Washington Capitals at New Jersey Devils

Thu, Jan 26, 2017 · Prudential Center · 2016–17 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

5 – 2

Final

New Jersey Devils

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 5–2 on Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at Prudential Center. Evgeny Kuznetsov scored twice. Braden Holtby made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 36–29.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	2	2	1	5	36
NJD	0	2	0	2	29

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:14	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (23) · backhand	Unassisted	1–0
1st	18:28	WSH	PP	Andre Burakovsky (10) · wrist	Unassisted	2–0
2nd	03:19	NJD	EV	Stefan Noesen (3) · wrist	Pavel Zacha (6), Jacob Josefson (4)	2–1
2nd	08:29	WSH	EV	Lars Eller (8) · wrist	Dmitry Orlov (20), Andre Burakovsky (17)	3–1
2nd	10:19	WSH	PP	Evgeny Kuznetsov (8) · backhand	Dmitry Orlov (21), Alex Ovechkin (22)	4–1
2nd	18:16	NJD	PP	Adam Henrique (12) · tip-in	Michael Cammalleri (17), PA Parenteau (11)	4–2
3rd	18:07	WSH	SH EN	Evgeny Kuznetsov (9) · wrist	Unassisted	5–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	17:37	NJD	Kyle Palmieri	high sticking	2
1st	19:01	WSH	Karl Alzner	hooking	2
2nd	04:25	NJD	Vernon Fiddler	roughing	2
2nd	04:25	WSH	Tom Wilson	roughing	2
2nd	04:25	WSH	Matt Niskanen	roughing	2
2nd	09:23	NJD	Karl Stollery	hooking	2
2nd	10:19	NJD	Steven Santini	hooking	2
2nd	16:38	WSH	Daniel Winnik	roughing	2
3rd	06:52	WSH	Tom Wilson	game misconduct	10
3rd	06:52	NJD	Kyle Palmieri	instigator	2
3rd	06:52	WSH	Brooks Orpik	fighting	5
3rd	06:52	NJD	Kyle Palmieri	fighting	5
3rd	06:52	NJD	Kyle Palmieri	misconduct	10

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 4.07 · NJD 2.93 · xG% WSH 58.1

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	2	2	+2	0	3	1	0		20:33	23
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	1	2	+1	0	4	2	0		17:30	22
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	2	0	2	+1	0	8	0	0	50.0	16:57	21
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	0		13:49	17
20	Lars Eller	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	58.3	13:31	18
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		24:55	28
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2		21:13	23
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	+3	5	2	3	0		20:22	21
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	44.4	18:27	22
14	Justin Williams	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50.0	16:45	20
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		16:31	21
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	55.6	16:24	21
26	Daniel Winnik	L	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0		15:44	19
4	Taylor Chorney	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2		15:03	19
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		14:35	20
10	Brett Connolly	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		12:31	16
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	50.0	10:50	14
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	12	3	2	0	100.0	8:42	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	29	27	2	.931	60:00

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
14	Adam Henrique	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	52.9	16:47	22
13	Michael Cammalleri	L	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	0		16:36	21
37	Pavel Zacha	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0		14:52	22
16	Jacob Josefson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	0	54.5	12:25	18
11	PA Parenteau	R	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0		12:15	16
23	Stefan Noesen	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0		11:46	16
19	Travis Zajac	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	57.9	22:29	26
9	Taylor Hall	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0		22:22	22
7	Jon Merrill	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3		20:57	26
12	Ben Lovejoy	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		20:56	25
22	Kyle Quincey	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		20:35	28
28	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		19:06	25
46	Karl Stollery	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0		18:11	20
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	0	0	0	-1	19	4	0	0		16:42	20
34	Steven Santini	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	1		14:18	19
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	0	0	-3	0	3	1	0		12:27	21
44	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		12:17	18
38	Vernon Fiddler	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	22.2	10:18	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Keith Kinkaid	L	17	13	4	.765	30:19
35	Cory Schneider		18	18	0	1.000	28:35