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2018-19 regular season

Red Wings at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–0

Capitals beat Red Wings 6–2 at Capital One Arena on December 11, 2018.

DET – WSH
37–25
Shots on goal
0/1–2/2
Power play
18–12
Hits
13–11
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom
4 A
2 shots · 18:39 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
3 G
4 shots · 19:38 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Braden Holtby
35 saves
0.946 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Brett Connolly PP Go-ahead 1st · 03:39
Assists: John Carlson, Evgeny Kuznetsov · beat Jonathan Bernier
0–1
🦅 Travis Boyd 1st · 10:50
Assists: Nic Dowd, Dmitrij Jaskin · beat Jonathan Bernier
0–2
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 1st · 12:59
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Michal Kempny · beat Jonathan Bernier
0–3
2nd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 2nd · 09:05
Assists: John Carlson, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Jonathan Bernier
0–4
🦅 T.J. Oshie PP 2nd · 10:06
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Evgeny Kuznetsov · beat Jonathan Bernier
0–5
3rd period
🐙 Dylan Larkin 3rd · 01:03
Assists: Gustav Nyquist, Nick Jensen · beat Braden Holtby
1–5
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 3rd · 09:33
Assists: Christian Djoos, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Jimmy Howard
1–6
🐙 Gustav Nyquist 3rd · 16:42
Assists: Justin Abdelkader · beat Braden Holtby
2–6

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐙Red Wings
L1 Larkin · Nyquist · Athanasiou 20:01
L2 Abdelkader · Bertuzzi · Glendening 16:44
L3 Vanek · Rasmussen · Nielsen 15:13
L4 de la Rose · Frk 11:56
D1 Daley · Jensen 19:23
D2 Kronwall · Ericsson 17:44
D3 Cholowski · Green 15:56
D4 Witkowski 11:56
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Oshie 18:39
L2 Kuznetsov · Eller · Smith-Pelly 15:50
L3 Vrana · Stephenson · Connolly 14:14
L4 Boyd · Dowd · Jaskin 11:44
D1 Carlson · Niskanen 21:50
D2 Orlov · Kempny 20:34
D3 Bowey · Djoos 16:36

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐙DET WSH🦅
37 Shots on goal 25
0/1 Power play (goals / chances) 2/2
18 Hits 12
13 Blocked shots 11
11 Takeaways 9
6 Giveaways 13
4 Penalty minutes 2
DET shooting 5.4% (2/37) WSH shooting 24.0% (6/25)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐙Red Wings
Jimmy Howard
9/10
.900 SV% · 1 GA · 29:54 TOI
Jonathan Bernier
10/15
.667 SV% · 5 GA · 30:06 TOI
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
35/37
.946 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located
Brett Connolly · 1st 03:39 · 0–1 Travis Boyd · 1st 10:50 · 0–2 Alex Ovechkin · 1st 12:59 · 0–3 Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 09:05 · 0–4 T.J. Oshie · 2nd 10:06 · 0–5 Dylan Larkin · 3rd 01:03 · 1–5 Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 09:33 · 1–6 Gustav Nyquist · 3rd 16:42 · 2–6
DET WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–3
Red Wings
Red Wings — trailing by 3 goals after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 3 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
After 2nd — 0–5
Red Wings
Red Wings — trailing by 5 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 2–0
Nov 232018 🐙DET @ 🦅WSH 1–3 Mar 222018 🦅WSH @ 🐙DET 1–0 Feb 112018 🐙DET @ 🦅WSH 5–4 OT Oct 202017 🦅WSH @ 🐙DET 4–3 OT Feb 182017 🦅WSH @ 🐙DET 2–3 SO
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Who won Red Wings vs Capitals on December 11, 2018?

Capitals won 6–2. The final score was Red Wings 2, Capitals 6.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Dylan Larkin, Gustav Nyquist.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin (3), Brett Connolly, T.J. Oshie, Travis Boyd.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Jimmy Howard made 9 saves on 10 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 35 saves on 37 shots (.946 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Red Wings vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeDec 10 👑LAK @ 🐙DET 1–3 AfterDec 14 🏛️OTT @ 🐙DET 4–2
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 8 🦅WSH @ 🧥CBJ 4–0 AfterDec 14 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 6–5
Also on December 11
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