Washington Capitals at New Jersey Devils

Sat, Feb 27, 2021 · Prudential Center · 2020–21 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

5 – 2

Final

New Jersey Devils

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 5–2 on Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at Prudential Center. John Carlson led the way with 2 points. Vitek Vanecek made 22 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 24–24.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	3	0	2	5	24
NJD	1	1	0	2	24

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:36	WSH	EV	Garnet Hathaway (3) · snap	Justin Schultz (7), Carl Hagelin (2)	1–0
1st	05:06	WSH	EV	Daniel Sprong (3) · tip-in	Brenden Dillon (6), John Carlson (13)	2–0
1st	13:40	WSH	EV	Lars Eller (4) · wrist	Conor Sheary (2)	3–0
1st	18:16	NJD	PP	Nico Hischier (2) · wrist	P.K. Subban (6), Jack Hughes (8)	3–1
2nd	06:09	NJD	EV	Pavel Zacha (6) · snap	Nico Hischier (1), Ty Smith (9)	3–2
3rd	11:49	WSH	EV	Jakub Vrana (6) · snap	John Carlson (14), Tom Wilson (8)	4–2
3rd	19:06	WSH	SH EN	Nic Dowd (3) · snap	Carl Hagelin (3)	5–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	18:09	WSH	Conor Sheary	tripping	2
2nd	01:35	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	holding	2
2nd	15:59	NJD	Travis Zajac	holding	2
3rd	15:29	WSH	Brenden Dillon	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	16:00	NJD	Kyle Palmieri	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.86 · NJD 2.01 · xG% WSH 58.8

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
74	John Carlson	D	0	2	2	+3	0	3	0	1		21:36	25
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	0		13:36	20
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		19:24	23
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	100.0	19:14	23
20	Lars Eller	C	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	2	44.4	18:01	22
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	2	0		17:57	24
13	Jakub Vrana	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0		14:36	18
26	Nic Dowd	C	1	0	1	+2	0	2	0	0	62.5	13:53	18
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	2		13:33	18
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	5	1		12:03	18
10	Daniel Sprong	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0		10:07	12
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	1		21:05	24
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	2		19:35	24
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	55.6	18:26	21
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		18:13	22
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	1		18:11	20
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1	20.0	14:56	17
14	Richard Panik	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		11:25	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	24	22	2	.917	60:00

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
13	Nico Hischier	C	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	54.2	18:02	30
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0	1		21:33	26
37	Pavel Zacha	C	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	0	100.0	20:07	29
24	Ty Smith	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2		20:00	27
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	1	1	-2	0	4	0	0	11.1	19:23	26
28	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0		20:26	28
70	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1		19:02	24
45	Sami Vatanen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2		18:47	24
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0		18:35	27
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		18:19	28
11	Andreas Johnsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		17:53	26
8	Will Butcher	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		17:44	23
20	Michael McLeod	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	53.3	12:19	18
19	Travis Zajac	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	1	71.4	12:00	20
44	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		10:53	17
14	Nathan Bastian	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		10:48	18
17	Yegor Sharangovich	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		10:35	16
97	Nikita Gusev	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		10:23	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Mackenzie Blackwood	L	23	19	4	.826	59:11