Washington Capitals vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Thursday, March 27, 2025 · Xcel Energy Center
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Washington Capitals 4-2 on Thursday, March 27, 2025 at Xcel Energy Center. The Capitals outshot the Wild 30-21.
Frederick Gaudreau scored twice. Jon Merrill, Matt Roy, Brandon Duhaime and Matt Boldy also scored.
Filip Gustavsson made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Charlie Lindgren stopped 17 of 20.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jon Merrill (2)Devin Shore (4)0–106:00 MIN
Matt Roy (3)Taylor Raddysh (20), Lars Eller (12)1–107:08 WSH
Brandon Duhaime (9)Nic Dowd (12), Anthony Beauvillier (10)2–108:49 WSH
2nd period
Frederick Gaudreau (17)Matt Boldy (38), Marcus Johansson (19)Roy 1:31 into shift2–212:25 MIN · PPG
Matt Boldy (24)Marco Rossi (33), Vinnie Hinostroza (5)2–319:51 MIN
3rd period
- Frederick Gaudreau (18)Jared Spurgeon (22)2–418:39 MIN · EN
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
2–2 · 2nd 12:25 · Gaudreau. Roy was 1:31 into his shift when it went in.
0–1 MIN
1st 6:00 · Merrill
Carlson 0:18
1–1 WSH
1st 7:08 · Roy
Boldy 0:34
2–1 WSH
1st 8:49 · Duhaime
Merrill 0:28
2–2 MIN
2nd 12:25 · PP · Gaudreau
Stuck out there: Roy 1:31
2–3 MIN
2nd 19:51 · Boldy
Wilson 0:25
2–4 MIN
3rd 18:39 · EN · Gaudreau
Ovechkin 1:14
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.6×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).
29%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 1st 08:49
Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min - 1st 15:51
Jakob Chychrun · tripping2 min - 2nd 03:46Justin Brazeau · slashing2 min
- 2nd 12:02Martin Fehérváry · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 16Taylor RaddyshR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:23 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:58 |
| 22Brandon DuhaimeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 09:58 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:13 |
| 72Anthony BeauvillierL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11:00 |
| 3Matt RoyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:13 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:03 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:16 |
| 21Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:02 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:16 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:03 |
| 80Pierre-Luc DuboisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:02 |
| 88Andrew MangiapaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:43 |
| 6Jakob ChychrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 22:29 |
| 38Rasmus SandinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:13 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:02 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:12 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 22:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48Logan ThompsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | L | 20 | 17 | 3 | .850 | 57:51 |
Minnesota Wild
| 12Matt BoldyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:37 |
| 89Frederick GaudreauC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 17:23 |
| 18Vinnie HinostrozaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:54 |
| 19Devin ShoreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:41 |
| 23Marco RossiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:13 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:11 |
| 4Jon MerrillD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:43 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:42 |
| 13Yakov TreninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:15 |
| 15Justin BrazeauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:17 |
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:10 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:32 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:56 |
| 41Gustav NyquistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:28 |
| 5Jake MiddletonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 24:53 |
| 7Brock FaberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 24:48 |
| 24Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:17 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 32Filip GustavssonG | W | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 60:00 |