Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Saturday, December 31, 2016 · Prudential Center

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6–2

Final

SOG 26–23

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 6-2 on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at Prudential Center. The Capitals outshot the Devils 26-23.

Goals came from Brett Connolly, Jay Beagle, Kyle Palmieri, T.J. Oshie, Alex Ovechkin, Justin Williams, Beau Bennett and Marcus Johansson.

Philipp Grubauer made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Keith Kinkaid stopped 20 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	2	3	1	6	26
NJD	0	1	1	2	23

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Brett Connolly (4)Andre Burakovsky (10), Brooks Orpik (7)1–002:36 WSH
Jay Beagle (6)Brooks Orpik (8), Daniel Winnik (4)2–019:01 WSH

2nd period

Kyle Palmieri (7)Unassisted2–106:53 NJD
T.J. Oshie (11)Nicklas Backstrom (21), Alex Ovechkin (11)3–111:05 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (17)Matt Niskanen (14), T.J. Oshie (6)4–111:38 WSH
Justin Williams (9)Matt Niskanen (15), Dmitry Orlov (15)5–116:34 WSH

3rd period

Beau Bennett (2)Ben Lovejoy (3), Jon Merrill (1)5–214:52 NJD
Marcus Johansson (14)Justin Williams (6), Evgeny Kuznetsov (16)6–215:27 WSH

Team stats

WSHNJD

26Shots on goal23

48%Faceoff %52%

0/4Power play0/9

30Penalty minutes20

15Hits25

13Blocked shots10

6Giveaways9

8Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 05:13Devante Smith-Pelly · roughing2 min
1st 05:13Brett Connolly · slashing2 min
1st 05:13Brett Connolly · roughing2 min
1st 08:34Alex Ovechkin · illegal check to head2 min
1st 11:06Dmitry Orlov · interference2 min
1st 12:07Damon Severson · interference2 min
1st 19:47Lars Eller · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 05:01Justin Williams · tripping2 min
2nd 05:07Travis Zajac · interference2 min
2nd 05:54Dmitry Orlov · interference2 min
2nd 05:58PA Parenteau · slashing2 min
2nd 08:21Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 12:15Justin Williams · holding the stick2 min
2nd 19:23Tom Wilson · fighting5 min
2nd 19:23Luke Gazdic · fighting5 min
3rd 17:29Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
3rd 18:35PA Parenteau · slashing2 min
3rd 18:35PA Parenteau · fighting5 min
3rd 18:35Daniel Winnik · fighting5 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	1	2	0	2	2	1	2	–	16:17
14Justin WilliamsR	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	4	–	13:18
77T.J. OshieR	1	1	2	+1	1	1	1	0	50	14:16
2Matt NiskanenD	0	2	2	+2	1	1	0	0	–	21:58
44Brooks OrpikD	0	2	2	+1	1	2	2	0	–	21:13
10Brett ConnollyR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	4	–	10:07
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	42	15:08
26Daniel WinnikL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	5	–	13:28
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	–	11:18
83Jay BeagleC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	1	0	53	14:17
90Marcus JohanssonL	1	0	1	+2	4	0	0	0	–	15:03
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	43	14:44
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	1	1	+3	2	2	2	4	–	15:50
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	2	54	15:56
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	7	–	10:35
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	21:23
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	3	0	–	21:08
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	16:01

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG	W	23	21	2	.913	60:00
70Braden HoltbyG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

8Beau BennettR	1	0	1	0	3	4	0	0	–	13:55
21Kyle PalmieriC	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	50	19:59
7Jon MerrillD	0	1	1	-2	1	2	2	0	–	21:22
12Ben LovejoyD	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	0	–	19:01
11PA ParenteauR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	9	–	16:15
13Michael CammalleriL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	50	20:02
14Adam HenriqueC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	56	19:59
16Jacob JosefsonC	0	0	0	-2	3	1	0	0	67	15:39
19Travis ZajacC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	2	57	17:55
20Luke GazdicL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	5	–	05:49
25Devante Smith-PellyR	0	0	0	-3	1	3	0	2	33	15:34
36Nick LappinR	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	10:42
44Miles WoodL	0	0	0	-4	0	2	0	0	–	14:01
51Sergey KalininC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	40	15:11
2John MooreD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	01:09
6Andy GreeneD	0	0	0	-2	2	2	1	0	–	24:18
22Kyle QuinceyD	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	–	20:33
28Damon SeversonD	0	0	0	-3	1	1	0	2	–	21:11

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Keith KinkaidG	L	26	20	6	.769	60:00
35Cory SchneiderG		0	0	0	–	00:00