Washington Capitals vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Thursday, October 28, 2010 · Xcel Energy Center

WashingtonCapitalsAway

1–2

Final

SOG 22–17

MinnesotaWildHome

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Washington Capitals 2-1 on Thursday, October 28, 2010 at Xcel Energy Center. The Capitals outshot the Wild 22-17.

Goals came from Chuck Kobasew, Mikko Koivu and Alex Ovechkin.

Niklas Backstrom made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Michal Neuvirth stopped 15 of 17.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	0	1	1	22
MIN	1	1	0	2	17

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Chuck Kobasew (1)Andrew Brunette (1), Clayton Stoner (1)0–107:48 MIN

2nd period

Mikko Koivu (1)Matt Cullen (1), Marek Zidlicky (1)0–219:44 MIN · PPG

3rd period

Alex Ovechkin (1)Mike Green (1)1–218:24 WSH

Team stats

WSHMIN

22Shots on goal17

48%Faceoff %52%

0/2Power play1/5

10Penalty minutes4

29Hits29

15Blocked shots13

7Giveaways9

2Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 12:07Tyler Sloan · interference2 min
2nd 03:04Brad Staubitz · interference2 min
2nd 10:19Mikko Koivu · slashing2 min
2nd 18:33Matt Bradley · holding2 min
2nd 19:44Karl Alzner · hooking2 min
3rd 08:04Mike Green · high sticking2 min
3rd 12:31Jason Chimera · interference goalkeeper2 min

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	+1	4	4	0	0	–	20:43
52Mike GreenD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	3	2	–	30:41
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	2	–	08:46
14Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	38	14:34
16Eric FehrR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	11:36
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	71	19:49
21Brooks LaichL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	20:21
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	–	19:15
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	–	11:00
26Matt HendricksC	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	50	11:56
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	20:32
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	0	47	10:23
85Mathieu PerreaultC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17	10:22
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	16:22
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	–	17:52
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	-1	0	4	5	0	–	18:49
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	0	–	21:32
89Tyler SloanD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	07:40

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Michal NeuvirthG	L	17	15	2	.882	58:36
70Braden HoltbyG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

7Matt CullenC	0	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	60	22:36
9Mikko KoivuC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	2	50	18:49
12Chuck KobasewR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	19:07
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	18:35
3Marek ZidlickyD	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0	–	25:44
4Clayton StonerD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	2	0	–	11:57
11John MaddenC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	59	14:59
16Brad StaubitzR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	05:54
17Casey WellmanC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	11:12
18Colton GilliesC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	06:55
21Kyle BrodziakC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	44	12:08
22Cal ClutterbuckR	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	0	–	18:44
23Eric NystromL	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0	–	16:44
24Martin HavlatR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	17:27
5Greg ZanonD	0	0	0	-1	1	4	0	0	–	20:20
8Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	22:44
41Justin FalkD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	11:48
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	–	20:17

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Niklas BackstromG	W	22	21	1	.955	60:00
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	00:00