Washington Capitals (31-18-7 69pts) v. Columbus Blue Jackets (31-20-3 65pts)
Game Recap:
The Washington Capitals would come out flat against the Columbus Blue Jackets, and put themselves into penalty trouble as the Blue Jackets dominated the Capitals in the first period. However, Braden Holtby would hold down the fort and keep this a 0-0 game.
In another lackluster period for the Capitals, the Blue Jackets would get the lone goal on a 3 on 1 break against the Capitals with Anthony Duclair scoring his 11th of the season. Capitals would be dominated in almost every aspect of the game. Blue Jackets through 40 minutes have held the Capitals to 7 shots and 9 faceoff wins.
The Capitals would play a better third period, but Sergei Bobrovsky would be lights out as he would shut out the Capitals surge, and the Blue Jackets would get goals from Nick Foligno and Artemi Panarin to seal the deal for the Blue Jackets.
Lineups:
Washington Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie
Andre Burakovsky — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly
Chandler Stephenson — Nic Dowd — Devante Smith-Pelly
Michal Kempny — John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen
Brooks Orpik — Christian Djoos
Braden Holtby
Pheonix Copley
Scratched: Madison Bowey, Dmitrij Jaskin, Travis Boyd
Columbus Blue Jackets:
Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Cam Atkinson
Nick Foligno — Boone Jenner — Josh Anderson
Anthony Duclair — Alexander Wennberg — Oliver Bjorkstrand
Markus Hannikainen — Riley Nash — Lukas Sedlak
Seth Jones — Ryan Murray
Zach Werenski — David Savard
Scott Harrington — Markus Nutivaara
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Dean Kukan, Eric Robinson
Injured: Brandon Dubinsky (hip)
First Period:
Capitals Penalty – 8:33 – Evgeny Kuznetsov 2 minutes for Hooking
Capitals Penalty – 15:36 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Tripping
Blue Jackets Penalty – 15:36 – Artemi Panarin 2 minutes for Holding
Capitals Penalty – 18:38 – Michal Kempny 2 minutes for Hooking
End of 1st – WAS – 0 CLB – 0
Shots 04 11
Faceoffs 06 09
Hits 04 07
PP 0/0 0/1
Second Period:
Blue Jackets Goal – 6:31 – Anthony Duclair (11) from Oliver Bjorkstrand (9) and Zach Werenski (21)
Capitals Penalty – 8:24 – Bench (Ovechkin) 2 minutes for Too Many Men
End of 2nd – WAS – 0 CLB – 1
Shots 07 24
Faceoffs 09 19
Hits 08 10
PP 0/0 0/3
Third Period:
Blue Jackets Penalty – 3:24 – Riley Nash 2 minutes for Holding
Capitals Penalty – 4:52 – John Carlson 2 minutes for Slashing
Blue Jackets Goal – 16:13 – Nick Foligno (14) from Seth Jones (28) and Ryan Murray (25)
Blue Jackets ENG – 19:50 – Artemi Panarin (22) from Josh Anderson (10)
End of 3rd – WAS – 0 CLB – 2
Shots 20 32
Faceoffs 18 33
Hits 14 15
PP 0/1 0/4
Next Up:
Washington (31-19-7 69pts) @ San Jose (34-16-7 75pts)
Columbus (32-20-3 67pts) v. NY Islanders (33-17-6 72pts)
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