New Jersey Devils at Washington Capitals

Wed, Jan 3, 2024 · Capital One Arena · 2023–24 Regular Season

New Jersey Devils

6 – 3

Final

Washington Capitals

The New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 6–3 on Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at Capital One Arena. Nico Hischier scored twice; Dawson Mercer scored twice; Michael McLeod scored twice. Nico Daws made 23 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–26.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	2	2	2	6	28
WSH	1	2	0	3	26

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:03	NJD	EV	Nico Hischier (9) · snap	Colin Miller (2), Nico Daws (1)	1–0
1st	09:50	NJD	PP	Nico Hischier (10) · tip-in	Luke Hughes (15), Jack Hughes (30)	2–0
1st	18:38	WSH	PP	Connor McMichael (7) · wrist	Rasmus Sandin (11), Anthony Mantha (7)	2–1
2nd	08:08	NJD	EV	Dawson Mercer (11) · snap	Erik Haula (9), Nico Hischier (10)	3–1
2nd	11:25	WSH	EV	Evgeny Kuznetsov (6) · snap	Alex Ovechkin (15), Martin Fehérváry (5)	3–2
2nd	18:58	WSH	PP	John Carlson (2) · slap	Evgeny Kuznetsov (7), Alex Ovechkin (16)	3–3
2nd	19:44	NJD	EV	Michael McLeod (8) · backhand	Alexander Holtz (8)	4–3
3rd	07:16	NJD	EV	Dawson Mercer (12) · snap	Erik Haula (10), Nathan Bastian (5)	5–3
3rd	15:35	NJD	EV	Michael McLeod (9) · backhand	Alexander Holtz (9), Curtis Lazar (7)	6–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	09:15	WSH	Max Pacioretty	tripping	2
1st	16:55	NJD	Nathan Bastian	roughing	2
2nd	17:29	NJD	Colin Miller	tripping	2
3rd	03:22	NJD	Jonas Siegenthaler	hooking	2
3rd	05:08	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	tripping	2
3rd	19:51	NJD	Brendan Smith	boarding	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NJD 2.67 · WSH 2.02 · xG% NJD 56.9

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
13	Nico Hischier	C	2	1	3	+1	0	3	1	0	52.0	20:35	31
56	Erik Haula	L	0	2	2	+3	0	4	1	0	50.0	20:42	31
91	Dawson Mercer	C	2	0	2	+2	0	3	0	1		20:29	30
10	Alexander Holtz	R	0	2	2	+3	0	2	0	0		13:55	20
20	Michael McLeod	C	2	0	2	+2	0	2	2	0	71.4	13:36	22
43	Luke Hughes	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		20:12	26
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	35.7	18:07	22
24	Colin Miller	D	0	1	1	+3	2	3	3	0		14:52	22
42	Curtis Lazar	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	100.0	13:51	21
14	Nathan Bastian	R	0	1	1	+1	2	1	6	1	100.0	7:23	13
6	John Marino	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		21:51	29
17	Simon Nemec	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0		20:23	25
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1		20:09	26
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0		17:32	25
88	Kevin Bahl	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	3		16:21	25
73	Tyler Toffoli	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15:48	23
2	Brendan Smith	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1		11:40	15
11	Chris Tierney	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	66.7	7:52	18

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
50	Nico Daws	W	26	23	3	.885	59:21

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	2	2	-1	2	3	2	0		21:15	22
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	1	50.0	19:35	23
74	John Carlson	D	1	0	1	-1	0	4	2	1		23:42	25
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	1	1	-2	0	1	2	4		20:21	23
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	1	1	-2	0	0	3	2		18:15	24
39	Anthony Mantha	R	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0		15:43	22
24	Connor McMichael	C	1	0	1	-2	0	2	0	1	35.3	12:49	20
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		18:52	24
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		18:45	26
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	5	1		18:45	22
25	Ethan Bear	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2		15:42	22
47	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	6	1		14:41	21
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	45.5	14:25	20
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	53.3	14:18	20
96	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	33.3	13:37	18
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1		13:06	20
45	Matthew Phillips	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		11:51	16
67	Max Pacioretty	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	1		11:47	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Hunter Shepard	L	28	22	6	.786	59:56