Washington Capitals vs Ottawa Senators
Regular season · Tuesday, March 22, 2016 · Canadian Tire Centre
TSN5 · RDS2 · CSN-DC
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Ottawa Senators 4-2 on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at Canadian Tire Centre. The Senators outshot the Capitals 30-22.
Goals came from Mike Richards, Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Chris Wideman, Mika Zibanejad and T.J. Oshie.
Braden Holtby made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Craig Anderson stopped 18 of 21.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mike Richards (2)Tom Wilson (15)1–002:32 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (43)Marcus Johansson (24), Nicklas Backstrom (46)2–012:22 WSH · PPG
Nicklas Backstrom (19)Jay Beagle (8), Jason Chimera (18)3–014:37 WSH
2nd period
Chris Wideman (6)Mike Hoffman (26), Michael Kostka (1)3–112:33 OTT
3rd period
Mika Zibanejad (18)Erik Karlsson (61), Mike Hoffman (27)3–218:27 OTT
T.J. Oshie (23)Karl Alzner (17), Daniel Winnik (11)4–219:47 WSH · EN
Team stats
WSHOTT
22Shots on goal30
49%Faceoff %51%
1/2Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes4
36Hits28
18Blocked shots11
9Giveaways15
9Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 11:22
Jean-Gabriel Pageau · holding2 min - 1st 16:04
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 1st 17:01Daniel Winnik · hooking2 min
- 2nd 15:34Nicklas Backstrom · hooking2 min
- 3rd 02:54Ryan Dzingel · hooking2 min
- 3rd 08:06Dmitry Orlov · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:31 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 17:45 |
| 10Mike RichardsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:35 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:45 |
| 26Daniel WinnikC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 11:55 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:17 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 13:04 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:08 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:34 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:55 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:11 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:09 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:17 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24:22 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:01 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:14 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:57 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 22:20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 60:00 |
Ottawa Senators
| 68Mike HoffmanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 18:13 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:35 |
| 21Michael KostkaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:50 |
| 45Chris WidemanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:08 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 31:54 |
| 6Bobby RyanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:07 |
| 13Nick PaulL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:12 |
| 15Zack SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:46 |
| 23Scott GomezC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:28 |
| 26Matt PuempelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:00 |
| 27Curtis LazarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:17 |
| 43Ryan DzingelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:05 |
| 44Jean-Gabriel PageauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:48 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:52 |
| 90Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:22 |
| 2Dion PhaneufD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:28 |
| 3Marc MethotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:43 |
| 5Cody CeciD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:32 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Andrew HammondG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Craig AndersonG | L | 21 | 18 | 3 | .857 | 58:40 |