Capitals 6-2 Red Wings (12 Dec, 2018) Box Score

Detroit Red Wings

14-14-4, 6-7-1 away

	1	2	3	T
DET	0	0	2	2
WSH	3	2	1	6

Washington Capitals

18-9-3, 9-4-2 home

Detroit Red Wings


forwards
Justin AbdelkaderJ. Abdelkader#8
Andreas AthanasiouA. Athanasiou#72
Tyler BertuzziT. Bertuzzi#59
Jacob De La RoseJ. De La Rose#61
Martin FrkM. Frk#42
Luke GlendeningL. Glendening#41
Dylan LarkinD. Larkin#71
Frans NielsenF. Nielsen#51
Gustav NyquistG. Nyquist#14
Michael RasmussenM. Rasmussen#27
Thomas VanekT. Vanek#26
defensemen
Dennis CholowskiD. Cholowski#21
Trevor DaleyT. Daley#83
Jonathan EricssonJ. Ericsson#52
Mike GreenM. Green#25
Nick JensenN. Jensen#3
Niklas KronwallN. Kronwall#55
Luke WitkowskiL. Witkowski#28

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	21	18:15	0:00	0:35	17:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	24	18:38	0:47	0:00	17:51	0	3	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	22	16:44	0:47	0:00	15:57	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	17	11:38	0:00	0:19	11:19	2	6	25.0
0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	18	12:14	0:47	0:00	11:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	21	16:13	0:00	1:46	14:27	12	6	66.7
1	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	23	21:10	1:13	1:30	18:27	14	9	60.9
0	0	-1	2	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	20	15:13	1:13	0:00	14:00	6	7	46.2
1	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	22	20:01	1:13	0:00	18:48	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	15:16	0:47	0:00	14:29	1	0	100.0
0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	19	14:33	1:13	0:00	13:20	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	21	16:05	1:13	0:00	14:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	27	20:17	0:00	1:11	19:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	23	17:18	0:00	1:11	16:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	15:46	0:47	0:00	14:59	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	24	18:29	0:00	0:54	17:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	18:09	0:00	0:54	17:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	13	11:56	0:00	0:00	11:56	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jonathan BernierJ. Bernier#45
Jimmy HowardJ. Howard#35

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
15	5	10	.667	8	0	2	0	0	30:06	0
10	1	9	.900	9	0	0	0	0	29:54	0

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Travis BoydT. Boyd#72
Brett ConnollyB. Connolly#10
Nic DowdN. Dowd#26
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Dmitrij JaskinD. Jaskin#23
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
defensemen
Madison BoweyM. Bowey#22
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Christian DjoosC. Djoos#29
Michal KempnyM. Kempny#6
Matt NiskanenM. Niskanen#2
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	21	18:39	2:05	0:00	16:34	10	12	45.5
1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	12:01	0:00	0:47	11:14	1	3	25.0
1	0	-1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	14:27	0:23	0:00	14:04	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	11:20	0:00	0:00	11:20	8	1	88.9
0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	16	15:24	0:00	1:13	14:11	7	7	50.0
0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	15	11:44	0:00	0:00	11:44	0	0	0.0
0	2	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	16	15:50	2:05	0:00	13:45	6	10	37.5
1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	20	16:56	1:42	0:00	15:14	0	2	0.0
3	0	3	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	19:38	2:05	0:00	17:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	15:58	0:00	1:13	14:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	14:14	0:00	0:47	13:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	15	13:49	0:00	0:00	13:49	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	0	0	2	20	16:49	0:00	0:46	16:03	0	0	0.0
0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	23	22:25	2:05	0:46	19:34	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	16:23	0:00	0:01	16:22	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	22	19:56	0:00	1:13	18:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	2	1	20	21:16	0:00	1:14	20:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	21	21:11	0:00	0:00	21:11	0	0	0.0

goalies
Braden HoltbyB. Holtby#70

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
37	2	35	.946	33	1	1	0	0	60:00	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	T
	Red Wings	0	0	2	2
	Capitals	3	2	1	6

1st Period		WSH
3:39	Brett Connolly (6) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: John Carlson (26), Evgeny Kuznetsov (21)	1
10:50	Travis Boyd (2) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nic Dowd (5), Dmitrij Jaskin (6)	2
12:59	Alex Ovechkin (23) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (25), Michal Kempny (8)	3

2nd Period			DET	WSH
9:05		Alex Ovechkin (24) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: John Carlson (27), Nicklas Backstrom (26)	0	4
10:06		T.J. Oshie (10) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (27), Evgeny Kuznetsov (22)	0	5

3rd Period		DET	WSH
1:03	Dylan Larkin (13) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Gustav Nyquist (21), Nick Jensen (5)	1	5
9:33	Alex Ovechkin (25) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Christian Djoos (4), Nicklas Backstrom (28)	1	6
16:42	Gustav Nyquist (8) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Justin Abdelkader (6)	2	6

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-0

Red Wings
1
Capitals
3

Game 1

23/11

Red Wings
2
Capitals
6

Game 2

12/12

Capitals
3
Red Wings
2

Game 3

6/1

Capital One Arena

12:30 AM, 12 December 2018

Washington, DC

Attendance: 18,506

Referees:
Justin St. Pierre
TJ Luxmore

Linesmen:
Tim Nowak

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Toronto	12	6	2	26
Florida	12	7	1	25
Tampa Bay	10	6	2	22
Boston	9	9	3	21
Buffalo	9	9	1	19
Detroit	8	9	2	18
Ottawa	8	10	1	17
Montreal	7	10	2	16

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

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Detroit Red Wings

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Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-0

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