Washington Capitals vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Thursday, November 20, 2014 · Pepsi Center

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3–2

Final

SOG 23–29

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Thursday, November 20, 2014 at Pepsi Center. The Avalanche outshot the Capitals 29-23.

Goals came from Nicklas Backstrom, Daniel Brière, Jason Chimera, Tyson Barrie and Alex Ovechkin.

Braden Holtby made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Reto Berra stopped 20 of 23.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	2	1	3	23
COL	0	1	1	2	29

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Nicklas Backstrom (5)Alex Ovechkin (9)1–001:04 WSH
Daniel Brière (3)Nathan MacKinnon (7), Dennis Everberg (3)1–102:53 COL
Jason Chimera (2)Jay Beagle (2), Joel Ward (3)2–112:10 WSH

3rd period

Tyson Barrie (2)Gabriel Landeskog (4), Nathan MacKinnon (8)2–206:44 COL
Alex Ovechkin (9)Brooks Orpik (6), Nicklas Backstrom (13)3–214:04 WSH

Team stats

WSHCOL

23Shots on goal29

50%Faceoff %50%

0/1Power play0/0

2Penalty minutes4

35Hits34

12Blocked shots17

1Giveaways13

14Takeaways24

Penalties

1st 16:42Nick Holden · hooking2 min
3rd 13:42Erik Johnson · slashing2 min
3rd 13:42Tom Wilson · roughing2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	1	2	+2	4	3	1	0	–	18:55
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	1	2	+2	1	0	1	0	48	21:39
25Jason ChimeraL	1	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	–	17:17
42Joel WardR	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	17:34
83Jay BeagleC	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	60	15:25
44Brooks OrpikD	0	1	1	+2	0	6	6	0	–	24:08
16Eric FehrR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	09:33
20Troy BrouwerR	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	50	15:48
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	+1	0	5	0	2	–	18:10
46Michael LattaC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	100	08:20
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	50	13:54
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	14:45
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	33	07:34
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	2	0	–	21:11
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0	–	19:11
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	–	15:22
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	+2	2	2	0	0	–	24:39
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	–	14:35

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Justin PetersG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	29	27	2	.931	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

29Nathan MacKinnonC	0	2	2	+1	4	0	0	0	67	14:20
45Dennis EverbergR	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	0	–	10:21
48Daniel BrièreC	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	13:39
92Gabriel LandeskogL	0	1	1	+1	6	2	2	0	–	21:11
4Tyson BarrieD	1	0	1	-1	3	0	2	0	–	21:33
7John MitchellC	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	50	17:42
9Matt DucheneC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	0	31	20:15
12Jarome IginlaR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	17:45
24Marc-Andre ClicheR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	43	11:24
25Max TalbotC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	11:16
40Alex TanguayL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	07:15
55Cody McLeodL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	12:28
90Ryan O'ReillyC	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	0	75	19:22
2Nick HoldenD	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	–	18:05
5Nate GueninD	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	–	17:45
6Erik JohnsonD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	2	–	23:48
8Jan HejdaD	0	0	0	-1	2	3	2	0	–	21:31
22Zach RedmondD	0	0	0	+1	2	3	2	0	–	17:45

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
20Reto BerraG	L	23	20	3	.870	58:35
31Calvin PickardG		0	0	0	–	00:00