Phoenix Coyotes vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, March 8, 2014 · Verizon Center
CSN-DC · FS-A
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Phoenix Coyotes 3-2 on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at Verizon Center.
Goals came from Brandon McMillan, Radim Vrbata, Karl Alzner, Brooks Laich and Troy Brouwer.
Jaroslav Halak made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Mike Smith stopped 30 of 33.
| Goals | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PHX | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 |
 WSH | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 33 |
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brandon McMillan (1)Keith Yandle (1), Antoine Vermette (1)1–018:58 PHX
2nd period
Radim Vrbata (1)Michael Stone (1), Keith Yandle (2)2–003:20 PHX · PPG
3rd period
Karl Alzner (1)Eric Fehr (1), Jay Beagle (1)2–109:45 WSH
Brooks Laich (1)Jason Chimera (1)2–210:17 WSH
Troy Brouwer (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), John Carlson (1)2–314:47 WSH · PPG
Team stats
PHXWSH
33Shots on goal33
56%Faceoff %44%
1/3Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes6
27Hits33
11Blocked shots8
7Giveaways5
7Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 03:58Antoine Vermette · holding2 min
- 2nd 01:50Jack Hillen · tripping2 min
- 2nd 16:43Joel Ward · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 00:11Brooks Laich · hooking2 min
- 3rd 13:37David Moss · tripping2 min
Season series
Phoenix Coyotes
| 3Keith YandleD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 24:28 |
| 17Radim VrbataR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:36 |
| 38Brandon McMillanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12:32 |
| 50Antoine VermetteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:07 |
| 26Michael StoneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:40 |
| 10Martin EratR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:45 |
| 14Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:00 |
| 18David MossR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:50 |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 24Kyle ChipchuraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:52 |
| 28Lauri KorpikoskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:43 |
| 36Rob KlinkhammerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:58 |
| 63Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:16 |
| 89Mikkel BoedkerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:50 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:09 |
| 20Chris SummersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:29 |
| 23Oliver Ekman-LarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 23:44 |
| 53Derek MorrisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Mike SmithG | L | 33 | 30 | 3 | .909 | 58:34 |
Washington Capitals
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:25 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 19:21 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:19 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:45 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:13 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 12:13 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:31 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 24:16 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 19:17 |
| 17Dustin PennerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:07 |
| 29Ryan StoaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:44 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:48 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:04 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:27 |
| 38Jack HillenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:35 |
| 58Connor CarrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:03 |
| 81Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | W | 33 | 31 | 2 | .939 | 60:00 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |