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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Minnesota 2, Washington 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, March 22, 2019
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Tom Chmielewski, Jon McIsaac
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Brian Murphy
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 1012
Washington 0101
Periods:
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1
Minnesota   Washington
  0:00 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Luke Kunin.
Jordan Greenway hits Tom Wilson. 0:25  
Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 0:45  
  0:50 Tom Wilson blocks shot from Jonas Brodin.
Eric Staal shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 0:55  
  1:14 Dmitry Orlov hits Kevin Fiala.
  1:45 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Victor Rask.
  1:51 Christian Djoos shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
Victor Rask wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 1:52  
Greg Pateryn blocks shot from Travis Boyd. 2:49  
  3:31 Matt Niskanen shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  3:32 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Luke Kunin.
Jordan Greenway blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin. 3:33  
Jared Spurgeon hits Tom Wilson. 4:02  
Jordan Greenway hits Dmitry Orlov. 4:14  
Jonas Brodin shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 4:42  
Kevin Fiala penalty for high sticking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by John Carlson. 4:52  
Eric Fehr wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 4:52  
  5:04 Shot by Alex Ovechkin misses the net
  5:19 Shot by John Carlson misses the net
Luke Kunin wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie. 5:28  
Luke Kunin shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 5:35  
  5:57 Giveaway by T.J. Oshie.
Shot by Jason Zucker misses the net 6:24  
Takeaway by Matt Read. 6:31  
Eric Fehr wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 6:40  
Kevin Fiala shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 7:02  
  7:04 Tom Wilson hits Kevin Fiala.
  7:29 Giveaway by Brooks Orpik.
Luke Kunin wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 8:24  
  8:33 Shot by Nic Dowd misses the net
  9:00 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Eric Fehr.
  9:20 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Eric Fehr.
Jared Spurgeon blocks shot from Brooks Orpik. 9:26  
  9:48 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Eric Fehr.
Ryan Donato shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 10:06  
Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 10:07  
Shot by Brad Hunt misses the net 10:11  
  10:24 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Eric Staal.
Takeaway by Brad Hunt. 10:28  
Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 10:33  
Takeaway by Anthony Bitetto. 11:15  
Takeaway by Ryan Donato. 11:36  
  11:55 Tom Wilson shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  11:58 Shot by Brooks Orpik misses the net
Giveaway by Matt Read. 12:34  
  12:58 Shot by Dmitry Orlov misses the net
  13:34 Nic Dowd hits Marcus Foligno.
Shot by Anthony Bitetto misses the net 14:19  
Takeaway by Zach Parise. 14:43  
Ryan Suter blocks shot from Andre Burakovsky. 15:04  
  15:05 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Luke Kunin.
  15:07 Brett Connolly shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  15:08 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Eric Fehr.
Takeaway by Ryan Donato. 15:15  
Giveaway by Ryan Donato. 15:16  
Victor Rask wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 15:22  
  15:40 Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  15:41 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Eric Fehr.
  16:01 Giveaway by Nick Jensen.
Jordan Greenway scores. Assisted by Ryan Donato and Devan Dubnyk. 16:33  
  16:33 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Eric Staal.
  17:37 Dmitry Orlov shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  17:57 Takeaway by Travis Boyd.
Marcus Foligno penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Travis Boyd. 18:46  
Eric Fehr wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie. 18:46  
  19:06 T.J. Oshie wins the faceoff against Eric Fehr.
Shot by Jason Zucker misses the net 19:27  
2
Minnesota   Washington
  0:00 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Eric Fehr.
Eric Fehr wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 0:37  
Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 0:58  
Brad Hunt shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:07  
Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 1:08  
Shot by Eric Staal misses the net 1:18  
  1:19 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Eric Staal.
  1:26 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Victor Rask.
  1:28 Giveaway by Matt Niskanen.
Ryan Suter shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:30  
  1:31 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Victor Rask.
  1:46 Giveaway by Nic Dowd.
  1:53 Nick Jensen blocks shot from Matt Read.
  1:54 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Luke Kunin.
J.T. Brown shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 3:03  
Ryan Suter hits Tom Wilson. 3:29  
  3:39 John Carlson shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  3:40 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Eric Staal.
