Avalanche 5–1 Capitals — Final Score & Stats (Oct 12, 2013)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

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1st star 🏔️ COL

Alex Tanguay

2 G

3 shots · 17:11 TOI

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Nathan MacKinnon

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 13:52 TOI

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Semyon Varlamov

40 saves

0.976 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🏔️ Alex Tanguay Go-ahead 1st · 06:42

Assists: Gabriel Landeskog · beat Michal Neuvirth

1–0

🏔️ Matt Duchene 1st · 14:22

Assists: Ryan O'Reilly, Andre Benoit · beat Michal Neuvirth

2–0

2nd period

🏔️ Nathan MacKinnon PP 2nd · 17:41

Assists: Paul Stastny, Gabriel Landeskog · beat Michal Neuvirth

3–0

3rd period

🏔️ Alex Tanguay SH 3rd · 01:19

Assists: Paul Stastny, Andre Benoit · beat Michal Neuvirth

4–0

🦅 Eric Fehr 3rd · 02:03

Assists: Jason Chimera, Joel Ward · beat Semyon Varlamov

4–1

🏔️ Jamie McGinn 3rd · 02:24

Assists: PA Parenteau, Nathan MacKinnon · beat Michal Neuvirth

5–1

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Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏔️Avalanche

L1 O'Reilly · Duchene · Downie 18:25

L2 Landeskog · Tanguay · Parenteau 17:30

L3 McGinn · Stastny · MacKinnon 14:38

L4 Bordeleau · McLeod · Mitchell 8:07

D1 Hejda · Johnson 21:22

D2 Sarich · Benoit 19:25

D3 Guenin · Wilson 16:42

🦅Capitals

L1 Backstrom · Brouwer · Ward 18:26

L2 Ovechkin · Chimera · Grabovski 17:07

L3 Johansson · Laich · Fehr 15:16

L4 Beagle · Erat · Wilson 9:22

D1 Green · Urbom 21:50

D2 Carlson · Alzner 20:05

D3 Oleksy · Schmidt 16:12

Team stats

Away left · home right

🏔️COL WSH🦅

28 Shots on goal 41

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2

32 Hits 25

19 Blocked shots 9

6 Takeaways 9

8 Giveaways 9

4 Penalty minutes 6

COL shooting 17.9% (5/28) WSH shooting 2.4% (1/41)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏔️Avalanche

Semyon Varlamov

40/41

.976 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🦅Capitals

Michal Neuvirth

23/28

.821 SV% · 5 GA · 59:57 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located

COL WSH

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Last meetings

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Avalanche lead the season series 1–0

Dec 172011 🦅WSH @ 🏔️COL 1–2 Dec 112010 🏔️COL @ 🦅WSH 3–2 Dec 152009 🦅WSH @ 🏔️COL 6–1 Feb 202009 🏔️COL @ 🦅WSH 4–1 Jan 92008 🏔️COL @ 🦅WSH 1–2

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Who won Avalanche vs Capitals on October 12, 2013?

Avalanche won 5–1. The final score was Avalanche 5, Capitals 1.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Alex Tanguay (2), Jamie McGinn, Matt Duchene, Nathan MacKinnon.

Who scored for Capitals?

Eric Fehr.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Semyon Varlamov made 40 saves on 41 shots (.976 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Michal Neuvirth made 23 saves on 28 shots (.821 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Capitals season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🏔️ Avalanche

BeforeOct 10 🏔️COL @ 🐻BOS 2–0 AfterOct 15 ⭐DAL @ 🏔️COL 2–3

🦅 Capitals

BeforeOct 10 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 3–2 AfterOct 14 🛢️EDM @ 🦅WSH 2–4

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