Washington Capitals at Columbus Blue Jackets

Tue, Mar 3, 2015 · Nationwide Arena · 2014–15 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

5 – 3

Final

Columbus Blue Jackets

The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5–3 on Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at Nationwide Arena. Alex Ovechkin scored twice; Scott Hartnell scored twice. Braden Holtby made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–30.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	2	1	2	5	33
CBJ	0	2	1	3	30

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:37	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (42) · deflected	Brooks Orpik (16), Nicklas Backstrom (48)	1–0
1st	16:20	WSH	EV	Eric Fehr (18) · snap	Tim Gleason (7), Jason Chimera (10)	2–0
2nd	01:51	CBJ	EV	David Savard (10) · snap	Scott Hartnell (27), Fedor Tyutin (10)	2–1
2nd	02:39	WSH	EV	Tom Wilson (4) · backhand	Jason Chimera (11), Jay Beagle (9)	3–1
2nd	15:03	CBJ	EV	Scott Hartnell (15) · tip-in	Jack Johnson (24), Alexander Wennberg (8)	3–2
3rd	03:17	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (43) · snap	Nicklas Backstrom (49), John Carlson (35)	4–2
3rd	09:07	CBJ	PP	Scott Hartnell (16) · wrist	Nick Foligno (33), Ryan Johansen (34)	4–3
3rd	19:51	WSH	SH EN	Marcus Johansson (16) · wrist	Joel Ward (12)	5–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	04:10	CBJ	David Clarkson	tripping	2
1st	18:45	CBJ	Justin Falk	fighting	5
1st	18:45	WSH	Michael Latta	fighting	5
2nd	05:22	WSH	Troy Brouwer	fighting	5
2nd	05:22	CBJ	Cody Goloubef	fighting	5
2nd	05:35	WSH	Tom Wilson	instigator	2
2nd	05:35	CBJ	Jared Boll	fighting	5
2nd	05:35	CBJ	Jared Boll	charging	2
2nd	05:35	WSH	Tom Wilson	fighting	5
2nd	05:35	WSH	Tom Wilson	instigator misconduct	10
2nd	08:47	WSH	Mike Green	ps tripping on breakaway	0
2nd	16:19	WSH	Jason Chimera	roughing	2
2nd	16:19	CBJ	Dalton Prout	roughing	2
2nd	16:19	CBJ	David Clarkson	misconduct	10
3rd	01:14	WSH	Jason Chimera	fighting	5
3rd	01:14	CBJ	Dalton Prout	fighting	5
3rd	01:58	CBJ	Scott Hartnell	roughing	2
3rd	01:58	WSH	Eric Fehr	roughing	2
3rd	01:58	CBJ	Scott Hartnell	roughing	2
3rd	08:17	WSH	Troy Brouwer	slashing	2
3rd	17:44	WSH	Marcus Johansson	delaying game	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 3.00 · CBJ 2.77 · xG% WSH 52.0

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	0	45.0	21:12	23
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	2	0	2	+1	0	8	1	0		20:58	23
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	2	2	+2	7	3	2	0		16:27	22
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	1		23:51	28
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	1		23:25	27
42	Joel Ward	R	0	1	1	+2	0	1	2	2		20:02	24
90	Marcus Johansson	L	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	1		19:07	24
16	Eric Fehr	C	1	0	1	+1	2	3	0	0	53.8	16:26	21
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1	58.3	15:00	21
6	Tim Gleason	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		14:14	22
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	0	1	+1	17	1	2	0		7:19	11
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		21:35	27
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3		18:34	26
52	Mike Green	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		15:13	23
20	Troy Brouwer	R	0	0	0	0	7	2	2	1	100.0	14:39	18
22	Curtis Glencross	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	2		12:10	18
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	1	50.0	11:20	13
46	Michael Latta	C	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	50.0	3:38	6

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	30	27	3	.900	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
43	Scott Hartnell	L	2	1	3	0	4	6	2	0	100.0	16:10	21
7	Jack Johnson	D	0	1	1	-2	0	3	2	3		25:44	28
58	David Savard	D	1	0	1	+1	0	3	2	0		23:46	28
51	Fedor Tyutin	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1		22:12	28
71	Nick Foligno	L	0	1	1	-1	0	3	4	0		21:45	23
19	Ryan Johansen	C	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0	1	54.5	21:10	24
41	Alexander Wennberg	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	12.5	20:51	25
13	Cam Atkinson	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0		18:15	23
56	Marko Dano	C	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	60.0	17:49	23
47	Dalton Prout	D	0	0	0	-1	7	1	4	0		16:22	22
29	Cody Goloubef	D	0	0	0	-1	5	1	1	0		15:42	20
42	Artem Anisimov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		14:40	18
44	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	-1	5	1	2	0		13:12	16
55	Mark Letestu	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	53.8	12:29	19
23	Brian Gibbons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		11:47	18
26	Corey Tropp	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		10:50	17
18	David Clarkson	R	0	0	0	-1	12	0	2	0	33.3	7:32	11
40	Jared Boll	R	0	0	0	-1	7	0	1	0		5:42	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
72	Sergei Bobrovsky	L	32	28	4	.875	58:43