Washington Capitals @ Colorado Avalanche

11-4-1, 4-2-0 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Capitals WSH	2	2	1	5
Avalanche COL	1	1	0	2

Colorado AvalancheAvalancheCOL

9-9-0, 6-6-0 Home

Connor McMichael scores twice in the Capitals' 5-2 victory over the Avalanche

— Connor McMichael had two goals and the Washington Capitals scored four times on their first 10 shots in a 5-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night.

Nov 16, 2024, 04:57 am - AP

		1	2	3	T
	Capitals	2	2	1	5
	Avalanche	1	1	0	2

1st Period		WSH	COL
2:00	Parker Kelly (1) Assists: Samuel Girard (9)	0	1
4:25	Jakub Vrana (3) (Power Play) Assists: Pierre-Luc Dubois (9), Alex Ovechkin (10)	1	1
7:48	Connor McMichael (11) Assists: Tom Wilson (7), Trevor van Riemsdyk (8)	2	1

2nd Period		WSH	COL
1:53	Connor McMichael (12) Unassisted	3	1
4:03	Nikolai Kovalenko (3) Assists: Parker Kelly (2), Miles Wood (1)	3	2
9:21	Jakob Chychrun (4) Assists: Pierre-Luc Dubois (10)	4	2

3rd Period			WSH	COL
19:57		Rasmus Sandin (3) (Empty Net) Assists: Dylan Strome (19), John Carlson (10)	5	2

Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Trevor van Riemsdyk shot blocked by Devon Toews
Giveaway by Casey Mittelstadt
Calvin de Haan Wrist Shot Wide Left
Parker Kelly faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Samuel Girard Slap Shot Wide Right
Parker Kelly Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Samuel Girard (9)
Calvin de Haan Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Calvin de Haan Tripping against Lars Eller
Parker Kelly faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Giveaway by Jonathan Drouin
Takeaway by Jonathan Drouin
Casey Mittelstadt Tip-In saved by Charlie Lindgren
Sam Malinski shot blocked by Jonathan Drouin
Giveaway by Casey Mittelstadt
Mikko Rantanen faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Casey Mittelstadt hit Lars Eller
Ivan Ivan Tip-In Wide Right
Samuel Girard Wrist Shot Wide Right
Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Valeri Nichushkin Snap Shot Wide Left
Sam Malinski Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Logan O'Connor Snap Shot Wide Right
Calvin de Haan Snap Shot Wide Left
Giveaway by Ivan Ivan
Casey Mittelstadt Tripping against Brandon Duhaime
Logan O'Connor faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Parker Kelly faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Josh Manson hit Pierre-Luc Dubois
Parker Kelly faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Lars Eller shot blocked by Devon Toews
Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon
Calvin de Haan hit Matt Roy
Miles Wood Wrist Shot Wide Right
Nathan MacKinnon Slap Shot Wide Left
Mikko Rantanen Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Mikko Rantanen Snap Shot Wide Right
Ivan Ivan faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Samuel Girard Backhand saved by Charlie Lindgren
Giveaway by Samuel Girard
Artturi Lehkonen hit Jakob Chychrun
Cale Makar shot blocked by Mikko Rantanen
Miles Wood faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Calvin de Haan Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Miles Wood hit Nic Dowd
Parker Kelly Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Nikolai Kovalenko Goal (3) Backhand, assists: Parker Kelly (2), Miles Wood (1)
Ivan Ivan faceoff won against Lars Eller
Mikko Rantanen faceoff won against Lars Eller
Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Lars Eller
Cale Makar Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Sam Malinski Slap Shot Wide Left
Cale Makar Wrist Shot Wide Left
Miles Wood Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Matt Roy shot blocked by Cale Makar
Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Samuel Girard
Rasmus Sandin shot blocked by Logan O'Connor
Casey Mittelstadt Snap Shot High and Wide Left
Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon
Trevor van Riemsdyk shot blocked by Cale Makar
Nikolai Kovalenko hit Matt Roy
Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Lars Eller
Jonathan Drouin Snap Shot Above Crossbar
Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Ivan Ivan faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Nikolai Kovalenko hit Jakob Chychrun
Giveaway by Casey Mittelstadt
Trevor van Riemsdyk shot blocked by Joel Kiviranta
Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Devon Toews Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Cale Makar Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Giveaway by Mikko Rantanen
Connor McMichael shot blocked by Cale Makar
Parker Kelly faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Josh Manson shot blocked by Miles Wood
Josh Manson hit Aliaksei Protas
Miles Wood hit John Carlson
Taylor Raddysh shot blocked by Calvin de Haan
Brandon Duhaime shot blocked by Sam Malinski
Mikko Rantanen hit Martin Fehervary
Cale Makar Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Giveaway by Artturi Lehkonen
Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Josh Manson hit Aliaksei Protas
Josh Manson hit Alex Ovechkin
Giveaway by Josh Manson
Aliaksei Protas shot blocked by Samuel Girard
Ivan Ivan faceoff won against Lars Eller
Ivan Ivan faceoff won against Lars Eller
Giveaway by Joel Kiviranta
Giveaway by Mikko Rantanen
Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Casey Mittelstadt Snap Shot Wide Left
Valeri Nichushkin Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Samuel Girard Slap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Nikolai Kovalenko Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Jonathan Drouin faceoff won against Lars Eller
Casey Mittelstadt Wrist Shot Short
Samuel Girard hit Andrew Mangiapane
Josh Manson Wrist Shot Wide Left
Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Taylor Raddysh
Devon Toews Slap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Cale Makar hit Jakob Chychrun
Valeri Nichushkin Backhand Wide Right
Cale Makar shot blocked by Mikko Rantanen
Pierre-Luc Dubois shot blocked by Samuel Girard
Martin Fehervary shot blocked by Joel Kiviranta
Joel Kiviranta hit Taylor Raddysh
Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Blocked Shot
Giveaway by Cale Makar
Cale Makar Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
Artturi Lehkonen Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
Takeaway by Cale Makar
Mikko Rantanen Snap Shot Wide Right
Cale Makar Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
Andrew Mangiapane shot blocked by Valeri Nichushkin
Off-side
Giveaway by Jakob Chychrun
Valeri Nichushkin shot blocked by John Carlson
Goalie Stopped
Giveaway by Dylan Strome
High Stick
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Miles Wood
Connor McMichael Wrist Shot Hit Left Post
Jakub Vrana Goal (3) Slap Shot, assists: Pierre-Luc Dubois (9), Alex Ovechkin (10)
Taylor Raddysh hit Nathan MacKinnon
Alex Ovechkin hit Sam Malinski
Icing
Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Alex Ovechkin
Icing
Takeaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk
Connor McMichael Goal (11) Slap Shot, assists: Tom Wilson (7), Trevor van Riemsdyk (8)
Rasmus Sandin Wrist Shot Hit Left Post
Giveaway by Jakub Vrana
Andrew Mangiapane hit Valeri Nichushkin
Tom Wilson hit Mikko Rantanen
