National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 4, New Jersey 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 25, 2021
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Brandon Blandina, Jon McIsaac
Linesmen: Jesse Marquis, Kory Nagy
Attendance: N/A
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Jersey 1113
Washington 1214
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
1:23 - Devils Nicholas Merkley (EV) Unassisted
3:10 - Capitals Dmitry Orlov (EV) Assists: Justin Schultz , Daniel Sprong
Penalties
6:13 - Devils Yegor Sharangovich (2) Hooking
 13:39 - Capitals Zdeno Chara (2) Slashing
 18:15 - Capitals Jakub Vrana (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
6:20 - Devils Miles Wood (EV) Assists: Janne Kuokkanen , Damon Severson
7:15 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Daniel Sprong , John Carlson
11:47 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (EV) Assists: Alex Ovechkin , Brenden Dillon
Penalties
None.
3rd Period
Scoring
11:04 - Devils Jesper Bratt (PP) Assists: Ty Smith , Pavel Zacha
12:06 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (EV) Assists: Justin Schultz
Penalties
10:38 - Capitals Nick Jensen (2) Cross checking
 12:26 - Devils Sami Vatanen (2) Hooking
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 57:46 49:20 4:26 4:00 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 E 0 1 19 12:54 11:26 0:00 1:28 0 0 - - 2 0 100
Yegor Sharangovich C 0 0 0 -2 2 2 22 17:22 16:28 0:00 0:54 0 0 1 - - - -
Travis Zajac C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 25 19:21 16:44 0:34 2:03 0 0 - 1 6 10 38
Michael McLeod C 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 13:50 12:22 0:00 1:28 0 0 - 1 6 2 75
Kyle Palmieri RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 14:59 13:22 1:37 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Murray D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 14:42 13:53 0:16 0:33 0 0 - 1 - - -
Mikhail Maltsev LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 8:18 8:02 0:16 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Ty Smith D 0 1 1 E 0 1 26 21:45 19:52 1:53 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Damon Severson D 0 1 1 E 0 1 27 23:58 19:35 2:48 1:35 0 0 1 1 - - -
Pavel Zacha C 0 1 1 E 0 1 28 18:13 15:11 1:53 1:09 0 0 - - 13 6 68
Nicholas Merkley RW 1 0 1 E 0 3 17 12:36 9:47 2:49 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Miles Wood LW 1 0 1 E 0 4 21 15:19 12:51 1:59 0:29 0 0 - 2 0 1 0
Sami Vatanen D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 20 13:49 12:18 0:00 1:31 0 0 - 1 - - -
Janne Kuokkanen LW 0 1 1 -2 0 1 22 15:59 14:47 1:12 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Jesper Bratt LW 1 0 1 E 0 1 18 12:56 11:05 1:22 0:29 1 0 - - - - -
Dmitry Kulikov D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 24 20:31 17:33 0:00 2:58 0 0 1 1 - - -
P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 26 24:05 19:59 2:43 1:23 0 0 1 2 - - -
Jack Hughes C 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 17:37 14:49 2:48 0:00 0 0 - - 4 8 33
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 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Vitek Vanecek G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 51:34 4:00 4:26 0 0 - - - - -
Justin Schultz D 0 2 2 +2 0 1 22 19:49 18:01 1:48 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 21 17:10 14:43 0:00 2:27 0 0 1 - - - -
Brenden Dillon D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 23 19:44 17:49 0:00 1:55 0 0 1 2 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 1 1 2 +3 0 4 21 22:11 18:11 4:00 0:00 0 0 3 1 - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 1 0 1 +2 0 2 20 17:34 16:45 0:00 0:49 0 0 3 3 - - -
Daniel Sprong RW 0 2 2 +3 0 1 14 10:50 10:50 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Jakub Vrana LW 0 0 0 E 2 2 15 12:45 10:33 2:12 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Richard Panik RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 10 8:23 8:23 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 16:33 14:13 2:12 0:08 0 0 - - 7 5 58
Garnet Hathaway RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 18 12:34 11:24 0:00 1:10 0 0 8 1 0 1 0
Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 15:41 12:33 0:00 3:08 0 0 1 1 11 6 65
Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 19 18:41 16:59 0:00 1:42 0 0 - 6 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 21 17:15 14:09 1:48 1:18 0 0 1 - - - -
Carl Hagelin LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21 15:28 12:20 0:00 3:08 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Conor Sheary LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 12:44 10:56 1:48 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
John Carlson D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 26 22:59 18:48 2:12 1:59 0 0 1 1 - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 +1 0 3 17 15:43 13:31 2:12 0:00 0 0 2 - 4 6 40
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 2 0 2 +2 0 3 21 19:30 17:42 1:48 0:00 0 0 - 1 5 13 28
Goaltending
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood L (8-9-1) 22 18 4 .818 0 57:46
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Vitek Vanecek W (14-5-3) 24 21 3 .875 0 60:00