Washington Capitals at Detroit Red Wings

Fri, Dec 31, 2021 · Little Caesars Arena · 2021–22 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 1

Final

Detroit Red Wings

The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings 3–1 on Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at Little Caesars Arena. Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Ilya Samsonov made 19 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–20.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	2	3	27
DET	0	1	0	1	20

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	01:43	DET	EV	Pius Suter (6) · wrist	Sam Gagner (9), Vladislav Namestnikov (8)	0–1
2nd	15:53	WSH	EV	Evgeny Kuznetsov (11) · snap	Lucas Johansen (1), Matt Irwin (2)	1–1
3rd	17:09	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (23) · slap	Evgeny Kuznetsov (22), Nicklas Backstrom (3)	2–1
3rd	19:19	WSH	SH EN	Alex Ovechkin (24) · snap	Garnet Hathaway (4), John Carlson (24)	3–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	19:41	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	tripping	2
2nd	04:19	DET	Moritz Seider	holding	2
2nd	11:57	WSH	Tom Wilson	roughing	2
3rd	01:54	DET	Gustav Lindstrom	tripping	2
3rd	10:10	DET	Moritz Seider	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd	10:10	WSH	Nic Dowd	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd	15:10	DET	Robby Fabbri	interference	2
3rd	19:54	WSH	Tom Wilson	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.99 · DET 2.03 · xG% WSH 59.6

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	1	1	2	0	0	3	1	1	25.0	20:09	23
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	2	0	2	+2	0	7	1	0		19:54	22
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0		26:03	27
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	1	25.0	16:29	19
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	2		13:12	19
52	Matt Irwin	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0		12:33	19
22	Lucas Johansen	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		12:18	19
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3		22:04	26
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	3		21:10	24
6	Michal Kempny	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	1		19:52	23
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	33.3	18:08	18
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		17:01	22
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0		16:34	21
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	33.3	14:12	23
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		13:48	22
59	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	71.4	10:56	14
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		10:09	11
49	Brett Leason	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9:22	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ilya Samsonov	W	20	19	1	.950	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
24	Pius Suter	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	1	55.6	17:40	22
92	Vladislav Namestnikov	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1		15:01	21
89	Sam Gagner	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1	66.7	14:03	19
53	Moritz Seider	D	0	0	0	-1	4	3	3	2		22:39	28
17	Filip Hronek	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		20:31	26
18	Marc Staal	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	2		19:47	26
59	Tyler Bertuzzi	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		19:38	21
65	Danny DeKeyser	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	2		18:14	27
14	Robby Fabbri	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0		17:56	19
71	Dylan Larkin	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	92.9	17:39	21
23	Lucas Raymond	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0		17:17	22
28	Gustav Lindstrom	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2		17:09	19
82	Jordan Oesterle	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		17:03	19
27	Michael Rasmussen	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	42.9	14:10	21
11	Filip Zadina	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		12:23	17
73	Adam Erne	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	100.0	11:36	16
90	Joseph Veleno	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	100.0	10:31	15
37	Carter Rowney	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33.3	10:25	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Thomas Greiss	L	26	24	2	.923	58:19