🦅 Away Capitals 24-12-4
3–2
Final
🐙 Home Red Wings 16-20-7
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦅 WSH 1023
🐙 DET 1102

Capitals at Red Wings

Capitals beat Red Wings 3–2 at Little Caesars Arena on January 6, 2019.

🗓 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 2018-19 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov
2 A
5 shots · 17:28 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Tom Wilson
1 G
4 shots · 17:55 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Michal Kempny
1 G
2 shots · 19:04 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Tom Wilson Go-ahead 1st · 06:57
Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov · beat Jimmy Howard
1–0
🐙 Anthony Mantha Tying 1st · 14:08
Unassisted · beat Braden Holtby
1–1
2nd period
🐙 Filip Hronek Go-ahead 2nd · 06:48
Assists: Dylan Larkin, Gustav Nyquist · beat Braden Holtby
1–2
3rd period
🦅 Travis Boyd Tying 3rd · 06:19
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Brett Connolly · beat Jimmy Howard
2–2
🦅 Michal Kempny Go-ahead 3rd · 16:08
Assists: Matt Niskanen, Evgeny Kuznetsov · beat Jimmy Howard
3–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Wilson 20:49
L2 Kuznetsov · Eller · Oshie 17:28
L3 Burakovsky · Vrana · Connolly 13:37
L4 Boyd · Stephenson · Smith-Pelly 9:15
D1 Carlson · Niskanen 22:55
D2 Kempny · Orlov 18:53
D3 Orpik · Siegenthaler 15:14
🐙Red Wings
L1 Larkin · Nyquist · Glendening 18:52
L2 Helm · Athanasiou · Mantha 15:13
L3 Bertuzzi · Abdelkader · Nielsen 14:36
L4 Vanek · de la Rose · Ehn 10:23
D1 Jensen · Kronwall 22:27
D2 Cholowski · Hronek 18:58
D3 Ericsson · Witkowski 15:44

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH DET🐙
34 Shots on goal 25
20 Hits 9
11 Blocked shots 14
4 Takeaways 10
8 Giveaways 13
10 Penalty minutes 8
WSH shooting 8.8% (3/34) DET shooting 8.0% (2/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
23/25
.920 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Jimmy Howard
31/34
.912 SV% · 3 GA · 58:41 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Tom Wilson · 1st 06:57 · 1–0 Anthony Mantha · 1st 14:08 · 1–1 Filip Hronek · 2nd 06:48 · 1–2 Travis Boyd · 3rd 06:19 · 2–2 Michal Kempny · 3rd 16:08 · 3–2
WSH DET
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 5-4 (56% win rate, 9 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 4-5 (44% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-4-3 (12% win rate, 8 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-0-3 (57% win rate, 7 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 3–0
Dec 112018 🐙DET @ 🦅WSH 2–6 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
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❓ WSH vs DET, answered

Who won Capitals vs Red Wings on January 6, 2019?

Capitals won 3–2. The final score was Capitals 3, Red Wings 2.

Who scored for Capitals?

Michal Kempny, Tom Wilson, Travis Boyd.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Anthony Mantha, Filip Hronek.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 23 saves on 25 shots (.920 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Jimmy Howard made 31 saves on 34 shots (.912 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 3–0 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeJan 4 🦅WSH @ ⭐DAL 1–2 AfterJan 8 🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH 3–5
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeJan 4 🐯NSH @ 🐙DET 3–4 AfterJan 8 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐙DET 3–2
Also on January 6
🌪️CAR 5–4 🏛️OTT 🗽NYR 0–5 🌵ARI 😈NJD 2–3 🎰VGK ⭐DAL 1–5 ✈️WPG 🛢️EDM 4–0 🦆ANA 🪶CHI 5–3 🐧PIT
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