Washington Capitals vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Tuesday, February 6, 2018 · Nationwide Arena

WashingtonCapitalsAway

3–2

Final

SOG 25–39

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Capitals 39-25.

Goals came from David Savard, John Carlson, Tom Wilson, Brandon Dubinsky and Nicklas Backstrom.

Braden Holtby made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 22 of 25.

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

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

David Savard (4)Alexander Wennberg (15)0–101:58 CBJ
John Carlson (8)Nicklas Backstrom (29), Evgeny Kuznetsov (36)1–104:54 WSH · PPG

2nd period

Tom Wilson (7)Alex Ovechkin (25), Christian Djoos (10)2–105:00 WSH

3rd period

Brandon Dubinsky (4)Markus Nutivaara (14), Matt Calvert (10)2–213:55 CBJ
Nicklas Backstrom (12)T.J. Oshie (19), Alex Ovechkin (26)3–219:17 WSH

Team stats

WSHCBJ

25Shots on goal39

52%Faceoff %48%

1/1Power play0/3

11Penalty minutes7

13Hits33

14Blocked shots13

3Giveaways1

3Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 03:38Markus Nutivaara · holding2 min
1st 12:23Josh Anderson · fighting5 min
1st 12:23Tom Wilson · fighting5 min
1st 19:57Nicklas Backstrom · holding the stick2 min
3rd 11:23Tom Wilson · slashing2 min
3rd 16:49Jakub Vrana · high sticking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	0	2	2	+2	8	2	1	0	–	18:49
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	1	2	+2	1	0	0	2	58	21:12
43Tom WilsonR	1	0	1	+1	3	5	1	7	–	18:43
77T.J. OshieR	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	16:53
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	55	15:25
29Christian DjoosD	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	–	13:03
74John CarlsonD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	2	0	–	20:55
10Brett ConnollyR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	10:27
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	–	13:02
18Chandler StephensonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	16:03
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	40	12:20
25Devante Smith-PellyR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	12:01
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	06:34
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	54	14:09
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	23:17
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	22:20
22Madison BoweyD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	16:13
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	22:56

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	39	37	2	.949	59:38

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

10Alexander WennbergC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	42	18:59
11Matt CalvertL	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	09:33
17Brandon DubinskyC	1	0	1	-1	2	5	2	0	57	17:49
58David SavardD	1	0	1	-1	3	3	0	0	–	16:19
65Markus NutivaaraD	0	1	1	+1	2	3	1	2	–	15:46
9Artemi PanarinC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	22:44
13Cam AtkinsonR	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	100	21:06
18Pierre-Luc DuboisL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	33	16:11
28Oliver BjorkstrandR	0	0	0	+1	6	1	1	0	–	13:20
36Jussi JokinenL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	08:44
38Boone JennerC	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0	33	16:20
45Lukas SedlakC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	67	06:44
71Nick FolignoL	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0	0	100	16:08
77Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0	5	–	17:27
3Seth JonesD	0	0	0	0	6	4	3	0	–	27:31
7Jack JohnsonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	16:16
8Zach WerenskiD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	2	0	–	24:22
46Dean KukanD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	13:58

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70Joonas KorpisaloG		0	0	0	–	00:00
72Sergei BobrovskyG	L	25	22	3	.880	59:27