Washington Capitals at Dallas Stars

Fri, Jan 28, 2022 · American Airlines Center · 2021–22 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

5 – 0

Final

Dallas Stars

The Washington Capitals beat the Dallas Stars 5–0 on Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at American Airlines Center. Nicklas Backstrom led the way with 3 points. Vitek Vanecek made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–29.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	3	2	0	5	29
DAL	0	0	0	0	29

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:29	WSH	PP	Tom Wilson (13) · slap	Nicklas Backstrom (8), Evgeny Kuznetsov (29)	1–0
1st	07:54	WSH	PP	John Carlson (9) · slap	Evgeny Kuznetsov (30), Nicklas Backstrom (9)	2–0
1st	13:08	WSH	EV	Trevor van Riemsdyk (1) · wrist	Connor McMichael (8), Joe Snively (2)	3–0
2nd	12:03	WSH	EV	Connor McMichael (6) · wrist	Lars Eller (13), Justin Schultz (7)	4–0
2nd	16:50	WSH	EV	Nicklas Backstrom (3) · wrist	Dmitry Orlov (15)	5–0

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:19	DAL	Roope Hintz	tripping	2
1st	07:21	DAL	Miro Heiskanen	holding	2
1st	15:07	WSH	Carl Hagelin	tripping	2
2nd	06:03	WSH	John Carlson	high sticking double minor	4

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.81 · DAL 2.67 · xG% WSH 51.2

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	2	3	+1	0	2	0	0	25.0	13:58	20
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	37.5	15:51	21
24	Connor McMichael	C	1	1	2	+2	0	1	0	1		12:34	17
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	3		22:59	28
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	1		20:38	25
74	John Carlson	D	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	4		20:22	27
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	1		17:39	23
20	Lars Eller	C	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	35.7	17:10	24
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		16:51	21
91	Joe Snively	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	1		11:14	16
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		21:10	28
52	Matt Irwin	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	2	3		16:49	21
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		16:20	18
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	53.3	15:32	23
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4		15:27	22
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0		14:32	23
10	Daniel Sprong	R	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0		12:54	17
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		12:33	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	29	29	0	1.000	59:27

Dallas Stars

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
20	Ryan Suter	D	0	0	3	2	1		25:51	24
4	Miro Heiskanen	D	0	2	0	1	1		24:46	24
21	Jason Robertson	L	0	0	3	1	0		19:55	21
3	John Klingberg	D	-3	0	2	0	2		18:57	22
16	Joe Pavelski	C	0	0	2	0	1	50.0	18:20	22
24	Roope Hintz	C	0	2	5	1	0	60.0	18:19	22
34	Denis Gurianov	R	0	0	2	1	0		17:14	23
91	Tyler Seguin	C	0	0	2	0	0	66.7	17:02	22
23	Esa Lindell	D	-1	0	2	1	3		17:02	21
14	Jamie Benn	L	0	0	1	2	0	54.5	16:55	23
2	Jani Hakanpää	D	0	0	0	4	0		16:17	19
47	Alexander Radulov	R	-2	0	1	1	1	100.0	15:00	17
5	Andrej Sekera	D	-2	0	2	0	2		14:21	18
40	Jacob Peterson	C	-2	0	2	1	0	80.0	12:59	17
12	Radek Faksa	C	-1	0	1	1	1	50.0	12:49	18
64	Tanner Kero	C	-1	0	0	0	0	100.0	11:34	14
25	Joel Kiviranta	L	-2	0	0	1	0		11:29	17
11	Luke Glendening	C	-1	0	1	0	0	100.0	10:27	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	L	27	22	5	.815	40:00
29	Jake Oettinger		2	2	0	1.000	20:00