National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 3, Detroit 1
Friday, December 31, 2021 7:30 PM
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 TOI
Pheonix Copley G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Ilya Samsonov G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19:52
Alex Ovechkin LW 2 0 2 +2 0 7 19:54
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 E 2 0 22:04
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 16:29
Garnet Hathaway RW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 13:12
Lucas Johansen D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 12:18
Connor McMichael C 0 0 0 E 0 0 10:09
Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 E 2 14:12
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 E 4 1 16:34
Brett Leason RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 9:22
Matt Irwin D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 12:33
Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21:10
Aliaksei Protas C 0 0 0 E 0 1 10:56
Carl Hagelin LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 13:48
Conor Sheary LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17:01
John Carlson D 0 1 1 +1 0 4 26:03
T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 18:08
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 1 2 E 0 3 20:09
Detroit Red Wings
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Thomas Greiss G 0 0 0 0 0 58:19
Alex Nedeljkovic G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Filip Zadina RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12:23
Robby Fabbri C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 17:56
Filip Hronek D 0 0 0 E 0 2 20:31
Marc Staal D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19:47
Lucas Raymond LW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 17:17
Pius Suter C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 17:40
Michael Rasmussen C 0 0 0 E 0 2 14:10
Gustav Lindstrom D 0 0 0 E 2 0 17:09
Carter Rowney C 0 0 0 E 0 0 10:25
Moritz Seider D 0 0 0 -1 4 3 22:39
Tyler Bertuzzi LW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 19:38
Danny DeKeyser D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 18:14
Dylan Larkin C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 17:39
Adam Erne LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 11:36
Jordan Oesterle D 0 0 0 E 0 0 17:03
Sam Gagner C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 14:03
Joe Veleno C 0 0 0 E 0 0 10:31
Vladislav Namestnikov C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 15:01
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