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The Washington Capitals downed the Detroit Red Wings, 4-1, Tuesday night at Capital One Arena in Washington. The victory improves the Capitals’ record to 45-15-8 (98 points) on the season.
LINEUP
Logan Thompson (29-4-5, 2.32 GAA, .916 sv%) got the start between the pipes for the Capitals. Petr Mrazek (12-20-2, 2.01 GAA, .920 sv%) got the start in goal for the visiting Red Wings. The starting forward lines and defensive pairs for the Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Aliaksei Protas
Andrew Mangiapane – Lars Eller — Taylor Raddysh
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Anthony Beauvillier
Rasmus Sandin — John Carlson
Martin Fehervary — Matt Roy
Jakob Chychrun — Trevor Van Riemsdyk
Charlie Lindgren
Logan Thompson
Scratched: Ethen Frank, Alex Alexeyev, Dylan McIlrath.
Injured: Sonny Milano (upper-body), Nicklas Backstrom (hip), T.J. Oshie (back).
1ST PERIOD
The Capitals opened the scoring on Dylan Strome’s twenty-second goal of the campaign at 6:36 of the frame. John Carlson (41) and Rasmus Sandin (22) had the helpers.
Mikey screen gets the primary assist on this one pic.twitter.com/0vWQzBMRIi
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) March 18, 2025
Carlson’s 41 assists rank tied for seventh among NHL defensemen. In addition, Carlson has recorded at least one assist in 14 of his last 19 games. Sandin has recorded 25 points (3g, 22a) in 43 career games during the month of March, which is the most points he has recorded in a calendar month.
The Red Wings knotted things up at the 12:28 mark of the period. Dylan Larkin (28) notched the tying tally. B. Chiarot (8) had the assist.
DYLAN LARKIN TIES THE GAME 🚨#LGRW
pic.twitter.com/onQdiuQmBS— 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔇𝔢𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔦𝔱 𝔗𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔰 📰 (@the_det_times) March 18, 2025
And that was it for the initial stanza. The Capitals led in five-on-five shot attempts, 23-13, with the Wings leading in expected goals for, 1.13 to 0.88.
2ND PERIOD
The middle frame went scoreless, with the Capitals leading in five-on-five shot attempts, 24-22, and expected goals for, 1.14 to 1.04.
3RD PERIOD
The Capitals regained the lead midway through the final frame. Pierre-Luc Dubois (18) tallied the go ahead goal at 8:16. Aliaksei Protas (31), Jakob Chychrun (25) had the helpers.
We love seeing P-L get the lead for the Du Bois pic.twitter.com/dPTxrohMPV
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) March 19, 2025
Dubois (18g-42a–60p in 68 GP) has reached the 60-point mark for the fourth time in his career.
Protas (29g-31a–60p in 68 GP) has reached the 60-point mark for the first time in his career. Protas had 53 points (13g, 40a) in 169 career games prior to this season. Fifty-five of Protas’ 60 points have come at even strength.
Chychrun, who has established a single-season career high in points (43), is two assists shy of matching his career high (2023-24: 27a).
The Capitals extended their lead to 3-1 at 14:21 on Tom Wilson’s 30th goal of the season. Aliaise Protas (32) and Martin Fehervary (16) had the assists.
introducing 30-goal scorer tom wilson pic.twitter.com/rzc40QjiGm
— Liam McHugh (@liam_mchugh) March 19, 2025
Wilson (821 GP) is the fourth player in NHL history to play 750-plus games prior to recording their first 30-goal season, joining Mike Sillinger (829 GP), Johnny Bucyk (755 GP) and Alex Delvecchio (951 GP).
The Capitals put the game away a few minutes later on Connor McMichael’s 24th goal of the season. Alex Ovechkin (22) and Dylan Strome (45) had the assists.
Washington goal!
Scored by Connor McMichael with 04:33 remaining in the 3rd period.
Assisted by Alex Ovechkin and Dylan Strome.
Washington: 4
Detroit: 1#DETvsWSH #ALLCAPS #LGRW pic.twitter.com/ESgJpXRQv5— NHL Goals (@nhl_goal_bot) March 19, 2025
McMichael’s 20 goals at even strength rank third on Washington (Aliaksei Protas: 28g; Alex Ovechkin: 25g).
For the game, the Capitals led in five-on-five shot attempts, 64-55, and expected goals for, 3.-4 to 2.87. There were no penalties in the game.
