Colorado Avalanche at Washington Capitals

Tue, Dec 12, 2017 · Capital One Arena · 2017–18 Regular Season

Colorado Avalanche

2 – 5

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Colorado Avalanche 5–2 on Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at Capital One Arena. Evgeny Kuznetsov led the way with 3 points. Braden Holtby made 22 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 24–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	0	1	1	2	24
WSH	1	1	3	5	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:25	WSH	EV	Jakub Vrana (9) · wrist	Evgeny Kuznetsov (22), Madison Bowey (6)	0–1
2nd	04:13	COL	EV	Colin Wilson (3) · backhand	Matt Nieto (5), Mark Barberio (5)	1–1
2nd	17:42	WSH	EV	John Carlson (3) · slap	Unassisted	1–2
3rd	05:15	WSH	PP	Brett Connolly (6) · slap	Madison Bowey (7), Evgeny Kuznetsov (23)	1–3
3rd	16:19	WSH	EV	Matt Niskanen (2) · wrist	Evgeny Kuznetsov (24), Andre Burakovsky (4)	1–4
3rd	18:57	COL	EV	Tyson Jost (2) · backhand	Mikko Rantanen (16), Carl Soderberg (9)	2–4
3rd	19:15	WSH	SH EN	Devante Smith-Pelly (5) · wrist	Chandler Stephenson (7), Jay Beagle (7)	2–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	20:00	WSH	John Carlson	tripping	2
2nd	08:39	WSH	John Carlson	delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	18:52	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	slashing	2
3rd	15:06	WSH	Chandler Stephenson	boarding	2
3rd	15:31	COL	Nathan MacKinnon	holding	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: COL 1.94 · WSH 3.10 · xG% COL 38.5

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	0	1	1	-2	0	3	0	0	75.0	20:45	25
34	Carl Soderberg	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	27.3	17:37	23
22	Colin Wilson	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	1	60.0	15:19	20
44	Mark Barberio	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	2		13:42	17
17	Tyson Jost	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0		13:22	17
83	Matt Nieto	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		11:50	17
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	-3	0	2	2	3		23:15	28
4	Tyson Barrie	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1		21:32	27
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	0	0	-3	2	3	0	0	41.7	21:00	27
92	Gabriel Landeskog	L	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1		20:11	24
37	J.T. Compher	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	2	57.1	19:29	23
10	Sven Andrighetto	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	0		17:12	19
16	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	1		16:45	21
14	Blake Comeau	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	25.0	16:16	18
12	Patrik Nemeth	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1		16:05	20
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		12:30	16
57	Gabriel Bourque	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	100.0	11:40	14
54	Anton Lindholm	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0		9:42	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Semyon Varlamov	L	26	22	4	.846	59:48

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	3	3	+2	2	0	0	0	58.3	14:10	16
22	Madison Bowey	D	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	1		14:36	15
2	Matt Niskanen	D	1	0	1	+2	0	2	2	1		25:05	26
74	John Carlson	D	1	0	1	+2	4	2	0	3		21:10	26
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	1	1	+1	0	4	2	1	44.4	15:26	21
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2		14:27	17
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	4	1		14:24	17
13	Jakub Vrana	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		13:00	14
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		11:42	14
10	Brett Connolly	R	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0		10:39	14
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	2		23:39	24
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		19:16	20
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0		17:42	21
29	Christian Djoos	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	2		16:25	18
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	2	57.1	15:51	18
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	+2	0	2	3	0		15:18	17
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	66.7	15:15	19
39	Alex Chiasson	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4		14:18	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	24	22	2	.917	59:37