Washington Capitals vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Monday, April 18, 2022 · Ball Arena
NHLN · TVAS · NBCSWA · ALT2
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Monday, April 18, 2022 at Ball Arena. The Capitals outshot the Avalanche 27-26.
Goals came from Garnet Hathaway, Valeri Nichushkin, Alex Ovechkin, Artturi Lehkonen and Marcus Johansson.
Ilya Samsonov made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Darcy Kuemper stopped 24 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Garnet Hathaway (14)Johan Larsson (14), Justin Schultz (17)1–004:02 WSH
Valeri Nichushkin (22)Bowen Byram (10), Cale Makar (57)1–117:05 COL
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (48)Evgeny Kuznetsov (52), John Carlson (53)2–113:27 WSH · PPG
3rd period
Artturi Lehkonen (16)Nico Sturm (11), Nicolas Aube-Kubel (11)2–208:13 COL
Marcus Johansson (8)Conor Sheary (22)3–210:46 WSH
Team stats
WSHCOL
27Shots on goal26
49%Faceoff %51%
1/2Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes4
34Hits39
23Blocked shots13
4Giveaways5
7Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 05:59
Justin Schultz · hooking2 min - 2nd 09:28Martin Fehérváry · holding2 min
- 2nd 09:50
Cale Makar · interference2 min - 2nd 12:43Nico Sturm · tripping2 min
- 3rd 08:13Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 15:54 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:45 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:36 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:47 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:25 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:22 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:34 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 24:12 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:39 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:33 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:06 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:18 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:34 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:23 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:10 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:16 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:52 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | W | 26 | 24 | 2 | .923 | 60:00 |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:59 |
| 16Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:20 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 17:30 |
| 78Nico SturmC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:03 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:49 |
| 8Cale MakarD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 27:27 |
| 18Alex NewhookC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:44 |
| 25Logan O'ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:19 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:18 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:42 |
| 43Darren HelmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:46 |
| 59Ben MeyersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:57 |
| 95Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:03 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:23 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:55 |
| 42Josh MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:56 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:02 |
| 56Kurtis MacDermidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:32 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | L | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 58:31 |
| 39Pavel FrancouzG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |