Edmonton Oilers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, January 20, 2015 · Verizon Center
SNW · CSN-DC
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Washington Capitals 5-4 in a shootout on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at Verizon Center. The Oilers outshot the Capitals 31-24.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Derek Roy, Jay Beagle, Nikita Nikitin, Nicklas Backstrom, Teddy Purcell and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored.
Viktor Fasth made 20 saves on 24 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 27 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (26)Andre Burakovsky (11), Mike Green (22)0–101:48 WSH- Alex Ovechkin (27)Mike Green (23), Marcus Johansson (14)0–213:58 WSH · PPG
Derek Roy (4)Nail Yakupov (7), Oscar Klefbom (3)1–214:51 EDM
Jay Beagle (7)John Carlson (28), Tom Wilson (9)1–317:34 WSH
2nd period
Nikita Nikitin (3)Justin Schultz (16), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (17)2–319:56 EDM · PPG
3rd period
Nicklas Backstrom (15)John Carlson (29), Andre Burakovsky (12)2–406:38 WSH
Teddy Purcell (6)Anton Lander (4), Matt Fraser (2)3–415:49 EDM
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (12)Benoit Pouliot (6), Jordan Eberle (17)4–418:53 EDM
SO period
- Teddy PurcellUnassisted5–400:00 EDM
Team stats
EDMWSH
31Shots on goal24
48%Faceoff %52%
1/6Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes12
14Hits15
21Blocked shots20
10Giveaways9
5Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 11:16
Mike Green · interference2 min - 1st 13:11
Jeff Petry · interference2 min - 2nd 07:51Mark Fayne · delaying game smothering puck2 min
- 2nd 15:11Tom Wilson · hooking2 min
- 2nd 19:53Matt Niskanen · kneeing2 min
- 3rd 03:02Matt Niskanen · roughing2 min
- 3rd 07:13Karl Alzner · holding2 min
- 3rd 11:23Jay Beagle · tripping2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 93Ryan Nugent-HopkinsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23:17 |
| 8Derek RoyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:04 |
| 10Nail YakupovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:03 |
| 14Jordan EberleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:11 |
| 16Teddy PurcellR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:00 |
| 28Matt FraserR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:05 |
| 51Anton LanderC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:30 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:04 |
| 19Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25:12 |
| 84Oscar KlefbomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:25 |
| 86Nikita NikitinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:18 |
| 4Taylor HallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:31 |
| 12Rob KlinkhammerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:30 |
| 23Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:36 |
| 27Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:23 |
| 2Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:57 |
| 5Mark FayneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:10 |
| 21Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ben ScrivensG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Viktor FasthG | W | 24 | 20 | 4 | .833 | 64:17 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18:44 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:31 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:59 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 25:48 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:35 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:55 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:45 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:00 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:35 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:47 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:26 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:32 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:55 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:26 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 23:48 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:57 |
| 38Jack HillenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:01 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Justin PetersG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | O | 31 | 27 | 4 | .871 | 64:56 |