Washington Capitals vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Sunday, March 19, 2023 · Xcel Energy Center
NBCSWA · BSWIX · BSN
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Washington Capitals 5-3 on Sunday, March 19, 2023 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Capitals 40-36.
Matt Boldy scored a hat trick and Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Ryan Reaves, Brandon Duhaime and Dylan Strome also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Charlie Lindgren stopped 35 of 40.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Matt Boldy (20)Marcus Johansson (20), Frederick Gaudreau (18)0–100:50 MIN- Matt Boldy (21)Marcus Johansson (21), Joel Eriksson Ek (31)0–204:36 MIN
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (38)Rasmus Sandin (26)1–205:34 WSH · PPG
Ryan Reaves (4)Ryan Hartman (18), Mason Shaw (10)1–310:14 MIN
3rd period
Brandon Duhaime (8)Oskar Sundqvist (17)1–403:46 MIN- Alex Ovechkin (39)Tom Wilson (4), Dylan Strome (35)2–412:33 WSH · PPG
- Matt Boldy (22)Unassisted2–513:58 MIN
Dylan Strome (17)Tom Wilson (5), Alex Ovechkin (29)3–516:26 WSH
Team stats
WSHMIN
36Shots on goal40
57%Faceoff %43%
2/4Power play0/3
40Penalty minutes22
28Hits13
9Blocked shots11
8Giveaways11
5Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 09:34
Matt Irwin · roughing2 min - 1st 09:34
Sam Steel · roughing2 min - 1st 13:00Connor Dewar · holding2 min
- 2nd 04:42Jonas Brodin · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 12:53T.J. Oshie · hooking2 min
- 2nd 14:16Evgeny Kuznetsov · interference2 min
- 2nd 15:31Ryan Hartman · holding2 min
- 2nd 20:00Matt Irwin · fighting5 min
- 2nd 20:00Mason Shaw · fighting5 min
- 3rd 01:32T.J. Oshie · instigator2 min
- 3rd 01:32T.J. Oshie · fighting5 min
- 3rd 01:32Mathew Dumba · fighting5 min
- 3rd 01:32T.J. Oshie · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 12:30Connor Dewar · holding2 min
- 3rd 19:47Nicklas Backstrom · roughing2 min
- 3rd 19:47Mathew Dumba · roughing2 min
- 3rd 19:47Tom Wilson · misconduct10 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 8 | 17:56 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 20:01 |
| 38Rasmus SandinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 24:38 |
| 15Sonny MilanoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:46 |
| 16Craig SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:00 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:18 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:00 |
| 59Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 13:35 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 13:49 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:43 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:41 |
| 96Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:34 |
| 18Gabriel CarlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:43 |
| 27Alexander AlexeyevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:14 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 21:11 |
| 52Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 11:41 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60Zach FucaleG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | L | 40 | 35 | 5 | .875 | 56:23 |
Minnesota Wild
| 12Matt BoldyL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 19:53 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 13:10 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:20 |
| 15Mason ShawC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:27 |
| 21Brandon DuhaimeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:38 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:20 |
| 70Oskar SundqvistC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:42 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:18 |
| 89Frederick GaudreauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:13 |
| 13Sam SteelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:58 |
| 26Connor DewarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:32 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:32 |
| 3John KlingbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:26 |
| 5Jake MiddletonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 17:43 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 20:03 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 23:59 |
| 33Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:32 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 36 | 33 | 3 | .917 | 59:18 |
| 32Filip GustavssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |