New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, November 30, 2018 · Capital One Arena
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 6-3 on Friday, November 30, 2018 at Capital One Arena. The Devils outshot the Capitals 36-31.
Nicklas Backstrom scored a hat trick. Tom Wilson, Travis Zajac, Andre Burakovsky, Nico Hischier, Marcus Johansson and Alex Ovechkin also scored.
Braden Holtby made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Keith Kinkaid stopped 25 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nicklas Backstrom (7)Alex Ovechkin (11), Michal Kempny (5)0–103:51 WSH
2nd period
Tom Wilson (7)Matt Niskanen (8), Lars Eller (10)0–200:08 WSH · SHG
Travis Zajac (8)Blake Coleman (7)1–209:23 NJD · SHG
3rd period
Andre Burakovsky (4)Michal Kempny (6), Nicklas Backstrom (23)1–305:45 WSH- Nicklas Backstrom (8)Evgeny Kuznetsov (16), John Carlson (22)1–410:57 WSH · PPG
Nico Hischier (5)Taylor Hall (18)2–412:35 NJD
Marcus Johansson (4)Taylor Hall (19), Nico Hischier (10)3–418:10 NJD
Alex Ovechkin (19)Unassisted3–518:30 WSH · EN- Nicklas Backstrom (9)Alex Ovechkin (12)3–619:37 WSH · EN
Team stats
NJDWSH
36Shots on goal31
53%Faceoff %47%
0/5Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes18
12Hits6
11Blocked shots14
9Giveaways12
5Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 06:02
Lars Eller · cross checking2 min - 1st 18:38Devante Smith-Pelly · interference2 min
- 2nd 01:05Madison Bowey · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 07:29
Taylor Hall · tripping2 min - 2nd 17:39Tom Wilson · match penatly 10 minutes10 min
- 3rd 08:26Miles Wood · butt ending double minor4 min
- 3rd 10:17Sami Vatanen · hooking2 min
- 3rd 19:56Madison Bowey · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Taylor HallL | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 | 21:38 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 21:25 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 16:54 |
| 20Blake ColemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:38 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 18:48 |
| 11Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:50 |
| 21Kyle PalmieriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 19:34 |
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:59 |
| 41Michael McLeodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:36 |
| 43Brett SeneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 09:45 |
| 44Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:40 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:17 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:17 |
| 8Will ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:10 |
| 12Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:36 |
| 25Mirco MuellerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:04 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 20:56 |
| 45Sami VatanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 21:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Keith KinkaidG | L | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 59:14 |
| 35Cory SchneiderG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +4 | 5 | 21:48 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 21:29 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 21:44 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:38 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:25 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:16 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 17:37 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:45 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | 25:12 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:07 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:12 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 12:58 |
| 23Dmitrij JaskinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:51 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:43 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:53 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 22:58 |
| 22Madison BoweyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:56 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:24 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 36 | 33 | 3 | .917 | 60:00 |