Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Sunday, February 28, 2021 · Prudential Center
NBCSWA · MSG
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 3-2 on Sunday, February 28, 2021 at Prudential Center. The Capitals outshot the Devils 23-21.
Goals came from Mikhail Maltsev, Jakub Vrana, Nicklas Backstrom, Yegor Sharangovich and Alex Ovechkin.
Ilya Samsonov made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 20 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mikhail Maltsev (2)P.K. Subban (7), Pavel Zacha (8)0–106:45 NJD
Jakub Vrana (7)Tom Wilson (9), Brenden Dillon (7)1–115:39 WSH
2nd period
Nicklas Backstrom (10)Tom Wilson (10), Jakub Vrana (7)2–102:32 WSH
Yegor Sharangovich (3)Miles Wood (4), Travis Zajac (1)2–203:20 NJD
Alex Ovechkin (7)Lars Eller (7), Nick Jensen (6)3–213:37 WSH
Team stats
WSHNJD
23Shots on goal21
67%Faceoff %33%
0/3Power play0/3
11Penalty minutes11
12Hits17
12Blocked shots6
3Giveaways5
9Takeaways9
Penalties
- 2nd 03:39
Pavel Zacha · hooking2 min - 2nd 06:14
Dmitry Orlov · cross checking2 min - 2nd 09:03Brenden Dillon · fighting5 min
- 2nd 09:03Nathan Bastian · fighting5 min
- 2nd 14:34Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 19:06Kyle Palmieri · hooking2 min
- 3rd 09:25Tom Wilson · slashing2 min
- 3rd 13:12Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 12:07 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 14:46 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 22:41 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:42 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:12 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:06 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:11 |
| 10Daniel SprongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:20 |
| 14Richard PanikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:49 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:31 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:32 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:48 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:33 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:38 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:45 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:35 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:29 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 27:15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | W | 21 | 19 | 2 | .905 | 60:00 |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
New Jersey Devils
| 17Yegor SharangovichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:47 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:46 |
| 23Mikhail MaltsevL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:43 |
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:23 |
| 44Miles WoodL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:52 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:19 |
| 11Andreas JohnssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:32 |
| 14Nathan BastianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:32 |
| 20Michael McLeodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:42 |
| 21Kyle PalmieriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:36 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:43 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:36 |
| 97Nikita GusevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:06 |
| 8Will ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 24Ty SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:51 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:06 |
| 45Sami VatanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:03 |
| 70Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mackenzie BlackwoodG | L | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 58:13 |
| 47Aaron DellG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |