National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 3, Detroit 1
When: 7:30 PM ET, Friday, December 31, 2021
Where: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, Michigan
Referees: Conor O'Donnell, Justin St. Pierre
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Michel Cormier
Attendance: 17721
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 0123
Detroit 0101
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
19:41 - Capitals Dmitry Orlov (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
1:43 - Red Wings Pius Suter (EV) Assists: Sam Gagner , Vladislav Namestnikov
15:53 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (EV) Assists: Lucas Johansen , Matt Irwin
Penalties
4:19 - Red Wings Moritz Seider (2) Holding
 11:57 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Roughing
3rd Period
Scoring
17:09 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (PP) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov , Nicklas Backstrom
19:19 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) (EN) Assists: Garnet Hathaway , John Carlson
Penalties
1:54 - Red Wings Gustav Lindstrom (2) Tripping
 10:10 - Red Wings Moritz Seider (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
 10:10 - Capitals Nic Dowd (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
 15:10 - Red Wings Robby Fabbri (2) Interference
 19:54 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Tripping
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Pheonix Copley G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ilya Samsonov G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 49:55 5:59 4:06 0 0 - - - - -
Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 23 19:52 16:27 0:00 3:25 0 0 4 1 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 2 0 2 +2 0 7 22 19:54 13:58 5:56 0:00 1 0 1 - - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 E 2 0 26 22:04 20:55 1:03 0:06 0 0 - 3 - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 19 16:29 11:33 4:56 0:00 0 0 1 1 2 6 25
Garnet Hathaway RW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 19 13:12 11:59 0:00 1:13 0 0 3 2 - - -
Lucas Johansen D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 19 12:18 12:18 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Connor McMichael C 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 10:09 10:09 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 2 - - -
Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 E 2 23 14:12 12:03 0:00 2:09 0 0 3 2 5 10 33
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 E 4 1 21 16:34 14:32 1:18 0:44 0 0 1 - - - -
Brett Leason RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 9:22 9:22 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Irwin D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 19 12:33 11:58 0:00 0:35 0 0 1 - - - -
Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 24 21:10 17:42 0:03 3:25 0 0 1 3 - - -
Aliaksei Protas C 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 10:56 9:53 1:03 0:00 0 0 - - 5 2 71
Carl Hagelin LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 22 13:48 11:52 0:00 1:56 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Conor Sheary LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 17:01 14:17 1:18 1:26 0 0 - - - - -
John Carlson D 0 1 1 +1 0 4 27 26:03 20:26 4:56 0:41 0 0 - - - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 18 18:08 13:27 4:41 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 2 33
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 1 2 E 0 3 23 20:09 14:44 4:41 0:44 0 0 1 1 3 9 25
Detroit Red Wings
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Thomas Greiss G 0 0 0 0 0 58:19 48:20 4:00 5:59 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Nedeljkovic G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Filip Zadina RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 12:23 12:03 0:20 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Robby Fabbri C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 19 17:56 14:32 3:24 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Filip Hronek D 0 0 0 E 0 2 26 20:31 16:52 0:42 2:57 0 0 - - - - -
Marc Staal D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 26 19:47 17:02 0:01 2:44 0 0 3 2 - - -
Lucas Raymond LW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 22 17:17 14:22 2:55 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Pius Suter C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 22 17:40 13:07 1:11 3:22 0 0 1 1 5 4 56
Michael Rasmussen C 0 0 0 E 0 2 21 14:10 11:02 0:01 3:07 0 0 - - 3 4 43
Gustav Lindstrom D 0 0 0 E 2 0 19 17:09 16:09 0:00 1:00 0 0 1 2 - - -
Carter Rowney C 0 0 0 E 0 0 13 10:25 10:25 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 3 6 33
Moritz Seider D 0 0 0 -1 4 3 28 22:39 16:43 3:41 2:15 0 0 3 2 - - -
Tyler Bertuzzi LW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 21 19:38 16:14 3:24 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Danny DeKeyser D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 27 18:14 15:07 0:05 3:02 0 0 2 2 - - -
Dylan Larkin C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 21 17:39 14:51 2:48 0:00 0 0 - - 13 1 93
Adam Erne LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 16 11:36 11:30 0:06 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
Jordan Oesterle D 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 17:03 17:03 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Sam Gagner C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 19 14:03 10:19 0:41 3:03 0 0 - 1 2 1 67
Joe Veleno C 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 10:31 10:31 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 - 3 0 100
Vladislav Namestnikov C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 21 15:01 11:18 1:17 2:26 0 0 - 1 - - -
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ilya Samsonov W (23-12-5) 20 19 1 .950 0 60:00
Detroit
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Thomas Greiss L (10-15-1) 26 24 2 .923 0 58:19