Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, November 21, 2018 · Capital One Arena
NBCSWA · WGN
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at Capital One Arena. The Blackhawks outshot the Capitals 39-27.
Goals came from Tom Wilson, Andre Burakovsky, Michal Kempny, Brandon Saad, Erik Gustafsson and Devante Smith-Pelly.
Braden Holtby made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Corey Crawford stopped 23 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tom Wilson (2)Alex Ovechkin (9), Nicklas Backstrom (18)0–100:54 WSH
Andre Burakovsky (3)Jakub Vrana (6), Matt Niskanen (7)0–206:36 WSH · PPG
2nd period
Michal Kempny (1)Jakub Vrana (7), Lars Eller (8)0–309:28 WSH
Brandon Saad (7)Jonathan Toews (9), Duncan Keith (8)1–311:37 CHI
3rd period
Erik Gustafsson (2)Artem Anisimov (8), Nick Schmaltz (7)2–305:23 CHI
Devante Smith-Pelly (4)Travis Boyd (4), John Carlson (17)2–407:12 WSH
Team stats
CHIWSH
39Shots on goal27
51%Faceoff %49%
0/3Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes6
6Hits8
11Blocked shots21
6Giveaways8
9Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 02:10
Travis Boyd · tripping2 min - 1st 04:37
Gustav Forsling · tripping2 min - 1st 07:10Nic Dowd · hooking2 min
- 1st 19:14Brandon Saad · elbowing2 min
- 2nd 03:02Andreas Martinsen · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 03:14Alex Ovechkin · slashing2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 8Nick SchmaltzC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:49 |
| 15Artem AnisimovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:46 |
| 19Jonathan ToewsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:47 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:33 |
| 2Duncan KeithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 25:07 |
| 56Erik GustafssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 23:24 |
| 12Alex DeBrincatR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:06 |
| 16Marcus KrugerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 06:55 |
| 24Dominik KahunC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:30 |
| 29Andreas MartinsenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 04:13 |
| 40John HaydenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 02:45 |
| 64David KampfC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:12 |
| 84Alexandre FortinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:19 |
| 88Patrick KaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24:36 |
| 7Brent SeabrookD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 25:21 |
| 28Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:22 |
| 42Gustav ForslingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:23 |
| 44Jan RuttaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 50Corey CrawfordG | L | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 57:11 |
Washington Capitals
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:46 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:21 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:58 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:29 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:42 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:05 |
| 72Travis BoydC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:04 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:47 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 18:23 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 21:56 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:45 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:41 |
| 23Dmitrij JaskinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:30 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:46 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:00 |
| 22Madison BoweyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:03 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 39 | 37 | 2 | .949 | 59:57 |