Washington Capitals vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Wednesday, January 24, 2024 · Ball Arena

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2–6

Final

SOG 25–31

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Washington Capitals 6-2 on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Capitals 31-25.

Nathan MacKinnon scored 4 goals and Dylan Strome scored twice. Cale Makar and Mikko Rantanen also scored.

Alexandar Georgiev made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Charlie Lindgren stopped 25 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	0	2	2	25
COL	1	3	2	6	31

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Cale Makar (11)Andrew Cogliano (8)0–119:23 COL · SHG

2nd period

Nathan MacKinnon (27)Mikko Rantanen (35), Cale Makar (45)0–202:39 COL · PPG
Nathan MacKinnon (28)Cale Makar (46), Mikko Rantanen (36)0–307:00 COL · PPG
Nathan MacKinnon (29)Mikko Rantanen (37)0–409:16 COL

3rd period

Dylan Strome (17)Max Pacioretty (6), Alex Ovechkin (21)1–407:26 WSH
Mikko Rantanen (27)Jonathan Drouin (17), Nathan MacKinnon (52)1–510:20 COL
Nathan MacKinnon (30)Mikko Rantanen (38), Ross Colton (14)1–616:14 COL
Dylan Strome (18)Tom Wilson (9), Ethan Bear (2)2–617:37 WSH

Team stats

WSHCOL

25Shots on goal31

45%Faceoff %55%

0/5Power play2/4

8Penalty minutes10

19Hits16

15Blocked shots24

2Giveaways5

5Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 06:34Miles Wood · slashing2 min
1st 18:09Jonathan Drouin · high sticking2 min
2nd 01:38Nicolas Aube-Kubel · holding2 min
2nd 06:22Ethan Bear · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 15:58Kurtis MacDermid · tripping2 min
3rd 02:55Ross Colton · high sticking2 min
3rd 14:08T.J. Oshie · high sticking2 min
3rd 15:39Joel Edmundson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
3rd 15:47Ryan Johansen · high sticking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

17Dylan StromeC	2	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	61	16:16
8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	-2	0	2	0	0	–	19:38
43Tom WilsonR	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	17:40
67Max PaciorettyL	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	–	14:18
25Ethan BearD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	2	–	16:12
21Aliaksei ProtasC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	13:27
24Connor McMichaelC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	31	12:29
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	44	17:54
39Anthony ManthaR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	16:48
47Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	14:53
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	–	12:20
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	46	15:39
96Nicolas Aube-KubelR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	10:52
3Nick JensenD	0	0	0	-2	3	1	2	0	–	18:26
6Joel EdmundsonD	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	–	16:52
38Rasmus SandinD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	21:57
42Martin FehérváryD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	–	15:28
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	-1	2	3	2	0	–	23:22

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Darcy KuemperG		0	0	0	–	00:00
79Charlie LindgrenG	L	31	25	6	.806	59:50

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

29Nathan MacKinnonC	4	1	5	+3	8	0	1	0	38	20:29
96Mikko RantanenR	1	4	5	+3	3	0	4	0	75	20:49
8Cale MakarD	1	2	3	+3	1	0	2	0	–	24:17
11Andrew CoglianoC	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	50	13:59
20Ross ColtonC	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	2	67	14:56
27Jonathan DrouinL	0	1	1	+2	1	1	0	2	–	19:36
12Ryan JohansenC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	64	12:15
22Fredrik OlofssonL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	50	08:44
25Logan O'ConnorR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	33	15:39
28Miles WoodL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–	14:07
62Artturi LehkonenL	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	50	16:12
94Joel KivirantaL	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	–	08:02
4Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	19:16
7Devon ToewsD	0	0	0	+4	0	0	4	0	–	21:46
42Josh MansonD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	–	17:00
49Samuel GirardD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	3	0	–	18:18
56Kurtis MacDermidD	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	–	08:17
70Sam MalinskiD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	16:18

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Alexandar GeorgievG	W	25	23	2	.920	60:00
50Ivan ProsvetovG		0	0	0	–	00:00