New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, December 30, 2017 · Capital One Arena
MSG+ · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Saturday, December 30, 2017 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Devils 35-27.
Goals came from Tom Wilson, Christian Djoos, John Moore, John Carlson, Matt Niskanen, Travis Zajac and Nicklas Backstrom.
Braden Holtby made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Cory Schneider stopped 30 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tom Wilson (6)Christian Djoos (5), John Carlson (26)0–102:26 WSH
Christian Djoos (3)Nicklas Backstrom (22), Alex Ovechkin (15)0–211:09 WSH
John Moore (6)Travis Zajac (1), Marcus Johansson (4)1–217:35 NJD
2nd period
John Carlson (4)Nicklas Backstrom (23), Alex Ovechkin (16)1–307:01 WSH · PPG
3rd period
Matt Niskanen (3)Devante Smith-Pelly (7), Alex Ovechkin (17)1–404:25 WSH
Travis Zajac (3)Marcus Johansson (5), Sami Vatanen (6)2–409:00 NJD
Nicklas Backstrom (8)John Carlson (27)2–519:19 WSH · EN
Team stats
NJDWSH
27Shots on goal35
45%Faceoff %55%
0/2Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes4
20Hits23
22Blocked shots19
3Giveaways8
12Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 03:52
Brooks Orpik · hooking2 min - 2nd 05:34
Pavel Zacha · holding2 min - 2nd 15:49T.J. Oshie · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 11:57Damon Severson · tripping2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 19Travis ZajacC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:56 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:24 |
| 2John MooreD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:21 |
| 45Sami VatanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:04 |
| 9Taylor HallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:30 |
| 11Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:41 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:27 |
| 21Kyle PalmieriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:49 |
| 23Stefan NoesenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 12:31 |
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 12:15 |
| 39Brian GibbonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:14 |
| 40Blake ColemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:47 |
| 44Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 13:52 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:52 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:24 |
| 8Will ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 17:41 |
| 16Steven SantiniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:22 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Keith KinkaidG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Cory SchneiderG | L | 34 | 30 | 4 | .882 | 59:12 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 6 | 20:00 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 19:48 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 25:58 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:02 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:25 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:38 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:11 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:48 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:38 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:39 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:18 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:52 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:10 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:28 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:05 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:25 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:27 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 60:00 |