Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Friday, December 23, 2011 · Prudential Center
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Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 in a shootout on Friday, December 23, 2011 at Prudential Center. The Devils outshot the Capitals 28-25.
Jason Chimera scored twice. Ilya Kovalchuk, Alexander Urbom, Adam Henrique and Brooks Laich also scored.
Martin Brodeur made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Michal Neuvirth stopped 25 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Ilya Kovalchuk (1)Kurtis Foster (1), Patrik Elias (1)0–102:20 NJD · PPG
Alexander Urbom (1)Travis Zajac (1), Ilya Kovalchuk (1)0–204:57 NJD
Adam Henrique (1)Matt Taormina (1), Zach Parise (1)0–310:08 NJD
3rd period
Brooks Laich (1)Dennis Wideman (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)1–303:48 WSH
Jason Chimera (1)Alexander Semin (1)2–312:44 WSH- Jason Chimera (2)Brooks Laich (1), Alexander Semin (2)3–318:18 WSH
SO period
- Ilya KovalchukUnassisted3–500:00 NJD
Team stats
WSHNJD
25Shots on goal28
47%Faceoff %53%
0/3Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes6
12Hits12
10Blocked shots12
5Giveaways9
0Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 05:59
Alexander Semin · interference2 min - 1st 11:23
Anton Volchenkov · slashing2 min - 1st 17:25Alexander Urbom · tripping2 min
- 2nd 02:03John Erskine · holding2 min
- 2nd 03:16Tim Sestito · hooking2 min
- 2nd 03:56Nicklas Backstrom · roughing2 min
- 3rd 08:04John Erskine · cross checking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 21Brooks LaichC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 22:52 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 16:14 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 18:51 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:35 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25:08 |
| 15Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:16 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 22:31 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:51 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:45 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:54 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:08 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:52 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:29 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:02 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:59 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:03 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27:51 |
| 81Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | O | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 64:55 |
New Jersey Devils
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 23:01 |
| 9Zach PariseL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24:25 |
| 14Adam HenriqueC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:52 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:04 |
| 26Patrik EliasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:07 |
| 2Kurtis FosterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23:21 |
| 32Matt TaorminaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:51 |
| 33Alexander UrbomD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 12:29 |
| 8Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:25 |
| 15Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:10 |
| 18Tim SestitoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:45 |
| 20Ryan CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:02 |
| 21Mattias TedenbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:19 |
| 23David ClarksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:37 |
| 25Cam JanssenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:22 |
| 24Bryce SalvadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 26:50 |
| 28Anton VolchenkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:17 |
| 29Mark FayneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 24:19 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 64:44 |