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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Washington 3, Minnesota 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, February 26, 2016
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Jean Hebert, Justin St. Pierre
Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Tony Sericolo
Attendance: 18605
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 1102
Washington 0123
Periods:
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1
Minnesota   Washington
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 0:00  
  1:45 Andre Burakovsky shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Jarret Stoll wins the face-off against Mike Richards. 2:00  
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 2:55  
  2:58 T.J. Oshie shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Mikael Granlund shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 4:04  
Mike Reilly shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 4:57  
Erik Haula shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 5:00  
  5:01 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
Ryan Suter shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 5:36  
  5:54 Brooks Orpik penalty for Holding the stick - 2 mins.
Mikael Granlund wins the face-off against Mike Richards. 5:54  
Jordan Schroeder shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 8:03  
Marco Scandella shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 8:29  
Jason Pominville shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 9:19  
Ryan Suter shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 9:43  
Chris Porter shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 10:03  
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Mike Richards. 10:04  
  10:13 Mike Richards wins the face-off against Jarret Stoll.
  11:16 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Erik Haula.
Mikael Granlund shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 12:08  
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 12:09  
  12:50 Matt Niskanen penalty for Roughing - 2 mins.
  12:50 Mike Richards wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
  15:05 Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  15:06 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Erik Haula.
  15:34 Andre Burakovsky wins the face-off against Jarret Stoll.
Jared Spurgeon shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 17:20  
  17:44 Tom Wilson penalty for Tripping - 2 mins.
  17:44 T.J. Oshie wins the face-off against Mikael Granlund.
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Justin Williams. 18:58  
Mikko Koivu scores. Assisted by Ryan Suter. Assisted by Jason Pominville. 19:18
(1-0) 		 
Erik Haula wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 19:18  
2
Minnesota   Washington
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 0:00  
  0:43 Alex Ovechkin shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  0:49
(1-1) 		Brooks Orpik scores. Assisted by Nicklas Backstrom. Assisted by Alex Ovechkin.
  0:49 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Erik Haula.
Marco Scandella shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:49  
Mike Reilly shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 2:32  
Jarret Stoll wins the face-off against Mike Richards. 2:47  
Ryan Carter shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 4:35  
  4:35 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Erik Haula.
Nino Niederreiter scores. Assisted by Ryan Suter. Assisted by Jason Pominville. 5:05
(2-1) 		 
  5:05 Marcus Johansson wins the face-off against Mikael Granlund.
  5:30 Jason Chimera shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  5:35 Tom Wilson shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Mikael Granlund wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 6:21  
  6:30 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
  6:35 Matt Niskanen shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  6:36 T.J. Oshie wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
  6:54 Alex Ovechkin shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  7:01 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Erik Haula.
Nino Niederreiter shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 7:25  
  7:47 Justin Williams shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  8:11 Marcus Johansson shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Mikael Granlund shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 8:44  
  8:45 Mike Richards wins the face-off against Jarret Stoll.
Jarret Stoll wins the face-off against Mike Richards. 9:03  
Jordan Schroeder shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 9:39  
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 9:40  
Marco Scandella shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 9:43  
  10:00 Matt Niskanen shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Erik Haula wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 10:49  
Nino Niederreiter shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 10:57  
  10:58 Marcus Johansson wins the face-off against Erik Haula.
  11:33 Marcus Johansson shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  13:14 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 13:28  
Jared Spurgeon shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 13:45  
  13:46 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
  14:18 Alex Ovechkin shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Jarret Stoll wins the face-off against Mike Richards. 14:19  
  15:37 Justin Williams shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  19:04 T.J. Oshie shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Jarret Stoll wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 19:05  
3
Minnesota   Washington
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 0:00  
Mikael Granlund shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:12  
  1:23 Justin Williams shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  1:27 Nate Schmidt shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  1:33 Marcus Johansson wins the face-off against Jarret Stoll.
  3:49 Andre Burakovsky shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  4:05 Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Darcy Kuemper penalty for Delay of game - 2 mins. 4:06  
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against T.J. Oshie. 4:06  
  4:35
(2-2) 		Alex Ovechkin scores a power play goal. Assisted by Matt Niskanen. Assisted by Nicklas Backstrom.
  4:35 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Mikael Granlund.
  5:01 Justin Williams shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Ryan Carter shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 5:43  
Ryan Carter shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 5:46  
  8:03 Karl Alzner shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Mikael Granlund shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 8:16  
Mikael Granlund shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 8:22  
  10:36 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 11:14  
Jason Pominville shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 11:36  
  11:45 Andre Burakovsky shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  12:25 Marcus Johansson shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  12:55 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Mikael Granlund.
  13:45 Matt Niskanen shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Erik Haula wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 14:02  
  14:56
(2-3) 		Dmitry Orlov scores. Assisted by Andre Burakovsky. Assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  14:56 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
Mathew Dumba shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 15:36  
Mikael Granlund shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 17:13  
Nino Niederreiter shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 17:26  
Mikko Koivu shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 19:26  
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Mike Richards. 19:26