Washington Capitals vs Detroit Red Wings

Regular season · Thursday, March 22, 2018 · Little Caesars Arena

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1–0

Final

SOG 26–39

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NBCSN

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings 1-0 on Thursday, March 22, 2018 at Little Caesars Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Capitals 39-26.

Goals came from Brett Connolly.

Philipp Grubauer made 39 saves on 39 shots for the win; Jimmy Howard stopped 25 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	0	1	1	26
DET	0	0	0	0	39

Three stars

Scoring

3rd period

Brett Connolly (15)Jakub Vrana (14)1–006:41 WSH

Team stats

WSHDET

26Shots on goal39

49%Faceoff %51%

0/3Power play0/4

8Penalty minutes6

15Hits14

15Blocked shots9

8Giveaways9

2Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 01:30Travis Boyd · roughing2 min
1st 08:03Jonathan Ericsson · holding2 min
1st 13:56Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
2nd 12:24T.J. Oshie · tripping2 min
2nd 12:24Lars Eller · high sticking2 min
3rd 01:27Darren Helm · interference2 min
3rd 11:08Niklas Kronwall · tripping2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

10Brett ConnollyR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	50	09:17
13Jakub VranaL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	08:25
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	–	23:01
18Chandler StephensonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	10:01
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	48	22:36
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	2	67	20:35
25Devante Smith-PellyR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	100	11:16
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	2	100	17:47
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:09
72Travis BoydC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	25	07:28
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	67	19:52
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	44	14:36
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	23:40
6Michal KempnyD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	16:22
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	23:04
29Christian DjoosD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	11:23
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	14:58
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	–	24:31

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Pheonix CopleyG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Philipp GrubauerG	W	39	39	0	1.000	58:59

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters

8Justin AbdelkaderL	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	50	16:53
14Gustav NyquistC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	18:47
39Anthony ManthaR	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	–	17:51
40Henrik ZetterbergC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	44	20:53
41Luke GlendeningC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	64	12:26
42Martin FrkR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	08:01
43Darren HelmC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	–	12:31
51Frans NielsenC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	55	15:05
59Tyler BertuzziL	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	–	16:45
71Dylan LarkinC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	57	20:12
72Andreas AthanasiouC	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	25	15:31
77Evgeny SvechnikovL	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	07:53
3Nick JensenD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	22:22
52Jonathan EricssonD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	2	–	19:29
55Niklas KronwallD	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	2	–	16:57
61Xavier OuelletD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	09:13
65Danny DeKeyserD	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	22:15
83Trevor DaleyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	22:05

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Jared CoreauG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Jimmy HowardG	L	26	25	1	.962	58:51