Washington Capitals vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Monday, March 18, 2024 · Scotiabank Saddledome
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Calgary Flames 5-2 on Monday, March 18, 2024 at Scotiabank Saddledome. The Flames outshot the Capitals 36-33.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Dylan Strome, Kevin Rooney, Hendrix Lapierre, MacKenzie Weegar and Tom Wilson also scored.
Charlie Lindgren made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Dustin Wolf stopped 28 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Dylan Strome (23)Rasmus Sandin (18), Nick Jensen (9)1–014:59 WSH
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (20)Max Pacioretty (14), Tom Wilson (14)2–005:58 WSH · PPG- Alex Ovechkin (21)John Carlson (35), Dylan Strome (30)3–009:16 WSH · PPG
Kevin Rooney (2)Brayden Pachal (3), Matt Coronato (4)3–110:41 CGY
Hendrix Lapierre (8)Sonny Milano (7)4–114:22 WSH
3rd period
MacKenzie Weegar (16)Mikael Backlund (23)4–207:13 CGY
Tom Wilson (17)Beck Malenstyn (13), Nick Jensen (10)5–217:31 WSH · EN
Team stats
WSHCGY
33Shots on goal36
48%Faceoff %52%
2/3Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes6
10Hits15
23Blocked shots25
7Giveaways9
11Takeaways14
Penalties
- 2nd 01:47
Ivan Miroshnichenko · hooking2 min - 2nd 04:41
Brayden Pachal · holding the stick2 min - 2nd 08:46Brayden Pachal · interference2 min
- 2nd 10:41Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
- 2nd 18:16MacKenzie Weegar · tripping2 min
- 3rd 13:37Nic Dowd · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 16:51 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:04 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:55 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 24:24 |
| 15Sonny MilanoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:39 |
| 29Hendrix LapierreC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:42 |
| 47Beck MalenstynL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:51 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:38 |
| 38Rasmus SandinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:17 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 24:41 |
| 21Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:05 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:51 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:25 |
| 63Ivan MiroshnichenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:42 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:38 |
| 27Alexander AlexeyevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:38 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 21:01 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | W | 36 | 34 | 2 | .944 | 60:00 |
Calgary Flames
| 11Mikael BacklundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:00 |
| 21Kevin RooneyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:39 |
| 27Matt CoronatoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:28 |
| 52MacKenzie WeegarD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 22:36 |
| 94Brayden PachalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:54 |
| 10Jonathan HuberdeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:54 |
| 15Dryden HuntL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:50 |
| 17Yegor SharangovichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 18A.J. GreerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 08:30 |
| 20Blake ColemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:36 |
| 76Martin PospisilC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 15:26 |
| 88Andrew MangiapaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:56 |
| 91Nazem KadriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 18:44 |
| 96Andrei KuzmenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:53 |
| 4Rasmus AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 26:45 |
| 44Joel HanleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:02 |
| 58Oliver KylingtonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:17 |
| 62Daniil MiromanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Dustin WolfG | L | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 57:26 |
| 80Dan VladarG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |