	Michael Latta	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		5:17	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	36	33	3	.917	59:59

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
20	Ryan Suter	D	1	1	2	-2	0	3	1	4		34:43	32
11	Zach Parise	L	0	2	2	0	0	3	1	1		21:15	24
24	Mathew Dumba	D	0	1	1	0	0	6	0	0		24:26	24
3	Charlie Coyle	C	1	0	1	-1	2	2	0	1	66.7	22:50	24
9	Mikko Koivu	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	72.0	22:10	27
64	Mikael Granlund	C	1	0	1	-1	0	4	0	0	90.9	17:19	23
26	Thomas Vanek	L	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	0		12:50	19
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2		20:42	28
5	Christian Folin	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	1		16:00	26
22	Nino Niederreiter	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		14:15	19
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	50.0	13:37	23
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		12:15	19
4	Mike Reilly	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		12:00	19
18	Ryan Carter	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		11:01	18
19	Jarret Stoll	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	64.3	10:39	17
39	Nate Prosser	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2		10:21	17
14	Justin Fontaine	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	100.0	9:03	18
16	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		7:34	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Devan Dubnyk	L	32	29	3	.906	57:52