Washington Capitals at Colorado Avalanche

Thu, Nov 20, 2014 · Pepsi Center · 2014–15 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 2

Final

Colorado Avalanche

The Washington Capitals beat the Colorado Avalanche 3–2 on Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at Pepsi Center. Nicklas Backstrom led the way with 2 points. Braden Holtby made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 23–29.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	2	1	3	23
COL	0	1	1	2	29

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	01:04	WSH	EV	Nicklas Backstrom (5) · wrist	Alex Ovechkin (9)	1–0
2nd	02:53	COL	EV	Daniel Brière (3) · wrist	Nathan MacKinnon (7), Dennis Everberg (3)	1–1
2nd	12:10	WSH	EV	Jason Chimera (2) · wrist	Jay Beagle (2), Joel Ward (3)	2–1
3rd	06:44	COL	EV	Tyson Barrie (2) · wrist	Gabriel Landeskog (4), Nathan MacKinnon (8)	2–2
3rd	14:04	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (9) · wrist	Brooks Orpik (6), Nicklas Backstrom (13)	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	16:42	COL	Nick Holden	hooking	2
3rd	13:42	COL	Erik Johnson	slashing	2
3rd	13:42	WSH	Tom Wilson	roughing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.03 · COL 1.81 · xG% WSH 52.9

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	1	2	+2	0	1	0	1	47.6	21:39	24
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	1	2	+2	0	4	3	1		18:55	23
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	6	6		24:08	29
42	Joel Ward	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0		17:34	23
25	Jason Chimera	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	0		17:17	24
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	60.0	15:25	22
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	2	0		24:39	27
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	2		21:11	28
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	1		19:11	27
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	+1	2	0	5	0		18:10	22
20	Troy Brouwer	R	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	50.0	15:48	21
52	Mike Green	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0		15:22	20
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		14:45	19
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0		14:35	19
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	50.0	13:54	17
16	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		9:33	17
46	Michael Latta	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	100.0	8:20	12
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	33.3	7:34	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	29	27	2	.931	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	2	2	+1	0	4	0	0	66.7	14:20	20
4	Tyson Barrie	D	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	2		21:33	24
92	Gabriel Landeskog	L	0	1	1	+1	0	6	2	2		21:11	21
48	Daniel Brière	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0		13:39	18
45	Dennis Everberg	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	1		10:21	15
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	1		23:48	26
8	Jan Hejda	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	2		21:31	25
9	Matt Duchene	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2	30.8	20:15	23
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	1	75.0	19:22	23
2	Nick Holden	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0		18:05	24
22	Zach Redmond	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	2		17:45	23
5	Nate Guenin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2		17:45	21
12	Jarome Iginla	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		17:45	19
7	John Mitchell	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	50.0	17:42	20
55	Cody McLeod	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		12:28	16
24	Marc-Andre Cliche	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	42.9	11:24	16
25	Max Talbot	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		11:16	17
40	Alex Tanguay	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		7:15	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
20	Reto Berra	L	23	20	3	.870	58:35