Columbus Blue Jackets vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, March 31, 2011 · Verizon Center
VERSUS (HD) · CSN-DC (HD)
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 in overtime on Thursday, March 31, 2011 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Blue Jackets 33–23.
Goals came from John Carlson, Antoine Vermette, Mike Knuble, Fedor Tyutin, Jason Arnott, Scottie Upshall and Jason Chimera.
Michal Neuvirth made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Steve Mason stopped 29 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
John Carlson (1)Brooks Laich (1), Jason Chimera (1)0–101:39 WSH
2nd period
Antoine Vermette (1)Matt Calvert (1), Tomas Kubalik (1)1–111:10 CBJ
Mike Knuble (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)1–212:32 WSH
Fedor Tyutin (1)Tomas Kubalik (2), Matt Calvert (2)2–213:14 CBJ
Jason Arnott (1)Marco Sturm (1)2–313:27 WSH
3rd period
Scottie Upshall (1)Derek MacKenzie (1)3–314:23 CBJ
Overtime
Jason Chimera (1)Brooks Laich (2), John Carlson (1)3–402:30 WSH
Team stats
CBJWSH
2333
55%45%
0/20/1
79
2824
2021
511
78
Penalties
- 7:18 into the first period
Scottie Upshall · tripping2 min - 7:59 into the first period
Marco Sturm · hooking2 min - 17:00 into the first periodJared Boll · fighting5 min
- 17:00 into the first periodJohn Erskine · fighting5 min
- 16:06 into the second periodMatt Hendricks · holding2 min
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 11Matt CalvertL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 16:25 |
| 33Tomas KubalikR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:53 |
| 9Scottie UpshallR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 15:08 |
| 24Derek MacKenzieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:29 |
| 50Antoine VermetteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:04 |
| 51Fedor TyutinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:21 |
| 15Derek DorsettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:49 |
| 16Derick BrassardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:49 |
| 18R.J. UmbergerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:36 |
| 26Samuel PahlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:45 |
| 40Jared BollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 09:00 |
| 43Maksim MayorovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:49 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:13 |
| 3Marc MethotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:21 |
| 4Sami LepistoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:30 |
| 6Anton StralmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 22:41 |
| 10Kris RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:27 |
| 35Jan HejdaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:40 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Steve MasonG | O | 33 | 4 | .879 |
| 32Mathieu GaronG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 13:41 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 11:06 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 25:48 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 20:51 |
| 18Marco SturmL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:04 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:42 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 44Jason ArnottC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:16 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:29 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:30 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 10:18 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:54 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:54 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 05:53 |
| 23Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 28:19 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 24:49 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 26:35 |
| 89Tyler SloanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:55 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |