Capitals 3-0 Avalanche (19 Oct, 2016) Play-by-Play

Colorado Avalanche

2-1-0, 1-1-0 away

	1	2	3	T
COL	0	0	0	0
WSH	1	1	1	3

Washington Capitals

2-0-1, 2-0-0 home

AVALANCHE

CAPITALS

TIME	COL	WSH
0:00
0:00
0:08
0:45
0:50	0	0
0:56
0:59	0	0
1:02	0	0
1:10
1:44
1:44
1:56	0	0
2:12
2:12
2:19	0	0
2:41
2:49
3:00	0	0
3:14
3:14
3:27
3:27
3:51
3:51
4:01	0	0
4:08	0	0
4:18
4:35	0	0
4:45	0	0
5:20	0	0
5:26
5:26
5:28	0	0
5:29
5:29
5:35	0	0
5:44
6:21
6:21
6:36
6:59
7:03	0	0
7:04
7:04
7:21
7:30
7:58	0	0
7:59
7:59
8:03	0	0
8:41
8:43
8:43
10:31
11:08
11:08
11:22	0	0
11:23
11:23
11:41	0	0
11:45
11:54	0	0
11:56	0	0
12:09
12:21
12:27	0	0
12:34	0	0
12:43	0	0
12:44
12:44
12:49	0	0
13:03	0	0
13:04
13:04
13:07	0	0
13:08
13:08
13:13	0	0
13:16
13:16
13:49	0	0
13:50
13:50
13:50
14:15
14:15
14:21	0	0
14:54
15:27
15:44	0	1
15:44
16:12
16:38
16:38
17:02	0	1
17:08
17:08
17:27
18:10
18:12	0	1
18:40
18:54
19:04	0	1
19:15
19:19
19:25	0	1
19:26	0	1
19:35
19:42	0	1
19:46
20:00

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

Avalanche
0
Capitals
3

Game 1

19/10

Capitals
5
Avalanche
3

Game 2

30/3

Capital One Arena

12:00 AM, 19 October 2016

Washington, DC

Attendance: 18,506

Referees:
Steve Kozari
Evgeny Romasko

Linesmen:
Tim Nowak

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Dallas	52	21	9	113
Winnipeg	52	24	6	110
Colorado	50	25	7	107
Nashville	47	30	5	99
St. Louis	43	33	6	92
Minnesota	39	33	10	87
Arizona	36	41	5	77
Chicago	23	53	6	52

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
NY Rangers	55	23	4	114
Carolina	52	23	7	111
NY Islanders	39	27	16	94
Washington	40	31	11	91
Pittsburgh	38	32	12	88
Philadelphia	38	33	11	87
New Jersey	38	39	5	81
Columbus	27	43	12	66

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Colorado Avalanche

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Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

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