Detroit Red Wings at Washington Capitals

Wednesday, October 5, 2022, 7:00 PM ET Capital One Arena, Washington Preseason Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings 4–2 on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at home.

Final score, Detroit Red Wings at Washington Capitals
Team	Goals	2022-2023 record
Detroit Red Wings	2	35-37-10
at Washington Capitals	4	35-37-10

Goals by period

Goals by period, Detroit Red Wings at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Detroit Red Wings	1	1	0	2
Washington Capitals	1	1	2	4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Detroit Red Wings at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Detroit Red Wings	15	12	6	33
Washington Capitals	10	8	17	35

Three stars

C. Brown, Washington Capitals (1 goal)
C. McMichael, Washington Capitals (1 goal, 1 assist)
M. Rasmussen, Detroit Red Wings (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Detroit Red Wings at Washington Capitals. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	08:09	Detroit Red Wings	Tyler Bertuzzi (1)	Michael Rasmussen (3), Filip Zadina (3)	Power play	DET 1, WSH 0
1st	19:37	Washington Capitals	Connor McMichael (1)	Alex Ovechkin (1), Lars Eller (1)	Even strength	DET 1, WSH 1
2nd	07:42	Detroit Red Wings	Michael Rasmussen (1)	Tyler Bertuzzi (2)	Even strength	DET 2, WSH 1
2nd	13:45	Washington Capitals	Nick Jensen (1)	Connor McMichael (1), Conor Sheary (1)	Even strength	DET 2, WSH 2
3rd	17:33	Washington Capitals	Connor Brown (2)	Dylan Strome (1), Evgeny Kuznetsov (2)	Power play	DET 2, WSH 3
3rd	19:06	Washington Capitals	Alex Ovechkin (1)	John Carlson (2), Martin Fehérváry (2)	Even strength, Empty net	DET 2, WSH 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Detroit Red Wings at Washington Capitals
Stat	Detroit Red Wings	Washington Capitals
Shots on goal	33	35
Power play	1 of 4	1 of 2
Penalty minutes	9	13
Hits	22	31
Blocked shots	13	6
Giveaways	4	8
Takeaways	5	7
Faceoffs won	28/60 (46.7%)	32/60 (53.3%)

Box score

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 11 F. Zadina	R	0	1	1	-1	0	4	1	1	0		18:24
Number 21 A. Czarnik	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	44.4%	14:39
Number 22 M. Luff	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0		12:44
Number 25 T. Hirose	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0		11:10
Number 26 P. Andreasson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	57.1%	10:54
Number 27 M. Rasmussen	C	1	1	2	0	2	3	1	1	0	50%	17:47
Number 48 G. Smith	R	0	0	0	0	5	3	5	1	0		12:45
Number 52 J. Berggren	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0		16:39
Number 59 T. Bertuzzi	L	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	50%	18:24
Number 81 D. Kubalik	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	100%	18:33
Number 85 E. Soderblom	L	0	0	0	-2	0	4	1	1	0		13:20
Number 90 J. Veleno	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	0	42.9%	17:59
Number 3 S. Edvinsson	D	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0	2	0		18:36
Number 20 A. Johansson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		20:17
Number 28 G. Lindstrom	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0		19:12
Number 49 S. Barton	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		17:19
Number 54 S. Kampfer	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	0		18:31
Number 82 J. Oesterle	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0		21:05

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 V. Husso	34	31	3	.912	59:24	Loss

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 A. Ovechkin	L	1	1	2	+2	2	4	6	0	0		19:14
Number 13 H. Borgstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	50%	11:12
Number 17 D. Strome	C	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0	0	0	70.6%	15:21
Number 20 L. Eller	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	0	0	33.3%	15:23
Number 21 G. Hathaway	R	0	0	0	0	7	1	2	0	0		13:18
Number 24 C. McMichael	L	1	1	2	+2	0	3	1	0	0		11:16
Number 28 C. Brown	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	1	80%	17:52
Number 59 A. Protas	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	100%	14:32
Number 73 C. Sheary	L	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	0	0		14:59
Number 77 T. Oshie	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	1	0		08:52
Number 91 J. Snively	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		15:43
Number 92 E. Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	+1	0	5	3	0	0	43.8%	19:05
Number 3 N. Jensen	D	1	0	1	+2	0	4	1	2	0		20:59
Number 9 D. Orlov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	0		21:26
Number 42 M. Fehérváry	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	8	1	0		20:59
Number 46 L. Johansen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	0		16:31
Number 57 T. van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0		17:44
Number 74 J. Carlson	D	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	1	0		20:25

