Washington Capitals vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Tuesday, January 19, 2016 · Nationwide Arena
CSN-DC · FS-O
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-3 on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Capitals 35-28.
Nicklas Backstrom scored twice. Kerby Rychel, Jason Chimera, Alex Ovechkin, Boone Jenner, Andre Burakovsky, Ryan Murray and Marcus Johansson also scored.
Braden Holtby made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 22 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Kerby Rychel (1)William Karlsson (4), Rene Bourque (3)0–109:30 CBJ
Nicklas Backstrom (14)T.J. Oshie (13), Alex Ovechkin (14)1–112:15 WSH
Jason Chimera (13)Marcus Johansson (17)2–115:52 WSH
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (28)Evgeny Kuznetsov (30), Matt Niskanen (18)3–103:16 WSH · PPG- Nicklas Backstrom (15)Evgeny Kuznetsov (31), Matt Niskanen (19)4–104:47 WSH · PPG
Boone Jenner (16)Alexander Wennberg (12), Seth Jones (13)4–209:35 CBJ · PPG
Andre Burakovsky (5)Evgeny Kuznetsov (32), Justin Williams (16)5–210:25 WSH
3rd period
Ryan Murray (4)Kerby Rychel (6), Seth Jones (14)5–305:07 CBJ
Marcus Johansson (13)Evgeny Kuznetsov (33), Justin Williams (17)6–319:27 WSH · EN
Team stats
WSHCBJ
28Shots on goal35
46%Faceoff %54%
2/2Power play1/3
13Penalty minutes11
17Hits27
22Blocked shots17
1Giveaways8
4Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 03:02
Nicklas Backstrom · interference2 min - 2nd 03:03
Justin Falk · high sticking double minor4 min - 2nd 09:15Ryan Stanton · holding2 min
- 2nd 11:27Marcus Johansson · holding2 min
- 2nd 11:27Justin Falk · holding2 min
- 2nd 11:27Justin Falk · fighting5 min
- 2nd 11:27Michael Latta · fighting5 min
- 2nd 11:27Michael Latta · roughing2 min
- 3rd 10:40Cody Goloubef · ps tripping on breakaway0 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 0 | 19:45 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16:37 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15:58 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 12:31 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 28:31 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:14 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:36 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:03 |
| 10Mike RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:23 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:09 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:58 |
| 46Michael LattaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:43 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:34 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 22:07 |
| 20Ryan StantonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:41 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 26:24 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 60:00 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 21Kerby RychelL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 13:44 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 23:21 |
| 18Rene BourqueR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:59 |
| 25William KarlssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 20:01 |
| 41Alexander WennbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:17 |
| 27Ryan MurrayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 24:25 |
| 9Gregory CampbellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 08:49 |
| 13Cam AtkinsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:53 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:13 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:30 |
| 33Markus HannikainenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 07:16 |
| 34Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 40Jared BollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:33 |
| 7Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 24:18 |
| 29Cody GoloubefD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 23:21 |
| 44Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:40 |
| 47Dalton ProutD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70Joonas KorpisaloG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 72Sergei BobrovskyG | L | 27 | 22 | 5 | .815 | 57:40 |