Washington Capitals @ Colorado Avalanche

10-9-1, 5-6-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Capitals WSH	0	1	1	2
Avalanche COL	2	1	3	6

Colorado AvalancheAvalancheCOL

9-7-1, 6-1-1 Home

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		1	2	3	T
	Capitals	0	1	1	2
	Avalanche	2	1	3	6

1st Period			WSH	COL
0:17		Gabriel Landeskog (6) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon (11)	0	1
19:53		Nathan MacKinnon (6) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Samuel Girard (4), Mikko Rantanen (9)	0	2

2nd Period			WSH	COL
12:25		Colin Wilson (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon (12), Mikko Rantanen (10)	0	3
18:36		Brett Connolly (2) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Tom Wilson (4)	1	3

3rd Period		WSH	COL
4:59	Gabriel Landeskog (7) (Penalty Shot) Unassisted	1	4
9:01	Mikko Rantanen (6) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Carl Soderberg (5), Nathan MacKinnon (13)	1	5
13:11	Evgeny Kuznetsov (4) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: T.J. Oshie (6), John Carlson (14)	2	5
19:34	Gabriel Landeskog (8) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon (14), Mikko Rantanen (11)	2	6

CAPITALS

AVALANCHE

Regular Season Series

COL leads 1-0

Capitals
2
Avalanche
6

Game 1

17/11

Avalanche
2
Capitals
5

Game 2

13/12

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	53	22	7	113
Pittsburgh	41	25	16	98
Philadelphia	43	27	12	98
Washington	43	30	9	95
Columbus	40	30	12	92
NY Islanders	43	34	5	91
New Jersey	42	37	3	87
NY Rangers	34	39	9	77

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	55	16	11	121
Dallas	50	20	12	112
Minnesota	46	24	12	104
Utah	43	33	6	92
St. Louis	37	33	12	86
Nashville	38	34	10	86
Winnipeg	35	35	12	82
Chicago	29	39	14	72

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Washington Capitals @ Colorado Avalanche

Stars of the Game

Gabriel LandeskogLW - COL

Nathan MacKinnonC - COL

Mikko RantanenRW - COL

Game Information

Landeskog's hat trick lifts Avalanche over Capitals, 6-2

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

COL leads 1-0

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