New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, February 20, 2016 · Verizon Center
CSN-DC · MSG+
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 4-3 on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Devils 32-24.
Goals came from Travis Zajac, Alex Ovechkin, Kyle Palmieri, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Reid Boucher, T.J. Oshie and Brooks Orpik.
Braden Holtby made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Cory Schneider stopped 28 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Travis Zajac (9)Reid Boucher (4), Kyle Palmieri (17)1–015:28 NJD
Alex Ovechkin (38)Dmitry Orlov (17)1–117:02 WSH
Kyle Palmieri (22)Reid Boucher (5)2–119:32 NJD
2nd period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (17)Michael Latta (4), Brooks Laich (6)2–209:16 WSH
3rd period
Reid Boucher (4)Travis Zajac (21), John Moore (10)3–211:04 NJD
T.J. Oshie (17)Dmitry Orlov (18), Brooks Orpik (4)3–313:55 WSH
Brooks Orpik (2)Evgeny Kuznetsov (43), Alex Ovechkin (15)3–416:02 WSH
Team stats
NJDWSH
24Shots on goal32
55%Faceoff %45%
0/1Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes2
23Hits28
23Blocked shots15
8Giveaways5
8Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 05:19
Brooks Laich · interference2 min - 1st 11:00
Jacob Josefson · interference2 min - 2nd 05:22Seth Helgeson · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 03:24Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 12Reid BoucherC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 14:45 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 18:43 |
| 21Kyle PalmieriC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 15:11 |
| 2John MooreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:23 |
| 11Stephen GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:09 |
| 14Adam HenriqueC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:40 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:53 |
| 16Jacob JosefsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:33 |
| 20Lee StempniakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:28 |
| 22Jordin TootooR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 09:48 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:08 |
| 51Sergey KalininC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:21 |
| 64Joseph BlandisiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:40 |
| 5Adam LarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:19 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:13 |
| 7Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:12 |
| 8David SchlemkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:02 |
| 39Seth HelgesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:29 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Keith KinkaidG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Cory SchneiderG | L | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 58:59 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 20:39 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 19:03 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 2 | 18:21 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 1 | 21:02 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 08:20 |
| 46Michael LattaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:09 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:33 |
| 10Mike RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:56 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 18:53 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:58 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:15 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:55 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:14 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 19:54 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 18:01 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:33 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 24 | 21 | 3 | .875 | 60:00 |