🦅 Away Capitals 11-6-3
3–4
Final
🌲 Home Wild 11-6-1
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦅 WSH 0033
🌲 MIN 1124

Capitals at Wild

Wild beat Capitals 4–3 at Xcel Energy Center on November 24, 2008.

🗓 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Wild lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Cal Clutterbuck
2 G
2 shots · 10:14 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Brent Burns
2 A
4 shots · 19:39 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Marc-Andre Bergeron
2 A
2 shots · 17:48 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Cal Clutterbuck Go-ahead 1st · 13:54
Assists: Marc-Andre Bergeron · beat Jose Theodore
0–1
2nd period
🌲 Cal Clutterbuck PP 2nd · 05:09
Assists: Brent Burns, Eric Belanger · beat Jose Theodore
0–2
3rd period
🌲 Marek Zidlicky PP 3rd · 03:07
Assists: Marc-Andre Bergeron, Mikko Koivu · beat Jose Theodore
0–3
🌲 James Sheppard 3rd · 07:17
Assists: Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Brent Burns · beat Jose Theodore
0–4
🦅 Matt Bradley 3rd · 14:43
Assists: Eric Fehr · beat Niklas Backstrom
1–4
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 3rd · 16:07
Assists: Tomas Fleischmann, Milan Jurcina · beat Niklas Backstrom
2–4
🦅 Nicklas Backstrom PP 3rd · 18:16
Assists: Brooks Laich, Eric Fehr · beat Niklas Backstrom
3–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Laich · Backstrom 21:03
L2 Fleischmann · Nylander · Steckel 18:55
L3 Kozlov · Fehr · Bradley 14:10
L4 Brashear · Gordon · Clark 7:27
D1 Poti · Jurcina 25:11
D2 Morrisonn · Sloan 19:39
D3 Erskine · Schultz 7:42
🌲Wild
L1 Koivu · Bouchard · Nolan 18:01
L2 Veilleux · Belanger · Sheppard 16:41
L3 Brunette · Miettinen · Clutterbuck 14:45
L4 Pouliot · Boogaard 6:46
D1 Zidlicky · Johnsson 23:48
D2 Skoula · Burns 20:05
D3 Schultz · Bergeron 18:06
D4 Reitz 9:25

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH MIN🌲
28 Shots on goal 33
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6
20 Hits 13
10 Blocked shots 19
3 Takeaways 4
5 Giveaways 9
12 Penalty minutes 6
WSH shooting 10.7% (3/28) MIN shooting 12.1% (4/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Jose Theodore
29/33
.879 SV% · 4 GA · 58:57 TOI
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
25/28
.893 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

1 of 7 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 16:07 · 2–4
WSH MIN
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
Wild
Wild — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 0–2
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Wild
Wild — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Wild lead the season series 1–0
Feb 262008 🌲MIN @ 🦅WSH 1–4 Oct 122006 🦅WSH @ 🌲MIN 2–3 SO Nov 12003 🦅WSH @ 🌲MIN 1–2 Nov 212002 🌲MIN @ 🦅WSH 4–3 Nov 162002 🦅WSH @ 🌲MIN 0–1
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❓ WSH vs MIN, answered

Who won Capitals vs Wild on November 24, 2008?

Wild won 4–3. The final score was Capitals 3, Wild 4.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Matt Bradley, Nicklas Backstrom.

Who scored for Wild?

Cal Clutterbuck (2), James Sheppard, Marek Zidlicky.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 29 saves on 33 shots (.879 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Wild played?

At Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, the Wild home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Wild season series?

Wild lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeNov 22 🦅WSH @ 🦈SJS 2–7 AfterNov 26 🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH 3–5
🌲 Wild
BeforeNov 22 🎵STL @ 🌲MIN 2–1 AfterNov 26 ⭐DAL @ 🌲MIN 4–3
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