Capitals 3–2 Wild — Final Score & Stats (Mar 19, 2015)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Alex Ovechkin

2 G

6 shots · 20:43 TOI

2nd star 🌲 MIN

Mikael Granlund

2 A

2 shots · 17:34 TOI

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Evgeny Kuznetsov

1 G

4 shots · 14:19 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order

2nd period

🦅 Alex Ovechkin Go-ahead 2nd · 15:25

Assists: Karl Alzner, Matt Niskanen · beat Devan Dubnyk

1–0

🦅 Evgeny Kuznetsov 2nd · 16:04

Unassisted · beat Devan Dubnyk

2–0

🌲 Christian Folin 2nd · 19:51

Assists: Zach Parise, Mikael Granlund · beat Braden Holtby

2–1

3rd period

🦅 Alex Ovechkin 3rd · 03:05

Assists: Nicklas Backstrom · beat Devan Dubnyk

3–1

🌲 Jared Spurgeon PP 3rd · 14:04

Assists: Thomas Vanek, Mikael Granlund · beat Braden Holtby

3–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🦅Capitals

L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Brouwer 20:43

L2 Johansson · Kuznetsov · Ward 14:36

L3 Chimera · Glencross · Fehr 13:38

L4 Laich · Latta · Wilson 10:48

D1 Carlson · Orpik 23:54

D2 Niskanen · Alzner 19:26

D3 Green · Schmidt 13:20

🌲Wild

L1 Parise · Koivu · Granlund 18:00

L2 Brodziak · Pominville · Niederreiter 14:35

L3 Vanek · Stewart · Fontaine 13:15

L4 Haula · Bergenheim · Coyle 12:14

D1 Suter · Brodin 27:00

D2 Spurgeon · Dumba 21:44

D3 Folin · Leopold 11:18

Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH MIN🌲

27 Shots on goal 30

0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

17 Hits 10

14 Blocked shots 16

3 Takeaways 8

5 Giveaways 4

10 Penalty minutes 12

WSH shooting 11.1% (3/27) MIN shooting 6.7% (2/30)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Braden Holtby

28/30

.933 SV% · 2 GA · 59:59 TOI

🌲Wild

Devan Dubnyk

24/27

.889 SV% · 3 GA · 58:39 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located

WSH MIN

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 13-10-4 (48% win rate, 27 games)

Wild

Wild — tied after 1st: 11-9-2 (50% win rate, 22 games)

After 2nd — 2–1

Capitals

Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 17-2-3 (77% win rate, 22 games)

Wild

Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-8-1 (36% win rate, 14 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1

Mar 52015 🌲MIN @ 🦅WSH 2–1 Jan 42014 🦅WSH @ 🌲MIN 3–5 Nov 72013 🌲MIN @ 🦅WSH 2–3 SO Mar 252012 🌲MIN @ 🦅WSH 0–3 Oct 282010 🦅WSH @ 🌲MIN 1–2

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Who won Capitals vs Wild on March 19, 2015?

Capitals won 3–2. The final score was Capitals 3, Wild 2.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin (2), Evgeny Kuznetsov.

Who scored for Wild?

Christian Folin, Jared Spurgeon.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Devan Dubnyk made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 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?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🦅 Capitals

BeforeMar 16 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 AfterMar 21 🦅WSH @ ✈️WPG 0–3

🌲 Wild

BeforeMar 17 🌲MIN @ 🐯NSH 3–2 AfterMar 21 🎵STL @ 🌲MIN 3–6

Also on March 19

🦈SJS 4–1 🍁TOR 🐙DET 1–3 🐆FLA 🐻BOS 4–6 🏛️OTT 🌪️CAR 0–4 🇨🇦MTL 🎵STL 1–2 ✈️WPG 🐧PIT 1–2 ⭐DAL 🔔PHI 1–4 🔥CGY 🏔️COL 5–2 🌵ARI

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