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2021-22 regular season

Capitals at Wild

🗓 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🔁 Wild lead the season series 1–0

Wild beat Capitals 3–2 in a shootout at Xcel Energy Center on January 8, 2022.

WSH – MIN
31–22
Shots on goal
1/5–0/1
Power play
8–15
Hits
17–13
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 🌲 MIN
Mats Zuccarello
1 G
5 shots · 25:17 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Marcus Foligno
1 G
21:15 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Kevin Fiala
1 A
3 shots · 17:49 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
2nd period
🦅 Connor McMichael Go-ahead 2nd · 02:41
Assists: Nick Jensen, Conor Sheary · beat Kaapo Kahkonen
1–0
🦅 Evgeny Kuznetsov PP 2nd · 05:48
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Lars Eller · beat Kaapo Kahkonen
2–0
🌲 Marcus Foligno 2nd · 13:55
Unassisted
2–1
3rd period
🌲 Mats Zuccarello Tying 3rd · 19:25
Assists: Matt Dumba, Kevin Fiala · beat Zach Fucale
2–2
Shootout
🌲 Kevin Fiala Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted
2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Kuznetsov · Wilson 21:37
L2 Hagelin · Eller · Dowd 17:48
L3 Sheary · Hathaway · Sprong 15:22
L4 McMichael · Sgarbossa · Protas 8:24
D1 Carlson · Orlov 24:58
D2 Jensen · Schultz 18:40
D3 Fehervary · van Riemsdyk 15:54
🌲Wild
L1 Foligno · Hartman · Zuccarello 25:17
L2 Boldy · Fiala · Gaudreau 17:49
L3 Rossi · Sturm · Dewar 12:03
L4 Rau · Rask · Pitlick 5:40
D1 Dumba · Kulikov 25:12
D2 Merrill · Benn 21:16
D3 Addison · Mermis 14:26

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH MIN🌲
31 Shots on goal 22
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/1
8 Hits 15
17 Blocked shots 13
6 Takeaways 6
1 Giveaways 6
2 Penalty minutes 10
WSH shooting 6.5% (2/31) MIN shooting 13.6% (3/22)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Zach Fucale
21/22
.955 SV% · 1 GA · 64:36 TOI
🌲Wild
Kaapo Kahkonen
29/31
.935 SV% · 2 GA · 63:54 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 5 goals located
Connor McMichael · 2nd 02:41 · 1–0 Evgeny Kuznetsov · 2nd 05:48 · 2–0 Marcus Foligno · 2nd 13:55 · 2–1 Mats Zuccarello · 3rd 19:25 · 2–2
WSH MIN
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 7-3-2 (58% win rate, 12 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 5-4 (56% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-1-2 (40% win rate, 5 games)
Wild
Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-4-1 (29% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Wild lead the season series 1–0
Mar 12020 🦅WSH @ 🌲MIN 4–3 Mar 222019 🌲MIN @ 🦅WSH 2–1 Nov 132018 🦅WSH @ 🌲MIN 5–2 Feb 152018 🦅WSH @ 🌲MIN 5–2 Nov 182017 🌲MIN @ 🦅WSH 1–3
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Who won Capitals vs Wild on January 8, 2022?

Wild won 3–2 in a shootout. The final score was Capitals 2, Wild 3.

Who scored for Capitals?

Connor McMichael, Evgeny Kuznetsov.

Who scored for Wild?

Marcus Foligno, Mats Zuccarello.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Zach Fucale made 21 saves on 22 shots (.955 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Kaapo Kahkonen made 29 saves on 31 shots (.935 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Wild played?

At Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, the Wild home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Wild season series?

Wild lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeJan 7 🦅WSH @ 🎵STL 1–5 AfterJan 10 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 7–3
🌲 Wild
BeforeJan 6 🌲MIN @ 🐻BOS 3–2 AfterJan 14 🦆ANA @ 🌲MIN 3–7
Also on January 8
🐧PIT 2–3 ⭐DAL 🐻BOS 5–2 ⚡TBL 🦈SJS 3–2 🔔PHI 🐆FLA 4–3 🌪️CAR 🍁TOR 4–5 🏔️COL 😈NJD 3–4 🧥CBJ 🐯NSH 4–2 🌵ARI 🪶CHI 2–1 🎰VGK
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