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Washington Capitals at Columbus Blue Jackets

Nationwide Arena, Columbus Regular Season Final

Final score

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Washington Capitals 5–1 on Monday, February 26, 2018 at home.

Team Goals 2017-2018 record
Washington Capitals 1 49-26-7
at Columbus Blue Jackets 5 45-30-7

Goals by period

Team Total
Washington Capitals 1 0 0 1
Columbus Blue Jackets 4 0 1 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Washington Capitals 7 8 11 26
Columbus Blue Jackets 16 9 10 35

Three stars

  1. S. Jones, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 goal, 2 assists)
  2. A. Panarin, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. C. Atkinson, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 goal, 2 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 05:31 Columbus Blue Jackets Artemi Panarin (18) Seth Jones (30), Cam Atkinson (12) Power play WSH 0, CBJ 1
1st 06:57 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin (39) John Carlson (39), T.J. Oshie (22) Power play WSH 1, CBJ 1
1st 07:53 Columbus Blue Jackets Sonny Milano (9) Alexander Wennberg (18), Seth Jones (31) Even strength WSH 1, CBJ 2
1st 14:32 Columbus Blue Jackets Mark Letestu (9) Matt Calvert (11), Lukas Sedlak (4) Even strength WSH 1, CBJ 3
1st 18:17 Columbus Blue Jackets Seth Jones (9) Cam Atkinson (13), Artemi Panarin (34) Power play WSH 1, CBJ 4
3rd 17:18 Columbus Blue Jackets Cam Atkinson (12) Unassisted Shorthanded, Empty net WSH 1, CBJ 5

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

Team stats

Stat Washington Capitals Columbus Blue Jackets
Shots on goal 26 35
Power play 1 of 3 2 of 4
Penalty minutes 10 14
Hits 13 19
Blocked shots 12 8
Giveaways 9 3
Takeaways 8 14
Faceoffs won 24/57 (42.1%) 33/57 (57.9%)

Box score

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player
8 A. Ovechkin L 1 0 1 -2 0 8 1 0 1 22:08
10 B. Connolly R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 1 0 14:30
18 C. Stephenson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:37
19 N. Backstrom C 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 0 0 55% 20:42
20 L. Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 35.7% 15:18
25 D. Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 0 0 08:47
39 A. Chiasson R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 07:26
43 T. Wilson R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 1 0 16:34
65 A. Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 13:57
77 T. Oshie R 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 0 0 50% 18:29
83 J. Beagle C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 50% 09:28
92 E. Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 0 0 27.3% 19:29
2 M. Niskanen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 20:22
6 M. Kempny D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 2 0 18:04
9 D. Orlov D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 0 0 21:57
29 C. Djoos D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 15:59
44 B. Orpik D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 16:13
74 J. Carlson D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 2 0 22:44
Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
31 P. Grubauer 18 18 0 1.000 38:52
70 B. Holtby 16 12 4 .750 19:28 Loss

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player
9 A. Panarin L 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 19:09
10 A. Wennberg C 0 1 1 +2 0 1 0 0 0 53.8% 15:21
11 M. Calvert L 0 1 1 +1 10 0 0 0 0 03:25
13 C. Atkinson R 1 2 3 +1 0 5 0 0 0 20:09
17 B. Dubinsky C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 66.7% 15:26
18 P. Dubois C 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 38.5% 18:24
22 S. Milano L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 14:31
28 O. Bjorkstrand R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 15:57
38 B. Jenner C 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 15:59
45 L. Sedlak C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 100% 08:26
55 M. Letestu C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 2 0 0 66.7% 13:13
77 J. Anderson R 0 0 0 +1 2 4 1 0 0 17:41
3 S. Jones D 1 2 3 +1 0 5 2 1 1 19:30
7 J. Johnson D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 1 0 21:39
8 Z. Werenski D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 4 0 0 18:12
23 I. Cole D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 0 0 16:48
27 R. Murray D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 20:43
58 D. Savard D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 0 1 0 18:21
Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
72 S. Bobrovsky 26 25 1 .962 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 05:17 Washington Capitals Dmitry Orlov Holding 2
1st 06:54 Columbus Blue Jackets Ryan Murray Slashing 2
1st 09:24 Washington Capitals Nicklas Backstrom Hooking 2
1st 17:35 Washington Capitals Brooks Orpik Interference 2
1st 20:00 Washington Capitals Tom Wilson Roughing 2
1st 20:00 Columbus Blue Jackets Matt Calvert Match penatly 10 minutes (match) 10
2nd 17:08 Washington Capitals Brett Connolly Slashing 2
3rd 15:39 Columbus Blue Jackets Josh Anderson Cross checking 2

Game information

Washington Capitals head coach
Barry Trotz
Columbus Blue Jackets head coach
John Tortorella
Referees
Kyle Rehman, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen
Lonnie Cameron, David Brisebois
Washington Capitals scratches
Madison Bowey, Jakub Vrana, Jakub Jerabek
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches
Thomas Vanek, Taylor Chorney, Scott Harrington, Markus Hannikainen

2017-2018 season series

Matchup Status Details
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at Washington Capitals 4 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 at Washington Capitals 4 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets 5 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 4 at Washington Capitals 3 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 5 at Washington Capitals 4 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Washington Capitals 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2 Final/2OT Playoffs Game page
Washington Capitals 4 at Columbus Blue Jackets 1 Final Playoffs Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at Washington Capitals 4 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Washington Capitals 6 at Columbus Blue Jackets 3 Final Playoffs Game page

Other NHL games on Feb 26

Matchup Status Details
Philadelphia Flyers 1 at Montreal Canadiens 0 Final/SO Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 4 Final/SO Game page
Vancouver Canucks 1 at Colorado Avalanche 3 Final Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 2 at Los Angeles Kings 3 Final/OT Game page

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