Washington Capitals at Columbus Blue Jackets

Sat, Dec 31, 2011 · Nationwide Arena · 2011–12 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

4 – 2

Final

Columbus Blue Jackets

The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4–2 on Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at Nationwide Arena. Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Tomas Vokoun made 35 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–37.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	0	4	4	26
CBJ	0	2	0	2	37

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	14:47	CBJ	EV	John Moore (1) · wrist	Rick Nash (1), Jeff Carter (1)	0–1
2nd	19:25	CBJ	EV	Samuel Pahlsson (1) · snap	R.J. Umberger (1), Marc Methot (1)	0–2
3rd	04:23	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (1) · wrist	Dennis Wideman (1)	1–2
3rd	06:48	WSH	EV	Alexander Semin (1) · wrist	Dennis Wideman (2), Nicklas Backstrom (1)	2–2
3rd	07:16	WSH	EV	Dennis Wideman (1) · slap	Marcus Johansson (1), Roman Hamrlik (1)	3–2
3rd	11:03	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (2) · slap	Dmitry Orlov (1), Karl Alzner (1)	4–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	02:38	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	roughing	2
2nd	02:38	CBJ	Derek Dorsett	cross checking	2
3rd	05:54	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	roughing	2
3rd	05:54	CBJ	Grant Clitsome	roughing	2
3rd	09:34	CBJ	Marc Methot	holding	2
3rd	14:13	WSH	Jason Chimera	roughing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.31 · CBJ 2.03 · xG% WSH 53.3

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Dennis Wideman	D	1	2	3	+3	0	3	2	4		27:37	30
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	2	0	2	+1	2	6	1	0		17:53	20
44	Roman Hamrlik	D	0	1	1	+3	0	2	0	3		23:46	26
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0	4		21:28	28
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	38.5	20:39	26
28	Alexander Semin	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0		17:35	21
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	50.0	13:45	17
81	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1		13:39	19
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	1		23:50	30
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	52.0	17:38	23
20	Troy Brouwer	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	1		16:01	19
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	2		15:22	20
15	Jeff Halpern	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	1	72.7	12:29	19
22	Mike Knuble	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		12:11	17
26	Matt Hendricks	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	100.0	11:04	13
55	Jeff Schultz	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		9:46	13
50	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	42.9	9:43	12
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		9:34	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Tomas Vokoun	W	37	35	2	.946	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
4	John Moore	D	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	1		19:36	26
18	R.J. Umberger	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	100.0	18:28	23
3	Marc Methot	D	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	2		18:13	22
61	Rick Nash	L	0	1	1	-1	0	4	3	0	100.0	17:59	22
7	Jeff Carter	C	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0	0	44.4	17:53	21
26	Samuel Pahlsson	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	0	66.7	14:18	20
14	Grant Clitsome	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0		22:26	28
51	Fedor Tyutin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		21:47	26
58	David Savard	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		18:51	21
22	Vinny Prospal	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		18:34	22
5	Aaron Johnson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0		17:32	22
50	Antoine Vermette	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	61.1	16:34	23
19	Ryan Johansen	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0		16:25	20
15	Derek Dorsett	R	0	0	0	+1	2	1	6	0		15:28	22
17	Mark Letestu	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		12:21	18
16	Derick Brassard	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		12:20	15
24	Derek MacKenzie	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	22.2	9:55	12
40	Jared Boll	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0		8:04	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Steve Mason	L	26	22	4	.846	57:47