Washington Capitals vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Thursday, March 17, 2022 · Nationwide Arena

WashingtonCapitalsAway

7–2

Final

SOG 33–41

ColumbusBlue JacketsHome

NBCSWA · BSOH

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-2 on Thursday, March 17, 2022 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Capitals 41-33.

Anthony Mantha scored twice. Martin Fehérváry, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Alex Ovechkin, Patrik Laine, Connor McMichael, Conor Sheary and Evgeny Kuznetsov also scored.

Vitek Vanecek made 39 saves on 41 shots for the win; Joonas Korpisalo stopped 6 of 9.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	2	2	3	7	33
CBJ	0	1	1	2	41

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Anthony Mantha (5)T.J. Oshie (12)1–004:29 WSH
Anthony Mantha (6)Unassisted2–012:20 WSH

2nd period

Martin Fehérváry (5)Daniel Sprong (6), John Carlson (40)3–001:20 WSH
Oliver Bjorkstrand (22)Jakub Voracek (41), Max Domi (23)3–106:57 CBJ · PPG
Alex Ovechkin (38)Conor Sheary (16), Tom Wilson (23)4–110:44 WSH · PPG

3rd period

Patrik Laine (24)Zach Werenski (30), Andrew Peeke (12)4–201:47 CBJ
Connor McMichael (8)Unassisted5–204:15 WSH
Conor Sheary (16)Trevor van Riemsdyk (13), Nicklas Backstrom (16)6–207:21 WSH · EN
Evgeny Kuznetsov (20)Nicklas Backstrom (17), Alex Ovechkin (36)7–209:03 WSH · PPG

Team stats

WSHCBJ

33Shots on goal41

53%Faceoff %47%

2/5Power play1/5

14Penalty minutes14

15Hits16

13Blocked shots12

7Giveaways3

5Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 15:26Sean Kuraly · slashing2 min
1st 17:36Alex Ovechkin · interference2 min
2nd 03:35Sean Kuraly · illegal check to head2 min
2nd 03:35Sean Kuraly · roughing2 min
2nd 03:35Dmitry Orlov · roughing2 min
2nd 05:37Anthony Mantha · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
2nd 09:44Jack Roslovic · slashing2 min
2nd 11:19Garnet Hathaway · interference2 min
2nd 16:30Tom Wilson · cross checking2 min
3rd 06:57Jack Roslovic · slashing2 min
3rd 06:57Nic Dowd · embellishment2 min
3rd 08:12Jakub Voracek · cross checking2 min
3rd 09:22Tom Wilson · slashing2 min
3rd 14:28Gustav Nyquist · tripping2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	1	2	-1	4	1	0	2	100	17:03
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	2	2	+3	1	0	1	0	73	15:08
39Anthony ManthaR	2	0	2	+2	5	1	0	2	–	12:40
73Conor ShearyL	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	33	14:31
10Daniel SprongR	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	–	11:26
24Connor McMichaelC	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	60	11:11
43Tom WilsonR	0	1	1	+2	1	2	1	4	100	14:55
77T.J. OshieR	0	1	1	+2	1	1	0	0	67	12:06
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	1	0	1	-1	1	0	0	0	38	17:56
42Martin FehérváryD	1	0	1	+3	2	2	1	0	–	17:17
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	3	0	–	20:14
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	+2	2	0	2	0	–	19:57
21Garnet HathawayR	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	–	15:55
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	45	17:41
45Axel Jonsson-FjallbyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	15:17
2Justin SchultzD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	17:43
3Nick JensenD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	1	0	–	18:29
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	+1	3	2	2	2	–	19:11

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SamsonovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Vitek VanecekG	W	41	39	2	.951	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

16Max DomiC	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	–	11:49
28Oliver BjorkstrandR	1	0	1	-3	7	0	0	0	–	17:19
29Patrik LaineL	1	0	1	-1	4	0	0	0	100	19:06
93Jakub VoracekR	0	1	1	-2	6	0	0	2	50	17:25
2Andrew PeekeD	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	–	23:43
8Zach WerenskiD	0	1	1	-2	5	1	2	0	–	24:31
7Sean KuralyC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	6	53	11:27
14Gustav NyquistC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	2	50	19:33
17Justin DanforthR	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	40	15:25
34Cole SillingerC	0	0	0	-2	3	2	1	0	54	14:50
50Eric RobinsonL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	13:43
52Emil BemstromC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	–	09:08
59Egor ChinakhovR	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	13:23
96Jack RoslovicC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	25	16:39
22Jake BeanD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	–	20:02
44Vladislav GavrikovD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	18:57
46Dean KukanD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	12:06
53Gabriel CarlssonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	11:19

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70Joonas KorpisaloG	L	9	6	3	.667	21:20
90Elvis MerzlikinsG		23	20	3	.870	38:24