Washington Capitals vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Thursday, February 11, 2016 · Xcel Energy Center

WashingtonCapitalsAway

4–3

Final

SOG 33–36

MinnesotaWildHome

CSN-DC+ · FS-N

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Thursday, February 11, 2016 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Capitals 36-33.

Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick. Charlie Coyle, Ryan Suter, Jason Chimera and Mikael Granlund also scored.

Braden Holtby made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Devan Dubnyk stopped 29 of 32.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	3	1	4	33
MIN	0	1	2	3	36

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Alex Ovechkin (32)T.J. Oshie (17), Nicklas Backstrom (33)1–002:14 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (33)John Carlson (23), Nicklas Backstrom (34)2–005:21 WSH · PPG
Charlie Coyle (15)Mikko Koivu (26), Ryan Suter (28)2–111:27 MIN
Alex Ovechkin (34)Nicklas Backstrom (35)3–114:55 WSH

3rd period

Ryan Suter (7)Mathew Dumba (10), Zach Parise (14)3–207:35 MIN · PPG
Jason Chimera (15)Tom Wilson (13)4–219:08 WSH · EN
Mikael Granlund (5)Zach Parise (15), Thomas Vanek (18)4–319:56 MIN

Team stats

WSHMIN

33Shots on goal36

32%Faceoff %68%

1/5Power play1/5

10Penalty minutes10

21Hits14

17Blocked shots12

3Giveaways4

5Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 03:53Justin Williams · slashing2 min
1st 11:24Nate Prosser · roughing2 min
1st 12:05T.J. Oshie · interference2 min
1st 13:57Matt Niskanen · hooking2 min
1st 19:54Christian Folin · holding2 min
2nd 04:10Thomas Vanek · slashing2 min
2nd 07:48Dmitry Orlov · slashing2 min
2nd 16:23Charlie Coyle · tripping2 min
3rd 05:59Justin Williams · cross checking2 min
3rd 09:30Jarret Stoll · tripping2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	3	0	3	+1	10	2	2	0	–	19:47
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	3	3	+1	4	0	2	0	57	19:26
25Jason ChimeraL	1	0	1	+1	5	2	0	0	–	15:50
43Tom WilsonR	0	1	1	+1	3	3	0	0	–	14:43
77T.J. OshieR	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	2	–	21:30
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	–	23:46
10Mike RichardsC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	23	11:03
14Justin WilliamsR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	4	33	16:58
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	100	09:02
46Michael LattaC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	05:17
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	14:12
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	33	18:04
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	21	12:47
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	–	23:11
4Taylor ChorneyD	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	–	13:00
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	–	12:21
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	1	0	–	22:07
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	5	0	–	17:21

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	36	33	3	.917	59:59

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

11Zach PariseL	0	2	2	0	3	1	1	0	–	21:15
20Ryan SuterD	1	1	2	-2	3	1	4	0	–	34:43
3Charlie CoyleC	1	0	1	-1	2	0	1	2	67	22:50
9Mikko KoivuC	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	72	22:10
26Thomas VanekL	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	2	–	12:50
64Mikael GranlundC	1	0	1	-1	4	0	0	0	91	17:19
24Mathew DumbaD	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	–	24:26
14Justin FontaineR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	100	09:03
16Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	07:34
18Ryan CarterC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	11:01
19Jarret StollC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	64	10:39
22Nino NiederreiterR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	14:15
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	12:15
56Erik HaulaL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	50	13:37
4Mike ReillyD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	12:00
5Christian FolinD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	2	–	16:00
6Marco ScandellaD	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	–	20:42
39Nate ProsserD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	–	10:21

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Darcy KuemperG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Devan DubnykG	L	32	29	3	.906	57:52