Washington Capitals vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Thursday, March 8, 2018 · STAPLES Center
SN · FS-W · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Washington Capitals 3-1 on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at STAPLES Center. The Kings outshot the Capitals 29-26.
Goals came from Jeff Carter, Jakub Vrana, Trevor Lewis and Kyle Clifford.
Jonathan Quick made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Philipp Grubauer stopped 26 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jeff Carter (4)Alec Martinez (14), Tanner Pearson (21)0–115:25 LAK
2nd period
Jakub Vrana (12)T.J. Oshie (24), Brooks Orpik (9)1–105:52 WSH
Trevor Lewis (14)Jeff Carter (4)1–209:32 LAK
3rd period
Kyle Clifford (5)Anze Kopitar (45), Derek Forbort (14)1–318:42 LAK · EN
Team stats
WSHLAK
26Shots on goal29
33%Faceoff %67%
0/3Power play0/1
4Penalty minutes8
30Hits20
8Blocked shots13
7Giveaways9
2Takeaways4
Penalties
- 2nd 14:42
Alec Martinez · slashing2 min - 3rd 05:58Kyle Clifford · roughing2 min
- 3rd 05:58
Tom Wilson · roughing2 min - 3rd 05:58Kyle Clifford · roughing2 min
- 3rd 08:01Torrey Mitchell · tripping2 min
- 3rd 10:00Brett Connolly · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:06 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 18:03 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:46 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 24:25 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:29 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:03 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:09 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:04 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:47 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:11 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:40 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:19 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:07 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:32 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:21 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:43 |
| 28Jakub JerabekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:22 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 22:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | L | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 58:01 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 77Jeff CarterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:40 |
| 11Anze KopitarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:31 |
| 13Kyle CliffordL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:46 |
| 22Trevor LewisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 12:18 |
| 70Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:24 |
| 24Derek ForbortD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:48 |
| 27Alec MartinezD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 22:02 |
| 9Adrian KempeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:58 |
| 19Alex IafalloC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:58 |
| 23Dustin BrownL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:54 |
| 44Nate ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:34 |
| 52Michael AmadioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:37 |
| 71Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 13:27 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:47 |
| 3Dion PhaneufD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 21:52 |
| 5Christian FolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:35 |
| 6Jake MuzzinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:37 |
| 8Drew DoughtyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jack CampbellG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 32Jonathan QuickG | W | 26 | 25 | 1 | .962 | 60:00 |