nhl Game Recap
Red Wings Fall 3-1 Against Washington - Game Recap
Alex Ovechkin scored a pair of goals against the Red Wings as Washington handed Detroit a 3-1 defeat on Friday at Little Caesars Arena.
Washington was favored by -164 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Washington got goals from Alex Ovechkin(2), and Evgeny Kuznetsov in the victory. Kuznetsov opened the scoring at 15:53 of the second period.
Ilya Samsonov stopped 19 of 20 Detroit shots in the victory.
Detroit got a goal from Pius Suter in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Detroit got a 24-stop effort from Thomas Greiss in the loss.
Washington scored 0 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Detroit went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Detroit lost the shots on goal battle to Washington by a margin of 27-20.
Next game, Washington takes its act home to face New Jersey looking for another win. For Detroit, they head home to face Boston.