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The Washington Capitals fell to the Minnesota Wild, 5-3, Tuesday night at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Anthony Mantha scored twice and T.J. Oshie added a third period power play tally in the loss. The defeat drops the Capitals record to 22-17-6 (50 points) on the season.
Darcy Kuemper (11-10-2, 3.13 GAA, .895 sv%) got the start between the pipes for the visiting Capitals. Filip Gustavsson (12-11-2, 3.30 GAA, .896 sv%) got the start in goal for the Wild. The forward lines and defensive pairs for the Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin – Connor McMichael – Aliaksei Protas
Max Pacioretty – Dylan Strome – T.J. Oshie
Anthony Mantha – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Tom Wilson
Beck Malenstyn – Nic Dowd – Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Martin Fehervary — John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin – Trevor van Riemsdyk
Joel Edmundson — Nick Jensen
Scratches: Sonny Milano (upper body), Ethan Bear, Matthew Philipps, Alex Alexeyev, Nicklas Backstrom (hip).
Re-assignments: Hendrix Lapierre was re-assigned to AHL Hershey earlier in the day to make room for the return of Rasmus Sandin off of injured reserve.
1ST PERIOD
The Wild opened the scoring just 1:37 into the contest. Brock Faber (4) notched the initial tally, assisted by Matts Zuccarello and Marco Rossi.
Knock knock, Brock’s on your doorstep 👊#mnwild pic.twitter.com/QIlhbje4Vv
— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) January 24, 2024
The Wild quickly made it 2-0 on Nick Foligno’s eighth goal of the season at 4:42 of the first frame.
Now that’s a rebound 🤌#mnwild pic.twitter.com/nrPRRZLL2X
— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) January 24, 2024
The Wild held the 2-0 lead into the first intermission. The Wild led in 5v5 shot attempts, 15-14 and xGF .95 to .33. The Wild did a good job of working the puck down low and led in 5v5 high-danger chances, 4-0.
2ND PERIOD
The Wild stretched their lead to 3-o on former Capital Marcus Johansson’s seventh goal of the season at 6:28.
Don’t fret, Jojo’s got this 😮💨#mnwild pic.twitter.com/YYCCAt5NsW
— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) January 24, 2024
The Capitals finally notched their first tally midway through the middle frame on a nice dish from Evgeny Kuznetsov (9) to Anthony Mantha for his 13th goal of the season at 10:00. Martin Fehervary (8) had the second assist. It was the 10th time Anthony Mantha scored the Capitals first goal in a game this season.
Nice little give-and-go effort between Kuzy and Mo pic.twitter.com/ZfYRDbVYUv
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 24, 2024
The Wild held the 3-1 lead into the second intermission.
3RD PERIOD
The Wild stretched their lead to 4-1 early in the third period on Joel Eriksson Ek‘s 20th goal of the season at 1:37 of the final frame.
Goal no. 20 for this 💎#mnwild pic.twitter.com/IqmSTwD9WJ
— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) January 24, 2024
Marcus Johansson scored his second goal of the game to make it 5-1 at 13:39 of the final frame.
Target: acquired 🎯#mnwild pic.twitter.com/fCPWFN6gim
— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) January 24, 2024
The Capitals notched their second goal of the game late in the final frame on a deflected shot by T.J. Oshie at 17:03 to make it 5-2. John Carlson and Max Pacioretty had the helpers.
Six goals for Osh in his last six games pic.twitter.com/wL25PzTaYd
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 24, 2024
Anthony Mantha (14) added his second goal of the game at 18:24, to make it 5-3. Evgeny Kuznetsov and Martin Fehervary had the assists.
Another late Washington goal, this time from Anthony Mantha#ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/7aMDQhbOUt
— Hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights & News (@HockeyDaily365) January 24, 2024
That would be the final.
SHAVINGS
- Anthony Mantha scored his 13th goal of the season to cut the deficit to 3-1. Mantha has scored Washington’s first goal a team-leading 10 times this season.
- Evgeny Kuznetsov recorded his ninth assist of the season on Mantha’s goal. In 17 career games against the Wild, Kuznetsov has registered 13 points (4g, 9a).
- Martin Fehervary was credited with the secondary assist on Mantha’s goal, his eighth assist of the season. Fehervary has recorded three assists in his last four games dating back to Jan. 16 vs. Anaheim.
- T.J. Oshie scored his eighth goal of the year to make it 5-2. Oshie has scored six goals in his last six games dating back to Jan. 13 vs. the New York Rangers.
- Anthony Mantha scored his second goal of the game to make it 5-3. It marks Mantha’s third multi-goal game of the season and the 18th of his career.
- Mantha’s three multi-goal games this season are tied with Dylan Strome for the most on Washington.
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