Columbus Blue Jackets vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Saturday, April 21, 2018 · Verizon Center
NBC · NBCSN · SN · TVAS
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 in overtime on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at Verizon Center. The Blue Jackets outshot the Capitals 42–29.
Matt Calvert scored twice and Nicklas Backstrom scored twice. Evgeny Kuznetsov, T.J. Oshie and Oliver Bjorkstrand also scored.
Braden Holtby made 39 saves on 42 shots for the win; Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 25 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Matt Calvert (2)Seth Jones (4)1–010:08 CBJ · 
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Chandler Stephenson (1), Michal Kempny (1)1–113:22 WSH
2nd period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (4)Dmitry Orlov (1)1–203:21 WSH- Matt Calvert (3)Unassisted2–204:45 CBJ
T.J. Oshie (3)John Carlson (7), Nicklas Backstrom (6)2–316:42 WSH ·
3rd period
Oliver Bjorkstrand (1)Ian Cole (2), Alexander Wennberg (1)3–302:30 CBJ
Overtime
- Nicklas Backstrom (2)Dmitry Orlov (2), Chandler Stephenson (2)3–411:53 WSH
Team stats
CBJWSH
4229
56%44%
0/51/4
810
3338
2820
1018
910
Penalties
- 4:52 into the first period
Lars Eller · roughing2 min - 8:44 into the first period
Thomas Vanek · slashing2 min - 14:02 into the first periodSeth Jones · slashing2 min
- 15:20 into the first periodT.J. Oshie · slashing2 min
- 17:26 into the first periodChandler Stephenson · cross checking2 min
- 8:37 into the second periodMatt Calvert · tripping2 min
- 14:00 into the second periodJay Beagle · interference2 min
- 16:28 into the second periodJosh Anderson · slashing2 min
- 18:46 into the second periodLars Eller · slashing2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 11Matt CalvertL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 18:48 |
| 10Alexander WennbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:00 |
| 28Oliver BjorkstrandR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:08 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 31:51 |
| 23Ian ColeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:30 |
| 9Artemi PanarinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 27:11 |
| 13Cam AtkinsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 28:25 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:28 |
| 18Pierre-Luc DuboisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 23:57 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 18:09 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19:32 |
| 55Mark LetestuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:51 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:15 |
| 77Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:55 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 23:07 |
| 27Ryan MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:37 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:15 |
| 65Markus NutivaaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70Joonas KorpisaloG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 72Sergei BobrovskyG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 22:41 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 20:38 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 27:00 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:59 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 24:04 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:54 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27:23 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | 23:40 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:18 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:16 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:54 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:58 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:43 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:28 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:39 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 33:16 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:16 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 42 | 3 | .929 |