Washington Capitals at Minnesota Wild

Thu, Oct 28, 2010 · Xcel Energy Center · 2010–11 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

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Final

Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild beat the Washington Capitals 2–1 on Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at Xcel Energy Center. Niklas Backstrom made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 22–17.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	0	1	1	22
MIN	1	1	0	2	17

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	07:48	MIN	EV	Chuck Kobasew (1) · wrist	Andrew Brunette (1), Clayton Stoner (1)	0–1
2nd	19:44	MIN	PP	Mikko Koivu (1) · snap	Matt Cullen (1), Marek Zidlicky (1)	0–2
3rd	18:24	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (1) · wrist	Mike Green (1)	1–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	12:07	WSH	Tyler Sloan	interference	2
2nd	03:04	MIN	Brad Staubitz	interference	2
2nd	10:19	MIN	Mikko Koivu	slashing	2
2nd	18:33	WSH	Matt Bradley	holding	2
2nd	19:44	WSH	Karl Alzner	hooking	2
3rd	08:04	WSH	Mike Green	high sticking	2
3rd	12:31	WSH	Jason Chimera	interference goalkeeper	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 1.84 · MIN 1.70 · xG% WSH 52.0

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
52	Mike Green	D	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	3		30:41	27
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	+1	0	4	4	0		20:43	19
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	3		21:32	25
28	Alexander Semin	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		20:32	26
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		20:21	23
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	70.8	19:49	22
22	Mike Knuble	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0		19:15	20
55	Jeff Schultz	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	5		18:49	24
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2		17:52	22
4	John Erskine	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		16:22	19
14	Tomas Fleischmann	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	38.5	14:34	15
26	Matt Hendricks	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	50.0	11:56	18
16	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		11:36	14
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		11:00	16
39	David Steckel	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	1	46.7	10:23	17
85	Mathieu Perreault	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16.7	10:22	12
10	Matt Bradley	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	5	0		8:46	13
89	Tyler Sloan	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		7:40	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Michal Neuvirth	L	17	15	2	.882	58:36

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
3	Marek Zidlicky	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	3	0		25:44	29
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	60.0	22:36	25
12	Chuck Kobasew	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0		19:07	24
9	Mikko Koivu	C	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	1	50.0	18:49	23
15	Andrew Brunette	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		18:35	22
4	Clayton Stoner	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	2		11:57	18
8	Brent Burns	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2		22:44	31
5	Greg Zanon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	0		20:20	26
55	Nick Schultz	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4		20:17	30
22	Cal Clutterbuck	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	0		18:44	26
24	Martin Havlat	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		17:27	22
23	Eric Nystrom	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	0		16:44	23
11	John Madden	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	58.8	14:59	23
21	Kyle Brodziak	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	44.4	12:08	15
41	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0		11:48	17
17	Casey Wellman	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.0	11:12	15
18	Colton Gillies	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		6:55	9
16	Brad Staubitz	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		5:54	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Niklas Backstrom	W	22	21	1	.955	60:00