Detroit Red Wings vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, December 8, 2015 · Verizon Center
SN · NBCSN
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in a shootout on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Red Wings 40-23.
Goals came from Justin Williams, Henrik Zetterberg, Tomas Jurco and Alex Ovechkin.
Braden Holtby made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Jimmy Howard stopped 38 of 40.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Justin Williams (8)Evgeny Kuznetsov (19), Marcus Johansson (9)0–100:43 WSH
Henrik Zetterberg (5)Dylan Larkin (11)1–115:40 DET
2nd period
Tomas Jurco (1)Joakim Andersson (1), Luke Glendening (4)2–103:16 DET
3rd period
Alex Ovechkin (13)Marcus Johansson (10), Nicklas Backstrom (14)2–210:51 WSH · PPG
SO period
T.J. OshieUnassisted2–300:00 WSH
Team stats
DETWSH
23Shots on goal40
45%Faceoff %55%
0/1Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes2
20Hits28
15Blocked shots19
8Giveaways12
3Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 09:30
Niklas Kronwall · slashing2 min - 2nd 14:46Jonathan Ericsson · tripping2 min
- 3rd 06:29Mike Green · holding2 min
- 3rd 10:23Brendan Smith · hooking2 min
- OT 02:35
Alex Ovechkin · hooking2 min - OT 04:41Gustav Nyquist · slashing2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 18Joakim AnderssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:24 |
| 26Tomas JurcoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:18 |
| 40Henrik ZetterbergL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:57 |
| 41Luke GlendeningC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:17 |
| 71Dylan LarkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 8Justin AbdelkaderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:34 |
| 13Pavel DatsyukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:11 |
| 14Gustav NyquistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:16 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:21 |
| 17Brad RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:30 |
| 21Tomas TatarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:17 |
| 43Darren HelmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:26 |
| 2Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:36 |
| 25Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:38 |
| 47Alexey MarchenkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:18 |
| 52Jonathan EricssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:02 |
| 55Niklas KronwallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:29 |
| 65Danny DeKeyserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Petr MrazekG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Jimmy HowardG | O | 40 | 38 | 2 | .950 | 64:51 |
Washington Capitals
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:40 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 25:43 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:36 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:30 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:46 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 09:00 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13:52 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:14 |
| 46Michael LattaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 06:33 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:45 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:56 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:00 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:51 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:16 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:06 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:09 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 27:45 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 23 | 21 | 2 | .913 | 64:55 |