National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, New Jersey 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 26, 2017
Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Referees: Ghislain Hebert, Dan O'Rourke
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Steve Miller
Attendance: 13428
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 2215
New Jersey 0202
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
6:14 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Unassisted
18:28 - Capitals Andre Burakovsky (PP) Unassisted
Penalties
17:37 - Devils Kyle Palmieri (2) High sticking
 19:01 - Capitals Karl Alzner (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
3:19 - Devils Stefan Noesen (EV) Assists: Pavel Zacha , Jacob Josefson
8:29 - Capitals Lars Eller (EV) Assists: Dmitry Orlov , Andre Burakovsky
10:19 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (PP) Assists: Dmitry Orlov , Alex Ovechkin
18:16 - Devils Adam Henrique (PP) Assists: Michael Cammalleri , PA Parenteau
Penalties
4:25 - Capitals Matt Niskanen (2) Roughing
 4:25 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Roughing
 4:25 - Devils Vernon Fiddler (2) Roughing
 9:23 - Devils Karl Stollery (2) Hooking
 10:19 - Devils Steven Santini (2) Hooking
 16:38 - Capitals Daniel Winnik (2) Roughing
3rd Period
Scoring
18:07 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (EV) (EN) Unassisted
Penalties
6:52 - Devils Kyle Palmieri (2) Instigating
 6:52 - Capitals Brooks Orpik (5) Fighting
 6:52 - Devils Kyle Palmieri (5) Fighting
 6:52 - Capitals Tom Wilson (10) Game misconduct
 6:52 - Devils Kyle Palmieri (10) Misconduct
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 48:35 5:47 5:38 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 E 2 1 28 24:55 20:20 2:57 1:38 0 0 1 - - - -
Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 15:03 12:30 0:00 2:33 0 0 2 2 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 1 1 2 +1 0 4 22 17:30 13:40 3:50 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 2 2 +2 0 3 23 20:33 17:43 2:50 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Brett Connolly RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 12:31 9:18 3:13 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Justin Williams RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 16:45 13:04 2:28 1:13 0 0 - - 2 2 50
Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 E 0 2 14 10:50 10:44 0:06 0:00 0 0 - - 4 4 50
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 21 16:24 13:27 2:57 0:00 0 0 - - 5 4 56
Lars Eller C 1 0 1 E 0 4 18 13:31 10:51 0:00 2:40 0 0 - - 7 5 58
Daniel Winnik LW 0 0 0 +1 2 1 19 15:44 13:11 0:06 2:27 0 0 - - - - -
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 E 2 0 23 21:13 19:02 0:00 2:11 0 0 2 2 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 E 12 3 11 8:42 6:38 0:06 1:58 0 0 2 - 1 0 100
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 +3 5 2 21 20:22 16:26 0:00 3:56 0 0 3 - - - -
Andre Burakovsky LW 1 1 2 E 0 2 17 13:49 11:05 2:44 0:00 1 0 1 - - - -
Jay Beagle RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 22 18:27 15:29 0:00 2:58 0 0 - - 4 5 44
Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 20 14:35 11:40 1:57 0:58 0 0 1 - - - -
Marcus Johansson LW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 21 16:31 13:34 2:57 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 2 0 2 +1 0 8 21 16:57 14:13 2:44 0:00 1 0 - - 8 8 50
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Keith Kinkaid G 0 0 0 0 0 30:19 24:32 4:00 1:47 0 0 - - - - -
Cory Schneider G 0 0 0 0 0 28:35 22:57 1:38 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jon Merrill D 0 0 0 E 0 1 26 20:57 15:09 2:40 3:08 0 0 1 3 - - -
Taylor Hall LW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 22 22:22 18:44 2:56 0:42 0 0 - - 0 2 0
PA Parenteau RW 0 1 1 -2 0 0 16 12:15 9:19 2:56 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Ben Lovejoy D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 25 20:56 16:06 0:00 4:50 0 0 - 1 - - -
Michael Cammalleri LW 0 1 1 -1 0 0 21 16:36 13:40 2:56 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Adam Henrique C 1 0 1 E 0 3 22 16:47 11:45 3:04 1:58 1 0 - 1 9 8 53
Jacob Josefson C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 18 12:25 11:05 0:00 1:20 0 0 2 - 6 5 55
Travis Zajac C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 26 22:29 18:04 2:27 1:58 0 0 - - 11 8 58
Kyle Palmieri RW 0 0 0 -1 19 4 20 16:42 13:36 2:42 0:24 0 0 - - - - -
Kyle Quincey D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 28 20:35 18:35 0:15 1:45 0 0 2 - - - -
Stefan Noesen RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 16 11:46 11:46 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 0 0 -3 0 3 21 12:27 9:53 0:00 2:34 0 0 1 - - - -
Damon Severson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 25 19:06 17:59 0:00 1:07 0 0 1 - - - -
Steven Santini D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 19 14:18 14:03 0:00 0:15 0 0 2 1 - - -
Pavel Zacha C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 22 14:52 11:03 2:48 1:01 0 0 2 - 0 1 0
Vernon Fiddler LW 0 0 0 -2 2 1 16 10:18 8:41 0:00 1:37 0 0 - - 2 7 22
Miles Wood LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 12:17 9:49 2:28 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Karl Stollery D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 20 18:11 14:44 2:58 0:29 0 0 1 - - - -
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (24-8-4) 29 27 2 .931 0 60:00
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Keith Kinkaid L (6-6-2) 17 13 4 .765 0 30:19
Cory Schneider 18 18 0 1.000 0 28:35