Washington Capitals at New Jersey Devils

Sat, Dec 31, 2016 · Prudential Center · 2016–17 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

6 – 2

Final

New Jersey Devils

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 6–2 on Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at Prudential Center. Matt Niskanen led the way with 2 points. Philipp Grubauer made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–23.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	2	3	1	6	26
NJD	0	1	1	2	23

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:36	WSH	EV	Brett Connolly (4) · tip-in	Andre Burakovsky (10), Brooks Orpik (7)	1–0
1st	19:01	WSH	EV	Jay Beagle (6) · tip-in	Brooks Orpik (8), Daniel Winnik (4)	2–0
2nd	06:53	NJD	EV	Kyle Palmieri (7) · snap	Unassisted	2–1
2nd	11:05	WSH	EV	T.J. Oshie (11) · snap	Nicklas Backstrom (21), Alex Ovechkin (11)	3–1
2nd	11:38	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (17) · wrist	Matt Niskanen (14), T.J. Oshie (6)	4–1
2nd	16:34	WSH	EV	Justin Williams (9) · tip-in	Matt Niskanen (15), Dmitry Orlov (15)	5–1
3rd	14:52	NJD	EV	Beau Bennett (2) · tip-in	Ben Lovejoy (3), Jon Merrill (1)	5–2
3rd	15:27	WSH	EV	Marcus Johansson (14) · deflected	Justin Williams (6), Evgeny Kuznetsov (16)	6–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:13	NJD	Devante Smith-Pelly	roughing	2
1st	05:13	WSH	Brett Connolly	slashing	2
1st	05:13	WSH	Brett Connolly	roughing	2
1st	08:34	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	illegal check to head	2
1st	11:06	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	interference	2
1st	12:07	NJD	Damon Severson	interference	2
1st	19:47	WSH	Lars Eller	interference goalkeeper	2
2nd	05:01	WSH	Justin Williams	tripping	2
2nd	05:07	NJD	Travis Zajac	interference	2
2nd	05:54	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	interference	2
2nd	05:58	NJD	PA Parenteau	slashing	2
2nd	08:21	WSH	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
2nd	12:15	WSH	Justin Williams	holding the stick	2
2nd	19:23	WSH	Tom Wilson	fighting	5
2nd	19:23	NJD	Luke Gazdic	fighting	5
3rd	17:29	WSH	Tom Wilson	roughing	2
3rd	18:35	NJD	PA Parenteau	slashing	2
3rd	18:35	NJD	PA Parenteau	fighting	5
3rd	18:35	WSH	Daniel Winnik	fighting	5

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 1.99 · NJD 2.90 · xG% WSH 40.7

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	2	2	+2	0	1	1	0		21:58	25
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	2	2	+1	0	1	2	2		21:13	27
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	1	2	0	2	2	2	1		16:17	18
77	T.J. Oshie	R	1	1	2	+1	0	1	1	1	50.0	14:16	19
14	Justin Williams	R	1	1	2	+2	4	3	0	0		13:18	19
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	+3	4	2	2	2		15:50	22
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	41.7	15:08	18
90	Marcus Johansson	L	1	0	1	+2	0	4	0	0		15:03	18
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	42.9	14:44	18
83	Jay Beagle	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	1	52.6	14:17	20
26	Daniel Winnik	L	0	1	1	+1	5	0	0	1		13:28	18
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0		11:18	17
10	Brett Connolly	R	1	0	1	+1	4	3	0	0		10:07	13
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1		21:23	27
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	3		21:08	27
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		16:01	21
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	53.8	15:56	18
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	+1	7	0	1	0		10:35	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Philipp Grubauer	W	23	21	2	.913	60:00

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
7	Jon Merrill	D	0	1	1	-2	0	1	2	2		21:22	23
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	50.0	19:59	22
12	Ben Lovejoy	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	1		19:01	27
8	Beau Bennett	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	4	0		13:55	20
6	Andy Greene	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	1		24:18	33
28	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	-3	2	1	1	0		21:11	26
22	Kyle Quincey	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2		20:33	26
13	Michael Cammalleri	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	50.0	20:02	21
14	Adam Henrique	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	56.3	19:59	25
19	Travis Zajac	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	1	57.1	17:55	22
11	PA Parenteau	R	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	1		16:15	24
16	Jacob Josefson	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	0	66.7	15:39	18
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	0	0	-3	2	1	3	0	33.3	15:34	20
51	Sergey Kalinin	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	40.0	15:11	21
44	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	-4	0	0	2	0		14:01	21
36	Nick Lappin	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		10:42	15
20	Luke Gazdic	L	0	0	0	-1	5	0	1	0		5:49	9
2	John Moore	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1:09	2

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Keith Kinkaid	L	26	20	6	.769	60:00