Postgame Stats: Washington Capitals vs. Chicago Blackhawks

Game: Washington Capitals vs. Chicago Blackhawks

When: March 15, 2010

In their 1st meeting of the season the Chicago Blackhawks lost to the Washington Capitals 4-3. The following is a statistical breakdown for the March 15, 2010 game.

Washington Capitals @ Chicago Blackhawks - 3/15/2010

• Power Play


• The Washington Capitals were on the Power Play for 06:58 of which 02:01 were with a 2 man advantage.


• The Chicago Blackhawks were on the Power Play for 06:24 of which 00:28 were with a 2 man advantage.



• Events


• Goals


• Washington Capitals (4):


• Brooks Laich: Snap(1)
• Eric Fehr: Slap(1)
• Nicklas Backstrom: Wrist(2)
• Chicago Blackhawks (3):


• John Madden: Tip-In(1)
• Jonathan Toews: Wrist(1) Snap(1)
• Shots


• Washington Capitals: Wrist(20) Snap(2) Slap(3) Backhand(1)


• Brooks Laich,Mike Knuble (4)
• Chicago Blackhawks: Wrist(13) Slap(4) Tip-In(2) Backhand(1)


• Patrick Kane,Dustin Byfuglien (4)
• Saves


• Washington Capitals


• Jose Theodore: 20 Saves on 23 shots (0.869.565217391304)
• Chicago Blackhawks


• Antti Niemi: 26 Saves on 30 shots (0.866)
• Face-Offs


• 19 won by the Washington Capitals (10 won by Eric Belanger)
• 30 won by the Chicago Blackhawks (10 won by Jonathan Toews)
• Penalty


• Washington Capitals: HOOKING(1) GAME MISCONDUCT(1) BOARDING (1) INTERFERENCE ON GOALKEEPER(1) ROUGHING(1)


• Alex Ovechkin,Alexander Semin (2)
• Chicago Blackhawks: HI STICK - DOUBLE MINOR(1) SLASHING(1) CROSS CHECKING(1) HI-STICKING(1) ROUGHING(1)


• Colin Fraser (2)
• Giveaways


• 3 by the Washington Capitals (2 by John Carlson)
• 6 by the Chicago Blackhawks (2 by Brent Sopel)
• Takeaways


• 10 by the Washington Capitals (3 by Alexander Semin,Nicklas Backstrom)
• 13 by the Chicago Blackhawks (3 by Kris Versteeg,Dave Bolland)
• Hits


• 43 by the Washington Capitals (7 by David Steckel)


• Tom Poti,Mike Knuble took 4 hit(s).
• 32 by the Chicago Blackhawks (6 by Troy Brouwer)


• Brent Seabrook took 6 hit(s).
• Blocks


• 19 by the Washington Capitals (3 by Shaone Morrisonn,David Steckel)
• 12 by the Chicago Blackhawks (6 by Brent Sopel)



• Top Matchups


• Washington Capitals Forwards vs. Chicago Blackhawks Defense


• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Duncan Keith (15:04)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Brent Seabrook (13:07)
• Brooks Laich vs. Brent Seabrook (11:19)
• Alexander Semin vs. Brent Seabrook (10:49)
• Washington Capitals Defense vs. Chicago Blackhawks Forwards


• Mike Green vs. Dave Bolland (12:57)
• Mike Green vs. Patrick Sharp (10:50)
• Mike Green vs. Dustin Byfuglien (10:22)
• Tom Poti vs. Jonathan Toews (09:39)
• Washington Capitals Forwards vs. Chicago Blackhawks Forwards


• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Dave Bolland (11:08)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Patrick Sharp (10:03)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Dustin Byfuglien (09:43)
• Mike Knuble vs. Dave Bolland (09:25)