Minnesota Wild vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Friday, February 26, 2016 · Verizon Center

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2–3

Final

SOG 32–27

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CSN-DC · FS-N · FS-WI

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 on Friday, February 26, 2016 at Verizon Center. The Wild outshot the Capitals 32-27.

Goals came from Mikko Koivu, Brooks Orpik, Nino Niederreiter, Alex Ovechkin and Dmitry Orlov.

Braden Holtby made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Darcy Kuemper stopped 24 of 27.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	1	1	0	2	32
WSH	0	1	2	3	27

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Mikko Koivu (13)Ryan Suter (32), Jason Pominville (19)1–019:18 MIN · PPG

2nd period

Brooks Orpik (3)Nicklas Backstrom (38), Alex Ovechkin (18)1–100:49 WSH
Nino Niederreiter (12)Ryan Suter (33), Jason Pominville (20)2–105:05 MIN

3rd period

Alex Ovechkin (40)Matt Niskanen (22), Nicklas Backstrom (39)2–204:35 WSH · PPG
Dmitry Orlov (7)Andre Burakovsky (17), Evgeny Kuznetsov (45)2–314:56 WSH

Team stats

MINWSH

32Shots on goal27

50%Faceoff %50%

1/3Power play1/1

2Penalty minutes6

19Hits35

16Blocked shots19

6Giveaways12

4Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 05:54Brooks Orpik · holding the stick2 min
1st 12:50Matt Niskanen · roughing2 min
1st 17:44Tom Wilson · tripping2 min
3rd 04:06Darcy Kuemper · delaying game2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

29Jason PominvilleR	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	–	16:54
20Ryan SuterD	0	2	2	-1	2	1	2	0	–	28:02
9Mikko KoivuC	1	0	1	-1	2	1	2	0	60	21:56
22Nino NiederreiterR	1	0	1	-1	4	0	1	0	–	17:09
3Charlie CoyleC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	21:07
7Chris PorterL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	09:57
10Jordan SchroederC	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	08:44
14Justin FontaineR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	09:00
18Ryan CarterC	0	0	0	0	3	6	1	0	–	15:01
19Jarret StollC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	56	10:03
26Thomas VanekL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	17:51
56Erik HaulaL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	33	14:27
64Mikael GranlundC	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	33	18:50
4Mike ReillyD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	12:14
6Marco ScandellaD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	–	21:25
24Mathew DumbaD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	18:09
39Nate ProsserD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	14:45
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	25:25

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Niklas BackstromG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Darcy KuemperG	L	27	24	3	.889	58:32

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	1	2	+1	4	3	0	0	–	19:13
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	2	2	+1	0	3	3	0	47	19:16
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	100	16:07
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	55	16:32
2Matt NiskanenD	0	1	1	0	3	5	0	2	–	22:23
9Dmitry OrlovD	1	0	1	+2	1	2	3	0	–	20:44
44Brooks OrpikD	1	0	1	+2	1	8	5	2	–	24:44
10Mike RichardsC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	30	08:46
14Justin WilliamsR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	15:22
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	06:25
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	15:43
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	2	–	16:04
49Stanislav GalievR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	06:27
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	67	18:42
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	100	16:00
4Taylor ChorneyD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	–	14:11
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	21:06
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	–	16:41

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	32	30	2	.938	60:00