Washington Capitals at Detroit Red Wings

Sun, Jan 6, 2019 · Little Caesars Arena · 2018–19 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 2

Final

Detroit Red Wings

The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings 3–2 on Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at Little Caesars Arena. Evgeny Kuznetsov led the way with 2 points. Braden Holtby made 23 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 34–25.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	0	2	3	34
DET	1	1	0	2	25

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:57	WSH	EV	Tom Wilson (12) · wrist	Evgeny Kuznetsov (28)	1–0
1st	14:08	DET	EV	Anthony Mantha (10) · backhand	Unassisted	1–1
2nd	06:48	DET	EV	Filip Hronek (3) · tip-in	Dylan Larkin (23), Gustav Nyquist (26)	1–2
3rd	06:19	WSH	EV	Travis Boyd (4) · snap	Alex Ovechkin (17), Brett Connolly (15)	2–2
3rd	16:08	WSH	EV	Michal Kempny (5) · wrist	Matt Niskanen (11), Evgeny Kuznetsov (29)	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	18:37	DET	Dylan Larkin	tripping	2
2nd	10:33	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	slashing	2
2nd	14:11	WSH	Jonas Siegenthaler	high sticking	2
2nd	19:55	DET	Jonathan Ericsson	holding	2
3rd	07:01	DET	Niklas Kronwall	hooking	2
3rd	17:13	WSH	T.J. Oshie	slashing	2
3rd	19:30	DET	Andreas Athanasiou	tripping	2
3rd	19:56	WSH	T.J. Oshie	high sticking double minor	4

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 4.47 · DET 2.06 · xG% WSH 68.5

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	2	2	+1	0	5	0	0	11.1	17:28	21
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	+2	2	4	0	0		20:57	23
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	1		20:00	21
6	Michal Kempny	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0		19:04	21
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	0	1	+1	0	4	1	2	100.0	17:55	22
10	Brett Connolly	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		14:23	16
72	Travis Boyd	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	37.5	9:15	13
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1		25:50	24
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	52.6	20:49	21
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2		18:42	19
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	-1	6	3	3	0	40.0	17:39	21
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	2	47.1	16:52	19
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0		16:31	20
34	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1		13:56	19
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		13:37	15
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		11:41	17
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		10:14	14
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		9:03	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	25	23	2	.920	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
71	Dylan Larkin	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	57.1	22:00	26
14	Gustav Nyquist	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		18:52	26
17	Filip Hronek	D	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		18:49	26
39	Anthony Mantha	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		15:13	21
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3		22:57	26
55	Niklas Kronwall	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	3		21:57	27
21	Dennis Cholowski	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		19:07	26
52	Jonathan Ericsson	D	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0		18:34	27
41	Luke Glendening	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	61.9	16:42	22
43	Darren Helm	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		16:31	22
72	Andreas Athanasiou	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	1		15:13	18
51	Frans Nielsen	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	66.7	14:59	20
59	Tyler Bertuzzi	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		14:36	21
8	Justin Abdelkader	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	50.0	14:26	19
26	Thomas Vanek	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		14:22	19
28	Luke Witkowski	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		12:54	14
61	Jacob de la Rose	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	50.0	10:23	14
70	Christoffer Ehn	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		7:14	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Jimmy Howard	L	34	31	3	.912	58:41