New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, February 21, 2021 · Capital One Arena
NBC · SN · SN1
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 4-3 on Sunday, February 21, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Devils 41-26.
T.J. Oshie scored twice. Andreas Johnsson, Jack Hughes, John Carlson, Alex Ovechkin and Nikita Gusev also scored.
Craig Anderson made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Aaron Dell stopped 37 of 41.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Andreas Johnsson (3)Kyle Palmieri (5), Pavel Zacha (4)1–009:35 NJD · PPG
2nd period
Jack Hughes (4)Andreas Johnsson (3), Kyle Palmieri (6)2–003:55 NJD
T.J. Oshie (3)John Carlson (9), Nicklas Backstrom (13)2–113:38 WSH · PPG
3rd period
John Carlson (5)Brenden Dillon (5), Jakub Vrana (6)2–209:16 WSH- T.J. Oshie (4)Evgeny Kuznetsov (3), Lars Eller (5)2–311:53 WSH · PPG
Alex Ovechkin (6)T.J. Oshie (8), Nicklas Backstrom (14)2–416:56 WSH · PPG
Nikita Gusev (1)Damon Severson (6)3–419:48 NJD
Team stats
NJDWSH
26Shots on goal41
46%Faceoff %54%
1/3Power play3/4
8Penalty minutes6
19Hits12
10Blocked shots15
7Giveaways6
5Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 08:15
Nick Jensen · high sticking2 min - 1st 17:23
Miles Wood · slashing2 min - 2nd 10:45Garnet Hathaway · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 13:13Sami Vatanen · hooking2 min
- 3rd 10:00Kyle Palmieri · holding2 min
- 3rd 13:05Zdeno Chara · interference2 min
- 3rd 16:49Ryan Murray · tripping2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 11Andreas JohnssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 19:09 |
| 21Kyle PalmieriC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 18:27 |
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:41 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 19:37 |
| 97Nikita GusevL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:07 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:52 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:52 |
| 14Nathan BastianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:04 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:06 |
| 20Michael McLeodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:51 |
| 23Mikhail MaltsevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 12:24 |
| 44Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:42 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:00 |
| 22Ryan MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:31 |
| 24Ty SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:16 |
| 45Sami VatanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:11 |
| 70Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:43 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Scott WedgewoodG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 47Aaron DellG | L | 41 | 37 | 4 | .902 | 57:15 |
Washington Capitals
| 77T.J. OshieR | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 | 17:12 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 15:01 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21:49 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:43 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 12:45 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 19:12 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:48 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:39 |
| 14Richard PanikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:18 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:51 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:53 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:43 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 15:35 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:46 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:02 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:48 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:06 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 18:29 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Craig AndersonG | W | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 60:00 |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |