Washington Capitals vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Thursday, February 15, 2018 · Xcel Energy Center
FS-N · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Minnesota Wild 5–2 on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Capitals 34–27.
Tom Wilson scored twice. Alex Ovechkin, Andre Burakovsky, Nino Niederreiter, Nicklas Backstrom and Eric Staal also scored.
Philipp Grubauer made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Devan Dubnyk stopped 22 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Tom Wilson (8)Alex Ovechkin (29), Dmitry Orlov (13)1–000:59 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (34)Andre Burakovsky (8)2–005:51 WSH
3rd period
Andre Burakovsky (6)Brett Connolly (5), Philipp Grubauer (1)3–002:29 WSH
Nino Niederreiter (15)Mikko Koivu (22), Gustav Olofsson (6)3–104:25 MIN
Nicklas Backstrom (15)Alex Ovechkin (30), Tom Wilson (17)4–115:06 WSH
Eric Staal (26)Mikael Granlund (29), Ryan Suter (30)4–216:48 MIN · - Tom Wilson (9)Nicklas Backstrom (30), Alex Ovechkin (31)5–217:46 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHMIN
2734
43%57%
0/21/5
104
128
1211
34
45
Penalties
- 9:23 into the first period
Nino Niederreiter · hooking2 min - 10:14 into the second period
Devante Smith-Pelly · holding2 min - 11:29 into the second periodEric Staal · tripping2 min
- 7:15 into the third periodTom Wilson · tripping2 min
- 11:26 into the third periodLars Eller · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 16:34 into the third periodBrooks Orpik · roughing2 min
- 19:19 into the third periodTaylor Chorney · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 7 | 17:48 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 16:34 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:00 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 11:31 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:25 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:12 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:03 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:26 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 14:39 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:28 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:22 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:32 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:37 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:43 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:51 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 17:19 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:26 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 23:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota Wild
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 18:12 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 15:37 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 14:35 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 18:51 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 25:57 |
| 23Gustav OlofssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:02 |
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:59 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:13 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | 18:56 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:38 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:57 |
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:59 |
| 26Daniel WinnikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:30 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 11:49 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 21:53 |
| 36Nick SeelerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:26 |
| 39Nate ProsserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:29 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | 24:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Alex StalockG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Devan DubnykG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |