Capitals 3-2 Blue Jackets (7 Feb, 2018) Box Score

Washington Capitals

31-17-5, 12-9-4 away

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

Columbus Blue Jackets

27-22-4, 16-10-1 home

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Jay BeagleJ. Beagle#83
Andre BurakovskyA. Burakovsky#65
Brett ConnollyB. Connolly#10
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
T.J. OshieT.J. Oshie#77
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Devante Smith-PellyD. Smith-Pelly#25
Chandler StephensonC. Stephenson#18
Jakub VranaJ. Vrana#13
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
Madison BoweyM. Bowey#22
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Christian DjoosC. Djoos#29
Matt NiskanenM. Niskanen#2
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9
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%
1	1	2	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	23	21:12	1:16	1:04	18:52	11	8	57.9
0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	17	14:09	0:00	3:11	10:58	7	6	53.8
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	6:34	0:00	0:00	6:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	10:27	0:00	0:00	10:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17	12:20	0:00	1:48	10:32	4	6	40.0
0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	15:25	1:16	0:00	14:09	6	5	54.5
0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	23	16:53	1:16	1:04	14:33	0	1	0.0
0	2	2	8	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	21	18:49	1:16	0:00	17:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	13	12:01	0:00	0:11	11:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	20	16:03	0:00	3:08	12:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	18	13:02	0:00	0:00	13:02	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	3	1	1	2	7	5	0	0	22	18:43	0:00	1:34	17:09	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	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	16:13	0:00	0:00	16:13	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	26	20:55	1:16	1:22	18:17	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	13:03	0:00	0:00	13:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	26	23:17	0:00	4:38	18:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	25	22:20	0:00	1:22	20:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	27	22:56	0:00	4:38	18:18	0	0	0.0

goalies
Braden HoltbyB. Holtby#70

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
39	2	37	.949	0	0	0	0	0	59:38	0

Columbus Blue Jackets


forwards
Josh AndersonJ. Anderson#77
Cam AtkinsonC. Atkinson#13
Oliver BjorkstrandO. Bjorkstrand#28
Matt CalvertM. Calvert#11
Brandon DubinskyB. Dubinsky#17
Pierre-Luc DuboisP. Dubois#18
Nick FolignoN. Foligno#71
Boone JennerB. Jenner#38
Jussi JokinenJ. Jokinen#36
Artemi PanarinA. Panarin#9
Lukas SedlakL. Sedlak#45
Alex WennbergA. Wennberg#10
defensemen
Jack JohnsonJ. Johnson#7
Seth JonesS. Jones#3
Dean KukanD. Kukan#46
Markus NutivaaraM. Nutivaara#65
David SavardD. Savard#58
Zach WerenskiZ. Werenski#8

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	5	3	0	0	20	17:27	1:34	0:00	15:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	22	21:06	4:26	0:49	15:51	1	0	100.0
0	0	1	6	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	17	13:20	1:31	0:00	11:49	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	13	9:33	0:00	0:27	9:06	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	2	2	2	0	0	5	1	0	23	17:49	0:12	0:39	16:58	8	6	57.1
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	16:11	1:22	0:00	14:49	5	10	33.3
0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	21	16:08	4:26	0:10	11:32	2	0	100.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	20	16:20	0:03	0:00	16:17	1	2	33.3
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	8:44	1:22	0:00	7:22	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	22:44	4:26	0:00	18:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	6:44	0:00	0:00	6:44	4	2	66.7
0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	18:59	4:26	0:27	14:06	5	7	41.7
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	23	16:16	0:09	0:17	15:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	6	2	3	0	0	4	1	0	30	27:31	4:26	0:59	22:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	13:58	0:00	0:00	13:58	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	20	15:46	0:09	0:00	15:37	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	20	16:19	0:03	0:17	15:59	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	28	24:22	1:25	0:59	21:58	0	0	0.0

goalies
Sergei BobrovskyS. Bobrovsky#72

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
25	3	22	.880	0	0	0	0	0	59:27	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	1	1	1	3
	Blue Jackets	1	0	1	2

1st Period			WSH	CBJ
1:58		David Savard (4) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Alex Wennberg (15)	0	1
4:54		John Carlson (8) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (29), Evgeny Kuznetsov (36)	1	1

2nd Period			WSH	CBJ
5:00		Tom Wilson (7) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (25), Christian Djoos (10)	2	1

3rd Period			WSH	CBJ
13:55		Brandon Dubinsky (4) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Markus Nutivaara (14), Matt Calvert (10)	2	2
19:17		Nicklas Backstrom (12) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: T.J. Oshie (19), Alex Ovechkin (26)	3	2

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-0

Blue Jackets
3
Capitals
4

Game 1

3/12

Capitals
3
Blue Jackets
2

Game 2

7/2

Blue Jackets
2
Capitals
4

Game 3

10/2

Capitals
1
Blue Jackets
5

Game 4

27/2

Nationwide Arena

12:00 AM, 7 February 2018

Columbus, OH

Attendance: 16,419

Referees:
Dean Morton

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	11	4	18

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