Washington Capitals vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Tuesday, March 28, 2017 · Xcel Energy Center

WashingtonCapitalsAway

5–4

Final/OT

SOG 20–30

MinnesotaWildHome

NHLN-US · CSN-DC · FS-N

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Minnesota Wild 5-4 in overtime on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Capitals 30-20.

T.J. Oshie scored twice and Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick. Jason Pominville, Martin Hanzal, Jared Spurgeon and Eric Staal also scored.

Braden Holtby made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Devan Dubnyk stopped 15 of 20.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
WSH	1	2	1	1	5	20
MIN	0	2	2	0	4	30

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

T.J. Oshie (31)Nicklas Backstrom (58), Alex Ovechkin (33)1–011:36 WSH

2nd period

Jason Pominville (12)Martin Hanzal (17), Nino Niederreiter (30)1–102:17 MIN
Alex Ovechkin (31)Marcus Johansson (27), Nicklas Backstrom (59)2–107:31 WSH · PPG
Alex Ovechkin (32)Kevin Shattenkirk (40), Marcus Johansson (28)3–112:28 WSH · PPG
Martin Hanzal (18)Jason Pominville (32), Jared Spurgeon (25)3–215:43 MIN

3rd period

Alex Ovechkin (33)Nicklas Backstrom (60), Marcus Johansson (29)4–212:29 WSH · PPG
Jared Spurgeon (9)Unassisted4–315:03 MIN
Eric Staal (27)Jared Spurgeon (26), Mikko Koivu (36)4–419:33 MIN

OT period

T.J. Oshie (32)Marcus Johansson (30), Matt Niskanen (33)5–401:52 WSH

Team stats

WSHMIN

20Shots on goal30

35%Faceoff %65%

3/4Power play0/5

15Penalty minutes13

17Hits12

17Blocked shots5

6Giveaways5

2Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 07:49Dmitry Orlov · tripping2 min
1st 12:10Tom Wilson · high sticking double minor4 min
1st 18:31Tom Wilson · fighting5 min
1st 18:31Chris Stewart · fighting5 min
2nd 04:32Martin Hanzal · holding the stick2 min
2nd 06:49Nate Prosser · hooking2 min
2nd 09:58Lars Eller · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 11:51Nino Niederreiter · hooking2 min
3rd 05:03Evgeny Kuznetsov · hooking2 min
3rd 12:21Erik Haula · slashing2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	3	1	4	+1	6	1	0	0	–	16:15
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	–	18:15
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	3	3	+1	2	0	0	0	27	19:52
77T.J. OshieR	2	0	2	+2	3	3	0	0	20	19:31
2Matt NiskanenD	0	1	1	-2	2	4	2	0	–	24:57
22Kevin ShattenkirkD	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	15:17
10Brett ConnollyR	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	–	07:37
14Justin WilliamsR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	50	14:37
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	-4	2	0	1	2	50	12:55
26Daniel WinnikL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	14:45
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	9	–	13:27
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	–	07:21
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	40	14:26
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	40	17:29
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	2	–	17:19
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	–	21:46
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	–	16:42
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	23:05

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	30	26	4	.867	61:52

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

46Jared SpurgeonD	1	2	3	+1	2	1	0	0	–	24:43
19Martin HanzalC	1	1	2	+1	3	0	0	2	80	15:37
29Jason PominvilleR	1	1	2	+3	3	0	1	0	–	13:00
9Mikko KoivuC	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0	67	21:57
12Eric StaalC	1	0	1	+1	4	2	0	0	57	22:10
22Nino NiederreiterR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	2	–	16:38
3Charlie CoyleC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	40	20:23
7Chris StewartR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	–	08:31
11Zach PariseL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	04:01
16Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	+3	2	1	0	0	–	18:21
21Ryan WhiteC	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	–	05:58
56Erik HaulaL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	60	13:27
64Mikael GranlundC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	22:07
6Marco ScandellaD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	18:37
20Ryan SuterD	0	0	0	+2	4	0	0	0	–	27:34
24Mathew DumbaD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	21:17
25Jonas BrodinD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	21:11
39Nate ProsserD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	–	07:39

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Darcy KuemperG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Devan DubnykG	O	20	15	5	.750	60:50