National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 4, Columbus 3
Thursday, March 31, 2011 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 31, 2011
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Greg Devorski, Marcus Vinnerborg
Linesmen: David Brisebois, Derek Nansen
Attendance: 18398
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Columbus 02103
Washington 12014
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
1:39 - Capitals John Carlson (EV) Assists: Brooks Laich , Jason Chimera
Penalties
7:18 - Blue Jackets Scottie Upshall (2) Tripping
 7:59 - Capitals Marco Sturm (2) Hooking
 17:00 - Blue Jackets Jared Boll (5) Fighting
 17:00 - Capitals John Erskine (5) Fighting
2nd Period
Scoring
11:10 - Blue Jackets Antoine Vermette (EV) Assists: Matt Calvert , Tomas Kubalik
12:32 - Capitals Mike Knuble (EV) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom , Alexander Ovechkin
13:14 - Blue Jackets Fedor Tyutin (EV) Assists: Tomas Kubalik , Matt Calvert
13:27 - Capitals Jason Arnott (EV) Assists: Marco Sturm
Penalties
16:06 - Capitals Matt Hendricks (2) Holding
3rd Period
Scoring
14:23 - Blue Jackets Scottie Upshall (EV) Assists: Derek MacKenzie
Penalties
None.
Overtime
Scoring
2:30 - Capitals Jason Chimera (EV) Assists: Brooks Laich , John Carlson
Penalties
None.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Steve Mason G 0 0 0 0 0 62:30
Mathieu Garon G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Marc Methot D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 22:21
Sami Lepisto D 0 0 0 E 0 0 18:30
Anton Stralman D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 22:41
Scottie Upshall RW 1 0 1 -1 2 4 15:08
Kris Russell D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 17:27
Matt Calvert LW 0 2 2 +1 0 0 16:25
Derek Dorsett RW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 13:49
Derick Brassard C 0 0 0 E 0 1 18:49
R.J. Umberger LW 0 0 0 E 0 4 20:36
Derek MacKenzie C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 9:29
Samuel Pahlsson C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 15:45
Tomas Kubalik RW 0 2 2 E 0 1 14:53
Jan Hejda D 0 0 0 E 0 0 20:40
Jared Boll RW 0 0 0 +1 5 3 9:00
Maksim Mayorov RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 9:49
Antoine Vermette C 1 0 1 E 0 2 19:04
Fedor Tyutin D 1 0 1 E 0 1 23:21
Jakub Voracek RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 20:13
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Semyon Varlamov G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Michal Neuvirth G 0 0 0 0 0 62:18
John Erskine D 0 0 0 E 5 2 5:53
Alexander Ovechkin LW 0 1 1 +1 0 5 20:51
Matt Bradley RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 9:29
Boyd Gordon RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 11:30
Marco Sturm LW 0 1 1 E 2 1 16:04
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 21:42
Brooks Laich C 0 2 2 +1 0 2 13:41
Mike Knuble RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 17:08
Scott Hannan D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 28:19
Jason Chimera LW 1 1 2 +1 0 2 11:06
Matt Hendricks C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 10:18
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 24:49
Alexander Semin LW 0 0 0 E 0 4 18:54
Jason Arnott C 1 0 1 E 0 3 16:16
Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 26:35
John Carlson D 1 1 2 E 0 4 25:48
Tyler Sloan D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 12:55
Marcus Johansson C 0 0 0 E 0 2 14:54
Goaltending
Columbus
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Steve Mason L (24-21-7) 33 29 4 .879 0 62:30
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Michal Neuvirth W (27-12-4) 23 20 3 .870 0 62:18