Washington Capitals vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Tuesday, March 8, 2022 · Scotiabank Saddledome
SNW · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Calgary Flames 5-4 on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at Scotiabank Saddledome. The Flames outshot the Capitals 35-27.
Elias Lindholm scored twice and Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Adam Ruzicka, Conor Sheary, Oliver Kylington, Anthony Mantha and Nic Dowd also scored.
Vitek Vanecek made 31 saves on 35 shots for the win; Dan Vladar stopped 22 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Elias Lindholm (28)Johnny Gaudreau (51), Rasmus Andersson (30)0–109:40 CGY
2nd period
Adam Ruzicka (5)Andrew Mangiapane (14), Dillon Dube (9)0–208:54 CGY
Conor Sheary (15)Unassisted1–210:27 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (35)Evgeny Kuznetsov (37)2–213:23 WSH
3rd period
Oliver Kylington (7)Blake Coleman (15)2–303:45 CGY
Anthony Mantha (3)Nicklas Backstrom (14), Nick Jensen (10)3–308:21 WSH
Nic Dowd (8)Axel Jonsson-Fjallby (2), Nick Jensen (11)4–311:50 WSH- Alex Ovechkin (36)Tom Wilson (21), Nick Jensen (12)5–318:12 WSH · EN
- Elias Lindholm (29)Tyler Toffoli (21), Rasmus Andersson (31)5–419:20 CGY
Team stats
WSHCGY
27Shots on goal35
54%Faceoff %46%
0/3Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes6
12Hits21
8Blocked shots7
9Giveaways13
6Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 00:32
Nick Jensen · holding2 min - 1st 07:29
Rasmus Andersson · hooking2 min - 2nd 04:27Noah Hanifin · interference2 min
- 3rd 09:27Adam Ruzicka · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 19:11 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:10 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:20 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:58 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:18 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:18 |
| 45Axel Jonsson-FjallbyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:39 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12:48 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:12 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:22 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:07 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:16 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:50 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 23:01 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:55 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:49 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | W | 35 | 31 | 4 | .886 | 60:00 |
Calgary Flames
| 28Elias LindholmC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 21:23 |
| 4Rasmus AnderssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 23:28 |
| 13Johnny GaudreauL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:51 |
| 20Blake ColemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:52 |
| 29Dillon DubeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:35 |
| 63Adam RuzickaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:26 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:33 |
| 88Andrew MangiapaneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:42 |
| 58Oliver KylingtonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 4 | 15:49 |
| 11Mikael BacklundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:08 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 08:58 |
| 19Matthew TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:43 |
| 22Trevor LewisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 09:48 |
| 23Sean MonahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 08:48 |
| 8Chris TanevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 18:36 |
| 16Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:05 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 20:21 |
| 55Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:25 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Jacob MarkstromG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 80Dan VladarG | L | 26 | 22 | 4 | .846 | 58:29 |