Washington Capitals vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Playoffs · Monday, April 23, 2018 · Nationwide Arena

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6–3

28–38

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6–3 on Monday, April 23, 2018 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Capitals 38–28.

Nick Foligno scored twice and Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Dmitry Orlov, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Devante Smith-Pelly, Chandler Stephenson and Lars Eller also scored.

Braden Holtby made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 22 of 27.

Goals
WSH	1	2	3	6	28
CBJ	0	1	2	3	38

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Dmitry Orlov (1)Matt Niskanen (2), Chandler Stephenson (3)1–012:12 WSH

2nd period

Nick Foligno (1)Ryan Murray (1), Ian Cole (3)1–108:40 CBJ
Alex Ovechkin (4)Brooks Orpik (2), Christian Djoos (1)2–112:50 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (5)John Carlson (8), Evgeny Kuznetsov (4)3–118:23 WSH ·

3rd period

Pierre-Luc Dubois (2)Matt Calvert (1)3–202:25 CBJ
Devante Smith-Pelly (2)Unassisted4–203:56 WSH
Chandler Stephenson (1)Jay Beagle (1), Brooks Orpik (3)5–205:30 WSH ·
Nick Foligno (2)Boone Jenner (2), Oliver Bjorkstrand (2)5–308:22 CBJ
Lars Eller (2)Jay Beagle (2)6–319:46 WSH ·

Team stats

WSHCBJ

2838

45%55%

1/30/4

108

2126

239

711

Penalties

1:16 into the second periodNicklas Backstrom · hooking2 min
3:18 into the second periodBoone Jenner · interference2 min
4:47 into the second periodJosh Anderson · high sticking2 min
17:10 into the second periodSeth Jones · holding2 min
19:53 into the second periodChandler Stephenson · roughing2 min
4:39 into the third periodChristian Djoos · interference2 min
12:56 into the third periodEvgeny Kuznetsov · interference2 min
19:46 into the third periodPierre-Luc Dubois · roughing2 min
19:46 into the third periodTom Wilson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	2	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	–	16:08
18Chandler StephensonC	1	1	2	+1	1	1	1	2	–	14:59
83Jay BeagleC	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	75	14:23
44Brooks OrpikD	0	2	2	+2	1	3	5	0	–	16:06
20Lars EllerC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	0	42	16:35
25Devante Smith-PellyR	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	13:31
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	2	31	18:25
2Matt NiskanenD	0	1	1	+2	1	2	4	0	–	26:53
9Dmitry OrlovD	1	0	1	+1	2	1	2	0	–	25:33
29Christian DjoosD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	–	07:52
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	–	24:50
10Brett ConnollyR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	13:52
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	05:35
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	50	19:48
39Alex ChiassonR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	07:04
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	+1	2	7	3	2	–	17:09
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	18:35
6Michal KempnyD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	14:28

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	38	35	3	.921	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

71Nick FolignoL	2	0	2	−1	2	0	1	0	53	18:41
11Matt CalvertL	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	–	15:49
18Pierre-Luc DuboisL	1	0	1	−1	3	4	0	2	42	17:57
28Oliver BjorkstrandR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	–	10:42
38Boone JennerC	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	2	100	17:08
23Ian ColeD	0	1	1	−1	1	0	3	0	–	14:30
27Ryan MurrayD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	–	16:14
9Artemi PanarinC	0	0	0	−3	2	2	0	0	–	25:39
10Alexander WennbergC	0	0	0	−2	3	0	0	0	60	23:18
13Cam AtkinsonR	0	0	0	−4	7	1	0	0	100	23:55
17Brandon DubinskyC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	67	04:09
26Thomas VanekL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	08:35
55Mark LetestuC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	05:31
77Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	0	2	6	1	2	–	15:50
3Seth JonesD	0	0	0	−2	2	1	1	2	–	27:18
8Zach WerenskiD	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	–	22:09
58David SavardD	0	0	0	−1	2	3	1	0	–	15:36
65Markus NutivaaraD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	14:06

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
70Joonas KorpisaloG		0	0	0	–	00:00
72Sergei BobrovskyG	L	27	22	5	.815	57:26