National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Jersey 6, Washington 3
When: 7:30 PM ET, Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Brandon Blandina, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Matt MacPherson
Attendance: 17156
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Jersey 2226
Washington 1203
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
3:03 - Devils Nico Hischier (EV) Assists: Colin Miller , Nico Daws
9:50 - Devils Nico Hischier (PP) Assists: Luke Hughes , Jack Hughes
18:38 - Capitals Connor McMichael (PP) Assists: Rasmus Sandin , Anthony Mantha
Penalties
9:15 - Capitals Max Pacioretty (2) Tripping
 16:55 - Devils Nathan Bastian (2) Roughing
2nd Period
Scoring
8:08 - Devils Dawson Mercer (EV) Assists: Erik Haula , Nico Hischier
11:25 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (EV) Assists: Alex Ovechkin , Martin Fehervary
18:58 - Capitals John Carlson (PP) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov , Alex Ovechkin
19:44 - Devils Michael McLeod (EV) Assists: Alexander Holtz
Penalties
17:29 - Devils Colin Miller (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
7:16 - Devils Dawson Mercer (EV) Assists: Erik Haula , Nathan Bastian
15:35 - Devils Michael McLeod (EV) Assists: Alexander Holtz , Curtis Lazar
Penalties
3:22 - Devils Jonas Siegenthaler (2) Hooking
 5:08 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (2) Tripping
 19:51 - Devils Brendan Smith (2) Boarding
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Vitek Vanecek G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nico Daws G 0 1 1 0 0 59:21 52:32 2:21 4:28 0 0 - - - - -
Brendan Smith D 0 0 0 E 2 0 15 11:40 7:48 0:00 3:52 0 0 1 1 - - -
John Marino D 0 0 0 E 0 0 29 21:51 17:52 0:00 3:59 0 0 - - - - -
Alexander Holtz RW 0 2 2 +3 0 2 20 13:55 13:09 0:46 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Tierney C 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 7:52 7:18 0:00 0:34 0 0 - 1 4 2 67
Nico Hischier C 2 1 3 +1 0 3 31 20:35 16:35 1:37 2:23 1 0 1 - 13 12 52
Nathan Bastian RW 0 1 1 +1 2 1 13 7:23 6:41 0:42 0:00 0 0 6 1 2 0 100
Simon Nemec D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 25 20:23 19:41 0:42 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Michael McLeod C 2 0 2 +2 0 2 22 13:36 13:20 0:00 0:16 0 0 2 - 10 4 71
Colin Miller D 0 1 1 +3 2 3 22 14:52 14:52 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Curtis Lazar C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 21 13:51 13:10 0:00 0:41 0 0 2 - 3 0 100
Luke Hughes D 0 1 1 E 0 0 26 20:12 18:33 1:39 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Erik Haula LW 0 2 2 +3 0 4 31 20:42 17:35 0:48 2:19 0 0 1 - 2 2 50
Jesper Bratt LW 0 0 0 E 0 4 25 17:32 14:23 1:35 1:34 0 0 1 - - - -
Jonas Siegenthaler D 0 0 0 E 2 2 26 20:09 18:55 0:08 1:06 0 0 - 1 - - -
Tyler Toffoli RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 23 15:48 13:44 1:31 0:33 0 0 - - - - -
Jack Hughes C 0 1 1 E 0 1 22 18:07 15:55 1:33 0:39 0 0 - - 5 9 36
Kevin Bahl D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 25 16:21 15:05 0:00 1:16 0 0 - 3 - - -
Dawson Mercer C 2 0 2 +2 0 3 30 20:29 17:50 0:44 1:55 0 0 - 1 - - -
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Hunter Shepard G 0 0 0 0 0 59:56 52:28 5:07 2:21 0 0 - - - - -
Darcy Kuemper G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 24 18:52 18:03 0:00 0:49 0 0 1 - - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 0 2 2 -1 2 3 22 21:15 16:49 4:26 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Dylan Strome C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 14:25 11:40 2:45 0:00 0 0 - 1 5 6 45
Aliaksei Protas C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 20 13:06 11:25 1:41 0:00 0 0 - 1 0 2 0
Connor McMichael C 1 0 1 -2 0 2 20 12:49 11:31 1:18 0:00 1 0 - 1 6 11 35
Ethan Bear D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 22 15:42 15:33 0:09 0:00 0 0 1 2 - - -
Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 14:18 12:30 0:00 1:48 0 0 2 1 8 7 53
Rasmus Sandin D 0 1 1 -2 0 0 24 18:15 16:46 1:29 0:00 0 0 3 2 - - -
Anthony Mantha RW 0 1 1 -1 0 2 22 15:43 13:30 2:13 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Fehervary D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 23 20:21 18:17 0:32 1:32 0 0 2 4 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 22 18:45 14:54 3:18 0:33 0 0 5 1 0 1 0
Matthew Phillips RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 16 11:51 11:42 0:09 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21 14:41 12:44 0:09 1:48 0 0 6 1 0 1 0
Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 0 0 E 0 1 26 18:45 17:56 0:00 0:49 0 0 - 2 - - -
Max Pacioretty LW 0 0 0 -1 2 0 17 11:47 11:47 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
John Carlson D 1 0 1 -1 0 4 25 23:42 18:31 3:39 1:32 1 0 2 1 - - -
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 1 2 E 0 2 23 19:35 15:24 3:38 0:33 0 0 1 1 9 9 50
Nicolas Aube-Kubel RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 13:37 13:28 0:09 0:00 0 0 2 - 1 2 33
Goaltending
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Nico Daws W (5-5-0) 26 23 3 .885 0 59:21
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Hunter Shepard L (2-1-1) 28 22 6 .786 0 59:56