Washington Capitals vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Sunday, March 1, 2020 · Xcel Energy Center
NBCSN
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Sunday, March 1, 2020 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Capitals 40-30.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Ryan Donato, Richard Panik, Kevin Fiala, Tom Wilson and Zach Parise also scored.
Braden Holtby made 37 saves on 40 shots for the win; Alex Stalock stopped 26 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Donato (14)Ryan Suter (37)0–103:01 MIN
Alex Ovechkin (44)John Carlson (58), Nicklas Backstrom (40)1–107:21 WSH · PPG
Richard Panik (8)Carl Hagelin (15)2–110:28 WSH- Alex Ovechkin (45)Evgeny Kuznetsov (31), Ilya Kovalchuk (14)3–110:59 WSH
Kevin Fiala (20)Jared Spurgeon (19), Brad Hunt (11)3–213:13 MIN · PPG
3rd period
Tom Wilson (21)Alex Ovechkin (18), Evgeny Kuznetsov (32)4–200:40 WSH
Zach Parise (23)Kevin Fiala (29)4–312:53 MIN · PPG
Team stats
WSHMIN
30Shots on goal40
38%Faceoff %62%
1/2Power play2/4
19Penalty minutes15
8Hits15
15Blocked shots9
6Giveaways7
3Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 05:29
Greg Pateryn · tripping2 min - 1st 06:12Alex Stalock · high sticking2 min
- 1st 11:56
Nicklas Backstrom · slashing2 min - 1st 18:57Ryan Hartman · fighting5 min
- 1st 18:57Brenden Dillon · fighting5 min
- 1st 18:57Ryan Hartman · slashing2 min
- 1st 18:57Ilya Kovalchuk · roughing2 min
- 1st 18:57Ilya Kovalchuk · roughing2 min
- 2nd 08:31Garnet Hathaway · roughing2 min
- 2nd 08:31Jordan Greenway · roughing2 min
- 2nd 08:31Richard Panik · roughing2 min
- 2nd 08:31Ryan Suter · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:46John Carlson · tripping2 min
- 3rd 11:40Michal Kempny · interference2 min
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 17:18 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 17:13 |
| 14Richard PanikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 08:29 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:11 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:01 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:09 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:21 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 27:12 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:20 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:41 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 07:13 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:57 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:27 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:01 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 23:00 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:07 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:27 |
| 34Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 40 | 37 | 3 | .925 | 60:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 22Kevin FialaL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 19:01 |
| 6Ryan DonatoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10:33 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 18:22 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:53 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:28 |
| 77Brad HuntD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:14 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:09 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:02 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 16:52 |
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:50 |
| 18Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 14:47 |
| 26Gerry MayhewC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:23 |
| 27Alex GalchenyukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:03 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:33 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:14 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 23:36 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:48 |
| 29Greg PaterynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:25 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Alex StalockG | L | 30 | 26 | 4 | .867 | 58:55 |
| 40Devan DubnykG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |