New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, February 23, 2013 · Verizon Center
NHLN-US · CSN-DC · MSG PLUS
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 5-1 on Saturday, February 23, 2013 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Devils 26-22.
Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick. Ilya Kovalchuk, Eric Fehr and Troy Brouwer also scored.
Braden Holtby made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 21 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (1)Mike Ribeiro (1), Jason Chimera (1)0–105:20 WSH
Ilya Kovalchuk (1)Andrei Loktionov (1), Alexei Ponikarovsky (1)1–119:22 NJD
3rd period
- Alex Ovechkin (2)Matt Hendricks (1), Jeff Schultz (1)1–201:23 WSH
Eric Fehr (1)Unassisted1–303:56 WSH · SHG- Alex Ovechkin (3)Mike Ribeiro (2), Nicklas Backstrom (1)1–415:13 WSH · PPG
Troy Brouwer (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Tomas Kundratek (1)1–517:09 WSH · PPG
Team stats
NJDWSH
22Shots on goal26
41%Faceoff %59%
0/3Power play2/3
6Penalty minutes6
28Hits25
8Blocked shots13
9Giveaways13
5Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 06:58
Joey Crabb · interference2 min - 2nd 11:40John Carlson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 12:31Tom Poti · ps hooking on breakaway0 min
- 2nd 13:57
Adam Larsson · holding2 min - 3rd 02:14John Erskine · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 13:47Stefan Matteau · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 15:50Adam Larsson · high sticking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 12Alexei PonikarovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:23 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20:50 |
| 21Andrei LoktionovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:35 |
| 9Bobby ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:34 |
| 11Stephen GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:43 |
| 14Adam HenriqueC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 16:49 |
| 15Stefan MatteauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:01 |
| 18Steve BernierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:14 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:52 |
| 22Krys BarchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:32 |
| 23David ClarksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:11 |
| 26Patrik EliasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:00 |
| 2Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:09 |
| 5Adam LarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:19 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:29 |
| 24Bryce SalvadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 23:30 |
| 28Anton VolchenkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 29Mark FayneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | L | 26 | 21 | 5 | .808 | 59:59 |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 7 | 16:40 |
| 9Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:12 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:05 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 22:06 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 20:23 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:12 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:44 |
| 36Tomas KundratekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:25 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:56 |
| 15Joey CrabbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:35 |
| 17Wojtek WolskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:07 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:20 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 10:52 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:55 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:06 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:22 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:23 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 22 | 21 | 1 | .955 | 59:55 |