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2021-22 regular season

Capitals at Red Wings

🗓 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–1

Capitals beat Red Wings 3–1 at Little Caesars Arena on December 31, 2021.

WSH – DET
27–20
Shots on goal
1/3–0/3
Power play
19–18
Hits
15–13
Blocked shots
⚔️ Head-to-head

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
7 shots · 19:54 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 20:09 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
John Carlson
1 A
4 shots · 26:03 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order
2nd period
🐙 Pius Suter Go-ahead 2nd · 01:43
Assists: Sam Gagner, Vladislav Namestnikov · beat Ilya Samsonov
0–1
🦅 Evgeny Kuznetsov Tying 2nd · 15:53
Assists: Lucas Johansen, Matt Irwin · beat Thomas Greiss
1–1
3rd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin PP Go-ahead 3rd · 17:09
Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Thomas Greiss
2–1
🦅 Alex Ovechkin Empty net 3rd · 19:19
Assists: Garnet Hathaway, John Carlson
3–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Kuznetsov · Oshie 19:54
L2 Sheary · Backstrom · Wilson 16:34
L3 Hagelin · Dowd · Hathaway 13:48
L4 Protas · McMichael · Leason 10:09
D1 Carlson · Orlov 24:04
D2 van Riemsdyk · Kempny 20:31
D3 Irwin · Johansen 12:26
🐙Red Wings
L1 Bertuzzi · Fabbri · Suter 17:56
L2 Raymond · Larkin · Namestnikov 17:17
L3 Rasmussen · Gagner · Zadina 14:03
L4 Erne · Veleno · Rowney 10:31
D1 Seider · Hronek 21:35
D2 Staal · DeKeyser 19:00
D3 Lindstrom · Oesterle 17:06

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH DET🐙
27 Shots on goal 20
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
19 Hits 18
15 Blocked shots 13
2 Takeaways 3
3 Giveaways 5
8 Penalty minutes 8
WSH shooting 11.1% (3/27) DET shooting 5.0% (1/20)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Ilya Samsonov
19/20
.950 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Thomas Greiss
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 58:19 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Pius Suter · 2nd 01:43 · 0–1 Evgeny Kuznetsov · 2nd 15:53 · 1–1 Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 17:09 · 2–1 Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 19:19 · 3–1
WSH DET
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 6-2-2 (60% win rate, 10 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 8-1 (89% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 5-0-2 (71% win rate, 7 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 2-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 2–1
Nov 112021 🦅WSH @ 🐙DET 2–0 Oct 272021 🐙DET @ 🦅WSH 3–2 OT Nov 302019 🦅WSH @ 🐙DET 5–2 Jan 62019 🦅WSH @ 🐙DET 3–2 Dec 112018 🐙DET @ 🦅WSH 2–6
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Who won Capitals vs Red Wings on December 31, 2021?

Capitals won 3–1. The final score was Capitals 3, Red Wings 1.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin (2), Evgeny Kuznetsov.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Pius Suter.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Ilya Samsonov made 19 saves on 20 shots (.950 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Thomas Greiss made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 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
BeforeDec 29 🐯NSH @ 🦅WSH 3–5 AfterJan 2 😈NJD @ 🦅WSH 4–3
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeDec 18 😈NJD @ 🐙DET 2–5 AfterJan 2 🐻BOS @ 🐙DET 5–1
Also on December 31
🛢️EDM 5–6 😈NJD 🦆ANA 1–3 🎰VGK 🗽NYR 4–3 ⚡TBL
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