Washington Capitals at Detroit Red Wings

Saturday, September 30, 2023, 7:00 PM ET Little Caesars Arena, Detroit Preseason Final

Final score

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Saturday, September 30, 2023 at home.

Final score, Washington Capitals at Detroit Red Wings
Team	Goals	2023-2024 record
Washington Capitals	2	40-31-11
at Detroit Red Wings	5	41-32-9

Goals by period

Goals by period, Washington Capitals at Detroit Red Wings
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Washington Capitals	0	2	0	2
Detroit Red Wings	2	2	1	5

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Washington Capitals at Detroit Red Wings
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Washington Capitals	10	10	9	29
Detroit Red Wings	11	4	10	25

Three stars

D. Larkin, Detroit Red Wings (2 goals)
C. Hanas, Detroit Red Wings (1 goal, 1 assist)
A. DeBrincat, Detroit Red Wings (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Washington Capitals at Detroit Red Wings. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	07:19	Detroit Red Wings	Austin Czarnik (1)	Cross Hanas (1)	Even strength	WSH 0, DET 1
1st	13:12	Detroit Red Wings	Moritz Seider (2)	Lucas Raymond (1), Robby Fabbri (1)	Power play	WSH 0, DET 2
2nd	02:46	Detroit Red Wings	Dylan Larkin (2)	Alex DeBrincat (3), Lucas Raymond (2)	Power play	WSH 0, DET 3
2nd	08:47	Washington Capitals	Dylan Strome (1)	Ethen Frank (1), Matthew Phillips (1)	Power play	WSH 1, DET 3
2nd	13:20	Detroit Red Wings	Cross Hanas (1)	Andrew Copp (1), Nate Danielson (1)	Even strength	WSH 1, DET 4
2nd	15:00	Washington Capitals	Matthew Phillips (1)	Sonny Milano (1), Dylan Strome (2)	Even strength	WSH 2, DET 4
3rd	05:43	Detroit Red Wings	Dylan Larkin (3)	Alex DeBrincat (4), Justin Holl (1)	Even strength	WSH 2, DET 5

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

Team stats

Team stats, Washington Capitals at Detroit Red Wings
Stat	Washington Capitals	Detroit Red Wings
Shots on goal	29	25
Power play	1 of 3	2 of 5
Penalty minutes	17	13
Hits	18	14
Blocked shots	14	10
Giveaways	9	4
Takeaways	3	6
Faceoffs won	25/56 (44.6%)	31/56 (55.4%)

Box score

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 15 S. Milano	L	0	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	0		19:06
Number 17 D. Strome	C	1	1	2	-1	0	2	0	0	1	46.7%	20:12
Number 21 A. Protas	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	38.5%	13:56
Number 29 H. Lapierre	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	43.8%	15:12
Number 39 A. Mantha	R	0	0	0	0	7	2	3	1	0		15:45
Number 45 M. Phillips	R	1	1	2	0	0	4	0	0	0		18:25
Number 47 B. Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	1	0		11:43
Number 53 E. Frank	R	0	1	1	-1	2	3	0	2	0		13:39
Number 61 R. Sutter	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	0	45.5%	12:10
Number 88 B. Trineyev	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0	100%	08:27
Number 91 J. Snively	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		12:21
Number 96 N. Aube-Kubel	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0		14:28
Number 4 H. Haman Aktell	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	0		20:33
Number 25 D. McIlrath	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	3	0		14:40
Number 27 A. Alexeyev	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	0		22:16
Number 42 M. Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	3	0		20:18
Number 56 C. Priskie	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		18:39
Number 57 T. van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0		19:04

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 H. Shepard	25	20	5	.800	58:49	Loss

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 14 R. Fabbri	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	05:50
Number 18 A. Copp	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0	66.7%	16:28
Number 21 A. Czarnik	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	2	0	16.7%	13:47
Number 23 L. Raymond	L	0	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	0		14:34
Number 29 N. Danielson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	0	60%	16:21
Number 39 T. Gettinger	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	66.7%	11:37
Number 48 J. Berggren	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17:44
Number 71 D. Larkin	C	2	0	2	+1	0	3	0	0	1	56.3%	16:07
Number 74 C. Hanas	L	1	1	2	+1	2	1	3	0	0	100%	15:32
Number 85 E. Soderblom	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	0		16:06
Number 92 M. Kasper	C	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	57.1%	18:30
Number 93 A. DeBrincat	R	0	2	2	+1	0	2	0	0	0		15:01
Number 3 J. Holl	D	0	1	1	+3	2	1	2	0	0		19:22
Number 51 E. Viro	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		15:50
Number 53 M. Seider	D	1	0	1	-1	2	2	1	1	1		22:50
Number 54 W. Wallinder	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	3	0		21:41
Number 62 W. Newpower	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	4	0	0		14:19
Number 96 J. Walman	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	3	0		21:52

