Washington Capitals vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Playoffs · Tuesday, April 17, 2018 · Nationwide Arena
NBCSN · SN360 · TVAS · FS-O
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at Nationwide Arena. The Capitals outshot the Blue Jackets 45-35.
Goals came from Tom Wilson, Pierre-Luc Dubois, John Carlson, Artemi Panarin and Lars Eller.
Braden Holtby made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 42 of 45.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Tom Wilson (1)Matt Niskanen (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)1–005:52 WSH
Pierre-Luc Dubois (1)Artemi Panarin (5), Seth Jones (3)1–111:18 CBJ
John Carlson (1)Nicklas Backstrom (5), Alex Ovechkin (2)2–114:43 WSH · PPG
3rd period
Artemi Panarin (2)Cam Atkinson (2)2–204:12 CBJ
2OT period
Lars Eller (1)Brett Connolly (1), Devante Smith-Pelly (1)3–209:00 WSH
Team stats
WSHCBJ
45Shots on goal35
46%Faceoff %54%
1/4Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes8
26Hits36
16Blocked shots28
10Giveaways10
2Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 09:26
Tom Wilson · high sticking2 min - 1st 11:55
Josh Anderson · interference2 min - 1st 18:27Jakub Vrana · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 02:15Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 13:08Brandon Dubinsky · slashing2 min
- 2nd 14:15Ryan Murray · slashing2 min
- 3rd 09:05Brooks Orpik · interference2 min
- OT 15:42John Carlson · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 5 | 29:23 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:58 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27:03 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:37 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:31 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 26:09 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37:17 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 33:34 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:00 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:19 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29:25 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:11 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 31:01 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24:05 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 36:00 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 17:17 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 24:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 35 | 33 | 2 | .943 | 89:00 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 9Artemi PanarinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 31:39 |
| 13Cam AtkinsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 31:51 |
| 18Pierre-Luc DuboisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 31:09 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 35:04 |
| 11Matt CalvertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24:50 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:19 |
| 22Sonny MilanoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:55 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:57 |
| 28Oliver BjorkstrandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:09 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 26:44 |
| 55Mark LetestuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:10 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 26:04 |
| 77Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 26:04 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 30:28 |
| 23Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28:50 |
| 27Ryan MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 27:04 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:48 |
| 65Markus NutivaaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:26 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70Joonas KorpisaloG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 72Sergei BobrovskyG | L | 45 | 42 | 3 | .933 | 89:00 |