Washington Capitals vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Wednesday, March 16, 2011 · Joe Louis Arena
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Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Capitals 35-28.
Henrik Zetterberg scored twice. John Carlson, Valtteri Filppula and Alex Ovechkin also scored.
Jimmy Howard made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Michal Neuvirth stopped 32 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Henrik Zetterberg (1)Brian Rafalski (1), Todd Bertuzzi (1)0–112:23 DET
John Carlson (1)Jason Chimera (1), DJ King (1)1–112:56 WSH
Valtteri Filppula (1)Brian Rafalski (2), Mike Modano (1)1–214:45 DET
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (1)Alexander Semin (1), Scott Hannan (1)2–205:53 WSH
3rd period
- Henrik Zetterberg (2)Pavel Datsyuk (1), Brian Rafalski (3)2–309:53 DET · PPG
Team stats
WSHDET
28Shots on goal35
38%Faceoff %63%
0/4Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes8
22Hits24
13Blocked shots8
10Giveaways13
7Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 09:34
Henrik Zetterberg · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 1st 19:05Pavel Datsyuk · tripping2 min
- 2nd 03:32
Boyd Gordon · holding the stick2 min - 2nd 19:21Jonathan Ericsson · interference2 min
- 3rd 05:08Tomas Holmstrom · slashing2 min
- 3rd 09:20Mike Knuble · tripping2 min
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 26:01 |
| 17DJ KingL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 07:47 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:04 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:53 |
| 23Scott HannanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:52 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20:16 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:25 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:48 |
| 18Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:24 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:41 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19:23 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 10:55 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:53 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:48 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 27:54 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:23 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:32 |
| 89Tyler SloanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:23 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | L | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 59:05 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 19:10 |
| 40Henrik ZetterbergL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 18:13 |
| 13Pavel DatsyukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 15:57 |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:08 |
| 90Mike ModanoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:16 |
| 8Justin AbdelkaderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 14:58 |
| 11Daniel ClearyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:50 |
| 26Jiri HudlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:40 |
| 33Kris DraperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:48 |
| 43Darren HelmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:00 |
| 93Johan FranzenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 13:49 |
| 96Tomas HolmstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:05 |
| 4Jakub KindlD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:19 |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:10 |
| 23Brad StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 25:07 |
| 52Jonathan EricssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:18 |
| 55Niklas KronwallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Joey MacDonaldG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Jimmy HowardG | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 60:00 |