  4:04 Brett Connolly shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  4:12 Brett Connolly shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
Brad Hunt penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Brett Connolly. 4:18  
Eric Fehr wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie. 4:18  
Luke Kunin wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie. 4:33  
  5:01 John Carlson shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
J.T. Brown blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin. 5:16  
  6:09 Tom Wilson hits Eric Staal.
  6:38 Shot by Lars Eller misses the net
Eric Staal hits Dmitry Orlov. 7:01  
  7:29 Takeaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Matt Read hits Nick Jensen. 7:41  
Takeaway by Jason Zucker. 7:43  
Ryan Suter shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 7:47  
Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 7:59  
  8:00 Brooks Orpik penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jason Zucker.
Jason Zucker penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Brooks Orpik. 8:00  
  8:00 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Luke Kunin.
  8:20 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Eric Fehr.
Jonas Brodin hits Tom Wilson. 8:37  
  9:00 Shot by John Carlson misses the net
Eric Staal hits John Carlson. 9:01  
Brad Hunt shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 9:09  
Zach Parise shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 9:13  
Eric Staal hits Christian Djoos. 9:17  
Shot by Zach Parise misses the net 9:23  
  9:31 Takeaway by Christian Djoos.
  9:33 Giveaway by Christian Djoos.
  9:37 John Carlson blocks shot from Zach Parise.
Shot by Luke Kunin misses the net 9:42  
  9:44 John Carlson blocks shot from Luke Kunin.
  9:45 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Luke Kunin.
  10:42 Brett Connolly scores. Assisted by Nick Jensen and T.J. Oshie.
Victor Rask wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 10:42  
Shot by Victor Rask misses the net 10:56  
Jordan Greenway shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 11:00  
Eric Staal shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 12:35  
  12:52 Tom Wilson blocks shot from Ryan Suter.
  12:54 Takeaway by Christian Djoos.
Luke Kunin wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 13:06  
  13:10 Tom Wilson blocks shot from Ryan Donato.
  13:21 Giveaway by Jakub Vrana.
  13:24 Giveaway by Christian Djoos.
  13:31 Matt Niskanen blocks shot from Luke Kunin.
Brad Hunt shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 13:45  
  13:57 Matt Niskanen blocks shot from Brad Hunt.
Ryan Donato shoots misses the net 14:10  
Shot by Ryan Donato misses the net 14:11  
Ryan Donato shoots misses the net 14:14  
Jordan Greenway hits Matt Niskanen. 14:18  
Greg Pateryn hits T.J. Oshie. 14:24  
Greg Pateryn shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 14:41  
Shot by Jason Zucker misses the net 14:45  
  14:56 Andre Burakovsky shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
Eric Fehr wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 14:57  
  15:21 Lars Eller shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 15:22  
  15:31 Shot by John Carlson misses the net
  16:06 Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin.
Greg Pateryn blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin. 16:14  
  16:17 Alex Ovechkin hits Zach Parise.
  16:21 Tom Wilson shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  16:46 Shot by Nic Dowd misses the net
Jonas Brodin blocks shot from Travis Boyd. 16:54  
Brad Hunt hits Travis Boyd. 17:02  
  17:08 Shot by Brooks Orpik misses the net
  17:28 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Luke Kunin.
  17:37 T.J. Oshie shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
Ryan Donato shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 17:51  
  17:52 Dmitry Orlov hits Ryan Donato.
  17:59 T.J. Oshie blocks shot from Ryan Suter.
Shot by Luke Kunin misses the net 18:14  
  18:21 Dmitry Orlov blocks shot from Ryan Donato.
  19:10 Takeaway by Brett Connolly.
Anthony Bitetto shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 19:27  
Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 19:28  
  19:36 Tom Wilson hits Ryan Suter.
Shot by Zach Parise misses the net 19:42  
Zach Parise shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 19:49  
Zach Parise shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 19:50  
  19:51 Tom Wilson penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Ryan Suter.
  19:51 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Eric Staal.
3
Minnesota   Washington
  0:00 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Eric Staal.
  0:09 Takeaway by Nic Dowd.
Giveaway by Eric Staal. 0:45  
Giveaway by Jared Spurgeon. 1:04  
  1:09 Nicklas Backstrom shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  1:42 Takeaway by Lars Eller.
