Washington Capitals at Columbus Blue Jackets
Tue, Jan 19, 2016 · Nationwide Arena · 2015–16 Regular Season
The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6–3 on Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at Nationwide Arena. Nicklas Backstrom scored twice. Braden Holtby made 32 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–35.
Linescore
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSH | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 28 |
| CBJ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 35 |
Scoring summary
| Per | Time | Team | Str | Goal | Assists | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 09:30 | CBJ | EV | Kerby Rychel (1) · tip-in | William Karlsson (4), Rene Bourque (3) | 0–1 |
| 1st | 12:15 | WSH | EV | Nicklas Backstrom (14) · wrist | T.J. Oshie (13), Alex Ovechkin (14) | 1–1 |
| 1st | 15:52 | WSH | EV | Jason Chimera (13) · snap | Marcus Johansson (17) | 2–1 |
| 2nd | 03:16 | WSH | PP | Alex Ovechkin (28) · snap | Evgeny Kuznetsov (30), Matt Niskanen (18) | 3–1 |
| 2nd | 04:47 | WSH | PP | Nicklas Backstrom (15) · tip-in | Evgeny Kuznetsov (31), Matt Niskanen (19) | 4–1 |
| 2nd | 09:35 | CBJ | PP | Boone Jenner (16) · wrist | Alexander Wennberg (12), Seth Jones (13) | 4–2 |
| 2nd | 10:25 | WSH | EV | Andre Burakovsky (5) · snap | Evgeny Kuznetsov (32), Justin Williams (16) | 5–2 |
| 3rd | 05:07 | CBJ | EV | Ryan Murray (4) · wrist | Kerby Rychel (6), Seth Jones (14) | 5–3 |
| 3rd | 19:27 | WSH | SH EN | Marcus Johansson (13) · wrist | Evgeny Kuznetsov (33), Justin Williams (17) | 6–3 |
Penalties
| Per | Time | Team | Player | Infraction | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 03:02 | WSH | Nicklas Backstrom | interference | 2 |
| 2nd | 03:03 | CBJ | Justin Falk | high sticking double minor | 4 |
| 2nd | 09:15 | WSH | Ryan Stanton | holding | 2 |
| 2nd | 11:27 | WSH | Marcus Johansson | holding | 2 |
| 2nd | 11:27 | CBJ | Justin Falk | holding | 2 |
| 2nd | 11:27 | CBJ | Justin Falk | fighting | 5 |
| 2nd | 11:27 | WSH | Michael Latta | fighting | 5 |
| 2nd | 11:27 | WSH | Michael Latta | roughing | 2 |
| 3rd | 10:40 | CBJ | Cody Goloubef | ps tripping on breakaway | 0 |
Shot map
Expected goals: WSH 2.33 · CBJ 3.91 · xG% WSH 37.4
Washington Capitals
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | TOI | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58.3 | 19:45 | 19 |
| 2 | Matt Niskanen | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 28:31 | 29 | |
| 14 | Justin Williams | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 17:27 | 19 |
| 8 | Alex Ovechkin | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16:37 | 18 | |
| 19 | Nicklas Backstrom | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 37.5 | 15:58 | 19 |
| 90 | Marcus Johansson | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23.1 | 12:31 | 20 |
| 77 | T.J. Oshie | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 18:03 | 22 |
| 65 | Andre Burakovsky | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 16:36 | 18 |
| 25 | Jason Chimera | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12:14 | 16 | |
| 27 | Karl Alzner | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 26:24 | 29 | |
| 88 | Nate Schmidt | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:59 | 29 | |
| 9 | Dmitry Orlov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22:07 | 28 | |
| 43 | Tom Wilson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 100.0 | 13:58 | 18 |
| 10 | Mike Richards | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57.1 | 12:23 | 18 |
| 21 | Brooks Laich | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:09 | 17 | |
| 46 | Michael Latta | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:43 | 14 | |
| 4 | Taylor Chorney | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:34 | 20 | |
| 20 | Ryan Stanton | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:41 | 19 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Braden Holtby | W | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 60:00 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | TOI | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Seth Jones | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23:21 | 27 | |
| 21 | Kerby Rychel | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13:44 | 20 | |
| 27 | Ryan Murray | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 24:25 | 27 | |
| 38 | Boone Jenner | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20:01 | 20 | |
| 41 | Alexander Wennberg | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60.0 | 19:17 | 21 |
| 25 | William Karlsson | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27.3 | 15:37 | 22 |
| 18 | Rene Bourque | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13:59 | 20 | |
| 7 | Jack Johnson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:18 | 26 | |
| 29 | Cody Goloubef | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:21 | 25 | |
| 13 | Cam Atkinson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20:53 | 23 | |
| 17 | Brandon Dubinsky | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 56.5 | 20:13 | 23 |
| 20 | Brandon Saad | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:30 | 23 | |
| 34 | Josh Anderson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 14:44 | 18 | |
| 47 | Dalton Prout | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12:55 | 17 | |
| 44 | Justin Falk | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:40 | 16 | |
| 9 | Gregory Campbell | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 66.7 | 8:49 | 14 |
| 33 | Markus Hannikainen | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7:16 | 13 | |
| 40 | Jared Boll | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6:33 | 11 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Sergei Bobrovsky | L | 27 | 22 | 5 | .815 | 57:40 |