Winnipeg Jets vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Monday, March 12, 2018 · Capital One Arena
TVAS · TSN3 · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Winnipeg Jets 3–2 in overtime on Monday, March 12, 2018 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Jets 43–28.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Nikolaj Ehlers, Patrik Laine and Evgeny Kuznetsov also scored.
Philipp Grubauer made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Connor Hellebuyck stopped 40 of 43.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (41)John Carlson (43), Nicklas Backstrom (34)0–104:35 WSH · 
Nikolaj Ehlers (27)Unassisted1–105:33 WPG
2nd period
- Alex Ovechkin (42)Tom Wilson (19), Evgeny Kuznetsov (45)1–203:53 WSH
3rd period
Patrik Laine (41)Paul Stastny (34), Dustin Byfuglien (33)2–205:02 WPG
Overtime
Evgeny Kuznetsov (21)Chandler Stephenson (11)2–304:11 WSH
Team stats
WPGWSH
2843
51%49%
0/31/4
86
2528
2122
411
118
Penalties
- 3:18 into the first period
Bryan Little · hooking2 min - 3:53 into the first periodMatt Hendricks · tripping2 min
- 5:10 into the first period
T.J. Oshie · slashing2 min - 14:44 into the first periodT.J. Oshie · hooking2 min
- 16:59 into the first periodMathieu Perreault · tripping2 min
- 12:24 into the second periodJay Beagle · slashing2 min
- 0:19 into overtimeBryan Little · slashing2 min
Season series
Winnipeg Jets
| 25Paul StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:46 |
| 27Nikolaj EhlersL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:19 |
| 29Patrik LaineR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:48 |
| 33Dustin ByfuglienD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30:56 |
| 9Andrew CoppC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:31 |
| 13Brandon TanevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:49 |
| 15Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:11 |
| 18Bryan LittleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:33 |
| 26Blake WheelerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:38 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:36 |
| 52Jack RoslovicC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:45 |
| 81Kyle ConnorL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:11 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:06 |
| 3Tucker PoolmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:38 |
| 7Ben ChiarotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:24 |
| 44Josh MorrisseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:50 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:04 |
| 70Joe MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Michael HutchinsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Connor HellebuyckG | O | 43 | 3 | .930 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 23:07 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 23:13 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:29 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 20:58 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:22 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 24:26 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:48 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:04 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:17 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:53 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:01 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:00 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:02 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:14 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:16 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:26 |
| 28Jakub JerabekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:23 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:43 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | – |