Washington Capitals vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Thursday, January 5, 2023 · Nationwide Arena
SN · SN1
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-2 on Thursday, January 5, 2023 at Nationwide Arena. The Capitals outshot the Blue Jackets 37-27.
T.J. Oshie scored twice. Johnny Gaudreau, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Gavin Bayreuther, Martin Fehérváry, Garnet Hathaway and Alex Ovechkin also scored.
Darcy Kuemper made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 31 of 37.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Johnny Gaudreau (11)Emil Bemstrom (3)0–105:19 CBJ
2nd period
T.J. Oshie (6)Nick Jensen (17), Dmitry Orlov (9)1–101:51 WSH
Nicolas Aube-Kubel (1)Unassisted2–111:15 WSH
Gavin Bayreuther (1)Adam Boqvist (2), Emil Bemstrom (4)2–212:59 CBJ
Martin Fehérváry (3)Dylan Strome (21), Alexander Alexeyev (2)3–217:20 WSH
Garnet Hathaway (5)Anthony Mantha (14), Aliaksei Protas (7)4–218:57 WSH
3rd period
- T.J. Oshie (7)Dylan Strome (22), Evgeny Kuznetsov (29)5–206:41 WSH · PPG
Alex Ovechkin (29)Dylan Strome (23), Evgeny Kuznetsov (30)6–213:05 WSH · PPG
Team stats
WSHCBJ
37Shots on goal27
65%Faceoff %35%
2/2Power play0/1
4Penalty minutes6
16Hits14
12Blocked shots18
6Giveaways6
6Takeaways1
Penalties
- 2nd 02:21
Mathieu Olivier · roughing2 min - 2nd 02:21
Martin Fehérváry · roughing2 min - 2nd 06:49Evgeny Kuznetsov · hooking2 min
- 3rd 06:00Tim Berni · tripping2 min
- 3rd 12:11Vladislav Gavrikov · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 17Dylan StromeC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 15:19 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:21 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 18:55 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:08 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:05 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:31 |
| 59Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 10:09 |
| 96Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:14 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:31 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:05 |
| 27Alexander AlexeyevD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:20 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:06 |
| 15Sonny MilanoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:15 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:05 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:19 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:01 |
| 56Erik GustafssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 19:00 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 60:00 |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 52Emil BemstromR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 13:03 |
| 13Johnny GaudreauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:02 |
| 15Gavin BayreutherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:20 |
| 27Adam BoqvistD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:04 |
| 7Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:23 |
| 14Gustav NyquistL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:57 |
| 19Liam FoudyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:02 |
| 24Mathieu OlivierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:18 |
| 29Patrik LaineL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:00 |
| 34Cole SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:31 |
| 72Carson MeyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:05 |
| 86Kirill MarchenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:26 |
| 91Kent JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:25 |
| 96Jack RoslovicC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:18 |
| 2Andrew PeekeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:02 |
| 4Vladislav GavrikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 22:06 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:46 |
| 75Tim BerniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70Joonas KorpisaloG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | L | 37 | 31 | 6 | .838 | 59:45 |