New Jersey Devils at Washington Capitals

Sat, Dec 30, 2017 · Capital One Arena · 2017–18 Regular Season

New Jersey Devils

2 – 5

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 5–2 on Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at Capital One Arena. John Carlson led the way with 3 points. Braden Holtby made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–35.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	1	0	1	2	27
WSH	2	1	2	5	35

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:26	WSH	EV	Tom Wilson (6) · snap	Christian Djoos (5), John Carlson (26)	0–1
1st	11:09	WSH	EV	Christian Djoos (3) · wrist	Nicklas Backstrom (22), Alex Ovechkin (15)	0–2
1st	17:35	NJD	EV	John Moore (6) · snap	Travis Zajac (1), Marcus Johansson (4)	1–2
2nd	07:01	WSH	PP	John Carlson (4) · slap	Nicklas Backstrom (23), Alex Ovechkin (16)	1–3
3rd	04:25	WSH	EV	Matt Niskanen (3) · wrist	Devante Smith-Pelly (7), Alex Ovechkin (17)	1–4
3rd	09:00	NJD	EV	Travis Zajac (3) · tip-in	Marcus Johansson (5), Sami Vatanen (6)	2–4
3rd	19:19	WSH	SH EN	Nicklas Backstrom (8) · wrist	John Carlson (27)	2–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:52	WSH	Brooks Orpik	hooking	2
2nd	05:34	NJD	Pavel Zacha	holding	2
2nd	15:49	WSH	T.J. Oshie	high sticking	2
3rd	11:57	NJD	Damon Severson	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NJD 2.36 · WSH 3.51 · xG% NJD 40.2

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Travis Zajac	C	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	0	62.5	18:56	21
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		17:24	19
45	Sami Vatanen	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	5		21:04	28
2	John Moore	D	1	0	1	+1	0	3	2	3		19:21	29
16	Steven Santini	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3		20:22	26
6	Andy Greene	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5		19:24	24
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		18:49	21
9	Taylor Hall	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		18:30	20
28	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0		18:11	27
8	Will Butcher	D	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0	1		17:41	24
13	Nico Hischier	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	41.7	17:27	20
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		15:52	19
44	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0		13:52	16
11	Brian Boyle	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	30.8	12:41	15
23	Stefan Noesen	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		12:31	17
37	Pavel Zacha	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	3	0	60.0	12:15	16
40	Blake Coleman	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		11:47	15
39	Brian Gibbons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		11:14	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Cory Schneider	L	34	30	4	.882	59:12

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
74	John Carlson	D	1	2	3	+1	0	4	0	3		25:58	25
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	3	3	+1	0	6	0	0		20:00	18
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	2	3	+1	0	3	1	1	41.2	19:48	18
29	Christian Djoos	D	1	1	2	+1	0	4	0	1		15:02	18
2	Matt Niskanen	D	1	0	1	+2	0	1	2	2		22:11	21
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	1	1	+1	0	4	3	1		16:25	15
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	0		14:38	16
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	3		21:27	20
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2		19:08	20
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	81.3	15:28	19
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	36.4	15:18	17
39	Alex Chiasson	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2		14:52	16
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		14:39	15
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	60.0	14:05	16
4	Taylor Chorney	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		13:25	14
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	100.0	12:10	16
10	Brett Connolly	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		10:48	12
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		10:38	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	27	25	2	.926	60:00