New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 2009 · Verizon Center

New JerseyDevilsAway

1–4

Final

SOG 30–40

WashingtonCapitalsHome

XM 207 · CSN-DC (HD) · MSG PLUS (HD)

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 4-1 on Saturday, December 26, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Devils 40-30.

Goals came from Alex Ovechkin, Matt Bradley, Rod Pelley, Nicklas Backstrom and Mike Green.

Michal Neuvirth made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 36 of 40.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	1	0	0	1	30
WSH	2	1	1	4	40

Scoring

1st period

Alex Ovechkin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1)0–104:09 WSH
Matt Bradley (1)David Steckel (1), Karl Alzner (1)0–213:54 WSH
Rod Pelley (1)Ilkka Pikkarainen (1)1–217:18 NJD

2nd period

Nicklas Backstrom (1)Alexander Semin (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)1–309:52 WSH

3rd period

Mike Green (1)Alex Ovechkin (2), Nicklas Backstrom (2)1–400:39 WSH

Team stats

NJDWSH

30Shots on goal40

45%Faceoff %55%

0/4Power play0/2

4Penalty minutes8

19Hits23

10Blocked shots15

3Giveaways11

8Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 19:05Shaone Morrisonn · holding2 min
2nd 02:51Jeff Schultz · tripping2 min
2nd 11:42Milan Jurcina · holding2 min
2nd 14:17Alexander Semin · hooking2 min
2nd 17:31Jamie Langenbrunner · tripping2 min
2nd 18:31Andy Greene · hooking2 min

Season series

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

10Rod PelleyC	1	0	1	+1	1	2	0	0	40	08:48
17Ilkka PikkarainenR	0	1	1	+1	1	3	0	0	–	08:09
9Zach PariseL	0	0	0	-1	6	1	0	0	100	20:12
11Dean McAmmondL	0	0	0	-3	2	1	0	0	36	16:32
12Brian RolstonR	0	0	0	-2	4	2	0	0	–	16:09
15Jamie LangenbrunnerR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2	100	18:21
18Niclas BergforsR	0	0	0	-2	4	1	0	0	–	14:53
19Travis ZajacC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	38	18:36
20Jay PandolfoL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	13:37
21Rob NiedermayerC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	63	16:53
26Patrik EliasL	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	17:37
28Vladimir ZharkovR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	13:32
2Mark FraserD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	0	–	15:44
5Colin WhiteD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	18:13
6Andy GreeneD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	2	–	22:22
24Bryce SalvadorD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	–	16:40
27Mike MottauD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	19:08
29Johnny OduyaD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	–	20:34

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Martin BrodeurG	L	40	36	4	.900	60:00
35Yann DanisG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	2	3	+3	5	2	0	0	–	18:58
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	2	3	+3	4	3	0	0	50	17:46
10Matt BradleyR	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	12:28
28Alexander SeminR	0	1	1	+3	5	0	2	2	–	16:36
39David SteckelC	0	1	1	+1	5	2	0	0	71	12:47
27Karl AlznerD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0	–	20:00
52Mike GreenD	1	0	1	+2	2	2	1	0	–	26:02
9Brendan MorrisonC	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	50	16:47
14Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:28
16Eric FehrR	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	11:40
17Chris ClarkR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	10:22
21Brooks LaichL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	43	17:29
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	14:20
53Quintin LaingL	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0	0	–	10:46
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0	–	19:03
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	–	15:29
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	2	2	–	18:21
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	2	–	19:01

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Michal NeuvirthG	W	30	29	1	.967	59:37
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	00:00