Washington Capitals vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Saturday, October 27, 2018 · Scotiabank Saddledome
SN · SN1 · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Calgary Flames 4-3 in a shootout on Saturday, October 27, 2018 at Scotiabank Saddledome. The Flames outshot the Capitals 30-27.
Goals came from Jakub Vrana, T.J. Oshie, Travis Hamonic, Elias Lindholm, Matt Niskanen and Matthew Tkachuk.
Pheonix Copley made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Mike Smith stopped 24 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jakub Vrana (3)Evgeny Kuznetsov (9)1–009:28 WSH
T.J. Oshie (6)Alex Ovechkin (6), Evgeny Kuznetsov (10)2–014:27 WSH · PPG
Travis Hamonic (1)Sean Monahan (6), Johnny Gaudreau (8)2–114:42 CGY
Elias Lindholm (7)Johnny Gaudreau (9), Mark Giordano (7)2–216:54 CGY · PPG
2nd period
Matt Niskanen (2)Brett Connolly (6), Dmitrij Jaskin (1)3–217:03 WSH
3rd period
Matthew Tkachuk (4)Rasmus Andersson (1), Mark Giordano (8)3–318:33 CGY
SO period
Nicklas BackstromUnassisted4–300:00 WSH
Team stats
WSHCGY
27Shots on goal30
45%Faceoff %55%
1/3Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes6
21Hits22
13Blocked shots13
15Giveaways13
16Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 01:10
James Neal · slashing2 min - 1st 01:37
Nicklas Backstrom · interference2 min - 1st 13:49Derek Ryan · slashing2 min
- 1st 16:45Brett Connolly · holding2 min
- 2nd 11:13Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 12:53Evgeny Kuznetsov · tripping2 min
- 3rd 18:48Evgeny Kuznetsov · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20:17 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:45 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:26 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 23Dmitrij JaskinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:01 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 19:11 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26:40 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:35 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:12 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:39 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:09 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:28 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:04 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:38 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 23:16 |
| 22Madison BoweyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:29 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:48 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 27:24 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | W | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 65:00 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Calgary Flames
| 13Johnny GaudreauL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 22:04 |
| 5Mark GiordanoD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 28:46 |
| 19Matthew TkachukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:17 |
| 23Sean MonahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 20:32 |
| 28Elias LindholmC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:27 |
| 4Rasmus AnderssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:29 |
| 24Travis HamonicD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:55 |
| 10Derek RyanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:07 |
| 11Mikael BacklundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:14 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:36 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:23 |
| 27Austin CzarnikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:25 |
| 29Dillon DubeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:49 |
| 67Michael FrolikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:28 |
| 93Sam BennettC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:50 |
| 7TJ BrodieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 25:21 |
| 8Juuso VälimäkiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:33 |
| 55Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 23:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33David RittichG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Mike SmithG | O | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 63:56 |