Detroit Red Wings vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Wednesday, October 29, 2014 · Verizon Center

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4–2

Final

SOG 22–27

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NBCSN · SN360 · TVAS

Game summary

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Washington Capitals 4-2 on Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Red Wings 27-22.

Justin Abdelkader scored twice. Gustav Nyquist, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Troy Brouwer and Pavel Datsyuk also scored.

Jimmy Howard made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 18 of 22.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
DET	0	1	3	4	22
WSH	0	2	0	2	27

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Gustav Nyquist (5)Justin Abdelkader (3), Kyle Quincey (1)1–008:56 DET
Evgeny Kuznetsov (1)Joel Ward (2), Braden Holtby (1)1–113:19 WSH · PPG
Troy Brouwer (2)John Carlson (5), Andre Burakovsky (6)1–219:02 WSH

3rd period

Justin Abdelkader (4)Unassisted2–204:04 DET
Justin Abdelkader (5)Pavel Datsyuk (3), Henrik Zetterberg (8)3–210:34 DET
Pavel Datsyuk (2)Henrik Zetterberg (9), Brendan Smith (1)4–219:06 DET · PPG

Team stats

DETWSH

22Shots on goal27

50%Faceoff %50%

1/4Power play1/6

12Penalty minutes8

20Hits28

15Blocked shots10

3Giveaways10

6Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 06:22Luke Glendening · interference2 min
1st 08:51Andre Burakovsky · tripping2 min
1st 10:13Tomas Tatar · high sticking2 min
1st 19:24Jonathan Ericsson · holding2 min
2nd 11:26Niklas Kronwall · interference2 min
2nd 16:53Liam O'Brien · throwing equipment2 min
2nd 17:01Justin Abdelkader · high sticking2 min
2nd 19:17Nicklas Backstrom · high sticking2 min
3rd 16:24Pavel Datsyuk · holding2 min
3rd 17:07Joel Ward · tripping2 min

Season series

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters

8Justin AbdelkaderL	2	1	3	+2	3	3	0	2	–	17:44
13Pavel DatsyukC	1	1	2	+2	4	0	0	2	62	18:23
40Henrik ZetterbergL	0	2	2	+3	2	2	1	0	–	16:48
14Gustav NyquistC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	16:26
2Brendan SmithD	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	–	17:10
27Kyle QuinceyD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	19:14
15Riley SheahanC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	29	13:49
18Joakim AnderssonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	63	13:09
20Drew MillerL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	14:28
21Tomas TatarC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	2	–	13:52
26Tomas JurcoR	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	10:37
41Luke GlendeningC	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	2	56	13:36
43Darren HelmC	0	0	0	-1	3	1	2	0	–	12:25
49Andrej NestrasilC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	09:41
4Jakub KindlD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:26
52Jonathan EricssonD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	2	–	20:01
55Niklas KronwallD	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	–	26:52
65Danny DeKeyserD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	–	19:26

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Jimmy HowardG	W	27	25	2	.926	60:00
50Jonas GustavssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

20Troy BrouwerR	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	50	18:47
42Joel WardR	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	2	100	17:10
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	83	14:57
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	50	16:00
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	-1	1	1	1	0	–	22:32
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	-2	7	5	0	0	–	19:51
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	2	45	20:57
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	100	12:42
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	-1	1	4	1	0	–	08:14
46Michael LattaC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	07:38
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	50	15:34
87Liam O'BrienC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	07:50
90Marcus JohanssonC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	–	19:24
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	20:04
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	14:50
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	-2	1	3	3	0	–	21:57
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	22:03
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	12:13

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Justin PetersG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	L	22	18	4	.818	59:18