Washington Capitals at New Jersey Devils

Sat, Dec 20, 2014 · Prudential Center · 2014–15 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

4 – 0

Final

New Jersey Devils

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 4–0 on Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at Prudential Center. Nicklas Backstrom scored twice. Braden Holtby made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 21–21.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	2	2	4	21
NJD	0	0	0	0	21

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	03:08	WSH	EV	Mike Green (4) · slap	Jack Hillen (1), Nicklas Backstrom (24)	1–0
2nd	16:38	WSH	EV	Nicklas Backstrom (9) · wrist	Jay Beagle (3), John Carlson (19)	2–0
3rd	07:16	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (15) · backhand	Nicklas Backstrom (25)	3–0
3rd	17:49	WSH	SH EN	Nicklas Backstrom (10) · backhand	Jay Beagle (4), John Carlson (20)	4–0

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:07	NJD	Eric Gelinas	tripping	2
1st	03:32	WSH	Brooks Orpik	tripping	2
1st	19:10	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	cross checking	2
2nd	08:37	NJD	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
2nd	13:10	WSH	Michael Latta	fighting	5
2nd	13:10	NJD	Seth Helgeson	fighting	5
3rd	03:26	WSH	Jay Beagle	hooking	2
3rd	10:48	NJD	Marek Zidlicky	ps tripping on breakaway	0
3rd	13:34	NJD	Jordin Tootoo	interference	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.25 · NJD 1.96 · xG% WSH 53.4

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	2	2	4	+3	0	2	1	0	33.3	20:08	24
74	John Carlson	D	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0		23:31	28
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	2	2	+2	2	1	1	1	50.0	12:13	16
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	+3	2	5	3	0		20:24	22
52	Mike Green	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0		17:59	21
38	Jack Hillen	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0		12:01	18
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		22:13	29
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0		20:43	28
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	+2	0	3	0	1		18:26	25
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50.0	17:11	22
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		16:53	23
20	Troy Brouwer	R	0	0	0	+2	0	2	1	0	83.3	16:36	20
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		14:28	16
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		13:55	20
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	40.0	13:31	17
16	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60.0	13:20	19
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		11:10	14
46	Michael Latta	C	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	55.6	9:18	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	21	21	0	1.000	60:00

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
7	Jon Merrill	D	-2	0	2	0	2		23:47	28
2	Marek Zidlicky	D	-1	0	2	0	0		22:16	29
22	Eric Gelinas	D	-1	2	3	2	0		21:18	29
6	Andy Greene	D	-3	0	0	1	4		21:12	27
21	Scott Gomez	C	-1	0	4	0	0	25.0	20:35	26
14	Adam Henrique	C	-2	0	1	0	1	56.3	19:07	22
68	Jaromir Jagr	R	-1	0	2	0	0		19:02	26
26	Patrik Elias	C	-2	0	0	0	0		17:49	26
19	Travis Zajac	C	-2	0	0	0	0	78.6	17:06	25
10	Peter Harrold	D	-1	0	1	0	1		16:43	24
25	Seth Helgeson	D	0	5	2	0	0		14:51	23
15	Tuomo Ruutu	L	-1	0	0	2	0		14:49	21
9	Martin Havlat	R	-1	0	1	0	0		14:10	20
18	Steve Bernier	R	0	0	0	1	0		13:07	18
11	Stephen Gionta	C	0	0	0	3	0	57.1	12:49	18
32	Mike Sislo	R	-1	0	1	0	0		10:24	17
12	Tim Sestito	L	-1	0	2	2	0		8:59	14
20	Jordin Tootoo	R	-1	2	0	1	0		6:56	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Cory Schneider	L	20	17	3	.850	59:00