Columbus Blue Jackets vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, December 2, 2017 · Capital One Arena
FS-O · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 on Saturday, December 2, 2017 at Capital One Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Capitals 35–23.
Goals came from Brett Connolly, Alex Chiasson, Artemi Panarin, Matt Calvert, Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Zach Werenski.
Braden Holtby made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 19 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brett Connolly (3)Lars Eller (9), Brooks Orpik (5)0–101:03 WSH
Alex Chiasson (4)Matt Niskanen (5), Devante Smith-Pelly (5)0–202:06 WSH
2nd period
Artemi Panarin (7)Pierre-Luc Dubois (6)1–203:51 CBJ
Matt Calvert (4)Brandon Dubinsky (9)2–216:28 CBJ · 
Alex Ovechkin (19)John Carlson (17), Nicklas Backstrom (17)2–319:22 WSH ·
3rd period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (9)John Carlson (18), T.J. Oshie (13)2–401:08 WSH
Zach Werenski (8)Pierre-Luc Dubois (7), Seth Jones (10)3–416:58 CBJ
Team stats
CBJWSH
3523
38%62%
0/01/2
40
2632
1814
524
84
Penalties
- 15:12 into the second period
Boone Jenner · holding2 min - 19:12 into the second periodBoone Jenner · holding2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 18Pierre-Luc DuboisL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:44 |
| 9Artemi PanarinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 20:47 |
| 11Matt CalvertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 13:40 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:05 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 24:29 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 24:15 |
| 10Alexander WennbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:01 |
| 13Cam AtkinsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:13 |
| 22Sonny MilanoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:20 |
| 28Oliver BjorkstrandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:50 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:30 |
| 45Lukas SedlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:35 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:28 |
| 77Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 7 | 20:58 |
| 4Scott HarringtonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:53 |
| 7Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:51 |
| 53Gabriel CarlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:22 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 21:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70Joonas KorpisaloG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 72Sergei BobrovskyG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |
Washington Capitals
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 24:42 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 17:27 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:22 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 18:46 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:57 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:05 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:01 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:55 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 24:55 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 22:40 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:09 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:44 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:10 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:35 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:15 |
| 22Madison BoweyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:21 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 35 | 3 | .914 |