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Detroit Skates Past Washington 3-2 - Recap

The Red Wings earned a 3-2 victory over the Capitals on Wednesday at Capital One Arena.

Detroit was an underdog by +192 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.0.

Robby Fabbri, Adam Erne, and Dylan Larkin each scored for the Red Wings in the victory. Erne opened the scoring for Detroit.

Thomas Greiss stopped 26 of 28 Washington shots in the victory.

Washington got goals from Evgeny Kuznetsov, and Alex Ovechkin in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Washington got a 22-stop effort from Vitek Vanecek in the loss.

On the power play, Detroit went 0-for-2, while the Capitals were 2-for-4 with the man advantage.

Detroit lost the shots on goal battle to Washington by a margin of 28-25.

Next game, Detroit takes its act home to face Florida looking for another win. For Washington, they head home to face Arizona.