Washington Capitals vs Detroit Red Wings

Regular season · Sunday, April 5, 2015 · Joe Louis Arena

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2–1

Final

SOG 28–36

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Sunday, April 5, 2015 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Capitals 36-28.

Goals came from Evgeny Kuznetsov, Mike Green and Darren Helm.

Braden Holtby made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Petr Mrazek stopped 26 of 28.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	0	2	28
DET	0	1	0	1	36

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Evgeny Kuznetsov (11)Matt Niskanen (27), Mike Green (35)1–003:38 WSH · PPG

2nd period

Mike Green (10)Tim Gleason (8), Alex Ovechkin (28)2–004:42 WSH
Darren Helm (14)Pavel Datsyuk (37), Teemu Pulkkinen (3)2–112:59 DET · PPG

Team stats

WSHDET

28Shots on goal36

54%Faceoff %46%

1/3Power play1/5

10Penalty minutes6

15Hits14

23Blocked shots6

4Giveaways7

2Takeaways2

Penalties

1st 01:51Daniel Cleary · high sticking2 min
1st 10:18Alex Ovechkin · holding2 min
2nd 01:56Brooks Orpik · tripping2 min
2nd 05:38Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 10:28Marek Zidlicky · clipping2 min
2nd 12:14Joel Ward · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 15:45Mike Green · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 16:14Troy Brouwer · closing hand on puck2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

52Mike GreenD	1	1	2	+1	1	0	1	2	–	15:34
8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	+1	6	0	0	2	–	19:43
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	46	18:31
2Matt NiskanenD	0	1	1	0	3	1	2	0	–	22:42
6Tim GleasonD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	0	–	12:11
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	63	21:12
20Troy BrouwerR	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	75	21:39
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	13:26
22Curtis GlencrossL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	100	11:47
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	13:02
42Joel WardR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	100	18:12
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	–	07:26
46Michael LattaC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	04:54
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	06:06
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	19:23
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	–	18:07
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	2	–	22:46
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	–	24:34

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Justin PetersG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	36	35	1	.972	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters

13Pavel DatsyukC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	65	20:53
43Darren HelmC	1	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	–	20:43
56Teemu PulkkinenL	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	10:42
11Daniel ClearyR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2	–	08:34
14Gustav NyquistC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	15:57
15Riley SheahanC	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	–	16:12
18Joakim AnderssonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	08:28
20Drew MillerL	0	0	0	-1	1	4	0	0	–	13:28
21Tomas TatarC	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	–	19:32
40Henrik ZetterbergL	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	58	18:47
41Luke GlendeningC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	25	16:44
90Stephen WeissC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	11:40
2Brendan SmithD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	15:19
27Kyle QuinceyD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	17:37
28Marek ZidlickyD	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	–	20:33
52Jonathan EricssonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	16:43
55Niklas KronwallD	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	24:20
65Danny DeKeyserD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	20:17

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Petr MrazekG	L	28	26	2	.929	57:44
35Jimmy HowardG		0	0	0	–	00:00