Minnesota Wild 4, Washington Capitals 3: final score and stats
Minnesota Wild beat Washington Capitals, Minnesota Wild 4 to Washington Capitals 3, on Thursday, January 2, 2025 at Capital One Arena, Washington, DC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Washington Capitals vs Minnesota Wild.
NHLThursday, January 2, 2025
DateJan 2, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueCapital One Arena, Washington, DC
TVESPN+
Attendance18,573
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT1 | OT2 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Wild | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Washington Capitals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Minnesota WildWashington Capitals
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
24-11-4Record25-10-3
1st in Central DivisionStanding4th in Metropolitan Division
10-5Road record / home record7-5
WWWLWLast 5LLWWL
W3StreakL2
Team stats
Minnesota WildWashington Capitals
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Minnesota Wild
Filip Gustavsson G · Hip - Surgery
Injured ReserveWashington Capitals
Rasmus Sandin D · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveVincent Desharnais D · Abdomen - Surgery
Injured ReserveBox score
Minnesota Wild Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Boldy | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 20:10 | 3:55 | 0:00 | 16:15 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Eriksson Ek | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:28 | 2:50 | 3:04 | 17:34 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Foligno | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 12:10 | 0:00 | 1:09 | 11:01 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 15:23 | 0:10 | 1:57 | 13:16 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 47.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Hartman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:01 | 1:10 | 0:00 | 15:51 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Johansson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18:30 | 0:13 | 0:00 | 18:17 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:33 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:33 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marat Khusnutdinov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:54 | 0:00 | 0:46 | 10:08 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20.0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Marco Rossi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:16 | 3:50 | 0:00 | 15:26 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 30.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin Shore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:49 | 0:00 | 1:02 | 8:47 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yakov Trenin | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12:58 | 0:00 | 2:11 | 10:47 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mats Zuccarello | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 21:00 | 3:47 | 0:00 | 17:13 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Wild Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Bogosian | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:29 | 0:00 | 0:57 | 17:32 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jonas Brodin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27:15 | 0:05 | 3:19 | 23:51 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Declan Chisholm | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20:17 | 0:57 | 0:46 | 18:34 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Dermott | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10:32 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:32 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Faber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31:29 | 3:03 | 3:22 | 25:04 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Merrill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:03 | 0:00 | 1:43 | 11:20 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Wild Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc-Andre Fleury | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .903 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 64:39 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nic Dowd | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:01 | 0:00 | 1:39 | 14:22 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 57.1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:50 | 1:57 | 0:00 | 18:53 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 73.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Duhaime | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:21 | 0:00 | 2:06 | 13:15 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lars Eller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:20 | 0:00 | 0:14 | 10:06 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:33 | 1:52 | 0:00 | 8:41 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor McMichael | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 16:08 | 2:02 | 1:17 | 12:49 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Miroshnichenko | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:58 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:58 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Ovechkin | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 20:10 | 5:04 | 0:00 | 15:06 | 20 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aliaksei Protas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:35 | 0:00 | 1:13 | 17:22 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Raddysh | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 12:05 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:05 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Strome | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 17:05 | 3:06 | 0:00 | 13:59 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:53 | 3:03 | 1:30 | 17:20 | 26 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Washington Capitals Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Carlson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:49 | 3:11 | 1:48 | 19:50 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakob Chychrun | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 21:56 | 3:00 | 0:00 | 18:56 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Fehervary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:58 | 0:00 | 1:50 | 15:08 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Roy | 4 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 18:55 | 0:00 | 2:11 | 16:44 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Sandin | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:49 | 2:05 | 0:00 | 19:44 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:49 | 0:00 | 2:12 | 16:37 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Lindgren | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 30 | .909 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 64:45 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Mar 27, 2025WSH 2, MIN 4
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Minnesota Wild vs Washington Capitals?
Minnesota Wild won, 4-3, on Thursday, January 2, 2025.
What was the final score of Minnesota Wild vs Washington Capitals?
Minnesota Wild 4, Washington Capitals 3.
Who were the top performers?
Minnesota Wild: Ryan Hartman (1 goals). Washington Capitals: Tom Wilson (1 goals).
Where is Minnesota Wild vs Washington Capitals played?
Capital One Arena, Washington, DC.
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