New Jersey Devils at Washington Capitals

Sat, Feb 20, 2016 · Verizon Center · 2015–16 Regular Season

New Jersey Devils

3 – 4

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 4–3 on Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at Verizon Center. Brooks Orpik led the way with 2 points. Braden Holtby made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 24–32.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	2	0	1	3	24
WSH	1	1	2	4	32

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	15:28	NJD	EV	Travis Zajac (9) · wrist	Reid Boucher (4), Kyle Palmieri (17)	1–0
1st	17:02	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (38) · wrist	Dmitry Orlov (17)	1–1
1st	19:32	NJD	EV	Kyle Palmieri (22) · wrist	Reid Boucher (5)	2–1
2nd	09:16	WSH	EV	Evgeny Kuznetsov (17) · snap	Michael Latta (4), Brooks Laich (6)	2–2
3rd	11:04	NJD	EV	Reid Boucher (4) · wrist	Travis Zajac (21), John Moore (10)	3–2
3rd	13:55	WSH	EV	T.J. Oshie (17) · backhand	Dmitry Orlov (18), Brooks Orpik (4)	3–3
3rd	16:02	WSH	EV	Brooks Orpik (2) · wrist	Evgeny Kuznetsov (43), Alex Ovechkin (15)	3–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:19	WSH	Brooks Laich	interference	2
1st	11:00	NJD	Jacob Josefson	interference	2
2nd	05:22	NJD	Seth Helgeson	high sticking	2
3rd	03:24	NJD	Bench	too many men on the ice	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: NJD 1.75 · WSH 2.48 · xG% NJD 41.4

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
12	Reid Boucher	C	1	2	3	+2	0	2	2	0		14:45	21
19	Travis Zajac	C	1	1	2	+2	0	1	1	1	53.3	18:43	26
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	1	1	2	+3	0	1	2	1		15:11	22
2	John Moore	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1		20:23	27
5	Adam Larsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2		23:19	30
6	Andy Greene	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2		22:13	27
14	Adam Henrique	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	50.0	19:40	22
20	Lee Stempniak	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0		19:28	20
7	Jon Merrill	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	3		18:12	24
8	David Schlemko	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	3		18:02	23
39	Seth Helgeson	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4		15:29	20
16	Jacob Josefson	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	55.6	14:33	19
51	Sergey Kalinin	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1		14:21	19
11	Stephen Gionta	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1	62.5	14:09	18
64	Joseph Blandisi	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		13:40	17
48	Tyler Kennedy	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	100.0	13:08	17
15	Tuomo Ruutu	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0		9:53	13
22	Jordin Tootoo	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	1		9:48	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Cory Schneider	L	32	28	4	.875	58:59

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
44	Brooks Orpik	D	1	1	2	+4	0	1	5	3		21:02	25
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	1	2	+1	0	6	2	0		20:39	19
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	1	1	2	+3	0	4	0	0	50.0	19:03	19
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	2	2	+4	0	2	1	3		18:21	21
77	T.J. Oshie	R	1	0	1	-1	0	3	2	2	40.0	17:33	22
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	1	1	+2	2	2	2	0		8:20	12
46	Michael Latta	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		8:09	11
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		21:33	21
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	3	0		19:54	25
14	Justin Williams	R	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0	0		18:53	19
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	4		18:01	24
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	0	22.2	16:58	22
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		16:12	19
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0		15:15	17
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66.7	15:14	15
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		15:02	20
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0		14:55	17
10	Mike Richards	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	12:56	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	24	21	3	.875	60:00