New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, January 16, 2020 · Capital One Arena
MSG+ 2 · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Thursday, January 16, 2020 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Devils 38-34.
Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick. Carl Hagelin, Wayne Simmonds, Blake Coleman and Jakub Vrana also scored.
Ilya Samsonov made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Cory Schneider stopped 20 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (29)John Carlson (44), Nicklas Backstrom (27)0–115:17 WSH · PPG- Alex Ovechkin (30)Nicklas Backstrom (28)0–219:08 WSH
2nd period
Carl Hagelin (2)Lars Eller (16), Richard Panik (4)0–300:16 WSH
Wayne Simmonds (5)Nico Hischier (17), Will Butcher (13)1–301:08 NJD
3rd period
Blake Coleman (19)Travis Zajac (13)2–303:34 NJD · SHG
Jakub Vrana (21)Unassisted2–406:42 WSH- Alex Ovechkin (31)Tom Wilson (19), John Carlson (45)2–515:42 WSH
Team stats
NJDWSH
34Shots on goal38
41%Faceoff %59%
0/4Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes8
18Hits11
18Blocked shots13
6Giveaways18
8Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 10:42
Tom Wilson · interference2 min - 1st 13:39
Travis Zajac · tripping2 min - 1st 15:12John Hayden · holding2 min
- 2nd 03:16Richard Panik · hooking2 min
- 2nd 13:56Richard Panik · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 14:36Sami Vatanen · high sticking double minor4 min
- 3rd 02:11Will Butcher · holding2 min
- 3rd 08:06Nicklas Backstrom · hooking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 13Nico HischierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 17:59 |
| 17Wayne SimmondsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 14:50 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:47 |
| 20Blake ColemanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 18:57 |
| 8Will ButcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:26 |
| 15John HaydenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:03 |
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:44 |
| 41Michael McLeodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:55 |
| 44Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:52 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:35 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:00 |
| 90Jesper BoqvistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:35 |
| 97Nikita GusevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:02 |
| 5Connor CarrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:51 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:08 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 23:07 |
| 45Sami VatanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:06 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 23:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Cory SchneiderG | L | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 39:49 |
| 70Louis DomingueG | 15 | 13 | 2 | .867 | 20:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 17:55 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17:12 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 22:26 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:09 |
| 14Richard PanikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:56 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:26 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 19:00 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:55 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:53 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:28 |
| 28Brendan LeipsicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:42 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:42 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:55 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:03 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:36 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 18:08 |
| 33Radko GudasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | 16:26 |
| 34Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | W | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 59:50 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |