The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings by a score of 2-0 Friday night at Little Caesars Arena and are 2-0-1 this preseason. Goaltender Darcy Kuemper made nine saves thirty-one minutes in before Charlie Lindgren replaced him and made ten saves in the win.
Lines & Pairs
#Caps‘ lines in DET:
8-Ovechkin, 92-Kuznetsov, 77-Oshie
17-Strome, 20-Eller, 59-Protas
91-Snively, 29-Lapierre, 49-Leason
47-Malenstyn, 13-Borgstrom, 45-Jonsson-Fjallby46-Johansen, 74-Carlson
42-Fehervary, 38-Iorio
88-Nardella, 3-Jensen35-Kuemper #ALLCAPS
— Mike Vogel (@VogsCaps) September 30, 2022
Scratches: Right-wing Garnet Hathaway and defenseman Erik Gustafsson. The Capitals earlier today announced the second round of cuts to the training camp roster.
First Period
The first twenty minutes were scoreless.
Quick Stats
SOG: 8-4 Capitals
Face-Off Win %: 44% (Capitals), 65% (Red Wings)
Hits: 13-8 Red Wings
Second Period
With 8:30 left in the middle frame, Lindgren replaced Kuemper, who stopped all nine shots faced, in net. The Red Wings also switched goaltenders at that time with Victor Brattsrom replacing Ville Husso.
The Capitals would open the scoring by defenseman John Carlson (1) at the 13:35 mark, making it a 1-0 game. Fellow blueliner Lucas Johansen (1) and center Evgeny Kuznetsov (1) assisted.
Kuzy>LuJo>Carlson 🚨 🔥 Caps lead 1-0 after 40. pic.twitter.com/7D6h5rrXJE
— Capitals Prospects (@jon_m_sorensen) October 1, 2022
Quick Stats
Total SOG: 19-13 Capitals
Face-Off Win %: 56% (Capitals), 44% (Red Wings)
Total Hits: 22-18 Capitals
Third Period
Center Lars Eller (1) would pot an empty net goal to seal the deal for a 2-0 Capitals victory. Defensemen Martin Fehervary (1) and Carlson (1) had the helpers.
The Great Dane dials loonnnnnnng distance, and this baby is over. pic.twitter.com/H876iYvoOa
— #ALLCAPS (@JonItBe) October 1, 2022
Quick Stats
Total SOG: 31-19 Capitals
Face-Off Win %: 55% (Capitals), 44% (Red Wings)
Total Hits: 31-25 Capitals
The Capitals continue their preseason road trip clashing with the Columbus Blue Jackets Saturday night at Nationwide Arena. Puck drop is set for just after 7 PM. Saturday’s game is not televised but can be listened to on Caps Radio 24/7.
By Della Young