Washington Capitals vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Saturday, December 31, 2011 · Nationwide Arena

WashingtonCapitalsAway

4–2

Final

SOG 26–37

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-2 on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Capitals 37-26.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice. John Moore, Samuel Pahlsson, Alexander Semin and Dennis Wideman also scored.

Tomas Vokoun made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Steve Mason stopped 22 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	0	4	4	26
CBJ	0	2	0	2	37

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

John Moore (1)Rick Nash (1), Jeff Carter (1)0–114:47 CBJ
Samuel Pahlsson (1)R.J. Umberger (1), Marc Methot (1)0–219:25 CBJ

3rd period

Alex Ovechkin (1)Dennis Wideman (1)1–204:23 WSH
Alexander Semin (1)Dennis Wideman (2), Nicklas Backstrom (1)2–206:48 WSH
Dennis Wideman (1)Marcus Johansson (1), Roman Hamrlik (1)3–207:16 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (2)Dmitry Orlov (1), Karl Alzner (1)4–211:03 WSH · PPG

Team stats

WSHCBJ

26Shots on goal37

51%Faceoff %49%

1/1Power play0/1

6Penalty minutes6

27Hits38

22Blocked shots5

7Giveaways0

8Takeaways2

Penalties

2nd 02:38Alex Ovechkin · roughing2 min
2nd 02:38Derek Dorsett · cross checking2 min
3rd 05:54Dmitry Orlov · roughing2 min
3rd 05:54Grant Clitsome · roughing2 min
3rd 09:34Marc Methot · holding2 min
3rd 14:13Jason Chimera · roughing2 min

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

6Dennis WidemanD	1	2	3	+3	3	2	4	0	–	27:37
8Alex OvechkinL	2	0	2	+1	6	1	0	2	–	17:53
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	38	20:39
28Alexander SeminR	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	17:35
90Marcus JohanssonC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	50	13:45
27Karl AlznerD	0	1	1	-2	1	0	4	0	–	21:28
44Roman HamrlikD	0	1	1	+3	2	0	3	0	–	23:46
81Dmitry OrlovD	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	–	13:39
15Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	0	73	12:29
20Troy BrouwerR	0	0	0	0	3	6	1	0	–	16:01
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	52	17:38
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	12:11
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2	–	15:22
26Matt HendricksC	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	100	11:04
42Joel WardR	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	09:34
50Cody EakinC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	43	09:43
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	09:46
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	-2	2	2	1	0	–	23:50

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Tomas VokounG	W	37	35	2	.946	60:00
30Michal NeuvirthG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

7Jeff CarterC	0	1	1	-1	4	0	0	0	44	17:53
18R.J. UmbergerC	0	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	100	18:28
26Samuel PahlssonC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	67	14:18
61Rick NashL	0	1	1	-1	4	3	0	0	100	17:59
3Marc MethotD	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	–	18:13
4John MooreD	1	0	1	-1	3	0	1	0	–	19:36
15Derek DorsettR	0	0	0	+1	1	6	0	2	–	15:28
16Derick BrassardC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	12:20
17Mark LetestuC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	12:21
19Ryan JohansenC	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	–	16:25
22Vinny ProspalL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	18:34
24Derek MacKenzieC	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	22	09:55
40Jared BollR	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	08:04
50Antoine VermetteC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	61	16:34
5Aaron JohnsonD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	–	17:32
14Grant ClitsomeD	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	–	22:26
51Fedor TyutinD	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	21:47
58David SavardD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	18:51

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Steve MasonG	L	26	22	4	.846	57:47
30Curtis SanfordG		0	0	0	–	00:00