Washington Capitals vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Saturday, December 17, 2011 · Pepsi Center

WashingtonCapitalsAway

1–2

26–28

ColoradoAvalancheHome

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Washington Capitals 2–1 on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at Pepsi Center. The Avalanche outshot the Capitals 28–26.

Goals came from Cody McLeod, Alexander Semin and Erik Johnson.

Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Michal Neuvirth stopped 26 of 28.

Goals
WSH	0	1	0	1	26
COL	1	1	0	2	28

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Cody McLeod (1)Shane O'Brien (1), Erik Johnson (1)0–102:49 COL

2nd period

Alexander Semin (1)Dmitry Orlov (1), Karl Alzner (1)1–113:09 WSH
Erik Johnson (1)Milan Hejduk (1), Gabriel Landeskog (1)1–214:03 COL

Team stats

WSHCOL

2628

37%63%

0/40/2

913

1720

138

48

713

Penalties

13:03 into the first periodMathieu Perreault · holding2 min
13:03 into the first periodMatt Hendricks · fighting5 min
13:03 into the first periodCody McLeod · fighting5 min
17:32 into the first periodJay McClement · holding2 min
10:25 into the second periodShane O'Brien · high sticking2 min
15:48 into the second periodJeff Halpern · boarding2 min
18:26 into the second periodTJ Galiardi · tripping2 min
19:46 into the third periodJan Hejda · delaying game puck over glass2 min

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

28Alexander SeminR	1	0	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	16:38
27Karl AlznerD	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	–	20:43
81Dmitry OrlovD	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	–	18:23
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	50	22:34
15Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	22	13:53
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	40	22:11
20Troy BrouwerR	0	0	0	−1	1	2	1	0	–	15:54
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	−2	5	3	1	0	35	21:33
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:06
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	−2	4	1	2	0	–	20:17
26Matt HendricksC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	–	03:49
42Joel WardR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	14:50
85Mathieu PerreaultC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	03:14
90Marcus JohanssonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75	14:19
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	10:05
6Dennis WidemanD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	26:52
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	15:18
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	0	–	24:19

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
29Tomas VokounG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Michal NeuvirthG	L	28	26	2	.929	59:02

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

6Erik JohnsonD	1	1	2	+2	1	4	1	0	–	21:34
23Milan HejdukR	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	–	17:44
55Cody McLeodL	1	0	1	+1	1	1	2	5	100	03:57
92Gabriel LandeskogL	0	1	1	+1	7	3	0	0	–	19:14
5Shane O'BrienD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	–	19:48
7David Van Der GulikL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	06:31
9Matt DucheneC	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	0	100	16:47
16Jay McClementC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	67	16:31
26Paul StastnyC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	67	19:14
34Daniel WinnikC	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	100	23:12
37Ryan O'ReillyC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	58	21:08
39TJ GaliardiL	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	–	15:22
42Brad MaloneC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	12:20
47Evan BropheyC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	50	03:40
3Ryan O'ByrneD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	20:35
8Jan HejdaD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	19:53
22Matt HunwickD	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	–	17:46
46Stefan ElliottD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	18:34

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
1Semyon VarlamovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Jean-Sebastien GiguereG	W	26	25	1	.962	59:56