Columbus Blue Jackets vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Sunday, April 15, 2018 · Verizon Center
NBCSN · SN360 · TVAS2 · FS-O
Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 in overtime on Sunday, April 15, 2018 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Blue Jackets 58–30.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice and Cam Atkinson scored twice. Jay Beagle, Josh Anderson, Zach Werenski, T.J. Oshie and Matt Calvert also scored.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 54 saves on 58 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 7 of 8.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jay Beagle (1)Brooks Orpik (1), Jakub Jerabek (1)0–102:12 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (1)John Carlson (4), T.J. Oshie (1)0–213:26 WSH · 
Cam Atkinson (1)Nick Foligno (1)1–218:25 CBJ
2nd period
- Alex Ovechkin (2)Nicklas Backstrom (3), John Carlson (5)1–304:09 WSH ·
Josh Anderson (1)Zach Werenski (1), Seth Jones (1)2–308:49 CBJ- Cam Atkinson (2)Artemi Panarin (3), Seth Jones (2)3–311:13 CBJ ·
Zach Werenski (1)Oliver Bjorkstrand (1), Artemi Panarin (4)4–318:52 CBJ ·
3rd period
T.J. Oshie (1)Nicklas Backstrom (4), John Carlson (6)4–416:25 WSH ·
Overtime
Matt Calvert (1)Zach Werenski (2), Josh Anderson (1)5–412:22 CBJ
Team stats
CBJWSH
3058
46%54%
2/43/7
1610
2633
2514
914
612
Penalties
- 5:46 into the first period
Jakub Jerabek · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 12:07 into the first period
Cam Atkinson · interference goalkeeper2 min - 16:05 into the first periodEvgeny Kuznetsov · slashing2 min
- 16:05 into the first periodPierre-Luc Dubois · slashing2 min
- 4:01 into the second periodBrandon Dubinsky · high sticking2 min
- 10:36 into the second periodTom Wilson · roughing2 min
- 14:17 into the second periodNick Foligno · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 17:40 into the second periodDevante Smith-Pelly · holding the stick2 min
- 3:56 into the third periodMatt Calvert · tripping2 min
- 12:23 into the third periodPierre-Luc Dubois · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 15:09 into the third periodZach Werenski · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 18:01 into the third periodBoone Jenner · slashing2 min
- 3:51 into overtimeMatt Niskanen · tripping2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 24:18 |
| 9Artemi PanarinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26:59 |
| 13Cam AtkinsonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 27:28 |
| 77Josh AndersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 32:05 |
| 11Matt CalvertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:44 |
| 28Oliver BjorkstrandR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 09:42 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:05 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 13:43 |
| 18Pierre-Luc DuboisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 23:05 |
| 22Sonny MilanoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:12 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:29 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 21:05 |
| 55Mark LetestuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:00 |
| 23Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:55 |
| 27Ryan MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:29 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:28 |
| 65Markus NutivaaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 16:37 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70Joonas KorpisaloG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 72Sergei BobrovskyG | W | 58 | 4 | .931 |
Washington Capitals
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 6 | 30:06 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 30:01 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 27:46 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 22:51 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:53 |
| 28Jakub JerabekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:30 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:57 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:02 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | 18:05 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:14 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:07 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:45 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:12 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8 | 28:38 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26:50 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 20:23 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 28:15 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 22 | 4 | .818 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 8 | 1 | .875 |