Washington Capitals at New Jersey Devils

Thu, Oct 21, 2021 · Prudential Center · 2021–22 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

4 – 1

Final

New Jersey Devils

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 4–1 on Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at Prudential Center. Alex Ovechkin led the way with 2 points. Vitek Vanecek made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–26.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	2	1	1	4	27
NJD	0	0	1	1	26

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	04:14	WSH	EV	Anthony Mantha (2) · backhand	Daniel Sprong (1), Trevor van Riemsdyk (3)	1–0
1st	09:33	WSH	EV	Dmitry Orlov (1) · backhand	Alex Ovechkin (3), Evgeny Kuznetsov (5)	2–0
2nd	09:56	WSH	EV	Daniel Sprong (1) · snap	Unassisted	3–0
3rd	09:16	WSH	EV	Evgeny Kuznetsov (3) · snap	Tom Wilson (5), Alex Ovechkin (4)	4–0
3rd	13:18	NJD	PP	Janne Kuokkanen (1) · slap	Damon Severson (1), Yegor Sharangovich (2)	4–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	11:12	NJD	Damon Severson	interference	2
3rd	03:47	NJD	Ryan Graves	tripping	2
3rd	11:37	WSH	Carl Hagelin	hooking	2
3rd	14:36	NJD	Andreas Johnsson	roughing	2
3rd	14:36	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	roughing	2
3rd	18:47	NJD	Mason Geertsen	cross checking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 3.32 · NJD 2.79 · xG% WSH 54.3

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	2	2	+2	0	3	0	0		19:50	22
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	1	1	2	+2	0	3	0	0	36.4	18:29	24
10	Daniel Sprong	R	1	1	2	+3	0	2	0	0		11:14	14
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	1	0	1	+2	2	3	0	1		18:24	27
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		18:19	24
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	2		17:36	23
39	Anthony Mantha	R	1	0	1	+2	0	1	1	0		13:59	16
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	1		25:30	27
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3		20:34	24
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2		17:36	24
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0	4		17:02	26
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	1	66.7	16:23	22
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	75.0	16:12	20
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60.0	14:01	21
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		13:49	17
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	100.0	13:15	20
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	100.0	12:46	19
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	50.0	11:20	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	26	25	1	.962	60:00

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
28	Damon Severson	D	0	1	1	-1	2	2	1	3		19:32	25
59	Janne Kuokkanen	C	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	0		13:08	17
17	Yegor Sharangovich	C	0	1	1	-2	0	5	0	0		11:30	21
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	0	0	0	-3	0	3	0	2		22:46	25
33	Ryan Graves	D	0	0	0	-3	2	0	1	1		20:59	25
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	2		20:50	24
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		19:53	21
13	Nico Hischier	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28.6	19:03	23
37	Pavel Zacha	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	50.0	18:48	22
16	Jimmy Vesey	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		18:11	25
20	Michael McLeod	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0	68.8	15:55	24
83	Christian Jaros	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		15:31	21
11	Andreas Johnsson	L	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0		15:01	18
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		14:00	21
90	Tomas Tatar	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		13:18	18
38	Frederik Gauthier	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	46.2	12:53	22
18	Dawson Mercer	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	16.7	12:17	18
55	Mason Geertsen	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	4	0		9:12	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Scott Wedgewood	L	27	23	4	.852	60:00