Capitals 6-2 Devils (31 Dec, 2016) Box Score

Washington Capitals

21-9-5, 9-4-4 away

	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	3	1	6
NJ	0	1	1	2

New Jersey Devils

14-16-7, 9-4-2 home

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Jay BeagleJ. Beagle#83
Andre BurakovskyA. Burakovsky#65
Brett ConnollyB. Connolly#10
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Marcus JohanssonM. Johansson#90
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
T.J. OshieT.J. Oshie#77
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Justin WilliamsJ. Williams#14
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
Daniel WinnikD. Winnik#26
defensemen
Karl AlznerK. Alzner#27
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Matt NiskanenM. Niskanen#2
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9
Brooks OrpikB. Orpik#44
Nate SchmidtN. Schmidt#88

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	15:08	0:58	0:56	13:14	5	7	41.7
1	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	20	14:17	0:00	6:45	7:32	10	9	52.6
0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	17	11:18	0:29	0:01	10:48	0	1	0.0
1	0	1	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	13	10:07	0:00	0:04	10:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	18	15:56	0:00	5:24	10:32	7	6	53.8
1	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	15:03	1:39	0:24	13:00	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	18	14:44	0:44	0:20	13:40	6	8	42.9
1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	19	14:16	0:58	1:00	12:18	1	1	50.0
1	1	0	2	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	18	16:17	0:58	1:21	13:58	0	0	0.0
1	1	2	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	19	13:18	0:06	0:55	12:17	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	2	7	1	2	1	15	10:35	0:05	5:05	5:25	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	1	1	5	0	1	1	18	13:28	0:00	6:18	7:10	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	27	21:23	0:04	7:31	13:48	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	1	1	3	27	21:08	0:58	7:27	12:43	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	21:58	0:44	6:07	15:07	0	0	0.0
0	1	3	2	0	2	2	4	2	0	0	22	15:50	0:38	0:25	14:47	0	0	0.0
0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	27	21:13	0:00	5:46	15:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	16:01	0:03	0:00	15:58	0	0	0.0

goalies
Philipp GrubauerP. Grubauer#31

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
23	2	21	.913	0	0	0	0	0	60:00	0

New Jersey Devils


forwards
Beau BennettB. Bennett#8
Michael CammalleriM. Cammalleri#13
Luke GazdicL. Gazdic#20
Adam HenriqueA. Henrique#14
Jacob JosefsonJ. Josefson#16
Sergei KalininS. Kalinin#51
Nick LappinN. Lappin#36
Kyle PalmieriK. Palmieri#21
P.A. ParenteauP.A. Parenteau#11
Devante Smith-PellyD. Smith-Pelly#25
Miles WoodM. Wood#44
Travis ZajacT. Zajac#19
defensemen
Andy GreeneA. Greene#6
Ben LovejoyB. Lovejoy#12
Jon MerrillJ. Merrill#7
John MooreJ. Moore#2
Kyle QuinceyK. Quincey#22
Damon SeversonD. Severson#28

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	20	13:55	4:50	0:00	9:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	21	20:02	6:31	0:00	13:31	1	1	50.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	9	5:49	0:21	0:00	5:28	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	25	19:59	7:02	0:39	12:18	9	7	56.3
0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	18	15:39	5:42	0:06	9:51	6	3	66.7
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	15:11	5:26	1:02	8:43	6	9	40.0
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	10:42	1:28	0:00	9:14	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	22	19:59	6:42	0:21	12:56	1	1	50.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	3	9	0	0	2	24	16:15	5:54	0:00	10:21	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	20	15:34	1:00	0:42	13:52	1	2	33.3
0	0	-4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	21	14:01	1:20	0:13	12:28	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	22	17:55	6:03	0:15	11:37	8	6	57.1
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	2	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	33	24:18	4:56	1:26	17:56	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	27	19:01	1:28	1:31	16:02	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	23	21:22	1:22	0:06	19:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1:09	0:00	0:00	1:09	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	26	20:33	0:57	0:21	19:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	1	3	0	1	2	1	0	1	26	21:11	7:04	0:00	14:07	0	0	0.0

goalies
Keith KinkaidK. Kinkaid#1

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
26	6	20	.769	0	0	0	0	0	60:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Capitals	2	3	1	6
	Devils	0	1	1	2

1st Period			WSH	NJ
2:36		Brett Connolly (4) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Andre Burakovsky (10), Brooks Orpik (7)	1	0
19:01		Jay Beagle (6) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Brooks Orpik (8), Daniel Winnik (4)	2	0

2nd Period		WSH	NJ
6:53	Kyle Palmieri (7) (Even Strength Goal) Unassisted	2	1
11:05	T.J. Oshie (11) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (21), Alex Ovechkin (11)	3	1
11:38	Alex Ovechkin (17) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Matt Niskanen (14), T.J. Oshie (6)	4	1
16:34	Justin Williams (9) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Matt Niskanen (15), Dmitry Orlov (15)	5	1

3rd Period			WSH	NJ
14:52		Beau Bennett (2) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Ben Lovejoy (3), Jon Merrill (1)	5	2
15:27		Marcus Johansson (14) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Justin Williams (6), Evgeny Kuznetsov (16)	6	2

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Devils
2
Capitals
1

Game 1

30/12

Capitals
6
Devils
2

Game 2

31/12

Capitals
5
Devils
2

Game 3

27/1

Devils
0
Capitals
1

Game 4

3/3

Prudential Center

6:00 PM, 31 December 2016

Newark, NJ

Attendance: 16,514

Referees:
Justin St. Pierre
Marc Joannette

Linesmen:
Tony Sericolo

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	14	5	0	28
New Jersey	13	7	2	28
Washington	13	5	1	27
NY Rangers	12	5	1	25
NY Islanders	7	8	5	19
Columbus	8	9	2	18
Philadelphia	8	10	2	18
Pittsburgh	7	10	4	18

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