National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, New Jersey 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 30, 2017
Where: Captial One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Tom Chmielewski, Wes McCauley
Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Brad Kovachik
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Jersey 1012
Washington 2125
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:26 - Capitals Tom Wilson (EV) Assists: Christian Djoos , John Carlson
11:09 - Capitals Christian Djoos (EV) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom , Alex Ovechkin
17:35 - Devils John Moore (EV) Assists: Travis Zajac , Marcus Johansson
Penalties
3:52 - Capitals Brooks Orpik (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
7:01 - Capitals John Carlson (PP) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom , Alex Ovechkin
Penalties
5:34 - Devils Pavel Zacha (2) Holding
 15:49 - Capitals T.J. Oshie (2) High sticking
3rd Period
Scoring
4:25 - Capitals Matt Niskanen (EV) Assists: Devante Smith-Pelly , Alex Ovechkin
9:00 - Devils Travis Zajac (EV) Assists: Marcus Johansson , Sami Vatanen
19:19 - Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (EV) (EN) Assists: John Carlson
Penalties
11:57 - Devils Damon Severson (2) Tripping
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Keith Kinkaid G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Cory Schneider G 0 0 0 0 0 59:12 51:45 4:00 3:27 0 0 - - - - -
John Moore D 1 0 1 +1 0 3 29 19:21 18:28 0:14 0:39 0 0 2 3 - - -
Andy Greene D 0 0 0 E 0 0 24 19:24 17:14 0:00 2:10 0 0 - 5 - - -
Will Butcher D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 24 17:41 15:23 2:18 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Taylor Hall LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 20 18:30 16:17 2:13 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Brian Boyle C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 15 12:41 10:28 2:08 0:05 0 0 1 - 4 9 31
Nico Hischier C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 20 17:27 15:34 1:47 0:06 0 0 - 2 5 7 42
Steven Santini D 0 0 0 E 0 2 26 20:22 17:34 0:00 2:48 0 0 5 3 - - -
Travis Zajac C 1 1 2 +1 0 1 21 18:56 14:52 2:26 1:38 0 0 - - 10 6 62
Kyle Palmieri RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 21 18:49 17:01 1:48 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Stefan Noesen RW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 17 12:31 12:31 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 0 3 0
Damon Severson D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 27 18:11 17:57 0:14 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Pavel Zacha C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 16 12:15 11:06 0:42 0:27 0 0 3 - 6 4 60
Brian Gibbons LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 14 11:14 8:58 0:00 2:16 0 0 1 - - - -
Blake Coleman C 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 11:47 9:58 0:00 1:49 0 0 3 - 0 2 0
Miles Wood LW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 16 13:52 12:14 1:38 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Sami Vatanen D 0 1 1 E 0 1 28 21:04 18:19 1:28 1:17 0 0 1 5 - - -
Jesper Bratt LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 15:52 14:27 0:52 0:33 0 0 2 1 - - -
Marcus Johansson LW 0 2 2 E 0 0 19 17:24 15:12 2:12 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 52:33 3:27 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 1 0 1 +2 0 1 21 22:11 19:20 0:32 2:19 0 0 2 2 - - -
Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14 13:25 12:52 0:00 0:33 0 0 2 1 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 0 3 3 +1 0 6 18 20:00 17:05 2:55 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 20 21:27 19:24 0:38 1:25 0 0 3 3 - - -
Brett Connolly RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 12 10:48 9:35 1:13 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jakub Vrana LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 10:38 10:06 0:32 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 14:39 14:39 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 1 2 3 +1 0 3 18 19:48 16:45 2:49 0:14 0 0 1 1 7 10 41
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 15:18 12:41 0:38 1:59 0 0 1 1 4 7 36
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 1 1 +1 0 4 15 16:25 16:11 0:00 0:14 0 0 3 1 - - -
Christian Djoos D 1 1 2 +1 0 4 18 15:02 15:02 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Alex Chiasson RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 16 14:52 13:05 0:00 1:47 0 0 2 2 0 1 0
Tom Wilson RW 1 0 1 E 0 3 16 14:38 12:39 0:00 1:59 0 0 3 - - - -
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 E 2 2 20 19:08 18:00 0:00 1:08 0 0 3 2 - - -
John Carlson D 1 2 3 +1 0 4 25 25:58 20:34 2:49 2:35 1 0 - 3 - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 +1 2 0 16 12:10 9:56 2:14 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Jay Beagle RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 19 15:28 13:41 0:00 1:47 0 0 1 - 13 3 81
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 16 14:05 11:10 2:55 0:00 0 0 - 1 6 4 60
Goaltending
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cory Schneider L (17-11-6) 34 30 4 .882 0 59:12
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (28-11-4) 27 25 2 .926 0 60:00