National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, New Jersey 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, April 7, 2018
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Wes McCauley, Dan O'Rourke
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Brad Kovachik
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Jersey 1113
Washington 2125
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:21 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov , Tom Wilson
8:10 - Devils Nico Hischier (EV) Assists: Patrick Maroon , Damon Severson
19:32 - Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (EV) Assists: Brett Connolly , John Carlson
Penalties
11:29 - Capitals Matt Niskanen (2) Hooking
 11:29 - Devils Nico Hischier (2) Embellishment
2nd Period
Scoring
3:44 - Capitals Michal Kempny (EV) Assists: Shane Gersich , Chandler Stephenson
19:07 - Devils Miles Wood (EV) Assists: Patrick Maroon , Pavel Zacha
Penalties
5:57 - Capitals Michal Kempny (2) Cross checking
 9:15 - Capitals Alex Chiasson (2) Cross checking
 9:15 - Devils Patrick Maroon (2) Roughing
3rd Period
Scoring
2:04 - Devils Patrick Maroon (EV) Assists: Pavel Zacha , Miles Wood
5:11 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Unassisted
11:50 - Capitals Andre Burakovsky (EV) Assists: Michal Kempny , Nicklas Backstrom
Penalties
12:14 - Devils Jimmy Hayes (2) Slashing
 14:47 - Devils Nico Hischier (2) Tripping
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Eddie Lack G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Cory Schneider G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 54:00 2:00 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
John Moore D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 23 21:06 18:06 1:07 1:53 0 0 - 1 - - -
Andy Greene D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 24 19:48 17:29 0:12 2:07 0 0 - 3 - - -
Will Butcher D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 26 18:32 17:39 0:53 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jimmy Hayes RW 0 0 0 -1 2 0 18 10:09 10:04 0:05 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Boyle C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 17 11:15 10:13 1:02 0:00 0 0 - - 5 6 45
Ben Lovejoy D 0 0 0 +3 0 1 24 17:25 15:18 0:00 2:07 0 0 2 - - - -
Nico Hischier C 1 0 1 E 4 3 20 14:43 13:26 1:02 0:15 0 0 - 2 5 7 42
Patrick Maroon LW 1 2 3 +1 2 2 18 15:35 14:42 0:53 0:00 0 0 3 - 0 1 0
Drew Stafford RW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 18 12:50 11:48 1:02 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Blake Coleman C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 17:08 14:54 0:05 2:09 0 0 1 - 3 11 21
Stefan Noesen RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 18 13:42 12:49 0:53 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mirco Mueller D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 24 20:57 19:04 0:00 1:53 0 0 - 1 - - -
Damon Severson D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 24 21:19 20:24 0:55 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Pavel Zacha C 0 2 2 E 0 2 21 17:42 15:13 0:53 1:36 0 0 - 1 9 7 56
Brian Gibbons LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 19:03 16:15 0:00 2:48 0 0 1 2 - - -
Michael Grabner RW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 19 13:23 12:21 0:05 0:57 0 0 - - - - -
Miles Wood LW 1 1 2 +1 0 5 18 12:39 12:39 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jesper Bratt LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 14:44 13:36 0:53 0:15 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 54:00 4:00 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 E 2 2 20 20:54 19:45 0:16 0:53 0 0 1 1 - - -
Michal Kempny D 1 1 2 +4 2 1 20 16:13 16:13 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 2 0 2 +1 0 8 19 21:00 17:16 3:44 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 23:48 21:41 1:00 1:07 0 0 1 1 - - -
Brett Connolly RW 0 1 1 +2 0 0 17 17:27 13:43 3:44 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jakub Vrana LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 13 11:31 11:31 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Chandler Stephenson C 0 1 1 E 0 0 14 10:42 9:25 0:00 1:17 0 0 - - 3 4 43
Nicklas Backstrom C 1 1 2 +2 0 3 20 19:14 15:30 3:44 0:00 0 0 - 1 9 7 56
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 17 14:53 13:54 0:16 0:43 0 0 1 - 6 3 67
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 14 12:54 11:41 0:00 1:13 0 0 1 - 2 0 100
Jakub Jerabek D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 19 16:43 16:43 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 1 - - -
Alex Chiasson RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 14 10:40 10:24 0:16 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 18 14:50 14:03 0:00 0:47 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 20 17:05 16:12 0:00 0:53 0 0 2 3 - - -
Shane Gersich LW 0 1 1 E 0 0 11 8:08 8:08 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Andre Burakovsky LW 1 0 1 +2 0 1 18 16:54 16:38 0:16 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
John Carlson D 0 1 1 +4 0 2 23 21:45 17:38 3:00 1:07 0 0 1 2 - - -
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 19 19:19 15:35 3:44 0:00 0 0 - 1 11 7 61
Goaltending
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cory Schneider L (17-16-6) 26 21 5 .808 0 60:00
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (34-16-4) 26 23 3 .885 0 60:00