Washington Capitals vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Wednesday, November 18, 2015 · Joe Louis Arena
NBCSN · TVAS
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 in overtime on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at Joe Louis Arena. The Capitals outshot the Red Wings 27-26.
Goals came from Dylan Larkin, Justin Williams and Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Braden Holtby made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Petr Mrazek stopped 25 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Dylan Larkin (6)Pavel Datsyuk (1)0–102:48 DET
Justin Williams (4)Matt Niskanen (6), Nicklas Backstrom (7)1–110:54 WSH · PPG
OT period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (6)Matt Niskanen (7), Karl Alzner (5)2–100:45 WSH
Team stats
WSHDET
27Shots on goal26
48%Faceoff %52%
1/6Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes12
19Hits20
9Blocked shots9
4Giveaways8
4Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 03:29
Luke Glendening · hooking2 min - 1st 07:20
Nate Schmidt · hooking2 min - 1st 09:20Dylan Larkin · hooking2 min
- 1st 11:40Tomas Tatar · tripping2 min
- 1st 16:15Danny DeKeyser · interference2 min
- 2nd 01:33Karl Alzner · holding2 min
- 3rd 06:39Danny DeKeyser · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 17:08Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 23:51 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:35 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 18:24 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:42 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:17 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21:59 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:10 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:36 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:22 |
| 46Michael LattaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:18 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:40 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:17 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:46 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:54 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:09 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:51 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25:45 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 26 | 25 | 1 | .962 | 60:45 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 13Pavel DatsyukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:45 |
| 71Dylan LarkinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:44 |
| 8Justin AbdelkaderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:08 |
| 14Gustav NyquistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:33 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:11 |
| 20Drew MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:22 |
| 21Tomas TatarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:56 |
| 40Henrik ZetterbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:18 |
| 41Luke GlendeningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 43Darren HelmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:45 |
| 56Teemu PulkkinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:59 |
| 72Andreas AthanasiouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:50 |
| 4Jakub KindlD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:18 |
| 25Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:47 |
| 47Alexey MarchenkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:07 |
| 52Jonathan EricssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:52 |
| 55Niklas KronwallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:17 |
| 65Danny DeKeyserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Petr MrazekG | O | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 60:45 |
| 35Jimmy HowardG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |