Columbus Blue Jackets vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Thursday, April 12, 2018 · Verizon Center
USA · SN360 · TVAS3 · FS-O
Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 in overtime on Thursday, April 12, 2018 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Blue Jackets 30–27.
Evgeny Kuznetsov scored twice. Alexander Wennberg, Thomas Vanek, Devante Smith-Pelly, Seth Jones and Artemi Panarin also scored.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Philipp Grubauer stopped 23 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), John Carlson (1)0–117:52 WSH · - Evgeny Kuznetsov (2)Nicklas Backstrom (2), John Carlson (2)0–218:21 WSH ·
2nd period
Alexander Wennberg (1)Boone Jenner (1), Thomas Vanek (1)1–204:48 CBJ
3rd period
Thomas Vanek (1)Pierre-Luc Dubois (1), Artemi Panarin (1)2–201:31 CBJ · 
Devante Smith-Pelly (1)Jakub Vrana (1), John Carlson (3)2–305:12 WSH
Seth Jones (1)Artemi Panarin (2), Cam Atkinson (1)3–315:34 CBJ ·
Overtime
Artemi Panarin (1)Ian Cole (1), Pierre-Luc Dubois (2)4–306:02 CBJ
Team stats
CBJWSH
2730
55%45%
2/42/6
218
3025
2022
78
126
Penalties
- 4:52 into the first period
Nick Foligno · interference goalkeeper2 min - 9:01 into the first periodIan Cole · hooking2 min
- 14:42 into the first period
T.J. Oshie · hooking2 min - 17:23 into the first periodJosh Anderson · boarding5 min
- 17:23 into the first periodJosh Anderson · game misconduct10 min
- 16:09 into the second periodArtemi Panarin · hooking2 min
- 1:18 into the third periodTom Wilson · charging2 min
- 11:19 into the third periodEvgeny Kuznetsov · slashing2 min
- 14:55 into the third periodAndre Burakovsky · tripping2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 9Artemi PanarinC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 23:29 |
| 18Pierre-Luc DuboisL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 23:35 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 16:28 |
| 10Alexander WennbergC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:51 |
| 13Cam AtkinsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 25:10 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:16 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 30:59 |
| 23Ian ColeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:26 |
| 11Matt CalvertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:52 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:49 |
| 28Oliver BjorkstrandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:19 |
| 55Mark LetestuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:13 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:45 |
| 77Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:59 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:22 |
| 27Ryan MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:11 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:06 |
| 65Markus NutivaaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70Joonas KorpisaloG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 72Sergei BobrovskyG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
Washington Capitals
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 28:36 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23:22 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 23:58 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 06:58 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 12:37 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25:42 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:22 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:44 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:45 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:59 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:55 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:38 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:12 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 28:00 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:04 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 28:59 |
| 28Jakub JerabekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:17 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:39 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | – |