Detroit Red Wings vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Sunday, February 2, 2014 · Verizon Center

DetroitRed WingsAway

5–6

Final/OT

SOG 30–28

WashingtonCapitalsHome

NBC · NHLN-CA

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-5 in overtime on Sunday, February 2, 2014 at Verizon Center. The Red Wings outshot the Capitals 30-28.

Joel Ward scored twice and Gustav Nyquist scored a hat trick. Jason Chimera, John Carlson, Tomas Tatar, Troy Brouwer, Justin Abdelkader and Alex Ovechkin also scored.

Michal Neuvirth made 25 saves on 30 shots for the win; Jimmy Howard stopped 22 of 28.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
DET	1	2	2	0	5	30
WSH	3	1	1	1	6	28

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Jason Chimera (1)Joel Ward (1), Connor Carrick (1)0–104:43 WSH
Joel Ward (1)Marcus Johansson (1), Jason Chimera (1)0–207:20 WSH · PPG
Gustav Nyquist (1)Daniel Alfredsson (1), Niklas Kronwall (1)1–211:40 DET · PPG
John Carlson (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Martin Erat (1)1–316:05 WSH · PPG

2nd period

Tomas Tatar (1)Riley Sheahan (1), Tomas Jurco (1)2–313:30 DET
Joel Ward (2)Jason Chimera (2), Connor Carrick (2)2–413:49 WSH
Gustav Nyquist (2)Henrik Zetterberg (1), Tomas Tatar (1)3–418:49 DET · PPG

3rd period

Gustav Nyquist (3)Henrik Zetterberg (2), Niklas Kronwall (2)4–400:42 DET
Troy Brouwer (1)Unassisted4–504:28 WSH
Justin Abdelkader (1)Gustav Nyquist (1), Henrik Zetterberg (3)5–506:25 DET

OT period

Alex Ovechkin (1)John Carlson (1), Nicklas Backstrom (2)5–602:37 WSH · PPG

Team stats

DETWSH

30Shots on goal28

39%Faceoff %61%

2/3Power play3/6

12Penalty minutes6

28Hits40

11Blocked shots18

7Giveaways14

7Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 07:02Gustav Nyquist · slashing2 min
1st 11:31Connor Carrick · cross checking2 min
1st 13:21Aaron Volpatti · hooking2 min
1st 15:33Kyle Quincey · delaying game puck over glass2 min
1st 19:19Jakub Kindl · holding2 min
2nd 16:52Troy Brouwer · slashing2 min
3rd 02:03Tomas Tatar · tripping2 min
3rd 09:56Henrik Zetterberg · tripping2 min
OT 01:26Brendan Smith · tripping2 min

Season series

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters

14Gustav NyquistC	3	1	4	+1	5	0	0	2	–	19:03
40Henrik ZetterbergL	0	3	3	+1	2	1	0	2	37	23:56
21Tomas TatarC	1	1	2	+1	4	2	0	2	–	14:55
55Niklas KronwallD	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	–	25:34
8Justin AbdelkaderL	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	100	18:32
11Daniel AlfredssonR	0	1	1	-1	1	1	1	0	–	16:08
15Riley SheahanC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	46	15:17
26Tomas JurcoR	0	1	1	0	3	2	2	0	–	13:56
17Patrick EavesR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	50	05:26
18Joakim AnderssonC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	16:26
20Drew MillerL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	10:10
41Luke GlendeningC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	40	09:21
43Darren HelmC	0	0	0	-1	2	5	0	0	35	16:21
2Brendan SmithD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	2	–	15:09
4Jakub KindlD	0	0	0	-1	1	4	0	2	–	16:12
27Kyle QuinceyD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	2	–	20:48
52Jonathan EricssonD	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	0	–	24:54
65Danny DeKeyserD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	20:23

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Jimmy HowardG	O	28	22	6	.786	62:33
50Jonas GustavssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

25Jason ChimeraL	1	2	3	0	2	3	1	0	50	15:44
42Joel WardR	2	1	3	0	3	1	0	0	33	14:48
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	2	2	0	3	5	0	0	57	24:35
58Connor CarrickD	0	2	2	+2	1	1	2	2	–	19:04
74John CarlsonD	1	1	2	-2	3	1	0	0	–	28:16
8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	-1	5	2	0	0	–	24:05
10Martin EratR	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	50	20:36
20Troy BrouwerR	1	0	1	+1	5	3	2	2	50	20:10
90Marcus JohanssonC	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	17:20
16Eric FehrR	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	83	12:00
24Aaron VolpattiL	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	–	08:36
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	07:01
48Casey WellmanC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	50	08:20
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	0	74	16:19
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	+1	2	3	2	0	–	18:13
23Tyson StrachanD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	15:17
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0	–	19:26
81Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	16:32

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Michal NeuvirthG	W	30	25	5	.833	62:37
70Braden HoltbyG		0	0	0	–	00:00