Colorado Avalanche at Washington Capitals

Verizon Center, Washington Regular Season Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Colorado Avalanche 3–0 on Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at home.

Final score, Colorado Avalanche at Washington Capitals
Team Goals 2016-2017 record
Colorado Avalanche 0 22-56-4
at Washington Capitals 3 55-19-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, Colorado Avalanche at Washington Capitals
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Colorado Avalanche 0 0 0 0
Washington Capitals 1 1 1 3

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Colorado Avalanche at Washington Capitals
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Colorado Avalanche 5 7 6 18
Washington Capitals 20 9 11 40

Three stars

  1. P. Grubauer, Washington Capitals (goaltender)
  2. T. Oshie, Washington Capitals (2 goals)
  3. A. Ovechkin, Washington Capitals (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Colorado Avalanche at Washington Capitals. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 15:44 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin (1) Dmitry Orlov (1), Marcus Johansson (2) Power play COL 0, WSH 1
2nd 11:32 Washington Capitals T.J. Oshie (1) Nicklas Backstrom (3), Marcus Johansson (3) Power play COL 0, WSH 2
3rd 13:35 Washington Capitals T.J. Oshie (2) Alex Ovechkin (1), Evgeny Kuznetsov (1) Even strength COL 0, WSH 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Colorado Avalanche at Washington Capitals
Stat Colorado Avalanche Washington Capitals
Shots on goal 18 40
Power play 0 of 3 2 of 5
Penalty minutes 27 13
Hits 26 17
Blocked shots 13 9
Giveaways 11 16
Takeaways 5 12
Faceoffs won 27/58 (46.6%) 31/58 (53.4%)

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 8 J. Colborne C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 2 0 40% 14:52
Number 9 M. Duchene C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 1 0 66.7% 19:28
Number 12 J. Iginla R 0 0 0 0 17 0 2 0 0 12:06
Number 14 B. Comeau L 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 50% 14:13
Number 17 R. Bourque R 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 13:45
Number 25 M. Grigorenko C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 62.5% 14:28
Number 27 A. Martinsen L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 100% 09:01
Number 29 N. MacKinnon C 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 33.3% 19:17
Number 34 C. Soderberg C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 40% 17:35
Number 55 C. McLeod L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 09:51
Number 57 G. Bourque L 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 0 11:08
Number 92 G. Landeskog L 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 18:53
Number 4 T. Barrie D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 22:59
Number 6 E. Johnson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 2 0 22:04
Number 16 N. Zadorov D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 2 0 16:48
Number 28 P. Wiercioch D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:04
Number 32 F. Beauchemin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18:38
Number 51 F. Tyutin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 17:44
Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 1 S. Varlamov 40 37 3 .925 60:00 Loss

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 8 A. Ovechkin L 1 1 2 +1 6 5 2 0 1 18:11
Number 10 B. Connolly R 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 0 11:47
Number 14 J. Williams R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 15:18
Number 19 N. Backstrom C 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 76.5% 16:27
Number 20 L. Eller C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 21.4% 14:05
Number 26 D. Winnik L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:49
Number 43 T. Wilson R 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 11:44
Number 65 A. Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 16:22
Number 77 T. Oshie R 2 0 2 +1 0 6 1 1 1 66.7% 15:39
Number 83 J. Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 66.7% 13:19
Number 90 M. Johansson L 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 16:55
Number 92 E. Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 +1 0 4 0 0 0 45.5% 17:48
Number 2 M. Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 22:30
Number 9 D. Orlov D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 19:18
Number 27 K. Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 18:59
Number 44 B. Orpik D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 3 0 16:29
Number 74 J. Carlson D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 1 0 23:42
Number 88 N. Schmidt D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12:38
Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 31 P. Grubauer 18 18 0 1.000 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Colorado Avalanche at Washington Capitals
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:51 Colorado Avalanche Nikita Zadorov Tripping 2
1st 08:43 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin Cross checking 2
1st 13:50 Colorado Avalanche Blake Comeau Cross checking 2
2nd 01:35 Colorado Avalanche Matt Duchene Tripping 2
2nd 05:34 Washington Capitals Lars Eller Hooking 2
2nd 11:20 Washington Capitals Tom Wilson Fighting (major) 5
2nd 11:20 Colorado Avalanche Jarome Iginla Instigator 2
2nd 11:20 Colorado Avalanche Jarome Iginla Fighting (major) 5
2nd 11:20 Colorado Avalanche Jarome Iginla Misconduct (misconduct) 10
2nd 19:50 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin Roughing 2
2nd 19:50 Colorado Avalanche Gabriel Landeskog Roughing 2
3rd 08:06 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin Slashing 2
3rd 08:54 Colorado Avalanche Rene Bourque Cross checking 2

Game information

Colorado Avalanche head coach
Jared Bednar
Washington Capitals head coach
Barry Trotz
Referees
Evgeny Romasko, Steve Kozari
Linesmen
Steve Barton, Tim Nowak
Colorado Avalanche scratches
John Mitchell, Ben Smith, Eric Gelinas
Washington Capitals scratches
Taylor Chorney, Zachary Sanford

2016-2017 season series

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