Columbus Blue Jackets vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Saturday, December 4, 2021 · Capital One Arena

ColumbusBlue JacketsAway

1–3

Final

SOG 18–32

WashingtonCapitalsHome

NBCSWA · BSOH

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1 on Saturday, December 4, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Blue Jackets 32-18.

Goals came from Aliaksei Protas, Alex Ovechkin, Eric Robinson and Garnet Hathaway.

Ilya Samsonov made 17 saves on 18 shots for the win; Daniil Tarasov stopped 29 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CBJ	0	0	1	1	18
WSH	1	1	1	3	32

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Aliaksei Protas (2)Justin Schultz (2)0–104:33 WSH

2nd period

Alex Ovechkin (20)John Carlson (18)0–203:12 WSH

3rd period

Eric Robinson (3)Justin Danforth (1), Zach Werenski (11)1–206:28 CBJ
Garnet Hathaway (7)Unassisted1–318:33 WSH · EN

Team stats

CBJWSH

18Shots on goal32

66%Faceoff %34%

0/0Power play0/1

2Penalty minutes0

18Hits30

19Blocked shots14

8Giveaways7

5Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 06:41Eric Robinson · tripping2 min

Season series

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

17Justin DanforthR	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	0	71	10:10
50Eric RobinsonL	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	2	–	16:23
8Zach WerenskiD	0	1	1	-2	1	1	4	0	–	24:54
7Sean KuralyC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	86	16:55
14Gustav NyquistC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	14:08
15Gregory HofmannC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	10:07
16Max DomiC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	15:00
28Oliver BjorkstrandR	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	–	17:01
34Cole SillingerC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	2	0	60	13:44
38Boone JennerC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	53	19:11
42Alexandre TexierC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	17:25
59Egor ChinakhovR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	10:51
93Jakub VoracekR	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	–	17:23
2Andrew PeekeD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	5	0	–	22:35
5Gavin BayreutherD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	11:59
22Jake BeanD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	3	0	–	23:06
27Adam BoqvistD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	14:54
44Vladislav GavrikovD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	22:32

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Daniil TarasovG	L	31	29	2	.935	59:42
90Elvis MerzlikinsG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	+2	2	1	1	–	22:38
21Garnet HathawayR	1	0	1	+1	4	7	0	–	16:03
59Aliaksei ProtasC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	43	09:43
2Justin SchultzD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	–	18:49
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	+2	2	1	2	–	20:11
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	16:10
24Connor McMichaelC	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	33	12:26
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	+1	1	4	2	–	21:36
47Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0	–	06:30
49Brett LeasonR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	100	06:11
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	15:52
73Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	–	15:48
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	–	16:23
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	+2	1	0	1	18	21:41
3Nick JensenD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	–	20:13
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	–	20:41
42Martin FehérváryD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	3	–	21:27
52Matt IrwinD	0	0	0	+1	5	1	1	–	17:49

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SamsonovG	W	18	17	1	.944	59:49
41Vitek VanecekG		0	0	0	–	00:00