Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, March 23, 2023 · Capital One Arena
NBCSWA · NBCSCH
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-1 on Thursday, March 23, 2023 at Capital One Arena.
Goals came from Conor Sheary, Anthony Mantha, Nic Dowd, Nicklas Backstrom, John Carlson, Nikita Zaitsev and Alex Ovechkin.
Darcy Kuemper made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Anton Khudobin stopped 22 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Conor Sheary (14)Unassisted0–110:15 WSH
Anthony Mantha (11)Alex Ovechkin (30), Evgeny Kuznetsov (40)0–210:33 WSH
2nd period
Nic Dowd (13)Aliaksei Protas (10)0–301:27 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom (6)Dylan Strome (37), John Carlson (14)0–408:12 WSH · PPG
3rd period
John Carlson (9)Nicklas Backstrom (11), Dylan Strome (38)0–501:04 WSH · PPG
Nikita Zaitsev (1)Jason Dickinson (16), Tyler Johnson (18)1–503:08 CHI
Alex Ovechkin (41)Unassisted1–614:56 WSH
Team stats
CHIWSH
28Shots on goal28
44%Faceoff %56%
0/5Power play2/4
8Penalty minutes10
20Hits13
13Blocked shots14
10Giveaways14
5Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 12:52
Alex Ovechkin · interference2 min - 1st 16:15
Buddy Robinson · high sticking2 min - 2nd 05:42Evgeny Kuznetsov · hooking2 min
- 2nd 07:04Jujhar Khaira · interference2 min
- 2nd 14:57Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 17:59John Carlson · tripping2 min
- 3rd 00:03Jason Dickinson · delaying game face off violation2 min
- 3rd 06:38Alex Ovechkin · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 10:10Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 17Jason DickinsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:33 |
| 90Tyler JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 21:02 |
| 22Nikita ZaitsevD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 11Taylor RaddyshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:35 |
| 14Boris KatchoukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 20:54 |
| 15Joey AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:35 |
| 16Jujhar KhairaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:27 |
| 23Philipp KurashevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:04 |
| 27Lukas ReichelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:35 |
| 53Buddy RobinsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:54 |
| 58MacKenzie EntwistleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:28 |
| 86Mike HardmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:14 |
| 89Andreas AthanasiouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:40 |
| 4Seth JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 23:27 |
| 5Connor MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:28 |
| 25Jarred TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 16:11 |
| 44Wyatt KaiserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:49 |
| 82Caleb JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Anton KhudobinG | L | 28 | 22 | 6 | .786 | 60:00 |
| 32Alex StalockG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:39 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 14:50 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 17:34 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 20:01 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:18 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:19 |
| 59Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 09:35 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 11:18 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:51 |
| 15Sonny MilanoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:05 |
| 16Craig SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:21 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 17:49 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:02 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:11 |
| 27Alexander AlexeyevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 17:31 |
| 38Rasmus SandinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:58 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:11 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 17:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | W | 28 | 27 | 1 | .964 | 60:00 |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |