Washington Capitals vs Arizona Coyotes
Regular season · Thursday, December 6, 2018 · Gila River Arena
FS-A PLUS · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Arizona Coyotes 4-2 on Thursday, December 6, 2018 at Gila River Arena.
Goals came from Christian Fischer, Jakub Vrana, Lawson Crouse, Matt Niskanen, Andre Burakovsky and Alex Ovechkin.
Pheonix Copley made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Adin Hill stopped 25 of 28.
| Goals | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 WSH | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 29 |
 ARI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 |
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Christian Fischer (6)Derek Stepan (7)0–104:48 ARI
2nd period
Jakub Vrana (9)Brett Connolly (13), Evgeny Kuznetsov (19)1–105:27 WSH
Lawson Crouse (6)Nick Cousins (6), Jordan Oesterle (5)1–206:59 ARI
Matt Niskanen (4)Travis Boyd (6), Pheonix Copley (1)2–216:00 WSH
3rd period
Andre Burakovsky (5)Matt Niskanen (10), Dmitry Orlov (8)3–215:18 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (21)Nicklas Backstrom (24)4–219:57 WSH · EN
Team stats
WSHARI
29Shots on goal29
39%Faceoff %61%
0/1Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes2
25Hits18
18Blocked shots15
17Giveaways11
3Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 18:38Lars Eller · hooking2 min
- 2nd 01:16Brett Connolly · ps throwing object at puck0 min
- 2nd 11:25Matt Niskanen · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 13:07Jakob Chychrun · tripping2 min
- 3rd 00:16Kevin Connauton · ps hooking on breakaway0 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 22:35 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:48 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:19 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:47 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:01 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:37 |
| 72Travis BoydC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:31 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:03 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 23:19 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:25 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:43 |
| 23Dmitrij JaskinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:41 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:42 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:36 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 21:53 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:01 |
| 34Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:32 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 7 | 24:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 60:00 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Arizona Coyotes
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 18:42 |
| 25Nick CousinsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:52 |
| 36Christian FischerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:36 |
| 67Lawson CrouseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:10 |
| 82Jordan OesterleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:46 |
| 8Nick SchmaltzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:19 |
| 9Clayton KellerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:51 |
| 13Vinnie HinostrozaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 06:53 |
| 14Richard PanikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:07 |
| 15Brad RichardsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:55 |
| 17Alex GalchenyukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:17 |
| 29Mario KempeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:23 |
| 45Josh ArchibaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:42 |
| 4Niklas HjalmarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:57 |
| 6Jakob ChychrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:05 |
| 23Oliver Ekman-LarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 24:40 |
| 33Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:46 |
| 44Kevin ConnautonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:43 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Calvin PickardG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Adin HillG | L | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 58:16 |