Washington Capitals vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Saturday, January 4, 2014 · Xcel Energy Center
CSN-DC · FS-N
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Washington Capitals 5-3 on Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Xcel Energy Center. The Capitals outshot the Wild 30-11.
Mike Green scored twice and Ryan Suter scored a hat trick. Marcus Johansson, Nino Niederreiter and Jason Zucker also scored.
Niklas Backstrom made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 6 of 11.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Marcus Johansson (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1)1–012:02 WSH · PPG
Mike Green (1)Jason Chimera (1), Joel Ward (1)2–012:15 WSH
2nd period
Nino Niederreiter (1)Charlie Coyle (1), Matt Cooke (1)2–102:16 MIN
Ryan Suter (1)Mikko Koivu (1), Mikael Granlund (1)2–206:56 MIN · PPG- Ryan Suter (2)Mikko Koivu (2), Dany Heatley (1)2–307:38 MIN · PPG
- Mike Green (2)Brooks Laich (1)3–313:50 WSH
Jason Zucker (1)Keith Ballard (1), Jonas Brodin (1)3–417:04 MIN · PPG
3rd period
- Ryan Suter (3)Clayton Stoner (1)3–507:37 MIN
Team stats
WSHMIN
30Shots on goal11
42%Faceoff %58%
1/2Power play3/5
17Penalty minutes11
10Hits22
8Blocked shots19
3Giveaways7
5Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 10:37
Dany Heatley · slashing2 min - 1st 14:17
Troy Brouwer · hooking2 min - 1st 17:15Troy Brouwer · fighting5 min
- 1st 17:15Nate Prosser · fighting5 min
- 1st 19:29Matt Cooke · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 1st 19:29Alex Ovechkin · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2nd 06:30Steve Oleksy · roughing2 min
- 2nd 06:35Karl Alzner · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 15:32Mikhail Grabovski · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 05:30Ryan Suter · tripping2 min
- 3rd 10:42Jay Beagle · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 52Mike GreenD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 20:06 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 7 | 21:24 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:29 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:39 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 12:44 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:07 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:22 |
| 10Martin EratR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:27 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:15 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:11 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:46 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:22 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:02 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:41 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:25 |
| 61Steve OleksyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:33 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:16 |
| 81Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 11 | 6 | 5 | .545 | 58:19 |
Minnesota Wild
| 20Ryan SuterD | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 31:06 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:31 |
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:34 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:47 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 11:29 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:32 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:01 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:07 |
| 2Keith BallardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 4Clayton StonerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 13:07 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25:31 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:31 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:43 |
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:25 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:16 |
| 54Brett BulmerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 06:18 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:49 |
| 39Nate ProsserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:35 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 60:00 |
| 35Darcy KuemperG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |