Washington Capitals vs Chicago Blackhawks

Regular season · Wednesday, December 15, 2021 · United Center

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4–5

Final/OT

SOG 46–28

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Game summary

The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Washington Capitals 5-4 in overtime on Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at United Center. The Capitals outshot the Blackhawks 46-28.

Alex DeBrincat scored twice. Alex Ovechkin, Philipp Kurashev, MacKenzie Entwistle, Daniel Sprong, Lars Eller, Conor Sheary and Caleb Jones also scored.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 42 saves on 46 shots for the win; Ilya Samsonov stopped 23 of 28.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
WSH	0	2	2	0	4	46
CHI	0	3	1	1	5	28

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Alex Ovechkin (21)T.J. Oshie (6), Nicklas Backstrom (1)1–003:36 WSH · PPG
Alex DeBrincat (15)Patrick Kane (16), Dominik Kubalik (5)1–113:55 CHI · PPG
Philipp Kurashev (1)Kirby Dach (7), Caleb Jones (1)1–214:13 CHI · PPG
MacKenzie Entwistle (3)Brandon Hagel (5), Jonathan Toews (10)1–314:29 CHI
Daniel Sprong (4)Lars Eller (9)2–319:18 WSH

3rd period

Lars Eller (5)T.J. Oshie (7), Conor Sheary (7)3–311:57 WSH
Alex DeBrincat (16)Brandon Hagel (6), Dylan Strome (4)3–415:00 CHI · PPG
Conor Sheary (6)Alex Ovechkin (25), John Carlson (19)4–419:57 WSH

OT period

Caleb Jones (1)Kirby Dach (8), Patrick Kane (17)4–501:21 CHI

Team stats

WSHCHI

46Shots on goal28

37%Faceoff %63%

1/3Power play3/6

12Penalty minutes6

29Hits20

14Blocked shots16

6Giveaways9

11Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 04:06Alex Ovechkin · hooking2 min
1st 12:51Daniel Sprong · holding2 min
2nd 02:21Jonathan Toews · hooking2 min
2nd 12:05Martin Fehérváry · hooking2 min
2nd 13:48Nic Dowd · tripping2 min
2nd 16:50Calvin de Haan · tripping2 min
3rd 00:50MacKenzie Entwistle · tripping2 min
3rd 04:59Lars Eller · slashing2 min
3rd 13:42T.J. Oshie · tripping2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	1	2	0	10	2	0	2	–	21:51
20Lars EllerC	1	1	2	+3	3	1	1	2	38	20:53
73Conor ShearyL	1	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	–	19:08
77T.J. OshieR	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	2	50	20:58
10Daniel SprongR	1	0	1	+1	6	0	1	2	–	14:56
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	0	5	2	0	0	47	18:14
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	+2	2	2	4	0	–	27:19
23Michael SgarbossaC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	07:48
24Connor McMichaelC	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	–	10:18
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	33	12:52
47Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	–	11:08
59Aliaksei ProtasC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	08:10
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	13:50
2Justin SchultzD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	15:06
3Nick JensenD	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	–	18:09
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	19:46
42Martin FehérváryD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	2	–	21:17
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	14:34

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SamsonovG	O	28	23	5	.821	59:34
41Vitek VanecekG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks skaters

12Alex DeBrincatL	2	0	2	-1	3	0	2	0	–	22:51
38Brandon HagelL	0	2	2	+1	2	2	1	0	–	18:46
77Kirby DachC	0	2	2	0	3	1	0	0	45	17:15
88Patrick KaneR	0	2	2	-1	2	1	1	0	–	24:50
82Caleb JonesD	1	1	2	+1	1	2	1	0	–	14:31
8Dominik KubalikL	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	–	13:38
17Dylan StromeC	0	1	1	-2	1	0	1	0	60	20:02
19Jonathan ToewsC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	79	17:23
23Philipp KurashevC	1	0	1	-1	1	0	0	0	–	14:19
58MacKenzie EntwistleR	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	2	–	08:20
20Brett ConnollyR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:32
22Ryan CarpenterC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	80	10:57
36Josiah SlavinL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	06:38
4Seth JonesD	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	–	27:41
5Connor MurphyD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	4	0	–	23:53
6Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	-3	0	1	3	0	–	16:31
44Calvin de HaanD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	–	17:40
61Riley StillmanD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	2	0	–	11:53

Chicago Blackhawks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	W	46	42	4	.913	61:21
32Kevin LankinenG		0	0	0	–	00:00