Capitals 5-3 Blue Jackets (4 Mar, 2015) Box Score

Washington Capitals

35-20-10, 17-12-5 away

	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	1	2	5
CBJ	0	2	1	3

Columbus Blue Jackets

26-33-4, 12-18-2 home

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Jay BeagleJ. Beagle#83
Troy BrouwerT. Brouwer#20
Jason ChimeraJ. Chimera#25
Eric FehrE. Fehr#16
Curtis GlencrossC. Glencross#22
Marcus JohanssonM. Johansson#90
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
Michael LattaM. Latta#46
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Joel WardJ. Ward#42
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
Karl AlznerK. Alzner#27
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Tim GleasonT. Gleason#6
Mike GreenM. Green#52
Matt NiskanenM. Niskanen#2
Brooks OrpikB. Orpik#44

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	21:12	2:44	0:37	17:51	9	11	45.0
0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	21	15:00	0:00	0:59	14:01	7	5	58.3
0	0	0	2	0	1	2	7	2	0	0	18	14:39	2:44	1:23	10:32	3	0	100.0
0	2	2	3	0	0	2	7	2	0	0	22	16:27	0:00	0:28	15:59	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	21	16:26	0:00	0:59	15:27	7	6	53.8
0	0	-2	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	18	12:10	0:35	0:00	11:35	0	1	0.0
1	0	1	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	24	19:07	2:44	0:00	16:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	13	11:20	0:35	0:00	10:45	3	3	50.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	6	3:38	0:00	0:00	3:38	2	2	50.0
2	0	1	8	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	23	20:58	3:08	0:00	17:50	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	24	20:02	0:35	1:14	18:13	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	0	0	3	17	2	0	0	11	7:19	0:00	0:00	7:19	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	26	18:34	0:00	0:28	18:06	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	28	23:51	2:44	1:36	19:31	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	14:14	0:00	0:00	14:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	15:13	0:35	0:00	14:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	21:35	0:11	1:14	20:10	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	27	23:25	0:00	2:22	21:03	0	0	0.0

goalies
Braden HoltbyB. Holtby#70

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
30	3	27	.900	0	0	0	0	0	60:00	0

Columbus Blue Jackets


forwards
Artem AnisimovA. Anisimov#42
Cam AtkinsonC. Atkinson#13
Jared BollJ. Boll#40
David ClarksonD. Clarkson#18
Marko DanoM. Dano#56
Nick FolignoN. Foligno#71
Brian GibbonsB. Gibbons#23
Scott HartnellS. Hartnell#43
Ryan JohansenR. Johansen#19
Mark LetestuM. Letestu#55
Corey TroppC. Tropp#26
Alex WennbergA. Wennberg#41
defensemen
Justin FalkJ. Falk#44
Cody GoloubefC. Goloubef#29
Jack JohnsonJ. Johnson#7
Dalton ProutD. Prout#47
David SavardD. Savard#58
Fedor TyutinF. Tyutin#51

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	18	14:40	0:00	0:52	13:48	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	18:15	1:10	0:00	17:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	7	1	0	0	9	5:42	0:00	0:00	5:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	12	2	0	0	11	7:32	0:00	0:00	7:32	1	2	33.3
0	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	23	17:49	0:42	0:01	17:06	6	4	60.0
0	1	-1	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	23	21:45	2:08	0:34	19:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	18	11:47	0:00	0:37	11:10	0	2	0.0
2	1	0	6	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	21	16:10	2:50	0:00	13:20	1	0	100.0
0	1	-2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	24	21:10	2:50	0:19	18:01	12	10	54.5
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	19	12:29	0:00	2:07	10:22	7	6	53.8
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	10:50	0:00	0:00	10:50	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	20:51	2:50	2:08	15:53	1	7	12.5
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	1	0	0	1	5	2	0	0	16	13:12	0:00	0:01	13:11	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	20	15:42	0:00	1:58	13:44	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	3	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	28	25:44	2:50	1:21	21:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	7	4	0	0	22	16:22	0:00	0:00	16:22	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	28	23:46	0:00	1:21	22:25	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	28	22:12	0:00	1:57	20:15	0	0	0.0

goalies
Sergei BobrovskyS. Bobrovsky#72

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
32	4	28	.875	0	0	0	0	0	58:43	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Capitals	2	1	2	5
	Blue Jackets	0	2	1	3

1st Period			WSH	CBJ
3:37		Alex Ovechkin (42) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Brooks Orpik (16), Nicklas Backstrom (48)	1	0
16:20		Eric Fehr (18) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Tim Gleason (7), Jason Chimera (10)	2	0

2nd Period		WSH	CBJ
1:51	David Savard (10) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Scott Hartnell (27), Fedor Tyutin (10)	2	1
2:39	Tom Wilson (4) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Jason Chimera (11), Jay Beagle (9)	3	1
15:03	Scott Hartnell (15) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Jack Johnson (24), Alex Wennberg (8)	3	2

3rd Period		WSH	CBJ
3:17	Alex Ovechkin (43) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (49), John Carlson (35)	4	2
9:07	Scott Hartnell (16) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Nick Foligno (33), Ryan Johansen (34)	4	3
19:51	Marcus Johansson (16) (Empty Net Goal) Assists: Joel Ward (12)	5	3

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 3-2

Blue Jackets
2
Capitals
4

Game 1

12/11

Blue Jackets
3
Capitals
2

Game 2

12/12

Capitals
5
Blue Jackets
4

Game 3

19/12

Capitals
3
Blue Jackets
4

Game 4

28/1

Capitals
5
Blue Jackets
3

Game 5

4/3

Nationwide Arena

12:00 AM, 4 March 2015

Columbus, OH

Attendance: 12,915

Referees:
Dan O'Halloran
Kendrick Nicholson

Linesmen:
Tim Nowak

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	14	5	0	28
New Jersey	13	7	2	28
Washington	13	5	1	27
NY Rangers	12	5	1	25
NY Islanders	7	8	5	19
Columbus	8	9	2	18
Philadelphia	8	10	2	18
Pittsburgh	7	10	4	18

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Washington Capitals

Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 3-2

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