Minnesota Wild vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, November 18, 2017 · Capital One Arena
FS-N · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Minnesota Wild 3–1 on Saturday, November 18, 2017 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Wild 43–31.
Goals came from T.J. Oshie, Nino Niederreiter, Dmitry Orlov and Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Braden Holtby made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Alex Stalock stopped 40 of 43.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
T.J. Oshie (10)Evgeny Kuznetsov (18), Nicklas Backstrom (12)0–109:42 WSH · 
Nino Niederreiter (5)Mikael Granlund (8), Mikko Koivu (6)1–112:02 MIN · 
Dmitry Orlov (2)Matt Niskanen (2), T.J. Oshie (7)1–212:46 WSH
3rd period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (5)Alex Ovechkin (7), John Carlson (15)1–317:23 WSH ·
Team stats
MINWSH
3143
50%50%
1/42/5
108
1629
1310
1323
43
Penalties
- 8:40 into the first period
Kyle Quincey · boarding2 min - 10:30 into the first period
Jay Beagle · hooking2 min - 18:26 into the first periodLars Eller · tripping2 min
- 3:14 into the second periodJason Zucker · high sticking2 min
- 10:05 into the second periodT.J. Oshie · slashing2 min
- 14:32 into the second periodMadison Bowey · cross checking2 min
- 19:59 into the second periodChris Stewart · hooking2 min
- 15:11 into the third periodMike Reilly · ps hooking on breakaway0 min
- 16:47 into the third periodRyan Suter · high sticking2 min
- 16:47 into the third periodRyan Suter · high sticking2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:58 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:30 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:12 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:27 |
| 10Chris StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:33 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18:49 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:21 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:16 |
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:43 |
| 19Luke KuninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:11 |
| 26Daniel WinnikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:30 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:52 |
| 4Mike ReillyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:24 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 26:36 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:03 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:51 |
| 27Kyle QuinceyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:37 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 25:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Alex StalockG | L | 43 | 3 | .930 |
| 40Devan DubnykG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 19:09 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 18:52 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:46 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:04 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 21:34 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 24:18 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24:55 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:03 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:16 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:42 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:26 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:42 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:03 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:13 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:52 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:14 |
| 22Madison BoweyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:02 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 31 | 1 | .968 |