Colorado Avalanche vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, November 21, 2015 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Colorado Avalanche 7-3 on Saturday, November 21, 2015 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Avalanche 32-27.
Goals came from Justin Williams, Alex Ovechkin, John Carlson, Nate Schmidt, Cody McLeod, Nathan MacKinnon, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov, Andreas Martinsen and Karl Alzner.
Braden Holtby made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Reto Berra stopped 7 of 11.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Justin Williams (5)Jason Chimera (3), Evgeny Kuznetsov (13)0–103:05 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (10)Nicklas Backstrom (9), Taylor Chorney (2)0–207:15 WSH
John Carlson (4)Evgeny Kuznetsov (14), Marcus Johansson (6)0–310:00 WSH
Nate Schmidt (1)Unassisted0–419:17 WSH
2nd period
Cody McLeod (4)Blake Comeau (5), Carl Soderberg (8)1–405:31 COL
Nathan MacKinnon (9)Gabriel Landeskog (9), Matt Duchene (8)2–418:01 COL · PPG
3rd period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (7)Jason Chimera (4), Matt Niskanen (8)2–506:34 WSH · PPG
Dmitry Orlov (1)Jason Chimera (5), Jay Beagle (4)2–610:07 WSH
Andreas Martinsen (1)Zach Redmond (1), Mikhail Grigorenko (7)3–611:52 COL
Karl Alzner (2)T.J. Oshie (6), Alex Ovechkin (9)3–716:16 WSH
Team stats
COLWSH
27Shots on goal32
35%Faceoff %65%
1/1Power play1/4
25Penalty minutes19
21Hits19
16Blocked shots7
8Giveaways7
7Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 01:05
Cody McLeod · interference2 min - 1st 18:14Jarome Iginla · roughing2 min
- 1st 18:14
Tom Wilson · roughing2 min - 2nd 06:08Jarome Iginla · holding2 min
- 2nd 11:47Michael Latta · fighting5 min
- 2nd 11:47Chris Wagner · fighting5 min
- 2nd 11:47Chris Wagner · roughing2 min
- 2nd 16:38Evgeny Kuznetsov · closing hand on puck2 min
- 3rd 05:05Nathan MacKinnon · tripping2 min
- 3rd 18:49Tom Wilson · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 18:49Cody McLeod · misconduct10 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 9Matt DucheneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:39 |
| 14Blake ComeauL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:22 |
| 25Mikhail GrigorenkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 15:17 |
| 27Andreas MartinsenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 11:15 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 19:21 |
| 34Carl SoderbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:31 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 16:43 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 21:30 |
| 22Zach RedmondD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:59 |
| 8Jack SkilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 05:50 |
| 12Jarome IginlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:03 |
| 45Dennis EverbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:33 |
| 62Chris WagnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:50 |
| 2Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 21:04 |
| 4Tyson BarrieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 23:49 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 6 | 22:11 |
| 32Francois BeaucheminD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 24:16 |
| 46Brandon GormleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Reto BerraG | L | 11 | 7 | 4 | .636 | 20:00 |
| 31Calvin PickardG | 21 | 18 | 3 | .857 | 40:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 13:06 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 17:46 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 20:34 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:29 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:32 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:58 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:26 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 17:50 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 23:38 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:04 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 12:52 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:16 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:18 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:37 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:43 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:22 |
| 46Michael LattaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:58 |
| 49Stanislav GalievR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 60:00 |