National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, New Jersey 4
When: 3:00 PM ET, Sunday, April 4, 2021
Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Referees: Peter MacDougall, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Trent Knorr, Matt MacPherson
Attendance: 3600
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 1225
New Jersey 1124
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
3:17 - Devils Travis Zajac (EV) Assists: Nicholas Merkley , Ryan Murray
9:16 - Capitals T.J. Oshie (EV) Assists: Alex Ovechkin , Brenden Dillon
Penalties
19:31 - Capitals Carl Hagelin (2) Cross checking
2nd Period
Scoring
3:21 - Capitals Conor Sheary (EV) Assists: Dmitry Orlov , Justin Schultz
8:09 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (PP) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom , Evgeny Kuznetsov
17:42 - Devils Yegor Sharangovich (EV) Assists: Ryan Murray , Jack Hughes
Penalties
7:58 - Devils Dmitry Kulikov (2) High sticking
 12:48 - Capitals Daniel Sprong (2) Tripping
 16:20 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (2) Tripping
 16:34 - Devils Pavel Zacha (2) Slashing
 18:35 - Devils P.K. Subban (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
2:41 - Capitals Carl Hagelin (SH) Assists: Garnet Hathaway , Brenden Dillon
5:31 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (EV) Assists: Alex Ovechkin , Dmitry Orlov
10:15 - Devils Jesper Bratt (EV) Assists: Pavel Zacha
15:53 - Devils Travis Zajac (EV) Assists: Nicholas Merkley , Ryan Murray
Penalties
1:14 - Capitals Lars Eller (2) Slashing
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ilya Samsonov G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 51:21 2:25 6:14 0 0 - - - - -
Vitek Vanecek G 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Justin Schultz D 0 1 1 E 0 0 23 18:25 18:11 0:14 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 E 0 0 22 17:45 14:00 0:00 3:45 0 0 - 2 - - -
Brenden Dillon D 0 2 2 -1 0 0 20 20:51 18:22 0:00 2:29 0 0 2 2 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 1 2 3 E 0 3 21 17:09 14:58 2:11 0:00 1 0 - 1 - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 2 2 +1 0 1 23 18:40 18:26 0:14 0:00 0 0 3 3 - - -
Daniel Sprong RW 0 0 0 -2 2 0 16 12:23 12:23 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Richard Panik RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 15 8:43 8:43 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 23 16:49 14:06 2:11 0:32 0 0 1 - 10 12 45
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -2 2 0 24 16:30 15:22 0:00 1:08 0 0 - - 7 11 39
Garnet Hathaway RW 0 1 1 +1 0 3 17 14:26 12:11 0:00 2:15 0 0 2 1 - - -
Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 14:19 11:26 0:14 2:39 0 0 1 1 7 9 44
Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 18:22 14:23 0:00 3:59 0 0 2 2 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 23 19:29 15:22 0:00 4:07 0 0 - - - - -
Carl Hagelin LW 1 0 1 +1 2 1 21 13:35 11:34 0:14 1:47 0 1 - - - - -
Conor Sheary LW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 19 13:07 13:07 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 1 1 0 100
John Carlson D 0 0 0 E 0 2 23 23:36 19:10 2:11 2:15 0 0 - - - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 19 14:42 10:44 2:11 0:00 0 0 2 - 4 1 80
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 1 2 E 2 2 18 13:09 10:44 2:25 0:00 0 0 2 - 2 2 50
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Mackenzie Blackwood G 0 0 0 0 0 57:45 49:06 6:14 2:25 0 0 - - - - -
Scott Wedgewood G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andreas Johnsson LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 19 11:16 10:39 0:00 0:37 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
Yegor Sharangovich C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 24 19:09 17:22 0:32 1:15 0 0 - 1 1 1 50
Travis Zajac C 2 0 2 +1 0 3 26 19:25 12:08 5:42 1:35 0 0 - - 9 11 45
Michael McLeod C 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 14:51 14:01 0:00 0:50 0 0 - - 6 2 75
Ryan Murray D 0 3 3 +2 0 0 21 15:35 14:45 0:00 0:50 0 0 2 - - - -
Mikhail Maltsev LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 15 12:52 12:52 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - 5 1 83
Ty Smith D 0 0 0 E 0 3 22 20:41 15:19 5:22 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Damon Severson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 24 20:30 18:37 0:52 1:01 0 0 2 - - - -
Pavel Zacha C 0 1 1 E 2 2 23 17:46 11:31 5:42 0:33 0 0 1 - 7 7 50
Nicholas Merkley RW 0 2 2 +1 0 2 18 11:59 11:59 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Miles Wood LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 17 10:36 10:04 0:32 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 2 33
Sami Vatanen D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 21 15:21 13:42 0:18 1:21 0 0 1 2 - - -
Janne Kuokkanen LW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 22 15:21 14:49 0:32 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jesper Bratt LW 1 0 1 E 0 2 21 16:05 10:43 5:22 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Dmitry Kulikov D 0 0 0 E 2 3 24 21:27 20:03 0:00 1:24 0 0 3 1 - - -
P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 23 20:17 19:11 0:52 0:14 0 0 3 - - - -
Jack Hughes C 0 1 1 E 0 4 24 24:13 18:49 5:24 0:00 0 0 - - 5 6 45
Jesper Boqvist LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 13 10:32 10:32 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ilya Samsonov W (9-2-1) 39 35 4 .897 0 60:00
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood L (9-10-3) 19 14 5 .737 0 57:45