Toronto Maple Leafs vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, March 2, 2016 · Verizon Center
SN · CSN-DC
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at Verizon Center. The Maple Leafs outshot the Capitals 29-23.
Goals came from Taylor Chorney, Alex Ovechkin, Nikita Soshnikov, Colin Greening and Matt Niskanen.
Philipp Grubauer made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Jonathan Bernier stopped 20 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Taylor Chorney (1)T.J. Oshie (19), Evgeny Kuznetsov (46)0–118:15 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (41)Nicklas Backstrom (42), T.J. Oshie (20)0–218:43 WSH
2nd period
Nikita Soshnikov (1)Nazem Kadri (23), Matt Hunwick (8)1–201:37 TOR
3rd period
Colin Greening (2)Peter Holland (17), Connor Carrick (1)2–208:16 TOR
Matt Niskanen (5)Nicklas Backstrom (43), T.J. Oshie (21)2–309:31 WSH · PPG
Team stats
TORWSH
29Shots on goal23
38%Faceoff %62%
0/4Power play1/4
10Penalty minutes10
26Hits26
14Blocked shots21
4Giveaways12
9Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 03:18
Brooks Orpik · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 1st 12:12Jay Beagle · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 1st 15:09T.J. Oshie · cross checking2 min
- 1st 18:57
Frank Corrado · tripping2 min - 2nd 01:44Jason Chimera · hooking2 min
- 2nd 03:45Matt Niskanen · roughing2 min
- 2nd 03:45Nikita Soshnikov · interference2 min
- 2nd 03:45Nikita Soshnikov · roughing2 min
- 2nd 20:00Nazem Kadri · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 09:20Nikita Soshnikov · boarding2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 24Peter HollandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:36 |
| 38Colin GreeningC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:29 |
| 41Nikita SoshnikovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:02 |
| 43Nazem KadriC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 18:41 |
| 2Matt HunwickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:43 |
| 8Connor CarrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:18 |
| 11Zach HymanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:04 |
| 23Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:17 |
| 26Ben SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 12:41 |
| 28Brad BoyesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:15 |
| 37Kasperi KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:07 |
| 39William NylanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 40Michael GrabnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:37 |
| 47Leo KomarovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:42 |
| 20Frank CorradoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:21 |
| 44Morgan RiellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:06 |
| 51Jake GardinerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 22:12 |
| 52Martin MarincinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Garret SparksG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 45Jonathan BernierG | L | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 57:53 |
Washington Capitals
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 17:39 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:17 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:40 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:44 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:34 |
| 10Mike RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:11 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:06 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:11 |
| 26Daniel WinnikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:09 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:22 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:07 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:52 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:55 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:59 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:17 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:34 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 60:00 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |