Washington Capitals vs Dallas Stars

Regular season · Friday, January 28, 2022 · American Airlines Center

WashingtonCapitalsAway

5–0

Final

SOG 29–29

DallasStarsHome

NBCSWA · BSSW

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Dallas Stars 5-0 on Friday, January 28, 2022 at American Airlines Center.

Goals came from Tom Wilson, John Carlson, Trevor van Riemsdyk, Connor McMichael and Nicklas Backstrom.

Vitek Vanecek made 29 saves on 29 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 22 of 27.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	3	2	0	5	29
DAL	0	0	0	0	29

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Tom Wilson (13)Nicklas Backstrom (8), Evgeny Kuznetsov (29)1–001:29 WSH · PPG
John Carlson (9)Evgeny Kuznetsov (30), Nicklas Backstrom (9)2–007:54 WSH · PPG
Trevor van Riemsdyk (1)Connor McMichael (8), Joe Snively (2)3–013:08 WSH

2nd period

Connor McMichael (6)Lars Eller (13), Justin Schultz (7)4–012:03 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom (3)Dmitry Orlov (15)5–016:50 WSH

Team stats

WSHDAL

29Shots on goal29

37%Faceoff %63%

2/2Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes4

14Hits17

19Blocked shots12

19Giveaways16

3Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 01:19Roope Hintz · tripping2 min
1st 07:21Miro Heiskanen · holding2 min
1st 15:07Carl Hagelin · tripping2 min
2nd 06:03John Carlson · high sticking double minor4 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

19Nicklas BackstromC	1	2	3	+1	2	0	0	0	25	13:58
24Connor McMichaelC	1	1	2	+2	1	0	1	0	–	12:34
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	38	15:51
20Lars EllerC	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0	36	17:10
43Tom WilsonR	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	16:51
91Joe SnivelyC	0	1	1	+2	1	0	1	0	–	11:14
2Justin SchultzD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	–	17:39
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	1	1	+1	2	2	3	0	–	22:59
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	20:38
74John CarlsonD	1	0	1	0	1	0	4	4	–	20:22
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	16:20
10Daniel SprongR	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	–	12:54
21Garnet HathawayR	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	–	15:27
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	53	15:32
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	–	14:32
73Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	12:33
42Martin FehérváryD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	21:10
52Matt IrwinD	0	0	0	+2	2	2	3	0	–	16:49

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SamsonovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Vitek VanecekG	W	29	29	0	1.000	59:27

Dallas Stars

Dallas Stars skaters

11Luke GlendeningC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	100	10:27
12Radek FaksaC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	50	12:49
14Jamie BennL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	55	16:55
16Joe PavelskiC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	50	18:20
21Jason RobertsonL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	19:55
24Roope HintzL	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	2	60	18:19
25Joel KivirantaL	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	–	11:29
34Denis GurianovR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	17:14
40Jacob PetersonC	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	80	12:59
47Alexander RadulovR	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	100	15:00
64Tanner KeroC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	100	11:34
91Tyler SeguinC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	67	17:02
2Jani HakanpääD	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	16:17
3John KlingbergD	0	0	0	-3	2	0	2	0	–	18:57
4Miro HeiskanenD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	24:46
5Andrej SekeraD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	0	–	14:21
20Ryan SuterD	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	–	25:51
23Esa LindellD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	3	0	–	17:02

Dallas Stars goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Jake OettingerG		2	2	0	1.000	20:00
70Braden HoltbyG	L	27	22	5	.815	40:00