Washington 3 1 1-5
Detroit 0 1 2-3
First Period-1, Washington, Ovechkin 31 (Johansson, Wideman), 7:48 (pp). 2, Washington, Knuble 6 (Chimera, Perreault), 11:25. 3, Washington, Ovechkin 32 (Laich, Semin), 14:51 (pp).
Second Period-4, Detroit, Quincey 7 (Smith, Hudler), 5:15 (pp). 5, Washington, Aucoin 3 (Semin, Johansson), 17:24.
Third Period-6, Detroit, Bertuzzi 13 (Nyquist, Stuart), :36. 7, Detroit, Cleary 12 (Abdelkader, Smith), 12:52. 8, Washington, Chimera 17 (Knuble, Green), 19:39 (en-pp).
Shots on Goal-Washington 10-9-3-22. Detroit 12-10-11-33.
Goalies-Washington, Holtby. Detroit, Howard. A-20,066 (20,066). T-2:22.