Washington Capitals @ New Jersey Devils

25-6-5, 16-3-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Capitals WSH	2	1	3	6
Devils NJ	1	1	1	3

New Jersey DevilsDevilsNJ

11-18-5, 5-8-5 Home

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Nic DowdN. Dowd#26
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Carl HagelinC. Hagelin#62
Garnet HathawayG. Hathaway#21
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
Brendan LeipsicB. Leipsic#28
T.J. OshieT.J. Oshie#77
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Richard PanikR. Panik#14
Jakub VranaJ. Vrana#13
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Radko GudasR. Gudas#33
Nick JensenN. Jensen#3
Michal KempnyM. Kempny#6
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9
Jonas SiegenthalerJ. Siegenthaler#34

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
2	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	17:35	1:15	0:00	16:20	7	8	46.7
0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	11:12	0:00	1:39	9:33	5	5	50.0
0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	19	14:19	0:45	2:32	11:02	5	3	62.5
0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	13:40	0:00	2:54	10:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	15	9:45	0:00	0:22	9:23	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	17:17	1:31	0:00	15:46	9	10	47.4
0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	14	9:57	0:00	0:00	9:57	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	19	17:20	1:15	0:00	16:05	1	0	100.0
1	1	3	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	22	19:01	2:00	0:00	17:01	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	15	12:11	0:00	0:59	11:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	15:08	0:29	0:00	14:39	0	0	0.0
0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	21	17:27	0:45	1:54	14:48	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	1	3	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	25	20:34	1:15	2:23	16:56	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	22	20:19	0:00	1:46	18:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	2	2	24	19:06	0:00	2:00	17:06	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	19:22	0:00	0:47	18:35	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	23	21:31	0:45	1:20	19:26	0	0	0.0
1	0	3	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	0	22	17:00	0:00	2:04	14:56	0	0	0.0

goalies
Ilya SamsonovI. Samsonov#30

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
27	3	24	.889	18	1	5	0	0	60:00	0

New Jersey Devils


forwards
Jesper BoqvistJ. Boqvist#90
Jesper BrattJ. Bratt#63
Blake ColemanB. Coleman#20
Nikita GusevN. Gusev#97
Nico HischierN. Hischier#13
Jack HughesJ. Hughes#86
Michael McLeodM. McLeod#41
Kyle PalmieriK. Palmieri#21
Wayne SimmondsW. Simmonds#17
Miles WoodM. Wood#44
Pavel ZachaP. Zacha#37
Travis ZajacT. Zajac#19
defensemen
Will ButcherW. Butcher#8
Andy GreeneA. Greene#6
Mirco MuellerM. Mueller#25
Damon SeversonD. Severson#28
P.K. SubbanP.K. Subban#76
Sami VatanenS. Vatanen#45

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	11:56	0:00	0:00	11:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	20	15:09	1:01	0:00	14:08	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	6	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	22	17:10	1:00	1:22	14:48	0	1	0.0
0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	12:51	0:00	0:00	12:51	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	19:19	3:09	0:38	15:32	11	7	61.1
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	16:04	4:10	0:00	11:54	1	4	20.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	8:43	0:00	0:00	8:43	4	3	57.1
1	0	-2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	22	17:14	3:09	0:00	14:05	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	18	15:05	2:01	0:00	13:04	0	1	0.0
1	0	-2	3	0	0	2	7	3	0	0	18	11:06	0:00	0:00	11:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	20	16:17	2:01	0:38	13:38	3	4	42.9
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	22	15:50	0:00	1:22	14:28	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	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	23	17:57	2:18	0:00	15:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	26	20:18	0:00	1:35	18:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	26	17:56	0:00	0:25	17:31	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	31	23:46	0:00	0:59	22:47	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	22	20:23	4:09	1:01	15:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	3	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	25	21:21	2:52	0:00	18:29	0	0	0.0

goalies
Gilles SennG. Senn#31
Mackenzie BlackwoodM. Blackwood#29

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
3	1	2	.667	2	0	0	0	0	11:35	0
26	5	21	.808	18	1	2	0	0	48:25	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	1	3	6
	Devils	1	1	1	3

1st Period		WSH	NJ
4:00	Kyle Palmieri (14) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Nico Hischier (12), P.K. Subban (4)	0	1
18:25	Alex Ovechkin (22) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (18), Tom Wilson (11)	1	1
19:35	Nicklas Backstrom (7) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: John Carlson (34), Tom Wilson (12)	2	1

2nd Period			WSH	NJ
4:15		Blake Coleman (10) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nikita Gusev (11)	2	2
19:31		Nicklas Backstrom (8) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Dmitry Orlov (13), Alex Ovechkin (13)	3	2

3rd Period		WSH	NJ
0:42	John Carlson (13) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Michal Kempny (10), Nicklas Backstrom (19)	4	2
6:53	Jonas Siegenthaler (2) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Radko Gudas (9), Nic Dowd (5)	5	2
15:33	Richard Panik (3) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Lars Eller (11), Carl Hagelin (7)	6	2
19:37	Miles Wood (4) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Damon Severson (5), Nikita Gusev (12)	6	3

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

Capitals
6
Devils
3

Game 1

21/12

Devils
5
Capitals
1

Game 2

12/1

Devils
2
Capitals
5

Game 3

17/1

Capitals
2
Devils
3

Game 4

22/2

Prudential Center

12:00 AM, 21 December 2019

Newark, NJ

Attendance: 15,021

Referees:
TJ Luxmore
Garrett Rank

Linesmen:
Derek Amell
Derek Nansen

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Washington	18	9	3	39
Carolina	17	9	2	36
NY Islanders	16	11	3	35
Pittsburgh	14	7	6	34
NY Rangers	15	12	4	34
Philadelphia	15	9	3	33
New Jersey	16	12	1	33
Columbus	13	10	6	32

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Washington Capitals @ New Jersey Devils

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

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