Minnesota Wild @ Washington Capitals

43-19-6, 20-10-5 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Wild MIN	0	0	2	2
Capitals WSH	1	2	1	4

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

45-17-7, 28-6-1 Home

Ovechkin ends drought, leading Caps past Wild

Washington ended a four-game losing streak as Alex Ovechkin's 28th goal of the season ended a stretch in which he'd gone 10 games without a goal.

Mar 15, 2017, 09:13 am - Associated Press

		1	2	3	T
	Wild	0	0	2	2
	Capitals	1	2	1	4

1st Period			MIN	WSH
19:48		Nate Schmidt (2) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (30), Nicklas Backstrom (48)	0	1

2nd Period			MIN	WSH
14:52		Alex Ovechkin (28) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: John Carlson (27), Nicklas Backstrom (49)	0	2
17:08		Evgeny Kuznetsov (16) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (50), John Carlson (28)	0	3

3rd Period		MIN	WSH
0:37	Matt Dumba (8) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Mikael Granlund (41)	1	3
4:37	Eric Staal (23) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Mikko Koivu (33), Ryan Suter (28)	2	3
14:19	Jay Beagle (12) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Dmitry Orlov (25)	2	4

WILD

CAPITALS

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

Wild
2
Capitals
4

Game 1

15/3

Capitals
5
Wild
4

Game 2

29/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	55	16	11	121
Dallas	50	20	12	112
Minnesota	46	24	12	104
Utah	43	33	6	92
St. Louis	37	33	12	86
Nashville	38	34	10	86
Winnipeg	35	35	12	82
Chicago	29	39	14	72

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	53	22	7	113
Pittsburgh	41	25	16	98
Philadelphia	43	27	12	98
Washington	43	30	9	95
Columbus	40	30	12	92
NY Islanders	43	34	5	91
New Jersey	42	37	3	87
NY Rangers	34	39	9	77

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Minnesota Wild @ Washington Capitals

Nicklas BackstromC - WSH

Alex OvechkinLW - WSH

Braden HoltbyG - WSH

Ovechkin ends drought, leading Caps past Wild

Shot Chart

Graf stays with Sharks on 3-year deal worth $12.75 million

Penguins sign veteran forward Tommy Novak to a 3-year extension

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