Washington Capitals vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Thursday, December 18, 2014 · Nationwide Arena

WashingtonCapitalsAway

5–4

Final/OT

SOG 36–26

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CSN-DC · FS-O

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-4 in overtime on Thursday, December 18, 2014 at Nationwide Arena. The Capitals outshot the Blue Jackets 36-26.

Nick Foligno scored twice. Joel Ward, Jason Chimera, Jack Johnson, Karl Alzner, Michael Chaput, Troy Brouwer and Eric Fehr also scored.

Braden Holtby made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 31 of 36.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
WSH	2	0	2	1	5	36
CBJ	0	2	2	0	4	26

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Joel Ward (10)Eric Fehr (5), Karl Alzner (5)1–009:51 WSH
Jason Chimera (3)Michael Latta (3), Brooks Orpik (7)2–019:22 WSH

2nd period

Jack Johnson (3)Nick Foligno (14), James Wisniewski (12)2–108:48 CBJ · PPG
Nick Foligno (15)Kevin Connauton (3), Ryan Johansen (19)2–211:57 CBJ · PPG

3rd period

Nick Foligno (16)Jeremy Morin (1), Brian Gibbons (5)2–300:52 CBJ
Karl Alzner (2)Michael Latta (4), Jason Chimera (5)3–307:02 WSH
Michael Chaput (1)Jared Boll (2), Matt Calvert (3)3–415:35 CBJ
Troy Brouwer (10)Mike Green (10)4–417:00 WSH

OT period

Eric Fehr (7)Mike Green (11)5–400:42 WSH

Team stats

WSHCBJ

36Shots on goal26

45%Faceoff %55%

0/3Power play2/4

27Penalty minutes25

36Hits36

7Blocked shots16

0Giveaways7

4Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 00:58Matt Calvert · roughing2 min
1st 00:58Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
1st 02:35David Savard · hooking2 min
1st 17:05Nick Foligno · interference2 min
2nd 07:28Alex Ovechkin · slashing2 min
2nd 10:26Joel Ward · hooking2 min
2nd 12:20Tom Wilson · fighting5 min
2nd 12:20Dalton Prout · fighting5 min
2nd 12:22Jared Boll · fighting5 min
2nd 12:22Michael Latta · fighting5 min
2nd 12:51Fedor Tyutin · roughing2 min
2nd 12:51Troy Brouwer · roughing2 min
2nd 13:39John Carlson · roughing2 min
2nd 16:20Troy Brouwer · fighting5 min
2nd 16:20Michael Chaput · roughing2 min
2nd 16:20Michael Chaput · fighting5 min
3rd 10:16Brooks Orpik · high sticking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

16Eric FehrR	1	1	2	+1	4	3	0	0	53	14:33
25Jason ChimeraL	1	1	2	+1	1	2	0	0	–	11:49
46Michael LattaC	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	5	33	08:55
27Karl AlznerD	1	1	2	+1	2	3	2	0	–	18:09
52Mike GreenD	0	2	2	+1	2	2	0	0	–	19:59
20Troy BrouwerR	1	0	1	+1	1	2	0	7	63	13:05
42Joel WardR	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	100	16:32
44Brooks OrpikD	0	1	1	+2	2	3	1	2	–	22:02
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	+2	6	3	0	2	–	22:03
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	39	21:33
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	17:47
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	7	–	14:21
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0	0	50	10:24
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	12:42
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	–	11:34
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	+2	1	4	2	0	–	22:38
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	+1	3	2	0	2	–	22:14
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	11:37

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Justin PetersG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	26	22	4	.846	60:42

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

71Nick FolignoL	2	1	3	-1	6	3	1	2	11	19:36
9Jeremy MorinL	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	10:59
11Matt CalvertL	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	2	100	19:01
19Ryan JohansenC	0	1	1	-3	2	0	1	0	65	18:56
23Brian GibbonsC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	2	0	–	09:05
39Michael ChaputC	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	7	83	06:25
40Jared BollR	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	5	–	06:04
4Kevin ConnautonD	0	1	1	-3	2	0	0	0	–	15:29
7Jack JohnsonD	1	0	1	-1	1	2	2	0	–	24:43
21James WisniewskiD	0	1	1	-3	0	3	0	0	–	22:39
10Jack SkilleR	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0	–	12:45
13Cam AtkinsonR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	–	19:36
17Brandon DubinskyC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	58	21:59
26Corey TroppR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	06:49
38Boone JennerC	0	0	0	-3	0	3	2	0	–	20:37
47Dalton ProutD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	4	5	–	17:02
51Fedor TyutinD	0	0	0	+1	1	6	2	2	–	21:01
58David SavardD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	2	–	20:10

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Curtis McElhinneyG		0	0	0	–	00:00
72Sergei BobrovskyG	O	36	31	5	.861	60:42