Washington Capitals vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Thursday, November 16, 2017 · Pepsi Center

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2–6

Final

SOG 30–28

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Washington Capitals 6-2 on Thursday, November 16, 2017 at Pepsi Center. The Capitals outshot the Avalanche 30-28.

Gabriel Landeskog scored a hat trick. Nathan MacKinnon, Colin Wilson, Brett Connolly, Mikko Rantanen and Evgeny Kuznetsov also scored.

Semyon Varlamov made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Philipp Grubauer stopped 22 of 28.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	1	2	30
COL	2	1	3	6	28

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Gabriel Landeskog (6)Nathan MacKinnon (11)0–100:17 COL
Nathan MacKinnon (6)Samuel Girard (4), Mikko Rantanen (9)0–219:53 COL

2nd period

Colin Wilson (1)Nathan MacKinnon (12), Mikko Rantanen (10)0–312:25 COL
Brett Connolly (2)Tom Wilson (4)1–318:36 WSH

3rd period

Gabriel Landeskog (7)Unassisted1–404:59 COL
Mikko Rantanen (6)Carl Soderberg (5), Nathan MacKinnon (13)1–509:01 COL · PPG
Evgeny Kuznetsov (4)T.J. Oshie (6), John Carlson (14)2–513:11 WSH · PPG
Gabriel Landeskog (8)Nathan MacKinnon (14), Mikko Rantanen (11)2–619:34 COL · PPG

Team stats

WSHCOL

30Shots on goal28

64%Faceoff %36%

1/5Power play2/6

20Penalty minutes18

26Hits16

18Blocked shots19

4Giveaways7

8Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 17:12Blake Comeau · boarding2 min
2nd 00:32John Carlson · tripping2 min
2nd 06:25Nikita Zadorov · roughing2 min
2nd 06:25Brooks Orpik · roughing2 min
2nd 06:25Erik Johnson · roughing2 min
2nd 06:25T.J. Oshie · roughing2 min
2nd 06:50Evgeny Kuznetsov · holding2 min
2nd 09:31Nikita Zadorov · cross checking2 min
2nd 12:39Devante Smith-Pelly · hooking2 min
2nd 15:42Blake Comeau · holding2 min
3rd 02:43Nathan Walker · roughing2 min
3rd 02:43Alex Chiasson · roughing2 min
3rd 02:43Nikita Zadorov · roughing2 min
3rd 02:43Nikita Zadorov · boarding2 min
3rd 02:43Nail Yakupov · roughing2 min
3rd 04:59Dmitry Orlov · ps slash on breakaway0 min
3rd 08:36Alex Chiasson · slashing2 min
3rd 12:38Nail Yakupov · roughing2 min
3rd 16:11Madison Bowey · slashing2 min
3rd 18:53Brooks Orpik · slashing2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

10Brett ConnollyR	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	–	10:40
43Tom WilsonR	0	1	1	-1	2	2	2	0	–	13:29
77T.J. OshieR	0	1	1	0	2	6	1	2	75	21:01
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	2	87	17:30
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	-1	1	0	5	2	–	24:53
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	-1	4	2	0	0	–	16:49
18Chandler StephensonC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	100	16:09
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	63	18:24
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	-1	3	2	1	0	53	17:10
25Devante Smith-PellyR	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	2	–	12:02
39Alex ChiassonR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	12:42
79Nathan WalkerL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	–	08:43
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	12:42
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	–	17:56
4Taylor ChorneyD	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	–	15:49
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	20:45
22Madison BoweyD	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	–	16:41
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	-2	1	4	3	4	–	17:44

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG	L	28	22	6	.786	59:51
70Braden HoltbyG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

29Nathan MacKinnonC	1	4	5	+3	5	0	0	0	32	20:24
96Mikko RantanenR	1	3	4	+3	5	0	0	0	33	17:53
92Gabriel LandeskogL	3	0	3	+2	7	0	0	0	–	20:23
22Colin WilsonC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	2	0	100	16:09
34Carl SoderbergC	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	50	20:17
49Samuel GirardD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	–	21:32
10Sven AndrighettoR	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	11:55
13Alexander KerfootC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	40	12:46
14Blake ComeauL	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	17	14:56
37J.T. CompherL	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	33	16:29
64Nail YakupovR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	10:23
83Matt NietoL	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	14:24
91Vladislav KamenevC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	33	04:06
3Chris BigrasD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	13:58
6Erik JohnsonD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	1	2	–	26:40
16Nikita ZadorovD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	8	–	17:24
44Mark BarberioD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	17:11
94Andrei MironovD	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	–	14:21

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Semyon VarlamovG	W	30	28	2	.933	60:00
45Jonathan BernierG		0	0	0	–	00:00