Washington Capitals vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Sunday, January 6, 2019 · Little Caesars Arena
NHLN-US · FS-D · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Sunday, January 6, 2019 at Little Caesars Arena. The Capitals outshot the Red Wings 34-25.
Goals came from Tom Wilson, Anthony Mantha, Filip Hronek, Travis Boyd and Michal Kempny.
Braden Holtby made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Jimmy Howard stopped 31 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tom Wilson (12)Evgeny Kuznetsov (28)1–006:57 WSH
Anthony Mantha (10)Unassisted1–114:08 DET
2nd period
Filip Hronek (3)Dylan Larkin (23), Gustav Nyquist (26)1–206:48 DET
3rd period
Travis Boyd (4)Alex Ovechkin (17), Brett Connolly (15)2–206:19 WSH
Michal Kempny (5)Matt Niskanen (11), Evgeny Kuznetsov (29)3–216:08 WSH
Team stats
WSHDET
34Shots on goal25
41%Faceoff %59%
0/4Power play0/3
10Penalty minutes8
20Hits9
11Blocked shots14
8Giveaways13
4Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 18:37
Dylan Larkin · tripping2 min - 2nd 10:33
Alex Ovechkin · slashing2 min - 2nd 14:11Jonas Siegenthaler · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 19:55Jonathan Ericsson · holding2 min
- 3rd 07:01Niklas Kronwall · hooking2 min
- 3rd 17:13T.J. Oshie · slashing2 min
- 3rd 19:30Andreas Athanasiou · tripping2 min
- 3rd 19:56T.J. Oshie · high sticking double minor4 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 17:28 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 20:57 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:23 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:55 |
| 72Travis BoydC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:15 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:00 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:04 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:41 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:03 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:49 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:52 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:14 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:37 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:39 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:42 |
| 34Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:56 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25:50 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 25 | 23 | 2 | .920 | 60:00 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 14Gustav NyquistC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:52 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:13 |
| 71Dylan LarkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:00 |
| 17Filip HronekD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:49 |
| 8Justin AbdelkaderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:26 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:22 |
| 28Luke WitkowskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:54 |
| 41Luke GlendeningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:42 |
| 43Darren HelmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:31 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:59 |
| 59Tyler BertuzziL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:36 |
| 61Jacob de la RoseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:23 |
| 70Christoffer EhnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:14 |
| 72Andreas AthanasiouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:13 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:57 |
| 21Dennis CholowskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:07 |
| 52Jonathan EricssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:34 |
| 55Niklas KronwallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Jimmy HowardG | L | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 58:41 |
| 45Jonathan BernierG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |