The Columbus Blue Jackets were defeated by the Washington Capitals, 4 to 2, on December 31, 2011.

Final

Capitals

20-15-2

4

Blue Jackets

10-23-5

2

Team

WSH

CBJ

1

0

2

0

2

3

4

0

Total

4

2

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

2nd period

WSH

CBJ

John Moore (EV) assisted by Rick Nash and Jeff Carter

0

1

Samuel Pahlsson (EV) assisted by R.J. Umberger and Marc Methot

0

2

3rd period

WSH

CBJ

Alex Ovechkin (EV) assisted by Dennis Wideman

1

2

Alexander Semin (EV) assisted by Dennis Wideman and Nicklas Backstrom

2

Dennis Wideman (EV) assisted by Marcus Johansson and Roman Hamrlik

3

2

Alex Ovechkin (PP) assisted by Dmitry Orlov and Karl Alzner

4

2

Capitals

Blue Jackets

Goals

4

2

Shots

26

37

Penalty Minutes

6

Power-Play Goals

1

0

Power-Play Opportunities

1

Faceoff Wins

32

31

Hits

27

38

Giveaways

7

0

Takeaways

8

2

Capitals

Blue Jackets

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Tomas Vokoun (W)	1	37	2	35	.946	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Karl Alzner	0	1	-2	0	1	21:28	0	4	0	0
Nicklas Backstrom	0	1	0	0	0	20:39	1	2	0	1
Troy Brouwer	0	0	0	0	3	16:01	6	1	0	1
John Carlson	0	0	-2	0	2	23:50	2	1	0	0
Jason Chimera	0	0	-1	2	0	15:22	1	2	2	0
Cody Eakin	0	0	0	0	0	9:43	1	0	0	0
Jeff Halpern	0	0	+1	0	1	12:29	2	1	0	1
Roman Hamrlik	0	1	+3	0	2	23:46	0	3	0	0
Matt Hendricks	0	0	0	0	0	11:04	4	1	0	2
Marcus Johansson	0	1	+1	0	0	13:45	1	0	0	0
Mike Knuble	0	0	0	0	2	12:11	2	0	0	0
Brooks Laich	0	0	-1	0	3	17:38	0	0	0	1
Dmitry Orlov	0	1	0	2	0	13:39	0	1	0	0
Alex Ovechkin	2	0	+1	2	6	17:53	1	0	1	0
Jeff Schultz	0	0	0	0	0	9:46	1	1	1	0
Alexander Semin	1	0	0	0	3	17:35	1	0	2	0
Joel Ward	0	0	0	0	0	9:34	2	1	0	1
Dennis Wideman	1	2	+3	0	3	27:37	2	4	0	1

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Steve Mason (L)	1	26	4	22	.846	57:47

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	TkA
Jared Boll	0	0	0	0	1	8:04	4	0	0
Derick Brassard	0	0	0	0	2	12:20	2	0	0
Jeff Carter	0	1	-1	0	4	17:53	0	0	0
Grant Clitsome	0	0	0	2	2	22:26	2	0	0
Derek Dorsett	0	0	+1	2	1	15:28	6	0	0
Ryan Johansen	0	0	0	0	3	16:25	3	0	0
Aaron Johnson	0	0	-1	0	2	17:32	2	0	0
Mark Letestu	0	0	0	0	3	12:21	1	0	0
Derek MacKenzie	0	0	0	0	0	9:55	7	0	0
Marc Methot	0	1	0	2	2	18:13	1	2	0
John Moore	1	0	-1	0	3	19:36	0	1	0
Rick Nash	0	1	-1	0	4	17:59	3	0	1
Samuel Pahlsson	1	0	+1	0	1	14:18	1	0	0
Vinny Prospal	0	0	0	0	1	18:34	0	1	1
David Savard	0	0	0	0	1	18:51	0	0	0
Fedor Tyutin	0	0	0	0	2	21:47	3	0	0
R.J. Umberger	0	1	0	0	3	18:28	2	1	0
Antoine Vermette	0	0	-1	0	2	16:34	1	0	0