Washington Capitals vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Saturday, January 8, 2022 · Xcel Energy Center

WashingtonCapitalsAway

2–3

Final/SO

SOG 31–22

MinnesotaWildHome

NBCSWA · BSN

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday, January 8, 2022 at Xcel Energy Center. The Capitals outshot the Wild 31-22.

Goals came from Connor McMichael, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Marcus Foligno and Mats Zuccarello.

Kaapo Kahkonen made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Zach Fucale stopped 21 of 22.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
WSH	0	2	0	0	0	2	31
MIN	0	1	1	0	1	3	22

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Connor McMichael (5)Nick Jensen (8), Conor Sheary (9)1–002:41 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov (12)Alex Ovechkin (27), Lars Eller (11)2–005:48 WSH · PPG
Marcus Foligno (14)Unassisted2–113:55 MIN

3rd period

Mats Zuccarello (9)Mathew Dumba (13), Kevin Fiala (16)2–219:25 MIN

SO period

Kevin FialaUnassisted2–300:00 MIN

Team stats

WSHMIN

31Shots on goal22

51%Faceoff %49%

1/5Power play0/1

2Penalty minutes10

8Hits15

17Blocked shots13

1Giveaways6

6Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 08:05Marco Rossi · holding2 min
1st 18:50Nick Jensen · high sticking2 min
2nd 05:44Kevin Fiala · holding the stick2 min
2nd 07:00Kevin Fiala · tripping2 min
2nd 10:11Kevin Fiala · tripping2 min
2nd 13:55Ryan Hartman · tripping2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	-1	4	0	0	0	–	23:17
20Lars EllerC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	33	20:49
24Connor McMichaelC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	100	11:44
73Conor ShearyL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	15:22
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	1	0	1	-1	3	0	1	0	30	21:37
3Nick JensenD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	1	2	–	19:06
10Daniel SprongR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	13:00
21Garnet HathawayR	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	100	15:40
23Michael SgarbossaC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	83	08:24
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	58	17:48
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	21:00
59Aliaksei ProtasC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100	08:01
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	100	17:36
2Justin SchultzD	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	–	18:14
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	0	–	23:20
42Martin FehérváryD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	17:11
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	–	14:38
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	–	26:37

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SamsonovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
60Zach FucaleG	O	22	21	1	.955	64:36

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

17Marcus FolignoL	1	0	1	+2	0	2	1	0	50	21:15
22Kevin FialaL	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	6	–	17:49
36Mats ZuccarelloR	1	0	1	+1	5	0	1	0	–	25:17
24Mathew DumbaD	0	1	1	0	1	4	1	0	–	27:20
7Nico SturmC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	75	12:03
12Matt BoldyL	0	0	0	+2	1	0	1	0	100	20:54
16Rem PitlickC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	05:35
23Marco RossiC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	2	31	14:51
37Kyle RauC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	100	07:41
38Ryan HartmanR	0	0	0	+2	2	0	1	2	46	27:22
49Victor RaskC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	05:40
52Connor DewarC	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	–	11:47
89Frederick GaudreauC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	63	16:03
4Jon MerrillD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	21:37
8Jordie BennD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	1	0	–	20:54
29Dmitry KulikovD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	23:03
57Dakota MermisD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	12:54
59Calen AddisonD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	15:57

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Kaapo KahkonenG	W	31	29	2	.935	63:54
35Andrew HammondG		0	0	0	–	00:00