Washington Capitals vs Detroit Red Wings

Regular season · Friday, December 31, 2021 · Little Caesars Arena

WashingtonCapitalsAway

3–1

Final

SOG 27–20

DetroitRed WingsHome

NBCSWA · BSDET

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 on Friday, December 31, 2021 at Little Caesars Arena. The Capitals outshot the Red Wings 27-20.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Pius Suter and Evgeny Kuznetsov also scored.

Ilya Samsonov made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; Thomas Greiss stopped 24 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	2	3	27
DET	0	1	0	1	20

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Pius Suter (6)Sam Gagner (9), Vladislav Namestnikov (8)0–101:43 DET
Evgeny Kuznetsov (11)Lucas Johansen (1), Matt Irwin (2)1–115:53 WSH

3rd period

Alex Ovechkin (23)Evgeny Kuznetsov (22), Nicklas Backstrom (3)2–117:09 WSH · PPG
Alex Ovechkin (24)Garnet Hathaway (4), John Carlson (24)3–119:19 WSH · EN

Team stats

WSHDET

27Shots on goal20

35%Faceoff %65%

1/3Power play0/3

8Penalty minutes8

19Hits18

15Blocked shots13

3Giveaways5

2Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 19:41Dmitry Orlov · tripping2 min
2nd 04:19Moritz Seider · holding2 min
2nd 11:57Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
3rd 01:54Gustav Lindstrom · tripping2 min
3rd 10:10Moritz Seider · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3rd 10:10Nic Dowd · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3rd 15:10Robby Fabbri · interference2 min
3rd 19:54Tom Wilson · tripping2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	2	0	2	+2	7	1	0	0	–	19:54
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	1	1	2	0	3	1	1	0	25	20:09
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	+1	3	1	1	0	25	16:29
21Garnet HathawayR	0	1	1	+1	1	3	2	0	–	13:12
22Lucas JohansenD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	12:18
52Matt IrwinD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	–	12:33
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	26:03
24Connor McMichaelC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	10:09
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	33	14:12
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	–	16:34
49Brett LeasonR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	09:22
59Aliaksei ProtasC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	71	10:56
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	13:48
73Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	17:01
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	33	18:08
6Michal KempnyD	0	0	0	-1	1	4	1	0	–	19:52
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	–	22:04
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	3	0	–	21:10

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Pheonix CopleyG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Ilya SamsonovG	W	20	19	1	.950	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters

24Pius SuterC	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	0	56	17:40
89Sam GagnerC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	67	14:03
92Vladislav NamestnikovC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	15:01
11Filip ZadinaR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	12:23
14Robby FabbriC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	2	–	17:56
23Lucas RaymondL	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	–	17:17
27Michael RasmussenC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	43	14:10
37Carter RowneyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	10:25
59Tyler BertuzziL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	19:38
71Dylan LarkinC	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	93	17:39
73Adam ErneL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	100	11:36
90Joseph VelenoC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	100	10:31
17Filip HronekD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	20:31
18Marc StaalD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	–	19:47
28Gustav LindstromD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	–	17:09
53Moritz SeiderD	0	0	0	-1	3	3	2	4	–	22:39
65Danny DeKeyserD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	2	0	–	18:14
82Jordan OesterleD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	17:03

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Thomas GreissG	L	26	24	2	.923	58:19
39Alex NedeljkovicG		0	0	0	–	00:00