Minnesota Wild vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Tuesday, March 14, 2017 · Verizon Center

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2–4

Final

SOG 32–40

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SNP · CSN-DC · FS-N · FS-WI

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2 on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Wild 40-32.

Goals came from Nate Schmidt, Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Mathew Dumba, Eric Staal and Jay Beagle.

Braden Holtby made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Devan Dubnyk stopped 36 of 40.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	0	0	2	2	32
WSH	1	2	1	4	40

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Nate Schmidt (2)Alex Ovechkin (30), Nicklas Backstrom (48)0–119:48 WSH

2nd period

Alex Ovechkin (28)John Carlson (27), Nicklas Backstrom (49)0–214:52 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov (16)Nicklas Backstrom (50), John Carlson (28)0–317:08 WSH · PPG

3rd period

Mathew Dumba (8)Mikael Granlund (41)1–300:37 MIN
Eric Staal (23)Mikko Koivu (33), Ryan Suter (28)2–304:37 MIN · PPG
Jay Beagle (12)Dmitry Orlov (25)2–414:19 WSH

Team stats

MINWSH

32Shots on goal40

52%Faceoff %48%

1/7Power play1/5

15Penalty minutes29

12Hits21

15Blocked shots15

8Giveaways9

2Takeaways12

Penalties

1st 00:20Mathew Dumba · tripping2 min
1st 05:48Nate Schmidt · holding2 min
2nd 01:17Mathew Dumba · hooking2 min
2nd 05:31Brooks Orpik · holding2 min
2nd 08:45Eric Staal · hooking2 min
2nd 11:39Karl Alzner · tripping2 min
2nd 12:51Mikael Granlund · high sticking2 min
2nd 16:46Ryan Suter · slashing2 min
2nd 17:37Ryan White · fighting5 min
2nd 17:37Tom Wilson · instigator2 min
2nd 17:37Tom Wilson · fighting5 min
2nd 17:37Tom Wilson · misconduct10 min
3rd 02:32Brett Connolly · interference2 min
3rd 03:43Nicklas Backstrom · holding2 min
3rd 04:51Justin Williams · hooking2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

9Mikko KoivuC	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	57	21:01
12Eric StaalC	1	0	1	-2	4	0	2	2	31	19:49
64Mikael GranlundC	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	–	18:14
20Ryan SuterD	0	1	1	-2	3	0	2	2	–	28:57
24Mathew DumbaD	1	0	1	+1	1	2	2	4	–	20:42
3Charlie CoyleC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	20	14:29
7Chris StewartR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	08:30
11Zach PariseL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	18:17
16Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	16:19
21Ryan WhiteC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	5	–	09:37
22Nino NiederreiterR	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	13:42
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	50	12:03
44Tyler GraovacC	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	60	07:51
56Erik HaulaL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	73	13:28
6Marco ScandellaD	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	–	16:07
25Jonas BrodinD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	19:24
39Nate ProsserD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	09:02
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	0	–	25:56

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Darcy KuemperG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Devan DubnykG	L	40	36	4	.900	58:10

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

19Nicklas BackstromC	0	3	3	+1	2	2	0	2	33	19:04
8Alex OvechkinL	1	1	2	+1	3	4	0	0	–	18:11
74John CarlsonD	0	2	2	0	5	2	2	0	–	24:05
83Jay BeagleC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	53	15:11
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	46	13:38
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	17:49
88Nate SchmidtD	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	2	–	12:18
10Brett ConnollyR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	06:17
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	09:56
14Justin WilliamsR	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	2	33	14:52
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	63	15:22
26Daniel WinnikL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	16:06
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	17	–	08:44
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	50	20:59
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	+1	3	2	0	0	100	13:15
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	+1	4	3	2	0	–	24:38
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	5	2	–	18:34
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	+1	4	2	1	2	–	18:22

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	32	30	2	.938	59:45