Capitals 5-2 Wild (16 Feb, 2018) Box Score

Washington Capitals

33-17-7, 13-9-5 away

	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	2	3	5
MIN	0	0	2	2

Minnesota Wild

31-20-6, 20-5-5 home

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Jay BeagleJ. Beagle#83
Andre BurakovskyA. Burakovsky#65
Brett ConnollyB. Connolly#10
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
T.J. OshieT.J. Oshie#77
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Devante Smith-PellyD. Smith-Pelly#25
Chandler StephensonC. Stephenson#18
Jakub VranaJ. Vrana#13
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Taylor ChorneyT. Chorney#4
Christian DjoosC. Djoos#29
Matt NiskanenM. Niskanen#2
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9
Brooks OrpikB. Orpik#44

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	18:00	2:32	1:07	14:21	6	12	33.3
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	12:32	0:00	2:34	9:58	10	6	62.5
1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	11:31	0:10	0:00	11:21	0	1	0.0
0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	10:25	0:00	0:00	10:25	1	0	100.0
0	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	20	14:39	1:00	1:27	12:12	5	5	50.0
0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	19	17:37	2:48	0:16	14:33	6	10	37.5
0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	19	18:22	3:08	1:17	13:57	0	3	0.0
1	3	4	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	17:48	3:12	0:00	14:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	1	0	19	12:28	0:07	1:19	11:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	19	13:26	0:00	2:32	10:54	0	2	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	15	13:03	0:00	0:00	13:03	0	0	0.0
2	1	3	3	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	21	16:34	0:00	1:48	14:46	1	0	100.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	24	23:09	3:01	2:19	17:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	18	13:51	0:00	0:36	13:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	17:19	0:03	0:00	17:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	26	21:43	0:00	3:15	18:28	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	25	21:12	0:14	2:33	18:25	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	23	19:26	0:00	3:37	15:49	0	0	0.0

goalies
Philipp GrubauerP. Grubauer#31

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
34	2	32	.941	0	0	0	0	0	60:00	0

Minnesota Wild


forwards
Charlie CoyleC. Coyle#3
Matt CullenM. Cullen#7
Tyler EnnisT. Ennis#63
Joel Eriksson EkJ. Eriksson Ek#14
Marcus FolignoM. Foligno#17
Mikael GranlundM. Granlund#64
Mikko KoivuM. Koivu#9
Nino NiederreiterN. Niederreiter#22
Zach PariseZ. Parise#11
Eric StaalE. Staal#12
Daniel WinnikD. Winnik#26
Jason ZuckerJ. Zucker#16
defensemen
Matt DumbaM. Dumba#24
Gustav OlofssonG. Olofsson#23
Nate ProsserN. Prosser#39
Nick SeelerN. Seeler#36
Jared SpurgeonJ. Spurgeon#46
Ryan SuterR. Suter#20

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	18:59	3:05	0:42	15:12	6	5	54.5
0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	14:13	0:41	0:00	13:32	9	6	60.0
0	0	-2	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	16	11:49	0:41	0:00	11:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	14	11:38	0:00	0:08	11:30	4	5	44.4
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	12	10:59	0:00	0:00	10:59	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	21	18:51	3:33	2:25	12:53	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	18:12	3:19	2:25	12:28	10	8	55.6
1	0	-1	3	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	17	14:35	2:42	0:00	11:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	18:56	2:10	0:03	16:43	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	21	15:37	2:10	0:08	13:19	9	5	64.3
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	11:30	0:00	0:39	10:51	1	0	100.0
0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	14:57	2:47	0:00	12:10	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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	21:53	3:23	0:50	17:40	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	21	19:02	0:41	0:50	17:31	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	12:29	0:00	0:00	12:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	12:26	0:00	0:00	12:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	-4	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	23	24:59	2:47	2:25	19:47	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	24	25:57	3:05	2:25	20:27	0	0	0.0

goalies
Devan DubnykD. Dubnyk#40

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
26	4	22	.846	0	0	0	0	0	58:58	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	T
	Capitals	0	2	3	5
	Wild	0	0	2	2

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period			WSH	MIN
0:59		Tom Wilson (8) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (29), Dmitry Orlov (13)	1	0
5:51		Alex Ovechkin (34) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Andre Burakovsky (8)	2	0

3rd Period		WSH	MIN
2:29	Andre Burakovsky (6) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Brett Connolly (5), Philipp Grubauer (1)	3	0
4:25	Nino Niederreiter (15) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Mikko Koivu (22), Gustav Olofsson (6)	3	1
15:06	Nicklas Backstrom (15) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (30), Tom Wilson (17)	4	1
16:48	Eric Staal (26) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Mikael Granlund (29), Ryan Suter (30)	4	2
17:46	Tom Wilson (9) (Empty Net Goal) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (30), Alex Ovechkin (31)	5	2

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 2-0

Wild
1
Capitals
3

Game 1

19/11

Capitals
5
Wild
2

Game 2

16/2

Xcel Energy Center

1:00 AM, 16 February 2018

Saint Paul, MN

Attendance: 19,027

Referees:
Dan O'Halloran
Pierre Lambert

Linesmen:
Brian Mach
Jonny Murray

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	14	5	0	28
New Jersey	13	7	2	28
Washington	13	5	1	27
NY Rangers	12	5	1	25
NY Islanders	7	8	5	19
Columbus	8	9	2	18
Philadelphia	8	10	2	18
Pittsburgh	7	10	4	18

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Winnipeg	16	3	0	32
Minnesota	13	3	3	29
Dallas	12	6	0	24
Colorado	11	9	0	22
St. Louis	9	11	1	19
Utah	7	9	3	17
Chicago	7	12	1	15
Nashville	6	11	3	15

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Washington Capitals

Minnesota Wild

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 2-0

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