Washington Capitals at New Jersey Devils

Sun, Apr 4, 2021 · Prudential Center · 2020–21 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

5 – 4

Final

New Jersey Devils

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 5–4 on Sun, Apr 4, 2021 at Prudential Center. Travis Zajac scored twice. Ilya Samsonov made 35 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 19–39.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	2	2	5	19
NJD	1	1	2	4	39

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:17	NJD	EV	Travis Zajac (6) · snap	Nick Merkley (3), Ryan Murray (8)	0–1
1st	09:16	WSH	EV	T.J. Oshie (11) · backhand	Alex Ovechkin (14), Brenden Dillon (10)	1–1
2nd	03:21	WSH	EV	Conor Sheary (8) · slap	Dmitry Orlov (4), Justin Schultz (16)	2–1
2nd	08:09	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (19) · snap	Nicklas Backstrom (26), Evgeny Kuznetsov (13)	3–1
2nd	17:42	NJD	EV	Yegor Sharangovich (8) · wrist	Ryan Murray (9), Jack Hughes (10)	3–2
3rd	02:41	WSH	SH	Carl Hagelin (4) · wrist	Garnet Hathaway (9), Brenden Dillon (11)	4–2
3rd	05:31	WSH	EV	Evgeny Kuznetsov (7) · snap	Alex Ovechkin (15), Dmitry Orlov (5)	5–2
3rd	10:15	NJD	EV	Jesper Bratt (4) · snap	Pavel Zacha (13)	5–3
3rd	15:53	NJD	EV	Travis Zajac (7) · slap	Nick Merkley (4), Ryan Murray (10)	5–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	19:31	WSH	Carl Hagelin	cross checking	2
2nd	07:58	NJD	Dmitry Kulikov	high sticking	2
2nd	12:48	WSH	Daniel Sprong	tripping	2
2nd	16:20	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	tripping	2
2nd	16:34	NJD	Pavel Zacha	slashing	2
2nd	18:35	NJD	P.K. Subban	tripping	2
3rd	01:14	WSH	Lars Eller	slashing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.50 · NJD 4.53 · xG% WSH 35.5

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	2	3	0	0	3	0	1		17:09	21
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	2	2	-1	0	0	2	2		20:51	20
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	2	2	+1	0	1	3	3		18:40	23
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	1	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	50.0	13:09	18
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2		18:25	23
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	45.5	16:49	23
77	T.J. Oshie	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	0	80.0	14:42	19
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	1	1	+1	0	3	2	1		14:26	17
62	Carl Hagelin	L	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0		13:35	21
73	Conor Sheary	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	3	1	100.0	13:07	19
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		23:36	23
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		19:29	23
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2		18:22	23
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		17:45	22
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	38.9	16:30	24
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	43.8	14:19	21
10	Daniel Sprong	R	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	0		12:23	16
14	Richard Panik	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0		8:43	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ilya Samsonov	W	39	35	4	.897	60:00

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
22	Ryan Murray	D	0	3	3	+2	0	0	2	0		15:35	21
19	Travis Zajac	C	2	0	2	+1	0	3	0	0	45.0	19:25	26
39	Nick Merkley	R	0	2	2	+1	0	2	1	0		11:59	18
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	45.5	24:13	24
17	Yegor Sharangovich	C	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	1	50.0	19:09	24
37	Pavel Zacha	C	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	50.0	17:46	23
63	Jesper Bratt	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1		16:05	21
70	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1		21:27	24
24	Ty Smith	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1		20:41	22
28	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0		20:30	24
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	0	0	-2	2	2	3	0		20:17	23
45	Sami Vatanen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	2		15:21	21
59	Janne Kuokkanen	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0		15:21	22
20	Michael McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	75.0	14:51	18
23	Mikhail Maltsev	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	83.3	12:52	15
11	Andreas Johnsson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	100.0	11:16	19
44	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	33.3	10:36	17
90	Jesper Boqvist	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		10:32	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Mackenzie Blackwood	L	19	14	5	.737	57:45