Washington Capitals vs Winnipeg Jets

Regular season · Friday, December 17, 2021 · Canada Life Centre

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5–2

Final

SOG 39–42

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 on Friday, December 17, 2021 at Canada Life Centre. The Jets outshot the Capitals 42-39.

Goals came from Brett Leason, Daniel Sprong, Brenden Dillon, Josh Morrissey, Conor Sheary, Michael Sgarbossa and Alex Ovechkin.

Vitek Vanecek made 40 saves on 42 shots for the win; Connor Hellebuyck stopped 34 of 37.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	2	3	5	39
WPG	0	1	1	2	42

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Brett Leason (3)Michael Sgarbossa (1), Matt Irwin (1)1–003:11 WSH
Daniel Sprong (5)Aliaksei Protas (4)2–008:43 WSH
Brenden Dillon (1)Nikolaj Ehlers (8)2–114:32 WPG

3rd period

Josh Morrissey (5)Nikolaj Ehlers (9), Nate Schmidt (16)2–202:03 WPG · PPG
Conor Sheary (7)Justin Schultz (4), Dennis Cholowski (1)3–209:09 WSH
Michael Sgarbossa (2)Brett Leason (3), Nick Jensen (7)4–217:20 WSH · EN
Alex Ovechkin (22)Daniel Sprong (5), John Carlson (20)5–219:09 WSH · EN

Team stats

WSHWPG

39Shots on goal42

48%Faceoff %52%

0/2Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes4

16Hits26

20Blocked shots12

19Giveaways18

5Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 03:34Dominic Toninato · hooking2 min
1st 17:47Dominic Toninato · hooking2 min
2nd 05:51Connor McMichael · slashing2 min
2nd 12:12Martin Fehérváry · holding2 min
3rd 00:46Dmitry Orlov · tripping2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

10Daniel SprongR	1	1	2	+2	7	1	1	0	–	17:47
23Michael SgarbossaC	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	0	67	14:02
49Brett LeasonR	1	1	2	+2	4	0	1	0	–	12:49
8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	+1	8	0	0	0	–	20:30
59Aliaksei ProtasC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	3	0	33	14:17
73Conor ShearyL	1	0	1	+1	1	2	1	0	–	17:19
2Justin SchultzD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	–	17:16
3Nick JensenD	0	1	1	+1	2	3	2	0	–	19:27
38Dennis CholowskiD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	2	0	–	14:24
52Matt IrwinD	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	–	04:55
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	22:05
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	54	20:17
24Connor McMichaelC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	40	09:23
47Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	09:33
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	19:20
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	33	18:17
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	2	–	22:11
42Martin FehérváryD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	2	–	20:51

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SamsonovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Vitek VanecekG	W	42	40	2	.952	60:00

Winnipeg Jets

Winnipeg Jets skaters

27Nikolaj EhlersL	0	2	2	-1	7	1	0	0	–	19:18
5Brenden DillonD	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	–	18:21
44Josh MorrisseyD	1	0	1	-3	4	0	1	0	–	21:00
88Nate SchmidtD	0	1	1	-1	0	1	2	0	–	18:37
9Andrew CoppC	0	0	0	-3	2	0	2	0	67	23:25
12Jansen HarkinsC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	06:29
17Adam LowryC	0	0	0	+1	3	5	2	0	67	18:51
19David GustafssonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:37
21Dominic ToninatoC	0	0	0	-1	4	4	0	4	100	14:28
25Paul StastnyC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	67	18:18
55Mark ScheifeleC	0	0	0	-4	5	0	0	0	20	21:04
71Evgeny SvechnikovL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	09:10
80Pierre-Luc DuboisL	0	0	0	-3	3	2	1	0	47	19:16
81Kyle ConnorL	0	0	0	-4	3	0	0	0	–	21:49
93Kristian VesalainenL	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	–	07:00
2Dylan DeMeloD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	17:44
4Neal PionkD	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	–	21:45
64Logan StanleyD	0	0	0	0	3	5	2	0	–	17:34

Winnipeg Jets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Eric ComrieG		0	0	0	–	00:00
37Connor HellebuyckG	L	37	34	3	.919	59:14