New Jersey Devils at Washington Capitals

Tue, Mar 9, 2021 · Capital One Arena · 2020–21 Regular Season

New Jersey Devils

4 – 5

Final/OT

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 5–4 in overtime on Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at Capital One Arena. Jakub Vrana scored twice. Vitek Vanecek made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–30.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
NJD	0	1	3	0	4	31
WSH	1	3	0	1	5	30

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	17:22	WSH	PP	T.J. Oshie (6) · tip-in	Justin Schultz (8), Nicklas Backstrom (18)	0–1
2nd	07:42	WSH	EV	Jakub Vrana (9) · slap	John Carlson (16), Nicklas Backstrom (19)	0–2
2nd	10:36	WSH	EV	Daniel Sprong (4) · wrist	Evgeny Kuznetsov (5)	0–3
2nd	12:44	NJD	EV	Janne Kuokkanen (2) · snap	Travis Zajac (3)	1–3
2nd	15:03	WSH	EV	Dmitry Orlov (3) · wrist	Richard Panik (6)	1–4
3rd	05:47	NJD	EV	Miles Wood (8) · wrist	Jesper Bratt (8), Ryan Murray (3)	2–4
3rd	10:17	NJD	EV	Yegor Sharangovich (4) · wrist	Janne Kuokkanen (6), Travis Zajac (4)	3–4
3rd	12:20	NJD	EV	Damon Severson (2) · wrist	Ty Smith (10), Travis Zajac (5)	4–4
OT	01:30	WSH	EV	Jakub Vrana (10) · wrist	Evgeny Kuznetsov (6)	4–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	08:22	NJD	Miles Wood	slashing	2
1st	11:09	WSH	Daniel Sprong	tripping	2
1st	15:35	NJD	Janne Kuokkanen	holding the stick	2
2nd	05:44	NJD	P.K. Subban	high sticking	2
2nd	05:44	WSH	Lars Eller	cross checking	2
3rd	01:22	WSH	Garnet Hathaway	tripping	2
3rd	06:48	WSH	Nick Jensen	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NJD 1.93 · WSH 2.23 · xG% NJD 46.3

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Travis Zajac	C	0	3	3	+3	0	0	2	1	65.0	14:37	21
59	Janne Kuokkanen	C	1	1	2	0	2	2	0	2		15:07	22
24	Ty Smith	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	1		23:23	26
28	Damon Severson	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	1		22:41	26
17	Yegor Sharangovich	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		17:30	26
44	Miles Wood	L	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	0		16:40	25
22	Ryan Murray	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	2		14:25	22
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	100.0	13:43	23
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	1		21:42	29
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	1		21:31	28
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	20.0	20:08	27
70	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	2		19:47	24
37	Pavel Zacha	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	61.5	19:39	32
45	Sami Vatanen	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	3		16:55	22
20	Michael McLeod	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	2	30.8	12:21	18
23	Mikhail Maltsev	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	50.0	11:22	17
14	Nathan Bastian	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1		11:12	17
11	Andreas Johnsson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0		6:44	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Scott Wedgewood	OTL	30	25	5	.833	60:46

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	2	2	-1	0	1	0	1	55.0	21:09	25
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	2	2	+2	0	2	0	0	38.5	12:52	19
13	Jakub Vrana	L	2	0	2	+2	0	3	1	0		12:24	18
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	1		23:22	28
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	1	0	1	0	0	4	2	2		21:29	24
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1		20:36	25
77	T.J. Oshie	R	1	0	1	-2	0	3	1	1	20.0	20:20	25
10	Daniel Sprong	R	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0		12:27	16
14	Richard Panik	R	0	1	1	-1	0	2	3	1	100.0	12:24	20
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0		23:47	23
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		18:24	24
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2		17:08	22
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0		16:21	22
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	47.4	16:04	24
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	50.0	13:05	18
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		12:23	20
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		11:59	18
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1		10:42	19

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	31	27	4	.871	61:04