Washington Capitals at Arizona Coyotes

Thu, Dec 6, 2018 · Gila River Arena · 2018–19 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

4 – 2

Final

Arizona Coyotes

The Washington Capitals beat the Arizona Coyotes 4–2 on Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at Gila River Arena. Matt Niskanen led the way with 2 points. Pheonix Copley made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–29.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	2	2	4	29
ARI	1	1	0	2	29

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	04:48	ARI	EV	Christian Fischer (6) · slap	Derek Stepan (7)	0–1
2nd	05:27	WSH	EV	Jakub Vrana (9) · wrist	Brett Connolly (13), Evgeny Kuznetsov (19)	1–1
2nd	06:59	ARI	EV	Lawson Crouse (6) · wrist	Nick Cousins (6), Jordan Oesterle (5)	1–2
2nd	16:00	WSH	EV	Matt Niskanen (4) · wrist	Travis Boyd (6), Pheonix Copley (1)	2–2
3rd	15:18	WSH	EV	Andre Burakovsky (5) · wrist	Matt Niskanen (10), Dmitry Orlov (8)	3–2
3rd	19:57	WSH	SH EN	Alex Ovechkin (21) · wrist	Nicklas Backstrom (24)	4–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	18:38	WSH	Lars Eller	hooking	2
2nd	01:16	WSH	Brett Connolly	ps throwing object at puck	0
2nd	11:25	WSH	Matt Niskanen	high sticking	2
2nd	13:07	ARI	Jakob Chychrun	tripping	2
3rd	00:16	ARI	Kevin Connauton	ps hooking on breakaway	0

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 3.22 · ARI 2.38 · xG% WSH 57.5

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
2	Matt Niskanen	D	1	1	2	+3	2	3	4	1		22:35	25
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	+3	0	1	4	1		23:19	24
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	46.2	18:03	21
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	1	18.8	18:01	20
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	+1	0	4	3	0		17:48	20
10	Brett Connolly	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		15:19	20
13	Jakub Vrana	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	2	1		14:47	18
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2		14:37	17
72	Travis Boyd	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	75.0	11:31	16
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	7	0	2		24:27	25
6	Michal Kempny	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	3		21:53	22
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	3	0	58.3	16:43	18
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		16:25	19
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		15:42	16
34	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2		13:32	19
29	Christian Djoos	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	5		13:01	18
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25.0	9:36	14
23	Dmitrij Jaskin	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		8:41	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Pheonix Copley	W	29	27	2	.931	60:00

Arizona Coyotes

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
21	Derek Stepan	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	80.0	18:42	27
82	Jordan Oesterle	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	2		17:46	25
36	Christian Fischer	R	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	1		16:36	24
67	Lawson Crouse	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	5	0		11:10	15
25	Nick Cousins	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	50.0	10:52	13
23	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	3	0		24:40	26
44	Kevin Connauton	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	4		21:43	23
9	Clayton Keller	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	50.0	20:51	24
8	Nick Schmaltz	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	36.4	20:19	25
33	Alex Goligoski	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	1		19:46	24
14	Richard Panik	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		19:07	26
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	3		19:05	26
17	Alex Galchenyuk	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		18:17	23
4	Niklas Hjalmarsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		16:57	23
15	Brad Richardson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	66.7	15:55	23
45	Josh Archibald	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0		12:42	18
29	Mario Kempe	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		8:23	11
13	Vinnie Hinostroza	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		6:53	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Adin Hill	L	28	25	3	.893	58:16