New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, December 21, 2010 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 5-1 on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at Verizon Center. The Devils outshot the Capitals 36-28.
Goals came from Andrew Gordon, Patrik Elias, Jay Beagle, Jason Chimera, John Carlson and Mike Knuble.
Michal Neuvirth made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 23 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Andrew Gordon (1)Marcus Johansson (1), John Erskine (1)0–116:41 WSH
2nd period
Patrik Elias (1)Jamie Langenbrunner (1), Travis Zajac (1)1–104:56 NJD · PPG
Jay Beagle (1)David Steckel (1), Matt Bradley (1)1–210:00 WSH
Jason Chimera (1)Andrew Gordon (1), John Carlson (1)1–312:39 WSH
John Carlson (1)Alex Ovechkin (1)1–416:31 WSH
3rd period
Mike Knuble (1)Tom Poti (1), Brooks Laich (1)1–512:01 WSH
Team stats
NJDWSH
36Shots on goal28
48%Faceoff %52%
1/4Power play0/5
10Penalty minutes8
24Hits22
16Blocked shots15
14Giveaways12
3Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 04:34
Adam Mair · interference2 min - 2nd 00:50
Alexander Semin · hooking2 min - 2nd 04:02Matt Bradley · hooking2 min
- 2nd 06:28Anton Volchenkov · holding2 min
- 2nd 17:01Brooks Laich · roughing2 min
- 3rd 05:17Adam Mair · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 09:12Martin Brodeur · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 09:54Rod Pelley · hooking2 min
- 3rd 17:25Scott Hannan · holding2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 17:16 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 18:57 |
| 26Patrik EliasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 19:13 |
| 8Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:10 |
| 10Rod PelleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:37 |
| 11Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:42 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:07 |
| 14Tim SestitoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:51 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:33 |
| 21Mattias TedenbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:31 |
| 23David ClarksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 14:26 |
| 25Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 14:42 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:51 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:33 |
| 7Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 21:09 |
| 22Matthew CorrenteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:40 |
| 28Anton VolchenkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:27 |
| 34Mark FayneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | L | 28 | 23 | 5 | .821 | 60:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 63Andrew GordonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 09:49 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 2 | 23:42 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:19 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 06:44 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:02 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:45 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 12:41 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 13:22 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:23 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:32 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:50 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:36 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 21:40 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:05 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:37 |
| 23Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:55 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 16:47 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | W | 36 | 35 | 1 | .972 | 59:32 |