Washington Capitals at Minnesota Wild

Sat, Jan 4, 2014 · Xcel Energy Center · 2013–14 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 5

Final

Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at Xcel Energy Center. Mike Green scored twice; Ryan Suter scored a hat trick. Niklas Backstrom made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 30–11.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	2	1	0	3	30
MIN	0	4	1	5	11

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	12:02	WSH	PP	Marcus Johansson (1) · wrist	Alex Ovechkin (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1)	1–0
1st	12:15	WSH	EV	Mike Green (1) · wrist	Jason Chimera (1), Joel Ward (1)	2–0
2nd	02:16	MIN	EV	Nino Niederreiter (1) · wrist	Charlie Coyle (1), Matt Cooke (1)	2–1
2nd	06:56	MIN	PP	Ryan Suter (1) · slap	Mikko Koivu (1), Mikael Granlund (1)	2–2
2nd	07:38	MIN	PP	Ryan Suter (2) · deflected	Mikko Koivu (2), Dany Heatley (1)	2–3
2nd	13:50	WSH	EV	Mike Green (2) · deflected	Brooks Laich (1)	3–3
2nd	17:04	MIN	PP	Jason Zucker (1) · deflected	Keith Ballard (1), Jonas Brodin (1)	3–4
3rd	07:37	MIN	EV	Ryan Suter (3) · snap	Clayton Stoner (1)	3–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	10:37	MIN	Dany Heatley	slashing	2
1st	14:17	WSH	Troy Brouwer	hooking	2
1st	17:15	WSH	Troy Brouwer	fighting	5
1st	17:15	MIN	Nate Prosser	fighting	5
1st	19:29	MIN	Matt Cooke	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
1st	19:29	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	06:30	WSH	Steve Oleksy	roughing	2
2nd	06:35	WSH	Karl Alzner	delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	15:32	WSH	Mikhail Grabovski	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	05:30	MIN	Ryan Suter	tripping	2
3rd	10:42	WSH	Jay Beagle	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 1.89 · MIN 0.78 · xG% WSH 70.8

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
52	Mike Green	D	2	0	2	0	0	6	0	1		20:06	21
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	33.3	21:29	23
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	-2	2	7	0	0		21:24	21
90	Marcus Johansson	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		18:22	20
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	58.8	14:39	22
42	Joel Ward	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	50.0	14:07	21
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0		12:44	18
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3		25:16	25
81	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2		21:51	22
84	Mikhail Grabovski	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	40.0	20:02	23
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1		19:25	23
20	Troy Brouwer	R	0	0	0	0	7	2	3	0	40.0	18:11	21
16	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		17:15	22
4	John Erskine	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		14:41	19
61	Steve Oleksy	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		14:33	16
10	Martin Erat	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	50.0	7:27	10
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	28.6	7:22	14
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		3:46	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	L	11	6	5	.545	58:19

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
20	Ryan Suter	D	3	0	3	+2	2	3	0	4		31:06	32
9	Mikko Koivu	C	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	66.7	18:31	23
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		25:31	35
15	Dany Heatley	L	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	3	50.0	19:47	26
64	Mikael Granlund	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	73.3	16:07	25
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	40.0	15:34	23
24	Matt Cooke	L	0	1	1	0	2	1	6	0		15:01	25
22	Nino Niederreiter	R	1	0	1	+2	0	1	2	0		13:32	22
2	Keith Ballard	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	1		13:13	21
4	Clayton Stoner	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	5	2		13:07	21
16	Jason Zucker	L	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	2		11:29	17
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	33.3	22:16	28
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0		17:49	25
21	Kyle Brodziak	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	52.6	16:25	25
39	Nate Prosser	D	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	2		15:35	22
17	Torrey Mitchell	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		12:31	22
19	Stephane Veilleux	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		10:43	18
54	Brett Bulmer	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		6:18	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Niklas Backstrom	W	30	27	3	.900	60:00