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2019-20 regular season

Avalanche at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 1–0

Avalanche beat Capitals 6–3 at Capital One Arena on October 14, 2019.

COL – WSH
25–32
Shots on goal
1/4–0/2
Power play
11–29
Hits
16–19
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Nazem Kadri
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · 16:34 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Mikko Rantanen
1 G, 2 A
1 shots · 22:10 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Nathan MacKinnon
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 23:28 TOI

Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Erik Johnson Go-ahead 1st · 03:42
Assists: Nazem Kadri, Andre Burakovsky · beat Braden Holtby
1–0
🏔️ Nikita Zadorov 1st · 06:00
Assists: Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon · beat Braden Holtby
2–0
🏔️ Nazem Kadri 1st · 07:54
Assists: Joonas Donskoi, Cale Makar · beat Braden Holtby
3–0
🏔️ Mikko Rantanen PP 1st · 09:25
Assists: Gabriel Landeskog, Nazem Kadri · beat Ilya Samsonov
4–0
2nd period
🦅 Lars Eller 2nd · 06:56
Assists: Alex Ovechkin · beat Philipp Grubauer
4–1
🦅 T.J. Oshie 2nd · 15:28
Assists: Dmitry Orlov, Evgeny Kuznetsov · beat Philipp Grubauer
4–2
3rd period
🏔️ Matt Nieto 3rd · 04:24
Assists: Tyson Jost · beat Ilya Samsonov
5–2
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 3rd · 17:39
Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, John Carlson · beat Philipp Grubauer
5–3
🏔️ Nathan MacKinnon Empty net 3rd · 19:20
Assists: Mikko Rantanen, Gabriel Landeskog
6–3

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Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Landeskog · MacKinnon · Rantanen 23:04
L2 Kadri · Jost · Donskoi 13:34
L3 Burakovsky · Calvert · Wilson 12:33
L4 Nieto · Bellemare · Nichushkin 10:40
D1 Johnson · Girard 24:17
D2 Graves · Makar 17:40
D3 Cole · Zadorov 14:56
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Wilson 21:20
L2 Kuznetsov · Eller · Oshie 18:44
L3 Leipsic · Hagelin · Hathaway 11:54
L4 Vrana · Dowd · Panik 10:01
D1 Carlson · Orlov 24:28
D2 Gudas · Siegenthaler 20:46
D3 Jensen · Lewington 12:28

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL WSH🦅
25 Shots on goal 32
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
11 Hits 29
16 Blocked shots 19
7 Takeaways 9
8 Giveaways 15
11 Penalty minutes 25
COL shooting 24.0% (6/25) WSH shooting 9.4% (3/32)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Philipp Grubauer
29/32
.906 SV% · 3 GA · 59:16 TOI
🦅Capitals
Ilya Samsonov
19/21
.905 SV% · 2 GA · 48:48 TOI
Braden Holtby
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 07:54 TOI

Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located
Erik Johnson · 1st 03:42 · 1–0 Nikita Zadorov · 1st 06:00 · 2–0 Nazem Kadri · 1st 07:54 · 3–0 Mikko Rantanen · 1st 09:25 · 4–0 Lars Eller · 2nd 06:56 · 4–1 T.J. Oshie · 2nd 15:28 · 4–2 Matt Nieto · 3rd 04:24 · 5–2 Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 17:39 · 5–3 Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 19:20 · 6–3
COL WSH
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Last meetings

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Avalanche lead the season series 1–0
Feb 72019 🏔️COL @ 🦅WSH 3–4 OT Nov 162018 🦅WSH @ 🏔️COL 3–2 OT Dec 122017 🏔️COL @ 🦅WSH 2–5 Nov 162017 🦅WSH @ 🏔️COL 2–6 Mar 292017 🦅WSH @ 🏔️COL 5–3
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Who won Avalanche vs Capitals on October 14, 2019?

Avalanche won 6–3. The final score was Avalanche 6, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Erik Johnson, Matt Nieto, Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon, Nazem Kadri, Nikita Zadorov.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Lars Eller, T.J. Oshie.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Philipp Grubauer made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Ilya Samsonov made 19 saves on 21 shots (.905 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 12 🌵ARI @ 🏔️COL 2–3 AfterOct 16 🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT 2–3
🦅 Capitals
BeforeOct 12 🦅WSH @ ⭐DAL 4–1 AfterOct 16 🍁TOR @ 🦅WSH 3–4
Also on October 14
🦆ANA 2–4 🐻BOS 🌲MIN 2–0 🏛️OTT 🐆FLA 6–4 😈NJD 🎵STL 2–3 🏝️NYI ⭐DAL 0–4 ⚔️BUF 🛢️EDM 1–3 🪶CHI
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