Washington Capitals vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Thursday, March 19, 2015 · Xcel Energy Center

WashingtonCapitalsAway

3–2

Final

SOG 27–30

MinnesotaWildHome

CSN-DC · FS-N · FS-WI

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Capitals 30-27.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Evgeny Kuznetsov, Christian Folin and Jared Spurgeon also scored.

Braden Holtby made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Devan Dubnyk stopped 24 of 27.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	2	1	3	27
MIN	0	1	1	2	30

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Alex Ovechkin (46)Karl Alzner (15), Matt Niskanen (21)1–015:25 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov (9)Unassisted2–016:04 WSH
Christian Folin (2)Zach Parise (28), Mikael Granlund (24)2–119:51 MIN

3rd period

Alex Ovechkin (47)Nicklas Backstrom (54)3–103:05 WSH
Jared Spurgeon (9)Thomas Vanek (29), Mikael Granlund (25)3–214:04 MIN · PPG

Team stats

WSHMIN

27Shots on goal30

52%Faceoff %48%

0/4Power play1/3

10Penalty minutes12

17Hits10

14Blocked shots16

5Giveaways4

3Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 11:33Sean Bergenheim · interference2 min
1st 11:33Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
1st 18:36Mikko Koivu · hooking2 min
2nd 04:49Jordan Leopold · holding2 min
2nd 09:40Mike Green · tripping2 min
2nd 14:45Tom Wilson · embellishment2 min
2nd 14:45Zach Parise · roughing2 min
2nd 17:33Chris Stewart · roughing2 min
3rd 03:36Chris Stewart · high sticking2 min
3rd 12:21Jason Chimera · hooking2 min
3rd 19:58John Carlson · cross checking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	2	0	2	+2	6	2	0	0	–	20:43
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	47	21:17
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	1	0	1	+1	4	2	0	0	44	14:19
2Matt NiskanenD	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	–	21:17
27Karl AlznerD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	17:34
16Eric FehrC	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	46	13:38
20Troy BrouwerR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	40	19:50
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	100	11:50
22Curtis GlencrossL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:52
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	13:55
42Joel WardR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	100	14:36
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	4	–	10:48
46Michael LattaC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	100	08:41
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	+2	2	0	1	0	–	17:29
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	0	–	22:30
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	2	–	15:20
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	+2	6	1	3	2	–	25:18
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	11:19

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Justin PetersG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	30	28	2	.933	59:59

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

64Mikael GranlundC	0	2	2	-1	2	0	1	0	40	17:34
11Zach PariseL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	2	–	19:06
26Thomas VanekL	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	–	13:20
5Christian FolinD	1	0	1	+1	1	0	2	0	–	13:21
46Jared SpurgeonD	1	0	1	-2	4	0	3	0	–	21:52
3Charlie CoyleC	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	43	12:44
9Mikko KoivuC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	52	18:00
14Justin FontaineR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	12:51
21Kyle BrodziakC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	50	14:35
22Nino NiederreiterR	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	13:31
23Sean BergenheimL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	–	05:36
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	16:31
44Chris StewartR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	13:15
56Erik HaulaL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	57	12:14
20Ryan SuterD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	3	0	–	30:38
25Jonas BrodinD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	23:21
33Jordan LeopoldD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	09:16
55Mathew DumbaD	0	0	0	-1	4	0	2	0	–	21:36

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Darcy KuemperG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Devan DubnykG	L	27	24	3	.889	58:39