Washington Capitals vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Tuesday, March 3, 2015 · Nationwide Arena
SN · CSN-DC · FS-O
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-3 on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at Nationwide Arena. The Capitals outshot the Blue Jackets 33-30.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice and Scott Hartnell scored twice. Eric Fehr, David Savard, Tom Wilson and Marcus Johansson also scored.
Braden Holtby made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (42)Brooks Orpik (16), Nicklas Backstrom (48)1–003:37 WSH
Eric Fehr (18)Tim Gleason (7), Jason Chimera (10)2–016:20 WSH
2nd period
David Savard (10)Scott Hartnell (27), Fedor Tyutin (10)2–101:51 CBJ
Tom Wilson (4)Jason Chimera (11), Jay Beagle (9)3–102:39 WSH
Scott Hartnell (15)Jack Johnson (24), Alexander Wennberg (8)3–215:03 CBJ
3rd period
- Alex Ovechkin (43)Nicklas Backstrom (49), John Carlson (35)4–203:17 WSH · PPG
- Scott Hartnell (16)Nick Foligno (33), Ryan Johansen (34)4–309:07 CBJ · PPG
Marcus Johansson (16)Joel Ward (12)5–319:51 WSH · EN
Team stats
WSHCBJ
33Shots on goal30
53%Faceoff %47%
1/2Power play1/2
40Penalty minutes40
16Hits25
14Blocked shots8
2Giveaways4
2Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 04:10
David Clarkson · tripping2 min - 1st 18:45Justin Falk · fighting5 min
- 1st 18:45
Michael Latta · fighting5 min - 2nd 05:22Troy Brouwer · fighting5 min
- 2nd 05:22Cody Goloubef · fighting5 min
- 2nd 05:35Tom Wilson · instigator2 min
- 2nd 05:35Jared Boll · fighting5 min
- 2nd 05:35Jared Boll · charging2 min
- 2nd 05:35Tom Wilson · fighting5 min
- 2nd 05:35Tom Wilson · instigator misconduct10 min
- 2nd 08:47Mike Green · ps tripping on breakaway0 min
- 2nd 16:19Jason Chimera · roughing2 min
- 2nd 16:19Dalton Prout · roughing2 min
- 2nd 16:19David Clarkson · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 01:14Jason Chimera · fighting5 min
- 3rd 01:14Dalton Prout · fighting5 min
- 3rd 01:58Scott Hartnell · roughing2 min
- 3rd 01:58Eric Fehr · roughing2 min
- 3rd 01:58Scott Hartnell · roughing2 min
- 3rd 08:17Troy Brouwer · slashing2 min
- 3rd 17:44Marcus Johansson · delaying game2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 8 | 20:58 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 21:12 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:27 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:26 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:02 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:19 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:00 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:07 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:14 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 23:25 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:51 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:39 |
| 22Curtis GlencrossL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 12:10 |
| 46Michael LattaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:38 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:20 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:35 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:34 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Justin PetersG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 60:00 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 43Scott HartnellL | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16:10 |
| 19Ryan JohansenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 21:10 |
| 41Alexander WennbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:51 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 21:45 |
| 7Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 25:44 |
| 51Fedor TyutinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:12 |
| 58David SavardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:46 |
| 13Cam AtkinsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:15 |
| 18David ClarksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:32 |
| 23Brian GibbonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:47 |
| 26Corey TroppR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:50 |
| 40Jared BollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:42 |
| 42Artem AnisimovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:40 |
| 55Mark LetestuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:29 |
| 56Marko DanoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17:49 |
| 29Cody GoloubefD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:42 |
| 44Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:12 |
| 47Dalton ProutD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Curtis McElhinneyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 72Sergei BobrovskyG | L | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 58:43 |