Pierre-Luc Dubois Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
Puck in Netting
Giveaway by Tom Wilson
Taylor Raddysh hit Devon Toews
Goalie Stopped
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
TV Timeout
Puck in Crowd
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Artturi Lehkonen
Puck in Netting
Puck in Netting
Jakub Vrana Tip-In saved by Justus Annunen
Andrew Mangiapane hit Devon Toews
Trevor van Riemsdyk Wrist Shot Wide Right
Trevor van Riemsdyk Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
Martin Fehervary hit Casey Mittelstadt
Connor McMichael Wrist Shot Wide Left
Matt Roy Wrist Shot Wide Right
Goalie Stopped
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Joel Kiviranta
Andrew Mangiapane Hooking against Josh Manson
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Casey Mittelstadt
Cale Makar shot blocked by Nic Dowd
Giveaway by Brandon Duhaime
Nic Dowd hit Artturi Lehkonen
Off-side
Icing
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Ivan Ivan
Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin
Connor McMichael Goal (12) Backhand, assists: none
Icing
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Mikko Rantanen
Giveaway by John Carlson
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Sam Malinski shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
Nic Dowd hit Parker Kelly
Off-side
Icing
Icing
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Samuel Girard shot blocked by Pierre-Luc Dubois
Icing
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Mikko Rantanen
John Carlson Wrist Shot saved by Trent Miner
Artturi Lehkonen shot blocked by Trevor van Riemsdyk
Puck in Netting
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Ivan Ivan
Dylan Strome Slap Shot saved by Trent Miner
Alex Ovechkin Tip-In saved by Trent Miner
Tom Wilson hit Casey Mittelstadt
Jakob Chychrun Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Pierre-Luc Dubois (10)
Giveaway by Taylor Raddysh
Puck in Benches
Icing
Icing
Lars Eller faceoff won against Casey Mittelstadt
Puck in Netting
Devon Toews shot blocked by Tom Wilson
Off-side
Martin Fehervary hit Joel Kiviranta
Giveaway by Connor McMichael
Samuel Girard shot blocked by Tom Wilson
Takeaway by John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin Wrist Shot saved by Trent Miner
Goalie Stopped
Lars Eller faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin
Puck in Crowd
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Casey Mittelstadt
Icing
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Casey Mittelstadt
Dylan Strome Tip-In Wide Right
Andrew Mangiapane Slap Shot saved by Trent Miner
Jakob Chychrun Slap Shot saved by Trent Miner
Puck in Netting
Devon Toews shot blocked by Rasmus Sandin
Rasmus Sandin hit Artturi Lehkonen
Puck in Netting
Matt Roy hit Mikko Rantanen
Puck in Netting
Jakob Chychrun hit Josh Manson
Dylan Strome hit Parker Kelly
Alex Ovechkin hit Samuel Girard
Icing
Tom Wilson Wrist Shot saved by Trent Miner
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Casey Mittelstadt
John Carlson Slap Shot saved by Trent Miner
Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Cale Makar shot blocked by Matt Roy
Giveaway by John Carlson
Tom Wilson Slap Shot Wide Left
On-Ice Official
Icing
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Casey Mittelstadt
Giveaway by Matt Roy
Goalie Stopped
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Casey Mittelstadt
Taylor Raddysh Wrist Shot Wide Left
Cale Makar shot blocked by Brandon Duhaime
Nic Dowd Backhand saved by Trent Miner
Icing
Lars Eller faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
Puck in Benches
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Ivan Ivan
Matt Roy Wrist Shot saved by Trent Miner
Goalie Stopped
Dylan Strome Tip-In Wide Right
Goalie Stopped
Sam Malinski shot blocked by Jakob Chychrun
Calvin de Haan shot blocked by Connor McMichael
Puck in Netting
Mikko Rantanen shot blocked by Trevor van Riemsdyk
Taylor Raddysh hit Mikko Rantanen
Giveaway by Aliaksei Protas
Rasmus Sandin Wrist Shot saved by Trent Miner
Puck in Benches
Lars Eller faceoff won against Parker Kelly
Jakub Vrana hit Josh Manson
Off-side
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
Trevor van Riemsdyk Wrist Shot Wide Left
Andrew Mangiapane Snap Shot saved by Trent Miner
Goalie Stopped
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Casey Mittelstadt
Giveaway by John Carlson
Josh Manson shot blocked by Aliaksei Protas
Takeaway by Nic Dowd
Off-side
Valeri Nichushkin shot blocked by John Carlson
Icing
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Mikko Rantanen
Giveaway by Matt Roy
Connor McMichael Wrist Shot Wide Right
Icing
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
Icing
Timeout - Home
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
Cale Makar shot blocked by Dylan Strome
Goalie Stopped
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
Cale Makar shot blocked by Nic Dowd
Rasmus Sandin Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Dylan Strome (19), John Carlson (10)

CAPITALS

AVALANCHE

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

Capitals
5
Avalanche
2

Game 1

16/11

Avalanche
2
Capitals
1

Game 2

22/11

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	22	11	3	47
Philadelphia	19	10	7	45
NY Islanders	20	13	4	44
Washington	19	13	5	43
NY Rangers	19	16	4	42
New Jersey	20	16	1	41
Pittsburgh	15	12	9	39
Columbus	15	15	6	36

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	27	2	7	61
Dallas	25	7	6	56
Minnesota	22	10	6	50
Utah	18	18	3	39
Nashville	16	16	4	36
St. Louis	14	16	8	36
Winnipeg	15	17	3	33
Chicago	13	17	6	32

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Washington Capitals @ Colorado Avalanche

Stars of the Game

Connor McMichaelC - WSH

Parker KellyC - COL

Pierre-Luc DuboisLW - WSH

Game Information

Connor McMichael scores twice in the Capitals' 5-2 victory over the Avalanche

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

2025-26 Central Division Standings

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Kraken play the Flyers on 3-game winning streak

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