Pregame Stats: Washington Capitals vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

Game: Washington Capitals vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
When: April 03, 2010
The Washington Capitals will meet the Columbus Blue Jackets for the 2nd time this season on April 03, 2010. In their last meeting on November 01, 2009 The Washington Capitals lost to the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-4. The following is a statistical breakdown for the November 01, 2009 game.

Columbus Blue Jackets @ Washington Capitals - 11/1/2009

• Power Play
• The Washington Capitals were on the Power Play for 07:39. All PP minutes were with a 1 man advantage.
• The Columbus Blue Jackets were on the Power Play for 07:19. All PP minutes were with a 1 man advantage.
• Events
• Goals
• Washington Capitals (4):
• Quintin Laing: Wrist(1)
• Brooks Laich: Wrist(2)
• Nicklas Backstrom: Wrist(1)
• Columbus Blue Jackets (5):
• Raffi Torres: Wrist(1) Backhand(1)
• RJ Umberger: Wrist(1) Backhand(1)
• Rick Nash: Backhand(1)
• Shots
• Washington Capitals: Wrist(19) Snap(1) Slap(10) Backhand(2)
• Alexander Semin (6)
• Columbus Blue Jackets: Wrap-around(1) Wrist(18) Snap(3) Slap(3) Backhand(2)
• Derick Brassard (5)
• Saves
• Washington Capitals
• Jose Theodore: 27 Saves on 32 shots (0.843)
• Columbus Blue Jackets
• Steve Mason: 32 Saves on 36 shots (0.888)
• Face-Offs
• 36 won by the Washington Capitals (13 won by David Steckel)
• 32 won by the Columbus Blue Jackets (13 won by Samuel Pahlsson)
• Penalty
• Washington Capitals: INTERFERENCE(2) SLASHING(2) INTERFERENCE ON GOALKEEPER(1) ROUGHING(1) HOLDING(1)
• Alex Ovechkin,Mike Knuble (2)
• Columbus Blue Jackets: HOOKING(1) SLASHING(1) CROSS CHECKING(1) ROUGHING(2) HOLDING(1) MISCONDUCT (1)
• Rostislav Klesla,Jared Boll (2)
• Giveaways
• 5 by the Washington Capitals (2 by Jose Theodore)
• 11 by the Columbus Blue Jackets (3 by Marc Methot)
• Takeaways
• 10 by the Washington Capitals (2 by Brendan Morrison,Matt Bradley)
• 7 by the Columbus Blue Jackets (3 by Rick Nash)
• Hits
• 28 by the Washington Capitals (3 by Alex Ovechkin,Mike Knuble,Matt Bradley,Mike Green)
• Brooks Laich took 4 hit(s).
• 24 by the Columbus Blue Jackets (4 by Raffi Torres,Mike Commodore)
• Rostislav Klesla,Jason Chimera took 4 hit(s).
• Blocks
• 8 by the Washington Capitals (3 by Jeff Schultz)
• 18 by the Columbus Blue Jackets (4 by Marc Methot)
• Top Matchups
• Washington Capitals Forwards vs. Columbus Blue Jackets Defense
• Brooks Laich vs. Fedor Tyutin (11:13)
• Brooks Laich vs. Anton Stralman (10:24)
• Alexander Semin vs. Marc Methot (10:05)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Marc Methot (09:57)
• Washington Capitals Defense vs. Columbus Blue Jackets Forwards
• Tom Poti vs. Rick Nash (18:19)
• Tom Poti vs. Kristian Huselius (14:18)
• Tom Poti vs. Antoine Vermette (14:17)
• Milan Jurcina vs. Rick Nash (13:29)
• Washington Capitals Forwards vs. Columbus Blue Jackets Forwards
• Brooks Laich vs. Rick Nash (11:52)
• David Steckel vs. Rick Nash (11:28)
• Alexander Semin vs. Samuel Pahlsson (10:32)
• David Steckel vs. Kristian Huselius (10:20)