🦅 Away Capitals 43-25-11
2–1
Final
🐙 Home Red Wings 41-24-13
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦅 WSH 1102
🐙 DET 0101

Capitals at Red Wings

Capitals beat Red Wings 2–1 at Little Caesars Arena on April 5, 2015.

🗓 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 2014-15 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Mike Green
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 15:34 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov
1 G
3 shots · 18:31 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Braden Holtby
35 saves
0.972 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Evgeny Kuznetsov PP Go-ahead 1st · 03:38
Assists: Matt Niskanen, Mike Green · beat Petr Mrazek
1–0
2nd period
🦅 Mike Green 2nd · 04:42
Assists: Tim Gleason, Alex Ovechkin · beat Petr Mrazek
2–0
🐙 Darren Helm PP 2nd · 12:59
Assists: Pavel Datsyuk, Teemu Pulkkinen · beat Braden Holtby
2–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Brouwer 21:12
L2 Johansson · Kuznetsov · Ward 18:31
L3 Chimera · Glencross · Laich 13:02
L4 Burakovsky · Latta · Wilson 6:06
D1 Carlson · Orpik 23:40
D2 Niskanen · Alzner 20:24
D3 Green · Gleason 13:52
🐙Red Wings
L1 Tatar · Datsyuk · Helm 20:43
L2 Zetterberg · Glendening · Sheahan 16:44
L3 Miller · Nyquist · Weiss 13:28
L4 Pulkkinen · Andersson · Cleary 8:34
D1 Kronwall · Zidlicky 22:26
D2 DeKeyser · Quincey 18:57
D3 Ericsson · Smith 16:01

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH DET🐙
28 Shots on goal 36
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
15 Hits 14
23 Blocked shots 6
2 Takeaways 2
4 Giveaways 7
10 Penalty minutes 6
WSH shooting 7.1% (2/28) DET shooting 2.8% (1/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
35/36
.972 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Petr Mrazek
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 57:44 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Evgeny Kuznetsov · 1st 03:38 · 1–0 Mike Green · 2nd 04:42 · 2–0 Darren Helm · 2nd 12:59 · 2–1
WSH DET
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 18-1-1 (90% win rate, 20 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 7-7-2 (44% win rate, 16 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 19-2-3 (79% win rate, 24 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 8-10-3 (38% win rate, 21 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 2–1
Jan 102015 🐙DET @ 🦅WSH 1–3 Oct 292014 🐙DET @ 🦅WSH 4–2 Feb 22014 🐙DET @ 🦅WSH 5–6 OT Jan 312014 🦅WSH @ 🐙DET 3–4 SO Nov 152013 🦅WSH @ 🐙DET 4–3 SO
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❓ WSH vs DET, answered

Who won Capitals vs Red Wings on April 5, 2015?

Capitals won 2–1. The final score was Capitals 2, Red Wings 1.

Who scored for Capitals?

Evgeny Kuznetsov, Mike Green.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Darren Helm.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 35 saves on 36 shots (.972 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Petr Mrazek made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Red Wings season series?

Capitals lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeApr 4 🦅WSH @ 🏛️OTT 3–4 AfterApr 8 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 0–3
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeApr 4 🐙DET @ 🌲MIN 3–2 AfterApr 7 🌪️CAR @ 🐙DET 2–3
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