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 V. Husso	16	15	1	.938	30:55	Win
Number 80 M. Hutchinson	13	12	1	.923	29:05

Penalties

Penalties, Washington Capitals at Detroit Red Wings
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	04:15	Washington Capitals	Sonny Milano	Tripping	2
1st	11:58	Washington Capitals	Dylan McIlrath	Closing hand on puck	2
1st	19:46	Detroit Red Wings	Justin Holl	Tripping	2
2nd	00:40	Washington Capitals	Ethen Frank	Boarding	2
2nd	01:30	Washington Capitals	Martin Fehérváry	Interference	2
2nd	08:12	Detroit Red Wings	Cross Hanas	Holding	2
2nd	15:59	Detroit Red Wings	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
3rd	05:17	Detroit Red Wings	Moritz Seider	Roughing	2
3rd	05:17	Washington Capitals	Sonny Milano	Roughing	2
3rd	18:13	Detroit Red Wings	Marco Kasper	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	18:13	Washington Capitals	Anthony Mantha	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	18:13	Washington Capitals	Anthony Mantha	Slashing	2

Game information

Washington Capitals head coach: Spencer Carbery
Detroit Red Wings head coach: Derek Lalonde
Referees: Thomas John Luxmore, Eric Furlatt
Linesmen: Ryan Daisy, David Brisebois
Washington Capitals scratches: Igor Ignatushkin, Alex Ovechkin, Michail Yunkov, Peter Guggisberg, T.J. Oshie, Nicklas Backstrom, Max Pacioretty, John Carlson, Darcy Kuemper, Nick Jensen, Nic Dowd, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Michael Sgarbossa, Garrett Haar, Joel Edmundson, Tom Wilson, Sergey Kostenko, Lucas Johansen, Nick Leivermann, Rasmus Sandin, Mitchell Gibson, Connor McMichael, Henrik Rybinski, Garin Bjorklund, Oskar Magnusson, Alex Limoges, David Gucciardi, Brent Johnson, Vincent Iorio, Haakon Hanelt, Joaquim Lemay, Chase Clark, Ryan Hofer, Brett Hyland, Ryan Chesley, Jake Karabela, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Alexander Suzdalev, Clay Stevenson, Ludwig Persson, Pierrick Dube, Cam Allen, Andrew Cristall, Ryan Leonard, Patrick Thomas, Antoine Keller, Jonathan McDonald
Detroit Red Wings scratches: James Reimer, Jeff Petry, David Perron, Ben Chiarot, Olli Maatta, Shayne Gostisbehere, J.T. Compher, Alexander Kadeykin, Christian Fischer, Daniel Sprong, Joren Van Pottelberghe, Alex Lyon, Nolan Stevens, Matt Luff, Dominik Shine, Michael Rasmussen, Klim Kostin, Joseph Veleno, Jared McIsaac, Ryan O'Reilly, Taro Hirose, Brogan Rafferty, Antti Tuomisto, Albert Johansson, Cooper Moore, Carter Gylander, Sam Stange, Jan Bednar, Theodor Niederbach, Kyle Aucoin, Chase Bradley, Kienan Draper, John Lethemon, Sebastian Cossa, Redmond Savage, Simon Edvinsson, Liam Dower Nilsson, Shai Buium, Carter Mazur, Brennan Ali, Dylan James, Dmitri Buchelnikov, Anton Johansson, Amadeus Lombardi, Owen Mehlenbacher, Maximilian Kilpinen, Tnias Mathurin, Alexandre Doucet, Trey Augustine, Brady Cleveland, Noah Dower Nilsson, Andrew Gibson, Larry Keenan, Axel Sandin-Pellikka, Jack Phelan, Kevin Bicker, Rudy Guimond, Emmitt Finnie

2023-2024 season series

Every Washington Capitals and Detroit Red Wings game in the 2023-2024 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Detroit Red Wings 3 at Washington Capitals 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Washington Capitals, Thu, Sep 28, 2023
Washington Capitals 2 at Detroit Red Wings 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Washington Capitals at Detroit Red Wings, Sat, Sep 30, 2023

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Chicago Blackhawks 2 at Minnesota Wild 3	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at Minnesota Wild, Sat, Sep 30, 2023
Dallas Stars 4 at St. Louis Blues 3	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Dallas Stars at St. Louis Blues, Sat, Sep 30, 2023
New Jersey Devils 3 at Philadelphia Flyers 2	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: New Jersey Devils at Philadelphia Flyers, Sat, Sep 30, 2023
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Montreal Canadiens 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Sep 30, 2023
Edmonton Oilers 2 at Vancouver Canucks 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Vancouver Canucks, Sat, Sep 30, 2023
Los Angeles Kings 2 at San Jose Sharks 1	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at San Jose Sharks, Sat, Sep 30, 2023