Toronto Maple Leafs vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, December 17, 2022 · Capital One Arena
SN · CBC · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Saturday, December 17, 2022 at Capital One Arena. The Maple Leafs outshot the Capitals 36-28.
Erik Gustafsson scored a hat trick. William Nylander, Trevor van Riemsdyk, Auston Matthews and Garnet Hathaway also scored.
Charlie Lindgren made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Ilya Samsonov stopped 23 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Erik Gustafsson (1)Sonny Milano (9), John Carlson (12)0–111:12 WSH
William Nylander (18)Auston Matthews (21), Alexander Kerfoot (11)1–113:12 TOR
Trevor van Riemsdyk (4)Anthony Mantha (11), Sonny Milano (10)1–214:48 WSH
2nd period
- Erik Gustafsson (2)Evgeny Kuznetsov (20), Sonny Milano (11)1–302:51 WSH
Auston Matthews (16)Conor Timmins (6), TJ Brodie (4)2–306:25 TOR
3rd period
Garnet Hathaway (3)Nick Jensen (12)2–400:10 WSH- Erik Gustafsson (3)Evgeny Kuznetsov (21), Aliaksei Protas (4)2–503:47 WSH
Team stats
TORWSH
36Shots on goal28
60%Faceoff %40%
0/2Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes4
17Hits37
10Blocked shots18
9Giveaways9
5Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 18:33
Nick Jensen · high sticking2 min - 3rd 04:16
Alexander Kerfoot · tripping2 min - 3rd 10:36Lars Eller · slashing2 min
- 3rd 17:58Michael Bunting · roughing2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 34Auston MatthewsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:23 |
| 15Alexander KerfootC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 13:20 |
| 88William NylanderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 18:00 |
| 25Conor TimminsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:41 |
| 78TJ BrodieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:04 |
| 12Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:10 |
| 16Mitch MarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 21:19 |
| 28Joey AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 08:59 |
| 29Pontus HolmbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 10:24 |
| 47Pierre EngvallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:21 |
| 58Michael BuntingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:42 |
| 62Denis MalginC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:30 |
| 64David KampfC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:26 |
| 91John TavaresC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 19:32 |
| 3Justin HollD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:04 |
| 37Timothy LiljegrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 19:12 |
| 38Rasmus SandinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:21 |
| 55Mark GiordanoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:32 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Matt MurrayG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Ilya SamsonovG | L | 28 | 23 | 5 | .821 | 60:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 15Sonny MilanoL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 13:25 |
| 56Erik GustafssonD | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 5 | 19:13 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 21:24 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:25 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 13:11 |
| 59Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:11 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:47 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:26 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 21:22 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:15 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:24 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:35 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:53 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 07:04 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:53 |
| 96Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:24 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 23:28 |
| 52Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60Zach FucaleG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | W | 36 | 34 | 2 | .944 | 60:00 |