Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, January 1, 2015 · Nationals Park
NBC · CBC · TVAS
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Thursday, January 1, 2015 at Nationals Park.
Goals came from Eric Fehr, Alex Ovechkin, Patrick Sharp, Brandon Saad and Troy Brouwer.
Braden Holtby made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Corey Crawford stopped 32 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Eric Fehr (11)Unassisted0–107:01 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (18)Mike Green (15), Jack Hillen (3)0–211:58 WSH
Patrick Sharp (7)Duncan Keith (18), Patrick Kane (23)1–213:36 CHI · PPG
2nd period
Brandon Saad (9)Jonathan Toews (19), Marian Hossa (17)2–203:15 CHI
3rd period
Troy Brouwer (11)Alex Ovechkin (14), Mike Green (16)2–319:47 WSH · PPG
Team stats
CHIWSH
35Shots on goal35
54%Faceoff %46%
1/6Power play1/4
10Penalty minutes14
10Hits24
8Blocked shots15
7Giveaways15
5Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 05:41
Daniel Carcillo · roughing2 min - 1st 05:41
Tom Wilson · roughing2 min - 1st 13:29Nicklas Backstrom · holding2 min
- 1st 17:41Bryan Bickell · high sticking2 min
- 1st 18:33Troy Brouwer · boarding2 min
- 2nd 03:57Jason Chimera · holding2 min
- 2nd 09:18Tom Wilson · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 09:47John Carlson · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 08:21Andrew Shaw · tripping2 min
- 3rd 16:49Matt Niskanen · boarding2 min
- 3rd 18:47Jonathan Toews · hooking2 min
- 3rd 19:47Brandon Saad · slashing2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 10Patrick SharpL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 18:30 |
| 19Jonathan ToewsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:59 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:56 |
| 81Marian HossaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:19 |
| 88Patrick KaneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 21:56 |
| 2Duncan KeithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 26:50 |
| 13Daniel CarcilloL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 03:38 |
| 16Marcus KrugerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:57 |
| 23Kris VersteegR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:43 |
| 28Ben SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:08 |
| 29Bryan BickellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:24 |
| 65Andrew ShawC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:52 |
| 91Brad RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:52 |
| 4Niklas HjalmarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:55 |
| 5David RundbladD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:13 |
| 7Brent SeabrookD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:03 |
| 27Johnny OduyaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:59 |
| 32Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Antti RaantaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 50Corey CrawfordG | L | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 59:39 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:32 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 14:59 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:57 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:34 |
| 38Jack HillenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:56 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 21:41 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:20 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:05 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:10 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:34 |
| 46Michael LattaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:31 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:44 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:46 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:44 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 23:17 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:18 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 24:44 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 23:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Justin PetersG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 35 | 33 | 2 | .943 | 60:00 |