Washington Capitals @ Detroit Red Wings

39-11-7, 15-6-6 Away

Final/SO

	1	2	3	SO	T
Capitals WSH	0	1	1	0	2
Red Wings DET	1	1	0	1	3

Detroit Red WingsRed WingsDET

23-25-10, 12-13-5 Home

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Jay BeagleJ. Beagle#83
Brett ConnollyB. Connolly#10
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Marcus JohanssonM. Johansson#90
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
T.J. OshieT.J. Oshie#77
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Zach SanfordZ. Sanford#82
Justin WilliamsJ. Williams#14
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
Daniel WinnikD. Winnik#26
defensemen
Karl AlznerK. Alzner#27
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Matt NiskanenM. Niskanen#2
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9
Brooks OrpikB. Orpik#44
Nate SchmidtN. Schmidt#88

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	20:16	6:07	0:27	13:42	10	10	50.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	21	14:25	0:19	1:06	13:00	7	13	35.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	10:27	0:00	0:00	10:27	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	16:22	2:43	1:51	11:48	4	9	30.8
0	0	0	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	24	20:09	7:17	0:00	12:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	17:51	3:35	0:00	14:16	5	5	50.0
0	1	0	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	24	21:46	6:17	1:00	14:29	3	2	60.0
0	0	-1	4	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	24	21:11	6:55	0:00	14:16	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	14	10:09	0:00	0:00	10:09	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	15:55	3:43	0:27	11:45	4	1	80.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	18	13:12	0:00	0:51	12:21	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	12:09	0:00	1:06	11:03	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	22	17:12	0:00	2:20	14:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	28	21:33	3:46	2:04	15:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	26	26:50	6:14	1:04	19:32	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	20:25	3:05	0:02	17:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	21	17:37	0:00	1:18	16:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	18	14:26	0:00	0:00	14:26	0	0	0.0

goalies
Braden HoltbyB. Holtby#70

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
23	2	21	.913	0	0	0	5	3	64:41	0

Detroit Red Wings


forwards
Justin AbdelkaderJ. Abdelkader#8
Andreas AthanasiouA. Athanasiou#72
Luke GlendeningL. Glendening#41
Darren HelmD. Helm#43
Dylan LarkinD. Larkin#71
Anthony ManthaA. Mantha#39
Frans NielsenF. Nielsen#51
Steve OttS. Ott#29
Riley SheahanR. Sheahan#15
Tomas TatarT. Tatar#21
Thomas VanekT. Vanek#62
Henrik ZetterbergH. Zetterberg#40
defensemen
Danny DeKeyserD. DeKeyser#65
Nick JensenN. Jensen#3
Niklas KronwallN. Kronwall#55
Xavier OuelletX. Ouellet#61
Brendan SmithB. Smith#2
Ryan SproulR. Sproul#48

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	17:19	1:55	4:02	11:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	20	12:15	1:27	0:00	10:48	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	3	0	1	23	14:16	0:00	3:52	10:24	2	3	40.0
0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	19	14:51	1:27	1:26	11:58	7	5	58.3
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	11:29	0:02	0:00	11:27	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	4	2	0	1	2	0	2	0	21	17:14	1:55	0:00	15:19	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	3	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	27	17:02	1:44	4:50	10:28	16	8	66.7
0	0	0	2	1	2	1	5	7	3	0	23	15:44	0:02	5:00	10:42	2	6	25.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	19	13:20	0:02	0:50	12:28	4	5	44.4
1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	26	18:54	1:27	0:00	17:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	12:04	1:38	0:00	10:26	0	0	0.0
0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	25	20:45	1:55	0:00	18:50	9	6	60.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	31	23:43	0:02	4:00	19:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	26	16:56	0:00	3:03	13:53	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	28	20:25	1:50	2:01	16:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	22	17:29	0:00	3:59	13:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	33	24:15	0:00	6:57	17:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	16:59	1:34	0:00	15:25	0	0	0.0

goalies
Petr MrazekP. Mrazek#34

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
36	2	34	.944	0	0	0	5	4	65:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	SO	T
	Capitals	0	1	1	0	2
	Red Wings	1	1	0	1	3

1st Period			WSH	DET
8:13		Frans Nielsen (11) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Henrik Zetterberg (29), Niklas Kronwall (7)	0	1

2nd Period			WSH	DET
3:33		Tomas Tatar (13) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Henrik Zetterberg (30), Anthony Mantha (17)	0	2
18:36		Zach Sanford (2) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Lars Eller (10)	1	2

3rd Period			WSH	DET
15:12		Daniel Winnik (8) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: T.J. Oshie (18), Nicklas Backstrom (44)	2	2

OT Summary
No Goals Scored

Shootout Summary			WSH	DET
			0	1
			0	1
			0	1
			1	1
			1	1
			1	1
			1	1
			1	1
			1	2
			1	2

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 2-1

Red Wings
0
Capitals
1

Game 1

19/11

Red Wings
3
Capitals
6

Game 2

10/2

Capitals
2
Red Wings
3

Game 3

18/2

Joe Louis Arena

7:00 PM, 18 February 2017

Detroit, MI

Attendance: 20,027

Referees:
Francois St. Laurent

Linesmen:
Greg Devorski
Shandor Alphonso

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	23	11	3	49
NY Islanders	21	14	4	46
Philadelphia	19	11	7	45
Washington	20	13	5	45
New Jersey	20	16	2	42
NY Rangers	19	17	4	42
Pittsburgh	16	12	9	41
Columbus	16	15	6	38

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	23	14	3	49
Tampa Bay	22	13	3	47
Montreal	20	12	6	46
Florida	20	15	2	42
Buffalo	19	14	4	42
Ottawa	18	14	5	41
Boston	20	18	1	41
Toronto	17	15	6	40

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Washington Capitals @ Detroit Red Wings

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 2-1

Game Information

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