Toronto Maple Leafs vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, March 3, 2018 · Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
SN · NBC · CBC · TVAS
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. The Capitals outshot the Maple Leafs 34-29.
Goals came from Evgeny Kuznetsov, Zach Hyman, Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Nazem Kadri, John Carlson and Jakub Vrana.
Braden Holtby made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Frederik Andersen stopped 20 of 25.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (20)Nicklas Backstrom (32), John Carlson (40)0–103:50 WSH · PPG
Zach Hyman (13)Roman Polak (8)1–105:20 TOR
Alex Ovechkin (40)Tom Wilson (18), Nicklas Backstrom (33)1–206:19 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom (16)Evgeny Kuznetsov (43), John Carlson (41)1–316:20 WSH · PPG
2nd period
Nazem Kadri (24)Patrick Marleau (15), Travis Dermott (8)2–307:22 TOR
John Carlson (12)Chandler Stephenson (10), Jay Beagle (14)2–408:05 WSH
Jakub Vrana (11)Evgeny Kuznetsov (44), Dmitry Orlov (16)2–510:49 WSH
Team stats
TORWSH
29Shots on goal34
43%Faceoff %57%
0/2Power play2/2
4Penalty minutes4
26Hits22
11Blocked shots24
4Giveaways15
5Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 02:43
Travis Dermott · holding2 min - 1st 12:20
John Carlson · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 1st 15:28Dominic Moore · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 18:58Matt Niskanen · hooking2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 11Zach HymanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:03 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:17 |
| 43Nazem KadriC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:47 |
| 23Travis DermottD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:37 |
| 46Roman PolakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:26 |
| 16Mitch MarnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:37 |
| 19Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:27 |
| 20Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:15 |
| 24Kasperi KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:46 |
| 25James van RiemsdykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:06 |
| 28Connor BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:35 |
| 29William NylanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:41 |
| 42Tyler BozakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:12 |
| 47Leo KomarovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:10 |
| 2Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:32 |
| 22Nikita ZaitsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 23:03 |
| 44Morgan RiellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21:30 |
| 51Jake GardinerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Frederik AndersenG | L | 25 | 20 | 5 | .800 | 31:10 |
| 35Curtis McElhinneyG | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | 28:49 |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 18:29 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18:08 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 22:48 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:31 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:59 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:48 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:44 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 13:48 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:32 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:50 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:13 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:36 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:28 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:14 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:05 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:26 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:10 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 59:56 |