Colorado Avalanche vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, December 12, 2017 · Capital One Arena
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Avalanche 27-24.
Goals came from Jakub Vrana, Colin Wilson, John Carlson, Brett Connolly, Matt Niskanen, Tyson Jost and Devante Smith-Pelly.
Braden Holtby made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Semyon Varlamov stopped 22 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jakub Vrana (9)Evgeny Kuznetsov (22), Madison Bowey (6)0–105:25 WSH
2nd period
Colin Wilson (3)Matt Nieto (5), Mark Barberio (5)1–104:13 COL
John Carlson (3)Unassisted1–217:42 WSH
3rd period
Brett Connolly (6)Madison Bowey (7), Evgeny Kuznetsov (23)1–305:15 WSH
Matt Niskanen (2)Evgeny Kuznetsov (24), Andre Burakovsky (4)1–416:19 WSH
Tyson Jost (2)Mikko Rantanen (16), Carl Soderberg (9)2–418:57 COL
Devante Smith-Pelly (5)Chandler Stephenson (7), Jay Beagle (7)2–519:15 WSH · EN
Team stats
COLWSH
24Shots on goal27
47%Faceoff %53%
0/4Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes8
20Hits24
13Blocked shots22
6Giveaways16
9Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 20:00
John Carlson · tripping2 min - 2nd 08:39John Carlson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 18:52Evgeny Kuznetsov · slashing2 min
- 3rd 15:06Chandler Stephenson · boarding2 min
- 3rd 15:31
Nathan MacKinnon · holding2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 17Tyson JostC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:22 |
| 22Colin WilsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:19 |
| 34Carl SoderbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:37 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:50 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 20:45 |
| 44Mark BarberioD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:42 |
| 10Sven AndrighettoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 17:12 |
| 14Blake ComeauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:16 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 21:00 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:29 |
| 57Gabriel BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:40 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 20:11 |
| 4Tyson BarrieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 21:32 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 23:15 |
| 12Patrik NemethD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:05 |
| 16Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:45 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:30 |
| 54Anton LindholmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | L | 26 | 22 | 4 | .846 | 59:48 |
| 45Jonathan BernierG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 14:10 |
| 22Madison BoweyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:36 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:39 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:00 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:27 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:24 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:42 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:26 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 25:05 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 21:10 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 15:18 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:51 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:15 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:18 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:42 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:39 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:25 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 59:37 |