Washington Capitals vs Ottawa Senators
Regular season · Saturday, December 22, 2018 · Canadian Tire Centre
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Ottawa Senators 4-0 on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at Canadian Tire Centre. The Senators outshot the Capitals 35-33.
Goals came from Brett Connolly, Matt Niskanen, Jakub Vrana and Michal Kempny.
Pheonix Copley made 35 saves on 35 shots for the win; Mike McKenna stopped 29 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brett Connolly (8)Jonas Siegenthaler (2), Lars Eller (11)1–001:32 WSH
Matt Niskanen (5)Nicklas Backstrom (31), Alex Ovechkin (15)2–017:56 WSH
2nd period
Jakub Vrana (11)Unassisted3–009:05 WSH
Michal Kempny (3)Brett Connolly (14)4–013:44 WSH
Team stats
WSHOTT
33Shots on goal35
36%Faceoff %64%
0/3Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes6
28Hits25
16Blocked shots9
14Giveaways8
3Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 12:33
John Carlson · high sticking2 min - 1st 12:58
Colin White · hooking2 min - 2nd 14:11Tyler Lewington · hooking2 min
- 3rd 09:18Nick Paul · hooking2 min
- 3rd 18:21Nick Paul · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 14:48 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 20:20 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:32 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:11 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 14:23 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:03 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:44 |
| 34Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:15 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:12 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:51 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:45 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 12:40 |
| 72Travis BoydC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:37 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:20 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 18:56 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:09 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 23:21 |
| 78Tyler LewingtonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | W | 35 | 35 | 0 | 1.000 | 59:46 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Ottawa Senators
| 7Brady TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 16:54 |
| 9Bobby RyanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:49 |
| 13Nick PaulL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:02 |
| 15Zack SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:23 |
| 18Ryan DzingelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 16:30 |
| 36Colin WhiteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 17:17 |
| 56Magnus PaajarviL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:14 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:22 |
| 71Chris TierneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:37 |
| 89Mikkel BoedkerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:10 |
| 95Matt DucheneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:37 |
| 2Dylan DeMeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:29 |
| 5Cody CeciD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 21:14 |
| 42Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:55 |
| 67Ben HarpurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:02 |
| 72Thomas ChabotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:57 |
| 74Mark BorowieckiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:45 |
| 83Christian JarosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Mike McKennaG | L | 33 | 29 | 4 | .879 | 60:00 |
| 35Marcus HogbergG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |