National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 7, Columbus 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 17, 2022
Where: Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Referees: Jake Brenk, Kendrick Nicholson
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Jonathan Deschamps
Attendance: 15911
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 2237
Columbus 0112
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
4:29 - Capitals Anthony Mantha (EV) Assists: T.J. Oshie
12:20 - Capitals Anthony Mantha (EV) Unassisted
Penalties
15:26 - Blue Jackets Sean Kuraly (2) Slashing
 17:36 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (2) Interference
2nd Period
Scoring
1:20 - Capitals Martin Fehervary (EV) Assists: Daniel Sprong , John Carlson
6:57 - Blue Jackets Oliver Bjorkstrand (PP) Assists: Jakub Voracek , Max Domi
10:44 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (PP) Assists: Conor Sheary , Tom Wilson
Penalties
3:35 - Blue Jackets Sean Kuraly (2) Illegal Check to head
 3:35 - Blue Jackets Sean Kuraly (2) Roughing
 3:35 - Capitals Dmitry Orlov (2) Roughing
 5:37 - Capitals Anthony Mantha (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
 9:44 - Blue Jackets Jack Roslovic (2) Slashing
 11:19 - Capitals Garnet Hathaway (2) Interference
 16:30 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Cross checking
3rd Period
Scoring
1:47 - Blue Jackets Patrik Laine (EV) Assists: Zach Werenski , Andrew Peeke
4:15 - Capitals Connor McMichael (EV) Unassisted
7:21 - Capitals Conor Sheary (EV) (EN) Assists: Trevor van Riemsdyk , Nicklas Backstrom
9:03 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (PP) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom , Alex Ovechkin
Penalties
6:57 - Blue Jackets Jack Roslovic (2) Slashing
 6:57 - Capitals Nic Dowd (2) Embellishment
 8:12 - Blue Jackets Jakub Voracek (2) Cross checking
 9:22 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Slashing
 14:28 - Blue Jackets Gustav Nyquist (2) Tripping
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ilya Samsonov G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Vitek Vanecek G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 42:49 7:51 9:20 0 0 - - - - -
Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 26 17:43 15:21 2:17 0:05 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 27 18:29 12:52 0:00 5:37 0 0 1 1 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 1 1 2 -1 2 4 17 17:03 10:00 7:00 0:03 1 0 1 - 1 0 100
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 +1 2 3 24 19:11 17:00 0:42 1:29 0 0 2 2 - - -
Daniel Sprong RW 0 1 1 +2 0 2 15 11:26 10:44 0:42 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 2 2 +3 0 1 20 15:08 10:32 4:36 0:00 0 0 - 1 8 3 73
Garnet Hathaway RW 0 0 0 E 2 1 23 15:55 12:14 0:00 3:41 0 0 4 - 0 1 0
Connor McMichael C 1 0 1 +2 0 2 16 11:11 10:29 0:42 0:00 0 0 - - 6 4 60
Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 E 2 1 25 17:41 12:18 0:05 5:18 0 0 1 - 10 12 45
Anthony Mantha RW 2 0 2 +2 2 5 19 12:40 10:07 2:33 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Martin Fehervary D 1 0 1 +3 0 2 23 17:17 13:51 0:00 3:26 0 0 2 1 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 1 1 +2 4 1 22 14:55 10:00 2:33 2:22 0 0 2 1 1 0 100
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 15:17 11:38 0:42 2:57 0 0 - 1 - - -
Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 26 20:14 13:35 0:42 5:57 0 0 - 3 - - -
Conor Sheary LW 1 1 2 E 0 2 22 14:31 11:25 2:31 0:35 0 0 - 1 1 2 33
John Carlson D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 24 19:57 12:53 4:57 2:07 0 0 - 2 - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 0 1 1 +2 0 1 17 12:06 8:21 3:45 0:00 0 0 1 - 2 1 67
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 0 1 -1 0 1 19 17:56 9:30 4:43 3:43 1 0 - - 3 5 38
Columbus Blue Jackets
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Joonas Korpisalo G 0 0 0 0 0 21:20 17:20 2:00 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Elvis Merzlikins G 0 0 0 0 0 38:24 25:13 7:20 5:51 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Peeke D 0 1 1 E 0 0 25 23:43 17:14 0:02 6:27 0 0 1 3 - - -
Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 -1 6 2 22 11:27 8:44 0:20 2:23 0 0 - 1 10 9 53
Zach Werenski D 0 1 1 -2 0 5 24 24:31 15:45 8:05 0:41 0 0 1 2 - - -
Gustav Nyquist RW 0 0 0 -1 2 3 27 19:33 10:14 7:19 2:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Max Domi C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 15 11:49 10:10 1:39 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Justin Danforth RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 21 15:25 13:08 1:18 0:59 0 0 2 - 6 9 40
Jake Bean D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 23 20:02 17:06 1:22 1:34 0 0 - 1 - - -
Oliver Bjorkstrand RW 1 0 1 -3 0 7 17 17:19 9:25 7:54 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Patrik Laine LW 1 0 1 -1 0 4 20 19:06 11:06 8:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Cole Sillinger C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 22 14:50 12:32 0:03 2:15 0 0 2 1 7 6 54
Vladislav Gavrikov D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 20 18:57 13:19 0:00 5:38 0 0 1 - - - -
Dean Kukan D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 16 12:06 11:24 0:00 0:42 0 0 2 - - - -
Eric Robinson LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 18 13:43 9:28 0:00 4:15 0 0 1 1 - - -
Emil Bemstrom RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 13 9:08 9:02 0:06 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Gabriel Carlsson D 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 11:19 10:37 0:00 0:42 0 0 1 1 - - -
Yegor Chinakhov RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 13:23 12:15 1:08 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Jakub Voracek RW 0 1 1 -2 2 6 21 17:25 10:47 6:30 0:08 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Jack Roslovic C 0 0 0 E 4 0 22 16:39 10:50 2:54 2:55 0 0 1 1 2 6 25
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Vitek Vanecek W (20-12-6) 41 39 2 .951 0 60:00
Columbus
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Joonas Korpisalo L (7-11-0) 9 6 3 .667 0 21:20
Elvis Merzlikins 23 20 3 .870 0 38:24