Washington Capitals vs Detroit Red Wings 5-3, Mar 19, 2012: Box Score and Player Stats | AskScores

Washington Capitals

5

Detroit Red Wings

3

Final · Joe Louis Arena

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
WSH	3	1	1	5
DET	0	1	2	3

The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-3 on Mar 19, 2012 at Joe Louis Arena.

Top performers

Alex Ovechkin
Alex Ovechkin had 2 goals for the Capitals.
Braden Holtby
Braden Holtby made 30 saves on 33 shots for the Capitals.
Brendan Smith
Brendan Smith had 2 assists for the Red Wings.
Jimmy Howard
Jimmy Howard made 17 saves on 21 shots for the Red Wings.

Before and after

Capitals · 2011-12 season · Previous Mar 18, 2012: WSH 2, CHI 5 · Next Mar 22, 2012: WSH 1, PHI 2
Red Wings · 2011-12 season · Previous Mar 17, 2012: DET 2, SJ 3 · Next Mar 21, 2012: DET 1, NYR 2

Other Capitals vs Red Wings games

Other Washington Capitals vs Detroit Red Wings games

Oct 22, 2011	DET at WSH	1-7	Regular
Jan 29, 2026	WSH at DET	4-3	Regular
Dec 21, 2025	WSH at DET	2-3	Regular
Dec 20, 2025	DET at WSH	5-2	Regular
Mar 18, 2025	DET at WSH	1-4	Regular
Mar 7, 2025	DET at WSH	2-5	Regular

Washington Capitals box score

Skaters

Washington Capitals skaters, Mar 19, 2012

Alex Ovechkin	2	0	2	-1	5	0	16:59
Jason Chimera	1	1	2	0	2	0	14:31
Mike Knuble	1	1	2	0	1	2	15:20
Marcus Johansson	0	2	2	1	0	0	17:28
Alexander Semin	0	2	2	1	0	0	12:54
Mike Green	0	1	1	2	2	0	22:52
Brooks Laich	0	1	1	-1	3	0	18:27
Mathieu Perreault	0	1	1	0	0	0	16:11
Dennis Wideman	0	1	1	0	1	0	24:30
Keith Aucoin	1	0	1	1	2	0	13:26
Roman Hamrlik	0	0	0	2	2	0	21:14
John Carlson	0	0	0	-2	1	0	13:30
Jeff Halpern	0	0	0	0	0	2	10:02
Troy Brouwer	0	0	0	-1	1	0	16:24
Jay Beagle	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:11
Karl Alzner	0	0	0	0	1	0	20:51
Matt Hendricks	0	0	0	0	0	2	12:38
Jeff Schultz	0	0	0	-2	0	0	12:37
Team	5	10	15	0	22	6

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Washington Capitals goalies, Mar 19, 2012
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Braden Holtby	33	30	3	.909	60:00

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%

Detroit Red Wings box score

Skaters

Detroit Red Wings skaters, Mar 19, 2012

Brendan Smith	0	2	2	0	2	0	17:57
Todd Bertuzzi	1	0	1	1	1	2	15:39
Daniel Cleary	1	0	1	-1	8	0	15:09
Brad Stuart	0	1	1	1	3	0	22:33
Gustav Nyquist	0	1	1	1	1	0	11:57
Kyle Quincey	1	0	1	-1	1	0	19:24
Justin Abdelkader	0	1	1	-1	2	0	12:11
Jiri Hudler	0	1	1	0	1	0	17:53
Valtteri Filppula	0	0	0	0	3	0	20:04
Henrik Zetterberg	0	0	0	0	2	2	18:29
Niklas Kronwall	0	0	0	1	1	2	24:33
Tomas Holmstrom	0	0	0	0	0	2	10:58
Pavel Datsyuk	0	0	0	1	1	0	20:19
Drew Miller	0	0	0	-1	3	0	14:18
Doug Janik	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:17
Ian White	0	0	0	-1	2	0	20:16
Cory Emmerton	0	0	0	0	0	0	9:36
Jan Mursak	0	0	0	0	1	0	7:43
Team	3	6	9	0	33	8

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Detroit Red Wings goalies, Mar 19, 2012
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jimmy Howard	21	17	4	.810	59:18

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%