Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Wednesday, December 6, 2017 · Capital One Arena

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2–6

Final

SOG 39–25

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NBCSN

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-2 on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at Capital One Arena. The Blackhawks outshot the Capitals 39-25.

Tom Wilson scored twice. Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin, Lance Bouma, Brett Connolly, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Jonathan Toews also scored.

Braden Holtby made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Anton Forsberg stopped 7 of 10.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CHI	1	0	1	2	39
WSH	3	1	2	6	25

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Nicklas Backstrom (4)Alex Ovechkin (9), Tom Wilson (8)0–111:54 WSH
Tom Wilson (3)Christian Djoos (2), Nicklas Backstrom (18)0–214:53 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (21)Tom Wilson (9), Dmitry Orlov (7)0–315:22 WSH
Lance Bouma (3)Connor Murphy (4), Alex DeBrincat (9)1–317:54 CHI

2nd period

Brett Connolly (5)Alex Ovechkin (10), Nicklas Backstrom (19)1–418:32 WSH · PPG

3rd period

Evgeny Kuznetsov (10)Alex Ovechkin (11), John Carlson (20)1–510:23 WSH
Jonathan Toews (8)Unassisted2–516:18 CHI
Tom Wilson (4)Matt Niskanen (6)2–617:40 WSH · SHG · EN

Team stats

CHIWSH

39Shots on goal25

55%Faceoff %45%

0/4Power play1/3

8Penalty minutes12

17Hits15

10Blocked shots20

5Giveaways22

7Takeaways13

Penalties

2nd 05:10Matt Niskanen · hooking2 min
2nd 10:48Tom Wilson · boarding2 min
2nd 17:19Lance Bouma · interference2 min
2nd 18:40Ryan Hartman · high sticking2 min
2nd 18:40Ryan Hartman · high sticking2 min
2nd 19:00Alex Ovechkin · interference2 min
3rd 12:56Brooks Orpik · hooking2 min
3rd 15:18Ryan Hartman · tripping2 min
3rd 15:18Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
3rd 17:16Madison Bowey · slashing2 min

Season series

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks skaters

12Alex DeBrincatR	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	–	16:56
17Lance BoumaL	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	2	–	13:06
19Jonathan ToewsC	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	68	19:05
5Connor MurphyD	0	1	1	+2	4	3	0	0	–	18:04
8Nick SchmaltzC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	43	18:40
10Patrick SharpL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	10:53
14Richard PanikR	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	–	12:11
15Artem AnisimovC	0	0	0	-3	1	1	0	0	53	16:33
20Brandon SaadL	0	0	0	-3	6	0	0	0	33	15:30
38Ryan HartmanR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	6	100	10:22
40John HaydenC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	12:45
57Tommy WingelsC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	50	10:29
88Patrick KaneR	0	0	0	-3	2	0	1	0	–	20:22
2Duncan KeithD	0	0	0	-4	7	0	2	0	–	23:01
7Brent SeabrookD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	–	16:56
11Cody FransonD	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	–	19:12
42Gustav ForslingD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	21:01
44Jan RuttaD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	–	18:05

Chicago Blackhawks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Anton ForsbergG	L	10	7	3	.700	15:22
34J-F BerubeG		14	12	2	.857	44:14

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	3	4	+3	6	0	0	2	–	16:55
43Tom WilsonR	2	2	4	+3	3	2	2	4	–	16:53
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	2	3	+2	2	0	0	0	56	17:56
10Brett ConnollyR	1	0	1	-1	2	2	0	0	–	12:11
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	42	17:18
2Matt NiskanenD	0	1	1	+4	2	1	3	2	–	21:18
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	0	–	21:34
29Christian DjoosD	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	–	12:11
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	-1	2	0	4	0	–	25:47
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	14:11
18Chandler StephensonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100	12:20
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	14:38
25Devante Smith-PellyR	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	–	11:03
39Alex ChiassonR	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	50	16:11
72Travis BoydC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	09:16
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	38	11:38
22Madison BoweyD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–	14:21
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	2	–	22:19

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	39	37	2	.949	60:00