Luke Kunin wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 1:44  
Jonas Brodin shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:54  
Ryan Donato blocks shot from Nicklas Backstrom. 2:07  
  2:19 Matt Niskanen hits Jordan Greenway.
Greg Pateryn blocks shot from Nicklas Backstrom. 2:29  
Eric Fehr wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie. 2:30  
  2:33 Jakub Vrana shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  2:46 Takeaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Ryan Suter blocks shot from Jakub Vrana. 2:54  
Eric Fehr blocks shot from Christian Djoos. 3:06  
  3:08 Evgeny Kuznetsov hits Eric Fehr.
  3:46 Shot by Nick Jensen misses the net
  3:54 Shot by Brett Connolly misses the net
Anthony Bitetto hits Brett Connolly. 3:56  
  3:59 Lars Eller shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  4:21 Tom Wilson hits Jordan Greenway.
  4:24 Giveaway by Tom Wilson.
Giveaway by Ryan Donato. 4:33  
  4:38 Dmitry Orlov hits Luke Kunin.
  5:04 Chandler Stephenson blocks shot from Ryan Suter.
  5:19 Nic Dowd hits Eric Staal.
Giveaway by Eric Staal. 5:29  
Shot by Kevin Fiala misses the net 5:46  
Eric Fehr shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 5:52  
  6:07 Shot by Andre Burakovsky misses the net
Giveaway by Brad Hunt. 6:32  
  6:32 Shot by Brooks Orpik misses the net
  6:48 Giveaway by Brooks Orpik.
  6:53 Brooks Orpik hits Jason Zucker.
Ryan Donato shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 7:44  
Ryan Donato hits Travis Boyd. 8:11  
Greg Pateryn blocks shot from Nicklas Backstrom. 8:34  
Kevin Fiala blocks shot from John Carlson. 8:37  
  8:50 John Carlson blocks shot from Zach Parise.
Shot by Eric Staal misses the net 9:04  
Matt Read blocks shot from Jakub Vrana. 9:49  
  9:55 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Victor Rask.
  9:58 Shot by Jakub Vrana misses the net
Jared Spurgeon blocks shot from T.J. Oshie. 10:06  
Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 10:38  
  11:01 Greg Pateryn shoots misses the net
J.T. Brown hits Andre Burakovsky. 11:13  
  11:25 Lars Eller shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
Eric Fehr wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 11:27  
Luke Kunin scores. Assisted by Zach Parise and Ryan Donato. 12:25  
  12:25 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Eric Staal.
  12:38 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Eric Staal.
Jonas Brodin blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin. 12:48  
Eric Fehr wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 12:57  
  13:05 Takeaway by Christian Djoos.
  13:07 Christian Djoos shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
Luke Kunin blocks shot from Christian Djoos. 13:13  
  13:20 John Carlson shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
Marcus Foligno shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 13:28  
Jonas Brodin hits Jakub Vrana. 13:48  
  14:07 Shot by Lars Eller misses the net
Jonas Brodin blocks shot from Brooks Orpik. 14:47  
Giveaway by Devan Dubnyk. 15:12  
  15:26 Shot by Matt Niskanen misses the net
  15:28 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Eric Fehr.
Marcus Foligno blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin. 15:30  
  15:32 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Eric Fehr.
  15:37 John Carlson shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  15:39 Alex Ovechkin hits Victor Rask.
  15:56 Takeaway by Tom Wilson.
Jonas Brodin blocks shot from Christian Djoos. 16:20  
Eric Fehr wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 16:21  
  16:55 Takeaway by T.J. Oshie.
Takeaway by Jonas Brodin. 17:20  
  17:23 Takeaway by Nick Jensen.
  18:11 Tom Wilson blocks shot from Marcus Foligno.
  18:29 Shot by Tom Wilson misses the net
  18:50 Giveaway by Nicklas Backstrom.
  18:57 Shot by Tom Wilson misses the net
  19:00 Evgeny Kuznetsov hits Luke Kunin.
  19:08 Shot by T.J. Oshie misses the net
Jared Spurgeon blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin. 19:37  
Eric Fehr wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie. 19:42  
  19:47 Takeaway by John Carlson.
Jason Zucker blocks shot from Nicklas Backstrom. 19:57  
Eric Fehr wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 19:59