Colorado Avalanche vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, October 12, 2013 · Verizon Center
RDS · CSN-DC · ALT
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Washington Capitals 5-1 on Saturday, October 12, 2013 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Avalanche 41-28.
Alex Tanguay scored twice. Matt Duchene, Nathan MacKinnon, Eric Fehr and Jamie McGinn also scored.
Semyon Varlamov made 40 saves on 41 shots for the win; Michal Neuvirth stopped 23 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Tanguay (1)Gabriel Landeskog (1)1–006:42 COL
Matt Duchene (1)Ryan O'Reilly (1), Andre Benoit (1)2–014:22 COL
2nd period
Nathan MacKinnon (1)Paul Stastny (1), Gabriel Landeskog (2)3–017:41 COL · PPG
3rd period
- Alex Tanguay (2)Paul Stastny (2), Andre Benoit (2)4–001:19 COL · SHG
Eric Fehr (1)Jason Chimera (1), Joel Ward (1)4–102:03 WSH
Jamie McGinn (1)PA Parenteau (1), Nathan MacKinnon (1)5–102:24 COL
Team stats
COLWSH
28Shots on goal41
50%Faceoff %50%
1/3Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes6
32Hits25
19Blocked shots9
8Giveaways9
6Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 12:17
Mike Green · high sticking2 min - 2nd 16:04Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 19:31
Erik Johnson · holding2 min - 3rd 07:24Cory Sarich · interference2 min
- 3rd 11:19Nicklas Backstrom · high sticking2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 13:52 |
| 40Alex TanguayL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:11 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:49 |
| 61Andre BenoitD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 19:10 |
| 9Matt DucheneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:25 |
| 11Jamie McGinnL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:38 |
| 15PA ParenteauR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:30 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:55 |
| 7John MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:38 |
| 17Steve DownieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 18:08 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:03 |
| 58Patrick BordeleauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:07 |
| 5Nate GueninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:06 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:00 |
| 8Jan HejdaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:45 |
| 16Cory SarichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:40 |
| 44Ryan WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | W | 41 | 40 | 1 | .976 | 60:00 |
| 35Jean-Sebastien GiguereG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 16Eric FehrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:21 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:33 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:58 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 6 | 17:19 |
| 10Martin EratR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:00 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 18:27 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:26 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 15:16 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:57 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:22 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:07 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:28 |
| 34Alexander UrbomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:53 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 22:46 |
| 61Steve OleksyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:33 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:42 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | L | 28 | 23 | 5 | .821 | 59:57 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |