Washington Capitals at Minnesota Wild

Sat, Jan 8, 2022 · Xcel Energy Center · 2021–22 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

2 – 3

Final/SO

Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in a shootout on Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at Xcel Energy Center. Kaapo Kahkonen made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–22.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
WSH	0	2	0	0	0	2	31
MIN	0	1	1	0	2	3	22

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	02:41	WSH	EV	Connor McMichael (5) · tip-in	Nick Jensen (8), Conor Sheary (9)	1–0
2nd	05:48	WSH	PP	Evgeny Kuznetsov (12) · slap	Alex Ovechkin (27), Lars Eller (11)	2–0
2nd	13:55	MIN	SH EN	Marcus Foligno (14) · wrist	Unassisted	2–1
3rd	19:25	MIN	PP	Mats Zuccarello (9) · tip-in	Mathew Dumba (13), Kevin Fiala (16)	2–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	08:05	MIN	Marco Rossi	holding	2
1st	18:50	WSH	Nick Jensen	high sticking	2
2nd	05:44	MIN	Kevin Fiala	holding the stick	2
2nd	07:00	MIN	Kevin Fiala	tripping	2
2nd	10:11	MIN	Kevin Fiala	tripping	2
2nd	13:55	MIN	Ryan Hartman	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.50 · MIN 2.27 · xG% WSH 52.5

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0	0		23:17	25
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	1	30.0	21:37	30
20	Lars Eller	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	33.3	20:49	23
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	1		19:06	27
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1		15:22	20
24	Connor McMichael	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	100.0	11:44	14
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		26:37	30
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2		23:20	31
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		21:00	28
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3		18:14	24
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	57.7	17:48	25
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	100.0	17:36	22
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		17:11	26
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	100.0	15:40	21
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2		14:38	20
10	Daniel Sprong	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		13:00	18
23	Michael Sgarbossa	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	83.3	8:24	11
59	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	8:01	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
60	Zach Fucale	OTL	22	21	1	.955	64:36

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
24	Mathew Dumba	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	1		27:20	26
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	1	0	1	+1	0	5	0	1		25:17	27
17	Marcus Foligno	L	1	0	1	+2	0	0	2	1	50.0	21:15	26
22	Kevin Fiala	L	0	1	1	+1	6	3	0	0		17:49	21
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	+2	2	2	0	1	46.4	27:22	29
29	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		23:03	26
4	Jon Merrill	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		21:37	27
8	Jordie Benn	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	1		20:54	24
12	Matt Boldy	L	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	1	100.0	20:54	23
89	Frederick Gaudreau	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	62.5	16:03	23
59	Calen Addison	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		15:57	20
23	Marco Rossi	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	1	30.8	14:51	22
57	Dakota Mermis	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1		12:54	16
7	Nico Sturm	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	75.0	12:03	21
52	Connor Dewar	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1		11:47	19
37	Kyle Rau	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	100.0	7:41	13
49	Victor Rask	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50.0	5:40	7
16	Rem Pitlick	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		5:35	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Kaapo Kahkonen	W	31	29	2	.935	63:54