Ottawa Senators vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, January 22, 2022 · Capital One Arena
SN1 · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 in overtime on Saturday, January 22, 2022 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Senators 33-22.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Thomas Chabot, Zachary Sanford and Nicklas Backstrom also scored.
Vitek Vanecek made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Matt Murray stopped 30 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Thomas Chabot (2)Austin Watson (1), Nick Paul (3)1–001:22 OTT
2nd period
Zachary Sanford (7)Alex Formenton (9)2–006:07 OTT
3rd period
Alex Ovechkin (28)Trevor van Riemsdyk (11), Evgeny Kuznetsov (28)2–101:39 WSH- Alex Ovechkin (29)Nicklas Backstrom (6)2–209:43 WSH
OT period
Nicklas Backstrom (2)Unassisted2–301:13 WSH
Team stats
OTTWSH
22Shots on goal33
28%Faceoff %72%
0/2Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes4
26Hits33
17Blocked shots16
4Giveaways8
13Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 14:39
Nicklas Backstrom · holding2 min - 1st 17:18
Austin Watson · holding2 min - 2nd 15:11Drake Batherson · hooking2 min
- 3rd 05:20Justin Schultz · cross checking2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 10Alex FormentonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:22 |
| 13Zachary SanfordL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:23 |
| 16Austin WatsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:08 |
| 21Nick PaulL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:27 |
| 72Thomas ChabotD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 22:02 |
| 7Brady TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:23 |
| 9Josh NorrisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:41 |
| 14Clark BishopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:40 |
| 17Adam GaudetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:55 |
| 18Tim StützleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:13 |
| 19Drake BathersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:54 |
| 27Dylan GambrellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:45 |
| 71Chris TierneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:24 |
| 2Artem ZubD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 24:30 |
| 3Joshua BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 5Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:17 |
| 24Jacob Bernard-DockerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:33 |
| 26Erik BrannstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Matt MurrayG | O | 33 | 30 | 3 | .909 | 61:13 |
| 31Anton ForsbergG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 21:46 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 18:42 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 20:36 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 21:02 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:24 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:50 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:49 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:22 |
| 49Brett LeasonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:34 |
| 59Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:28 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:32 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:54 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:59 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:24 |
| 38Dennis CholowskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:05 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:14 |
| 52Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 12:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | W | 22 | 20 | 2 | .909 | 61:13 |