Washington Capitals vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Tuesday, January 27, 2015 · Nationwide Arena
CSN-DC · FS-O
Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Capitals 30-28.
Goals came from Mark Letestu, Ryan Johansen, Andre Burakovsky, Fedor Tyutin, Troy Brouwer, Cam Atkinson and Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Curtis McElhinney made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 26 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Mark Letestu (5)Corey Tropp (2), Jack Johnson (18)0–103:45 CBJ
Ryan Johansen (18)Kevin Connauton (8), Nick Foligno (25)0–215:39 CBJ
Andre Burakovsky (7)Matt Niskanen (14), Nicklas Backstrom (33)1–216:12 WSH
Fedor Tyutin (2)Cam Atkinson (8), Dalton Prout (6)1–319:04 CBJ
Troy Brouwer (13)Matt Niskanen (15), Evgeny Kuznetsov (12)2–319:40 WSH
3rd period
Cam Atkinson (9)Fedor Tyutin (4), Nick Foligno (26)2–405:20 CBJ
Evgeny Kuznetsov (5)Marcus Johansson (15), John Carlson (30)3–412:09 WSH
Team stats
WSHCBJ
28Shots on goal30
43%Faceoff %57%
0/3Power play0/5
10Penalty minutes6
21Hits31
8Blocked shots11
6Giveaways4
5Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 02:38
Tom Wilson · boarding2 min - 1st 12:03Matt Niskanen · holding2 min
- 1st 17:56
Fedor Tyutin · high sticking2 min - 2nd 05:39Jack Hillen · hooking2 min
- 3rd 01:13Brandon Dubinsky · tripping2 min
- 3rd 05:25Jared Boll · hooking2 min
- 3rd 08:19Tom Wilson · interference2 min
- 3rd 17:15Nicklas Backstrom · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 14:09 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 22:43 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 18:14 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:22 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 15:23 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:36 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 19:50 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 21:52 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:14 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:37 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:06 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:04 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 06:51 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:06 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 22:51 |
| 38Jack HillenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:24 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:30 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Justin PetersG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 30 | 26 | 4 | .867 | 59:23 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 13Cam AtkinsonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 17:24 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 20:36 |
| 51Fedor TyutinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:46 |
| 19Ryan JohansenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 6 | 20:40 |
| 26Corey TroppR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:39 |
| 55Mark LetestuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:32 |
| 4Kevin ConnautonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:36 |
| 7Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 22:55 |
| 47Dalton ProutD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 16:50 |
| 9Jeremy MorinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:11 |
| 11Matt CalvertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:57 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:03 |
| 40Jared BollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 05:53 |
| 41Alexander WennbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 43Scott HartnellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:34 |
| 53Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:00 |
| 21James WisniewskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:34 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:23 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Curtis McElhinneyG | W | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 60:00 |
| 31Anton ForsbergG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |