Game Recap – 12/27/2019 – Columbus Blue Jackets v. Washington Capitals

Columbus Blue Jackets (17-14-6 40pts) v. Washington Capitals (26-7-5 57pts)

 

Game Recap:

Coming back from the three day holiday break the Washington Capitals would play host to their Metro Division rival Columbus Blue Jackets, and would look to avenge their two previous loses this season to Columbus. After a scoreless first period that would see Ilya Samsonov make some huge saves for the Capitals, it would be the Jackets striking first as Jakob Lilja would score his first career NHL goal to give Columbus the 1-0 lead.

 

The in the third period after another failed powerplay attempt the Capitals would finally get on the board as Carl Hagelin would attack the crease and get the puck past Joonas Korpisalo to score his first of the season, and tie the game at one a piece, and force overtime. In the extra frame the Capitals would be buzzing as they would hem in the Jackets in their own zone, and draw a penalty to take the extra man advantage. Then on the powerplay TJ Oshie would knock in the loose puck to take the 2-1 victory for the Capitals.

 

Lineups:

Columbus Blue Jackets:

Alexandre Texier — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Eric Robinson

Nick Foligno — Boone Jenner — Gustav Nyquist

Jakob Lilja — Alexander Wennberg — Kevin Stenlund

Nathan Gerbe — Riley Nash — Ryan MacInnis

Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

Vladislav Gavrikov — David Savard

Dean Kukan — Gabriel Carlsson

Joonas Korpisalo

Elvis Merzlikins

Scratched: None

Injured: Scott Harrington (illness), Brandon Dubinsky (wrist), Emil Bemstrom (ribs), Markus Nutivaara (upper body), Ryan Murray (lower body), Sonny Milano (upper body), Josh Anderson (shoulder), Andrew Peeke (finger), Cam Atkinson (lower body), Oliver Bjorkstrand (ribs, oblique)

 

Washington Capitals:

Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson

Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — T.J. Oshie

Carl Hagelin — Lars Eller — Richard Panik

Brendan Leipsic — Nic Dowd — Garnet Hathaway

John Carlson — Jonas Siegenthaler

Dmitry Orlov — Nick Jensen

Christian Djoos — Radko Gudas

Ilya Samsonov

Braden Holtby

Scratched: Travis Boyd

Injured: Michal Kempny (illness)

 

First Period:

N/A

 

End of 1st

 

Second Period:

WAS Penalty – 1:41 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Tripping

CLB Penalty – 5:26 – Dean Kuken 2 minutes for Tripping

CLB Goal – 9:17 – Jakob Lilja (1) from Riley Nash (6) and Ryan MacInnis (1)

CLB Penalty – 12:35 – Alexandre Texier 2 minutes for Slashing

CLB Penalty – 19:52 – Nick Foligno 5 minute major for Fighting

WAS Penalty – 19:52 – Jonas Siegenthaler 5 minute major Fighting

CLB Penalty – 19:52 – Nick Foligno 2 minutes for Roughing

WAS Penalty – 19:52 – Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for Cross Checking

 

End of 2nd

 

Third Period:

CLB Penalty – 3:21 – Eric Robinson 2 minutes for Tripping

WAS Goal – 6:13 – Carl Hagelin (1) from Richard Panik (2) and Evgeny Kuznetsov (22)

WAS Penalty – 8:10 – Nicklas Backstrom 2 minutes for Tripping

CLB Penalty – 10:04 – Nick Foligno 2 minutes for Tripping

 

End of 3rd

 

Overtime:

CLB Penalty – 2:18 – Nathan Gerbe 2 minutes for Hooking

WAS PPG – 3:13 – TJ Oshie (15) from Nicklas Backstrom (20) and Alex Ovechkin (14)

 

End of OT

 

Next Up:

Washington (27-7-5 59pts) @ Carolina (22-14-2 46pts)

Columbus (17-14-7 41pts) v. Chicago (16-17-6 38pts)