Columbus Blue Jackets vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Sunday, November 20, 2016 · Verizon Center

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3–2

Final

SOG 23–21

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Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Sunday, November 20, 2016 at Verizon Center. The Blue Jackets outshot the Capitals 23-21.

Goals came from Nicklas Backstrom, Nick Foligno, Alex Ovechkin, Brandon Dubinsky and Alexander Wennberg.

Sergei Bobrovsky made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 20 of 23.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CBJ	0	1	2	3	23
WSH	1	1	0	2	21

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Nicklas Backstrom (5)Unassisted0–103:11 WSH

2nd period

Nick Foligno (7)Alexander Wennberg (14), Zach Werenski (9)1–106:07 CBJ · PPG
Alex Ovechkin (9)Nicklas Backstrom (12), Matt Niskanen (9)1–210:31 WSH · PPG

3rd period

Brandon Dubinsky (2)Cam Atkinson (10), Brandon Saad (9)2–200:14 CBJ
Alexander Wennberg (3)Nick Foligno (11), Sam Gagner (4)3–219:06 CBJ · PPG

Team stats

CBJWSH

23Shots on goal21

52%Faceoff %48%

2/3Power play1/1

6Penalty minutes10

17Hits20

14Blocked shots16

8Giveaways12

5Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 16:59Scott Hartnell · roughing2 min
1st 16:59Brett Connolly · roughing2 min
2nd 05:54Brett Connolly · interference2 min
2nd 07:15Evgeny Kuznetsov · holding2 min
2nd 08:47Brandon Saad · interference2 min
2nd 12:21Nicklas Backstrom · roughing2 min
2nd 12:21Nick Foligno · roughing2 min
3rd 18:26Nicklas Backstrom · high sticking2 min

Season series

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

10Alexander WennbergC	1	1	2	-1	2	0	1	0	36	17:16
71Nick FolignoL	1	1	2	-1	2	1	0	2	50	18:07
13Cam AtkinsonR	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	18:04
17Brandon DubinskyC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	0	48	18:07
20Brandon SaadL	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	–	14:38
89Sam GagnerC	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	100	11:38
8Zach WerenskiD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0	–	24:08
11Matt CalvertL	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	–	15:22
25William KarlssonC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50	16:42
34Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	100	13:43
38Boone JennerC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	12:26
43Scott HartnellL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	12:59
45Lukas SedlakC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	67	07:40
7Jack JohnsonD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	23:52
27Ryan MurrayD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	23:41
54Scott HarringtonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	11:14
58David SavardD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	–	23:18
65Markus NutivaaraD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	11:22

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Curtis McElhinneyG		0	0	0	–	00:00
72Sergei BobrovskyG	W	21	19	2	.905	59:59

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

19Nicklas BackstromC	1	1	2	0	3	2	0	4	67	16:59
8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	0	5	2	1	0	–	17:44
2Matt NiskanenD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	23:13
10Brett ConnollyR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	10:56
14Justin WilliamsR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	50	15:37
26Daniel WinnikL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	100	10:37
28Paul CareyC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	12:08
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	14:35
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:55
82Zachary SanfordL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	50	10:49
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	41	15:10
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	17:05
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	38	19:21
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	–	19:10
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0	–	22:17
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	–	16:57
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	19:36
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	16:40

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	L	23	20	3	.870	59:18