National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 3, Minnesota 2
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 19, 2015
Where: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Referees: Graham Skilliter, Chris Lee
Linesmen: Brian Mach, Darren Gibbs
Attendance: 19044
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 0213
Minnesota 0112
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
11:33 - Wild Sean Bergenheim (2) Interference
 11:33 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Roughing
 18:36 - Wild Mikko Koivu (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
15:25 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Karl Alzner , Matt Niskanen
16:04 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (EV) Unassisted
19:51 - Wild Christian Folin (EV) Assists: Zach Parise , Mikael Granlund
Penalties
4:49 - Wild Jordan Leopold (2) Holding
 9:40 - Capitals Mike Green (2) Tripping
 14:45 - Wild Zach Parise (2) Roughing
 14:45 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Embellishment
 17:33 - Wild Chris Stewart (2) Roughing
3rd Period
Scoring
3:05 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom
14:04 - Wild Jared Spurgeon (PP) Assists: Thomas Vanek , Mikael Granlund
Penalties
3:36 - Wild Chris Stewart (2) High sticking
 12:21 - Capitals Jason Chimera (2) Hooking
 19:58 - Capitals John Carlson (2) Cross checking
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Justin Peters G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 59:59 48:14 8:00 3:45 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 E 0 2 26 21:17 18:11 1:41 1:25 0 0 1 1 - - -
Alex Ovechkin RW 2 0 2 +2 0 6 20 20:43 13:42 7:01 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Eric Fehr RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 13:38 12:32 0:00 1:06 0 0 3 2 6 7 46
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 +2 0 0 23 21:17 15:02 5:29 0:46 0 0 - 1 7 8 47
Troy Brouwer RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 22 19:50 12:22 5:08 2:20 0 0 - 1 4 6 40
Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 15 11:50 10:22 0:00 1:28 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Curtis Glencross LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 11:52 9:08 2:44 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jason Chimera LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 19 13:55 13:30 0:00 0:25 0 0 - 1 - - -
Karl Alzner D 0 1 1 E 0 0 25 17:34 16:11 0:00 1:23 0 0 - - - - -
Joel Ward RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 14:36 11:18 1:53 1:25 0 0 1 - 3 0 100
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 -1 4 1 13 10:48 9:57 0:51 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 25 22:30 19:55 0:13 2:22 0 0 2 3 - - -
Michael Latta C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 12 8:41 8:41 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 3 0 100
Mike Green D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 22 15:20 14:21 0:59 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
John Carlson D 0 0 0 +2 2 6 27 25:18 16:44 6:14 2:20 0 0 1 3 - - -
Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 11:19 11:19 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Marcus Johansson C 0 0 0 +2 0 2 21 17:29 12:13 5:16 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 17 14:19 11:48 2:31 0:00 0 0 2 - 4 5 44
Minnesota Wild
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Darcy Kuemper G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Devan Dubnyk G 0 0 0 0 0 58:39 46:56 3:43 8:00 0 0 - - - - -
Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 13 12:44 12:44 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 3 4 43
Christian Folin D 1 0 1 +1 0 1 18 13:21 11:48 0:00 1:33 0 0 - 2 - - -
Mikko Koivu C 0 0 0 E 2 1 21 18:00 14:08 2:32 1:20 0 0 - - 12 11 52
Zach Parise LW 0 1 1 +1 2 2 20 19:06 16:08 2:32 0:26 0 0 - 1 - - -
Justin Fontaine RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 14 12:51 11:49 0:00 1:02 0 0 - 1 - - -
Ryan Suter D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 28 30:38 22:38 2:44 5:16 0 0 1 3 - - -
Kyle Brodziak C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 14:35 7:59 0:00 6:36 0 0 - 1 1 1 50
Nino Niederreiter RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 13:31 13:21 0:02 0:08 0 0 4 - - - -
Sean Bergenheim LW 0 0 0 -1 2 0 9 5:36 5:36 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jonas Brodin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 28 23:21 19:17 1:01 3:03 0 0 1 1 - - -
Thomas Vanek LW 0 1 1 E 0 3 14 13:20 12:05 1:15 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Jason Pominville RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 18 16:31 14:01 2:30 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 E 2 0 14 9:16 9:16 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Chris Stewart RW 0 0 0 E 4 0 18 13:15 12:00 1:15 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jared Spurgeon D 1 0 1 -2 0 4 28 21:52 15:42 1:13 4:57 1 0 - 3 - - -
Mathew Dumba D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 22 21:36 17:55 2:30 1:11 0 0 - 2 - - -
Erik Haula C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 17 12:14 6:13 0:00 6:01 0 0 - 1 4 3 57
Mikael Granlund C 0 2 2 -1 0 2 20 17:34 15:54 1:13 0:27 0 0 - 1 6 9 40
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (35-18-9) 30 28 2 .933 0 59:59
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Devan Dubnyk L (30-11-3) 27 24 3 .889 0 58:39