Detroit Red Wings vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, February 9, 2017 · Verizon Center
CSN-DC · FS-D
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-3 on Thursday, February 9, 2017 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Red Wings 31-17.
Andreas Athanasiou scored twice and T.J. Oshie scored twice. Marcus Johansson, Brett Connolly, Henrik Zetterberg, John Carlson and Nicklas Backstrom also scored.
Braden Holtby made 14 saves on 17 shots for the win; Petr Mrazek stopped 25 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Marcus Johansson (18)Evgeny Kuznetsov (32), Justin Williams (14)0–105:57 WSH
Andreas Athanasiou (12)Ryan Sproul (6), Thomas Vanek (21)1–113:30 DET- Andreas Athanasiou (13)Thomas Vanek (22)2–116:23 DET · PPG
Brett Connolly (12)Lars Eller (9), Karl Alzner (8)2–218:30 WSH
2nd period
T.J. Oshie (21)John Carlson (22), Nicklas Backstrom (40)2–301:16 WSH
3rd period
Henrik Zetterberg (12)Anthony Mantha (15), Gustav Nyquist (21)3–301:25 DET
John Carlson (6)T.J. Oshie (16)3–404:15 WSH- T.J. Oshie (22)Nicklas Backstrom (41), Marcus Johansson (20)3–514:18 WSH · PPG
Nicklas Backstrom (16)Jay Beagle (11)3–618:28 WSH · EN
Team stats
DETWSH
17Shots on goal31
50%Faceoff %50%
1/2Power play1/1
4Penalty minutes6
13Hits16
15Blocked shots7
7Giveaways13
16Takeaways14
Penalties
- 1st 11:25
Nate Schmidt · holding2 min - 1st 11:25
Anthony Mantha · high sticking2 min - 1st 15:51Nicklas Backstrom · boarding2 min
- 2nd 13:44Nicklas Backstrom · slashing2 min
- 3rd 13:34Brendan Smith · tripping2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 62Thomas VanekL | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 15:04 |
| 72Andreas AthanasiouC | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 16:39 |
| 14Gustav NyquistC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 15:54 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:36 |
| 40Henrik ZetterbergL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 20:11 |
| 48Ryan SproulD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 16:52 |
| 8Justin AbdelkaderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:51 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:32 |
| 21Tomas TatarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:37 |
| 26Tomas JurcoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:21 |
| 41Luke GlendeningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:03 |
| 43Darren HelmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:41 |
| 71Dylan LarkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:57 |
| 2Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:16 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:38 |
| 25Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 26:02 |
| 52Jonathan EricssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:21 |
| 65Danny DeKeyserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 24:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jared CoreauG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34Petr MrazekG | L | 30 | 25 | 5 | .833 | 58:35 |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 16:32 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 2 | 17:05 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:16 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 5 | 22:26 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:57 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:58 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 12:46 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:21 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:11 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 21:25 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:54 |
| 26Daniel WinnikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:54 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:27 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:46 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:21 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:02 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:41 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:26 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 17 | 14 | 3 | .824 | 60:00 |