New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, March 25, 2021 · Capital One Arena
MSG+ · NBCSWA+
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 4-3 on Thursday, March 25, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Devils outshot the Capitals 24-22.
Evgeny Kuznetsov scored twice. Nick Merkley, Dmitry Orlov, Miles Wood, Alex Ovechkin and Jesper Bratt also scored.
Vitek Vanecek made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 18 of 22.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nick Merkley (2)Unassisted1–001:23 NJD
Dmitry Orlov (4)Justin Schultz (13), Daniel Sprong (3)1–103:10 WSH
2nd period
Miles Wood (10)Janne Kuokkanen (11), Damon Severson (10)2–106:20 NJD
Alex Ovechkin (15)Daniel Sprong (4), John Carlson (21)2–207:15 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov (4)Alex Ovechkin (12), Brenden Dillon (8)2–311:47 WSH
3rd period
Jesper Bratt (3)Ty Smith (16), Pavel Zacha (12)3–311:04 NJD · PPG- Evgeny Kuznetsov (5)Justin Schultz (14)3–412:06 WSH
Team stats
NJDWSH
24Shots on goal22
53%Faceoff %47%
1/3Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes6
9Hits26
11Blocked shots17
2Giveaways8
11Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 06:13
Yegor Sharangovich · hooking2 min - 1st 13:39
Zdeno Chara · slashing2 min - 1st 18:15Jakub Vrana · tripping2 min
- 3rd 10:38Nick Jensen · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 12:26Sami Vatanen · hooking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:13 |
| 39Nick MerkleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:36 |
| 44Miles WoodL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:19 |
| 59Janne KuokkanenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 15:59 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:56 |
| 24Ty SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:45 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:58 |
| 11Andreas JohnssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:54 |
| 17Yegor SharangovichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:22 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:21 |
| 20Michael McLeodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:50 |
| 21Kyle PalmieriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:59 |
| 23Mikhail MaltsevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:18 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:37 |
| 22Ryan MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:42 |
| 45Sami VatanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:49 |
| 70Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:31 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 24:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mackenzie BlackwoodG | L | 22 | 18 | 4 | .818 | 57:46 |
| 41Scott WedgewoodG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 22:11 |
| 10Daniel SprongR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 10:50 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 19:30 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 19:49 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:44 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:34 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:59 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:45 |
| 14Richard PanikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:23 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:33 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:34 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:41 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:15 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:28 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:44 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:43 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:10 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:41 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | W | 24 | 21 | 3 | .875 | 60:00 |