New Jersey Devils at Washington Capitals

Thu, Mar 25, 2021 · Capital One Arena · 2020–21 Regular Season

New Jersey Devils

3 – 4

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 4–3 on Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at Capital One Arena. Evgeny Kuznetsov scored twice. Vitek Vanecek made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 24–22.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	1	1	1	3	24
WSH	1	2	1	4	22

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:23	NJD	EV	Nick Merkley (2) · backhand	Unassisted	1–0
1st	03:10	WSH	EV	Dmitry Orlov (4) · wrist	Justin Schultz (13), Daniel Sprong (3)	1–1
2nd	06:20	NJD	EV	Miles Wood (10) · wrist	Janne Kuokkanen (11), Damon Severson (10)	2–1
2nd	07:15	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (15) · slap	Daniel Sprong (4), John Carlson (21)	2–2
2nd	11:47	WSH	EV	Evgeny Kuznetsov (4) · wrist	Alex Ovechkin (12), Brenden Dillon (8)	2–3
3rd	11:04	NJD	PP	Jesper Bratt (3) · slap	Ty Smith (16), Pavel Zacha (12)	3–3
3rd	12:06	WSH	EV	Evgeny Kuznetsov (5) · tip-in	Justin Schultz (14)	3–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	06:13	NJD	Yegor Sharangovich	hooking	2
1st	13:39	WSH	Zdeno Chara	slashing	2
1st	18:15	WSH	Jakub Vrana	tripping	2
3rd	10:38	WSH	Nick Jensen	cross checking	2
3rd	12:26	NJD	Sami Vatanen	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NJD 2.50 · WSH 2.45 · xG% NJD 50.4

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
28	Damon Severson	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1		23:58	27
24	Ty Smith	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1		21:45	26
37	Pavel Zacha	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	68.4	18:13	28
59	Janne Kuokkanen	C	0	1	1	-2	0	1	2	0		15:59	22
44	Miles Wood	L	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	2		15:19	21
63	Jesper Bratt	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		12:56	18
39	Nick Merkley	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	0		12:36	17
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	2		24:05	26
70	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1		20:31	24
19	Travis Zajac	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	37.5	19:21	25
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	33.3	17:37	21
17	Yegor Sharangovich	C	0	0	0	-2	2	2	1	0		17:22	22
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		14:59	22
22	Ryan Murray	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		14:42	21
20	Michael McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	75.0	13:50	19
45	Sami Vatanen	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1		13:49	20
11	Andreas Johnsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	100.0	12:54	19
23	Mikhail Maltsev	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50.0	8:18	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Mackenzie Blackwood	L	22	18	4	.818	57:46

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	1	2	+3	0	4	3	1		22:11	21
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	2	2	+2	0	1	2	0		19:49	22
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	2	0	2	+2	0	3	0	1	27.8	19:30	21
10	Daniel Sprong	R	0	2	2	+3	0	1	0	0	100.0	10:50	14
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1		22:59	26
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	2		19:44	23
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	1	0	1	+2	0	2	3	3		17:34	20
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	6		18:41	19
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0		17:15	21
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0		17:10	21
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	58.3	16:33	20
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	0	40.0	15:43	17
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	64.7	15:41	21
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		15:28	21
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		12:45	15
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		12:44	16
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	8	1		12:34	18
14	Richard Panik	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		8:23	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	24	21	3	.875	60:00