🦅 Away Capitals 42-24-7
1–0
Final
🐙 Home Red Wings 27-35-11
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🦅 WSH 0011
🐙 DET 0000

Capitals at Red Wings

Capitals beat Red Wings 1–0 at Little Caesars Arena on March 22, 2018.

🗓 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 2017-18 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Brett Connolly
1 G
2 shots · 09:17 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Jakub Vrana
1 A
08:25 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Philipp Grubauer
39 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

🚨 Scoring

1 goal · in order
3rd period
🦅 Brett Connolly Go-ahead 3rd · 06:41
Assists: Jakub Vrana · beat Jimmy Howard
1–0

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Eller 22:36
L2 Beagle · Oshie · Wilson 17:47
L3 Burakovsky · Stephenson · Smith-Pelly 11:16
L4 Vrana · Boyd · Connolly 8:25
D1 Carlson · Niskanen 24:06
D2 Orlov · Kempny 19:43
D3 Orpik · Djoos 13:10
🐙Red Wings
L1 Zetterberg · Larkin · Nyquist 20:12
L2 Abdelkader · Bertuzzi · Mantha 16:53
L3 Athanasiou · Nielsen · Helm 15:05
L4 Svechnikov · Glendening · Frk 8:01
D1 Jensen · DeKeyser 22:18
D2 Daley · Ericsson 20:47
D3 Kronwall · Ouellet 13:05

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH DET🐙
26 Shots on goal 39
15 Hits 14
15 Blocked shots 9
2 Takeaways 3
8 Giveaways 9
8 Penalty minutes 6
WSH shooting 3.8% (1/26) DET shooting 0.0% (0/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Philipp Grubauer Shutout
39/39
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 58:59 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Jimmy Howard
25/26
.962 SV% · 1 GA · 58:51 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

1 of 1 goal located
Brett Connolly · 3rd 06:41 · 1–0
WSH DET
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 12-10-6 (43% win rate, 28 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 8-12-4 (33% win rate, 24 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 8-6-2 (50% win rate, 16 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 6-5-2 (46% win rate, 13 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 2–1
Feb 112018 🐙DET @ 🦅WSH 5–4 OT Oct 202017 🦅WSH @ 🐙DET 4–3 OT Feb 182017 🦅WSH @ 🐙DET 2–3 SO Feb 92017 🐙DET @ 🦅WSH 3–6 Nov 182016 🐙DET @ 🦅WSH 0–1
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❓ WSH vs DET, answered

Who won Capitals vs Red Wings on March 22, 2018?

Capitals won 1–0. The final score was Capitals 1, Red Wings 0.

Who scored for Capitals?

Brett Connolly.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Philipp Grubauer made 39 saves on 39 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Jimmy Howard made 25 saves on 26 shots (.962 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
BeforeMar 20 ⭐DAL @ 🦅WSH 3–4 AfterMar 24 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 6–4
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeMar 20 🔔PHI @ 🐙DET 4–5 AfterMar 24 🐙DET @ 🍁TOR 3–4
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