Minnesota Wild at Washington Capitals

Fri, Feb 26, 2016 · Verizon Center · 2015–16 Regular Season

Minnesota Wild

2 – 3

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Minnesota Wild 3–2 on Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at Verizon Center. Nicklas Backstrom led the way with 2 points. Braden Holtby made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 32–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	1	1	0	2	32
WSH	0	1	2	3	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	19:18	MIN	PP	Mikko Koivu (13) · wrist	Ryan Suter (32), Jason Pominville (19)	1–0
2nd	00:49	WSH	EV	Brooks Orpik (3) · wrist	Nicklas Backstrom (38), Alex Ovechkin (18)	1–1
2nd	05:05	MIN	EV	Nino Niederreiter (12) · wrist	Ryan Suter (33), Jason Pominville (20)	2–1
3rd	04:35	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (40) · slap	Matt Niskanen (22), Nicklas Backstrom (39)	2–2
3rd	14:56	WSH	EV	Dmitry Orlov (7) · backhand	Andre Burakovsky (17), Evgeny Kuznetsov (45)	2–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:54	WSH	Brooks Orpik	holding the stick	2
1st	12:50	WSH	Matt Niskanen	roughing	2
1st	17:44	WSH	Tom Wilson	tripping	2
3rd	04:06	MIN	Darcy Kuemper	delaying game	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: MIN 1.87 · WSH 2.02 · xG% MIN 48.0

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
20	Ryan Suter	D	0	2	2	-1	2	1	2		28:02	32
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	2	2	0	2	0	2		16:54	23
9	Mikko Koivu	C	1	0	1	-1	2	1	2	60.0	21:56	25
22	Nino Niederreiter	R	1	0	1	-1	4	0	1		17:09	21
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		25:25	32
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1		21:25	26
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1		21:07	23
64	Mikael Granlund	C	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	33.3	18:50	20
24	Mathew Dumba	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		18:09	22
26	Thomas Vanek	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		17:51	19
18	Ryan Carter	L	0	0	0	0	3	6	1		15:01	21
39	Nate Prosser	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		14:45	20
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	33.3	14:27	20
4	Mike Reilly	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		12:14	17
19	Jarret Stoll	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	55.6	10:03	14
7	Chris Porter	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		9:57	14
14	Justin Fontaine	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9:00	12
10	Jordan Schroeder	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	2		8:44	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Darcy Kuemper	L	27	24	3	.889	58:32

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	2	2	+1	0	0	3	3	46.7	19:16	22
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	1	2	+1	0	4	3	0		19:13	21
44	Brooks Orpik	D	1	0	1	+2	2	1	8	5		24:44	28
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	1	1	0	2	3	5	0		22:23	28
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	1	0	1	+2	0	1	2	3		20:44	24
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	54.5	16:32	19
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	100.0	16:07	19
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3		21:06	27
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	66.7	18:42	23
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2		16:41	22
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0		16:04	16
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	100.0	16:00	16
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		15:43	17
14	Justin Williams	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		15:22	19
4	Taylor Chorney	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2		14:11	18
10	Mike Richards	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	30.0	8:46	12
49	Stanislav Galiev	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		6:27	7
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		6:25	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	32	30	2	.938	60:00