Washington Capitals vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Tuesday, October 20, 2015 · Scotiabank Saddledome
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Calgary Flames 6-2 on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at Scotiabank Saddledome. The Capitals outshot the Flames 30-19.
Nicklas Backstrom scored twice. Sean Monahan, Andre Burakovsky, Alex Ovechkin, T.J. Oshie, Mark Giordano and Jason Chimera also scored.
Braden Holtby made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Karri Ramo stopped 14 of 18.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Sean Monahan (2)Johnny Gaudreau (5)0–109:00 CGY
Andre Burakovsky (1)Evgeny Kuznetsov (3)1–116:02 WSH
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (4)Brooks Orpik (1), Evgeny Kuznetsov (4)2–100:30 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom (2)Justin Williams (3), John Carlson (4)3–110:56 WSH
T.J. Oshie (3)Evgeny Kuznetsov (5), Alex Ovechkin (2)4–111:37 WSH
3rd period
Mark Giordano (1)Michael Frolik (4), Johnny Gaudreau (6)4–203:09 CGY
Jason Chimera (2)Jay Beagle (1), Tom Wilson (2)5–206:53 WSH- Nicklas Backstrom (3)Justin Williams (4), Matt Niskanen (2)6–216:14 WSH
Team stats
WSHCGY
30Shots on goal19
53%Faceoff %47%
0/3Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes6
16Hits15
15Blocked shots14
5Giveaways11
8Takeaways12
Penalties
- 1st 10:48
Dmitry Orlov · high sticking2 min - 1st 13:24Taylor Chorney · holding2 min
- 2nd 02:57
Brandon Bollig · kneeing2 min - 2nd 14:37Dougie Hamilton · holding2 min
- 3rd 19:35Deryk Engelland · charging2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 16:36 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 17:35 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 19:06 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 18:07 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 13:22 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:44 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:19 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:57 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:12 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 23:02 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:36 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:14 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:34 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:24 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 16:50 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:36 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 15:28 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:24 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 19 | 17 | 2 | .895 | 59:54 |
Calgary Flames
| 13Johnny GaudreauL | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 17:51 |
| 23Sean MonahanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 16:35 |
| 67Michael FrolikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:53 |
| 5Mark GiordanoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 23:12 |
| 8Joe ColborneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 16:01 |
| 11Mikael BacklundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:01 |
| 16Josh JoorisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:03 |
| 18Matt StajanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:42 |
| 19David JonesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 15:51 |
| 24Jiri HudlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:54 |
| 52Brandon BolligL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:39 |
| 79Micheal FerlandL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:04 |
| 93Sam BennettC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:53 |
| 4Kris RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 24:46 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:54 |
| 27Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 19:44 |
| 29Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:30 |
| 61Brett KulakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jonas HillerG | 12 | 10 | 2 | .833 | 28:23 | |
| 31Karri RamoG | L | 18 | 14 | 4 | .778 | 31:37 |