Calgary Flames vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, March 21, 2017 · Verizon Center
SNW · CSN-DC
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Calgary Flames 4-2 on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Flames 40-31.
Goals came from Evgeny Kuznetsov, Sean Monahan, T.J. Oshie, Nicklas Backstrom, Troy Brouwer and Alex Ovechkin.
Braden Holtby made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Brian Elliott stopped 36 of 40.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (17)Andre Burakovsky (20)0–106:47 WSH
Sean Monahan (24)Johnny Gaudreau (37), Alex Chiasson (11)1–110:06 CGY
2nd period
T.J. Oshie (30)Alex Ovechkin (32), Nicklas Backstrom (55)1–215:51 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom (22)Kevin Shattenkirk (36), T.J. Oshie (21)1–319:57 WSH · PPG
3rd period
Troy Brouwer (11)Deryk Engelland (11), Kris Versteeg (16)2–315:04 CGY
Alex Ovechkin (29)Kevin Shattenkirk (37), Nicklas Backstrom (56)2–417:09 WSH · PPG
Team stats
CGYWSH
31Shots on goal40
52%Faceoff %48%
0/1Power play2/3
8Penalty minutes4
17Hits17
10Blocked shots10
9Giveaways13
6Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 04:40
Troy Brouwer · slashing2 min - 1st 04:40
Evgeny Kuznetsov · roughing2 min - 1st 14:32Justin Williams · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 11:02Michael Stone · hooking2 min
- 2nd 19:40Dougie Hamilton · tripping2 min
- 3rd 15:36Mark Giordano · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 10Kris VersteegR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:56 |
| 13Johnny GaudreauL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:09 |
| 23Sean MonahanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:18 |
| 36Troy BrouwerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:25 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:32 |
| 29Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:47 |
| 11Mikael BacklundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:01 |
| 17Lance BoumaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:07 |
| 18Matt StajanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:11 |
| 20Curtis LazarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:27 |
| 25Freddie HamiltonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:05 |
| 67Michael FrolikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19:22 |
| 93Sam BennettC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:45 |
| 5Mark GiordanoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:37 |
| 7TJ BrodieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 24:12 |
| 26Michael StoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:39 |
| 27Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:56 |
| 44Matt BartkowskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian ElliottG | L | 40 | 36 | 4 | .900 | 58:20 |
| 31Chad JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 18:59 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 11 | 18:10 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:29 |
| 22Kevin ShattenkirkD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20:02 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:37 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:40 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:13 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:53 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:46 |
| 26Daniel WinnikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:31 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 13:12 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:58 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:40 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:27 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:46 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:38 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 22:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 31 | 29 | 2 | .935 | 60:00 |