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2022-23 regular season

Capitals at Wild

🗓 Sun, Mar 19, 2023 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🔁 Wild lead the season series 2–0

Wild beat Capitals 5–3 at Xcel Energy Center on March 19, 2023.

WSH – MIN
36–40
Shots on goal
2/4–0/3
Power play
28–13
Hits
9–11
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Matt Boldy
3 G
6 shots · 19:53 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
2 G, 1 A
8 shots · 17:56 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Marc-Andre Fleury
33 saves
0.917 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Matt Boldy Go-ahead 1st · 00:50
Assists: Marcus Johansson, Frederick Gaudreau · beat Charlie Lindgren
0–1
🌲 Matt Boldy 1st · 04:36
Assists: Marcus Johansson, Joel Eriksson Ek · beat Charlie Lindgren
0–2
2nd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin PP 2nd · 05:34
Assists: Rasmus Sandin · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–2
🌲 Ryan Reaves 2nd · 10:14
Assists: Ryan Hartman, Mason Shaw · beat Charlie Lindgren
1–3
3rd period
🌲 Brandon Duhaime 3rd · 03:46
Assists: Oskar Sundqvist · beat Charlie Lindgren
1–4
🦅 Alex Ovechkin PP 3rd · 12:33
Assists: Tom Wilson, Dylan Strome · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–4
🌲 Matt Boldy 3rd · 13:58
Unassisted · beat Charlie Lindgren
2–5
🦅 Dylan Strome 3rd · 16:26
Assists: Tom Wilson, Alex Ovechkin · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Wilson 18:18
L2 Strome · Dowd · Oshie 16:00
L3 Sheary · Kuznetsov · Protas 13:41
L4 Milano · Smith · Aube-Kubel 12:46
D1 Sandin · Alexeyev 23:26
D2 van Riemsdyk · Fehervary 21:34
D3 Irwin · Carlsson 10:42
🌲Wild
L1 Boldy · Eriksson Ek · Zuccarello 19:32
L2 Gaudreau · Steel · Hartman 16:13
L3 Johansson · Sundqvist · Duhaime 11:42
L4 Shaw · Dewar · Reaves 10:18
D1 Brodin · Dumba 22:01
D2 Spurgeon · Klingberg 19:07
D3 Middleton · Goligoski 17:08

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH MIN🌲
36 Shots on goal 40
2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
28 Hits 13
9 Blocked shots 11
5 Takeaways 4
8 Giveaways 11
40 Penalty minutes 22
WSH shooting 8.3% (3/36) MIN shooting 12.5% (5/40)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Charlie Lindgren
35/40
.875 SV% · 5 GA · 56:23 TOI
🌲Wild
Marc-Andre Fleury
33/36
.917 SV% · 3 GA · 59:18 TOI

Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located
Matt Boldy · 1st 00:50 · 0–1 Matt Boldy · 1st 04:36 · 0–2 Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 05:34 · 1–2 Ryan Reaves · 2nd 10:14 · 1–3 Brandon Duhaime · 3rd 03:46 · 1–4 Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 12:33 · 2–4 Matt Boldy · 3rd 13:58 · 2–5 Dylan Strome · 3rd 16:26 · 3–5
WSH MIN
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 4-3 (57% win rate, 7 games)
Wild
Wild — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 1-1-1 (33% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 3-5-1 (33% win rate, 9 games)
Wild
Wild — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 8-0 (100% win rate, 8 games)

Last meetings

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Wild lead the season series 2–0
Jan 172023 🌲MIN @ 🦅WSH 4–2 Apr 32022 🌲MIN @ 🦅WSH 5–1 Jan 82022 🦅WSH @ 🌲MIN 2–3 SO Mar 12020 🦅WSH @ 🌲MIN 4–3 Mar 222019 🌲MIN @ 🦅WSH 2–1
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Who won Capitals vs Wild on March 19, 2023?

Wild won 5–3. The final score was Capitals 3, Wild 5.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin (2), Dylan Strome.

Who scored for Wild?

Matt Boldy (3), Brandon Duhaime, Ryan Reaves.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Charlie Lindgren made 35 saves on 40 shots (.875 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 33 saves on 36 shots (.917 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 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMar 17 🎵STL @ 🦅WSH 5–2 AfterMar 21 🧥CBJ @ 🦅WSH 7–6
🌲 Wild
BeforeMar 18 🐻BOS @ 🌲MIN 5–2 AfterMar 21 🌲MIN @ 😈NJD 2–1
Also on March 19
🐻BOS 7–0 ⚔️BUF 🧥CBJ 2–7 🎰VGK 🐯NSH 0–7 🗽NYR 😈NJD 5–2 ⚡TBL ✈️WPG 0–3 🎵STL 🐋VAN 2–1 🦆ANA
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