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 D. Kuemper	33	31	2	.939	59:45	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Detroit Red Wings at Washington Capitals
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	07:10	Washington Capitals	Dylan Strome	Delaying game face off violation	2
1st	07:44	Washington Capitals	John Carlson	Holding	2
1st	11:57	Detroit Red Wings	Simon Edvinsson	Interference	2
2nd	00:32	Washington Capitals	Alex Ovechkin	Interference	2
3rd	17:15	Detroit Red Wings	Michael Rasmussen	Holding	2
3rd	19:35	Detroit Red Wings	Givani Smith	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	19:35	Washington Capitals	Garnet Hathaway	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	19:35	Washington Capitals	Garnet Hathaway	Roughing	2

Game information

Detroit Red Wings head coach: Derek Lalonde
Washington Capitals head coach: Peter Laviolette
Referees: Marc Joannette, Morgan MacPhee
Linesmen: CJ Murray, Matt MacPherson
Detroit Red Wings scratches: David Perron, Ben Chiarot, Mark Pysyk, Olli Maatta, Oskar Sundqvist, Jussi Olkinuora, Andrew Copp, Adam Erne, Robert Hagg, Jakub Vrana, Dylan Larkin, Robby Fabbri, Alex Nedeljkovic, Jake Walman, Alexander Kadeykin, Chase Pearson, Joren Van Pottelberghe, Kyle Criscuolo, Filip Hronek, John Adams, Pius Suter, Jared McIsaac, Ryan O'Reilly, Moritz Seider, Robert Mastrosimone, Antti Tuomisto, Albin Grewe, Ethan Phillips, Gustav Berglund, Kirill Tyutyayev, Cooper Moore, Carter Gylander, Lucas Raymond, Cross Hanas, Sam Stange, Donovan Sebrango, Jan Bednar, Theodor Niederbach, Eemil Viro, William Wallinder, Wyatt Newpower, Kyle Aucoin, Chase Bradley, Kienan Draper, Sebastian Cossa, Redmond Savage, Oscar Plandowski, Liam Dower Nilsson, Shai Buium, Carter Mazur, Pasquale Zito, Jeremie Biakabutuka, Brennan Ali, Dylan James, Marco Kasper, Dmitri Buchelnikov, Anton Johansson, Amadeus Lombardi, Owen Mehlenbacher, Maximilian Kilpinen, Tnias Mathurin, Owen Flores
Washington Capitals scratches: Igor Ignatushkin, Michail Yunkov, Peter Guggisberg, Nicklas Backstrom, Carl Hagelin, Marcus Johansson, Nic Dowd, Matt Irwin, Dylan McIlrath, Michael Sgarbossa, Garrett Haar, Tom Wilson, Erik Gustafsson, Sergey Kostenko, Zach Fucale, Anthony Mantha, Gabriel Carlsson, Beck Malenstyn, Garrett Pilon, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Mike Vecchione, Benton Maass, Riley Sutter, Kody Clark, Alexander Alexeyev, Mitchell Gibson, Bobby Nardella, Brett Leason, Henrik Rybinski, Martin Has, Hendrix Lapierre, Bogdan Trineyev, Garin Bjorklund, Hunter Shepard, Bear Hughes, Oskar Magnusson, David Gucciardi, Brent Johnson, Vincent Iorio, Haakon Hanelt, Dru Krebs, Joaquim Lemay, Chase Clark, Ryan Hofer, Simon Motew, Ryan Chesley, Jake Karabela, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Alexander Suzdalev, Clay Stevenson, Ethen Frank, Julian Napravnik, Ludwig Persson, Peter Laviolette

2022-2023 season series

Every Detroit Red Wings and Washington Capitals game in the 2022-2023 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Washington Capitals 2 at Detroit Red Wings 0	Final Preseason	Game page: Washington Capitals at Detroit Red Wings, Fri, Sep 30, 2022
Detroit Red Wings 2 at Washington Capitals 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Washington Capitals, Wed, Oct 5, 2022

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