Washington Capitals at Chicago Blackhawks

Fri, Nov 7, 2014 · United Center · 2014–15 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 2

Final

Chicago Blackhawks

The Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 on Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at United Center. Matt Niskanen led the way with 2 points. Braden Holtby made 38 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 24–40.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	3	0	3	24
CHI	1	1	0	2	40

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	17:12	CHI	EV	Brandon Saad (2) · snap	Marian Hossa (4), Andrew Shaw (3)	0–1
2nd	00:56	CHI	PP	Duncan Keith (3) · slap	Brad Richards (5), Jonathan Toews (6)	0–2
2nd	15:03	WSH	EV	Andre Burakovsky (3) · wrist	Marcus Johansson (4)	1–2
2nd	19:13	WSH	EV	Marcus Johansson (6) · wrist	Matt Niskanen (4), Andre Burakovsky (7)	2–2
2nd	19:55	WSH	EV	Joel Ward (7) · tip-in	Matt Niskanen (5), Karl Alzner (3)	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	19:44	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	illegal check to head	2
2nd	03:12	WSH	Brooks Laich	hooking	2
2nd	08:18	CHI	Marian Hossa	hooking	2
2nd	09:25	WSH	Troy Brouwer	interference	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 1.91 · CHI 2.59 · xG% WSH 42.4

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	2	2	+1	0	1	2	0		16:02	23
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	1	1	2	+2	0	3	2	0	50.0	14:37	20
90	Marcus Johansson	L	1	1	2	+1	0	3	1	1		12:52	21
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	4		17:23	23
42	Joel Ward	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	1	42.9	15:56	25
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2		25:57	25
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	1		25:28	25
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	34.6	24:13	24
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1		22:37	25
52	Mike Green	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		17:55	18
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	100.0	17:27	25
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	2		16:48	17
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1		16:07	16
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33.3	13:13	19
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	25.0	12:54	24
20	Troy Brouwer	R	0	0	0	+1	2	0	4	1	75.0	12:42	23
46	Michael Latta	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	50.0	6:24	11
87	Liam O'Brien	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		6:13	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	40	38	2	.950	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
2	Duncan Keith	D	1	0	1	-1	0	4	0	0		23:01	27
19	Jonathan Toews	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	60.9	22:31	26
65	Andrew Shaw	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	1	44.4	19:02	25
20	Brandon Saad	L	1	0	1	-1	0	5	1	0	60.0	16:26	23
81	Marian Hossa	R	0	1	1	-1	2	2	1	0		15:38	22
91	Brad Richards	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	80.0	12:52	17
4	Niklas Hjalmarsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		23:59	27
88	Patrick Kane	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		22:56	26
27	Johnny Oduya	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		22:45	26
7	Brent Seabrook	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	0		19:06	25
28	Ben Smith	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	50.0	16:21	22
23	Kris Versteeg	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	100.0	15:27	20
5	David Rundblad	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1		14:51	19
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		12:49	17
29	Bryan Bickell	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0		12:47	19
16	Marcus Kruger	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	37.5	12:29	19
11	Jeremy Morin	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		8:25	11
12	Peter Regin	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		8:08	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
50	Corey Crawford	L	24	21	3	.875	58:27