Washington Capitals vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, November 25, 2017 · Air Canada Centre
NHLN-US · CBC · NBCSWA+
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Saturday, November 25, 2017 at Air Canada Centre. The Maple Leafs outshot the Capitals 29-21.
Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick. Jakub Vrana, Jake Gardiner and Nikita Zaitsev also scored.
Braden Holtby made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Curtis McElhinney stopped 17 of 20.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (16)Nicklas Backstrom (15)1–012:43 WSH- Alex Ovechkin (17)T.J. Oshie (10)2–019:13 WSH · PPG
2nd period
Jakub Vrana (7)T.J. Oshie (11), Matt Niskanen (4)3–011:02 WSH
3rd period
Jake Gardiner (2)Auston Matthews (11), Zach Hyman (8)3–101:24 TOR
Nikita Zaitsev (3)William Nylander (12), Dominic Moore (4)3–206:09 TOR- Alex Ovechkin (18)T.J. Oshie (12), Nicklas Backstrom (16)4–219:51 WSH · EN
Team stats
WSHTOR
21Shots on goal29
42%Faceoff %58%
1/3Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes6
37Hits26
12Blocked shots12
13Giveaways15
4Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 07:03
Devante Smith-Pelly · hooking2 min - 1st 19:05
Ron Hainsey · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 2nd 03:55Patrick Marleau · interference2 min
- 2nd 11:34Matt Martin · cross checking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 18:44 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 17:26 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:59 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 24:14 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:24 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:52 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:33 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:29 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:36 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:45 |
| 91Tyler GraovacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:24 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:41 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:59 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 26:25 |
| 22Madison BoweyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:33 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:57 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 60:00 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 11Zach HymanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:28 |
| 20Dominic MooreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:34 |
| 29William NylanderC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 14:23 |
| 34Auston MatthewsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:28 |
| 22Nikita ZaitsevD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:49 |
| 51Jake GardinerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:14 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:11 |
| 15Matt MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:56 |
| 16Mitch MarnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:49 |
| 25James van RiemsdykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:01 |
| 28Connor BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:39 |
| 42Tyler BozakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:53 |
| 43Nazem KadriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:57 |
| 47Leo KomarovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:29 |
| 2Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 20:36 |
| 44Morgan RiellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:56 |
| 46Roman PolakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:46 |
| 55Andreas BorgmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Frederik AndersenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Curtis McElhinneyG | L | 20 | 17 | 3 | .850 | 58:03 |