Washington Capitals at Columbus Blue Jackets

Tue, Feb 6, 2018 · Nationwide Arena · 2017–18 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 2

Final

Columbus Blue Jackets

The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 on Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at Nationwide Arena. Nicklas Backstrom led the way with 2 points. Braden Holtby made 37 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 25–39.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	1	3	25
CBJ	1	0	1	2	39

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:58	CBJ	EV	David Savard (4) · slap	Alexander Wennberg (15)	0–1
1st	04:54	WSH	PP	John Carlson (8) · slap	Nicklas Backstrom (29), Evgeny Kuznetsov (36)	1–1
2nd	05:00	WSH	EV	Tom Wilson (7) · backhand	Alex Ovechkin (25), Christian Djoos (10)	2–1
3rd	13:55	CBJ	EV	Brandon Dubinsky (4) · wrist	Markus Nutivaara (14), Matt Calvert (10)	2–2
3rd	19:17	WSH	EV	Nicklas Backstrom (12) · wrist	T.J. Oshie (19), Alex Ovechkin (26)	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:38	CBJ	Markus Nutivaara	holding	2
1st	12:23	CBJ	Josh Anderson	fighting	5
1st	12:23	WSH	Tom Wilson	fighting	5
1st	19:57	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	holding the stick	2
3rd	11:23	WSH	Tom Wilson	slashing	2
3rd	16:49	WSH	Jakub Vrana	high sticking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.37 · CBJ 3.73 · xG% WSH 38.9

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	1	2	+2	2	1	0	0	57.9	21:12	23
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	2	2	+2	0	8	2	1		18:49	21
74	John Carlson	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	2		20:55	26
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	0	1	+1	7	3	5	1		18:43	22
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1		16:53	23
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	54.5	15:25	18
29	Christian Djoos	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0		13:03	19
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		23:17	26
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2		22:56	27
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		22:20	25
22	Madison Bowey	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		16:13	17
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		16:03	20
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	53.8	14:09	17
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0		13:02	18
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	40.0	12:20	17
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		12:01	13
10	Brett Connolly	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		10:27	13
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		6:34	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	39	37	2	.949	59:38

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
10	Alexander Wennberg	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	41.7	18:59	21
17	Brandon Dubinsky	C	1	0	1	-1	0	2	5	2	57.1	17:49	23
58	David Savard	D	1	0	1	-1	0	3	3	0		16:19	20
65	Markus Nutivaara	D	0	1	1	+1	2	2	3	1		15:46	20
11	Matt Calvert	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0		9:33	13
3	Seth Jones	D	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	3		27:31	30
8	Zach Werenski	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	2		24:22	28
9	Artemi Panarin	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		22:44	23
13	Cam Atkinson	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	100.0	21:06	22
77	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	-2	5	2	3	0		17:27	20
38	Boone Jenner	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	0	33.3	16:20	20
7	Jack Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		16:16	23
18	Pierre-Luc Dubois	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	33.3	16:11	21
71	Nick Foligno	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	0	100.0	16:08	21
46	Dean Kukan	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		13:58	16
28	Oliver Bjorkstrand	R	0	0	0	+1	0	6	1	1		13:20	17
36	Jussi Jokinen	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		8:44	12
45	Lukas Sedlak	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	66.7	6:44	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
72	Sergei Bobrovsky	L	25	22	3	.880	59:27