New Jersey Devils at Washington Capitals

Sun, Feb 21, 2021 · Capital One Arena · 2020–21 Regular Season

New Jersey Devils

3 – 4

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 4–3 on Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at Capital One Arena. T.J. Oshie scored twice. Craig Anderson made 23 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–41.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	1	1	1	3	26
WSH	0	1	3	4	41

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	09:35	NJD	PP	Andreas Johnsson (3) · wrist	Kyle Palmieri (5), Pavel Zacha (4)	1–0
2nd	03:55	NJD	EV	Jack Hughes (4) · backhand	Andreas Johnsson (3), Kyle Palmieri (6)	2–0
2nd	13:38	WSH	PP	T.J. Oshie (3) · tip-in	John Carlson (9), Nicklas Backstrom (13)	2–1
3rd	09:16	WSH	EV	John Carlson (5) · wrist	Brenden Dillon (5), Jakub Vrana (6)	2–2
3rd	11:53	WSH	PP	T.J. Oshie (4) · wrist	Evgeny Kuznetsov (3), Lars Eller (5)	2–3
3rd	16:56	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (6) · wrist	T.J. Oshie (8), Nicklas Backstrom (14)	2–4
3rd	19:48	NJD	PP	Nikita Gusev (1) · wrist	Damon Severson (6)	3–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	08:15	WSH	Nick Jensen	high sticking	2
1st	17:23	NJD	Miles Wood	slashing	2
2nd	10:45	WSH	Garnet Hathaway	high sticking	2
2nd	13:13	NJD	Sami Vatanen	hooking	2
3rd	10:00	NJD	Kyle Palmieri	holding	2
3rd	13:05	WSH	Zdeno Chara	interference	2
3rd	16:49	NJD	Ryan Murray	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NJD 2.58 · WSH 3.80 · xG% NJD 40.5

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
11	Andreas Johnsson	L	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	1		19:09	24
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	0	2	2	+2	2	3	2	1	100.0	18:27	25
28	Damon Severson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		23:52	28
86	Jack Hughes	C	1	0	1	+2	0	3	0	0	25.0	19:37	24
37	Pavel Zacha	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	100.0	16:41	22
97	Nikita Gusev	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		15:07	25
24	Ty Smith	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0		20:16	25
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		19:47	24
70	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		19:43	24
22	Ryan Murray	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	2		17:31	20
45	Sami Vatanen	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1		16:11	23
19	Travis Zajac	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	52.9	16:06	28
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		15:00	22
13	Nico Hischier	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	50.0	14:52	21
23	Mikhail Maltsev	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		12:24	20
20	Michael McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	53.8	11:51	19
14	Nathan Bastian	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	66.7	11:04	18
44	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		10:42	20

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
47	Aaron Dell	L	41	37	4	.902	57:15

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
77	T.J. Oshie	R	2	1	3	-1	0	4	0	1	71.4	17:12	21
74	John Carlson	D	1	1	2	0	0	4	1	0		21:49	29
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	2	2	-1	0	2	0	0	37.5	15:01	22
20	Lars Eller	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	1	33.3	19:12	24
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	4		18:39	24
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0		16:43	20
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	40.0	12:48	18
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0		12:45	18
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1		20:06	26
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3		20:02	23
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	-1	2	5	1	0		18:29	23
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	2		16:48	22
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	16:43	22
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	82.4	15:53	21
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0		15:35	21
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	2		12:51	21
14	Richard Panik	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		12:18	17
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		11:46	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Craig Anderson	W	26	23	3	.885	60:00