New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, March 26, 2021 · Capital One Arena
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 4-0 on Friday, March 26, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Devils 31-24.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Nicklas Backstrom and Conor Sheary also scored.
Ilya Samsonov made 24 saves on 24 shots for the win; Scott Wedgewood stopped 27 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (16)Evgeny Kuznetsov (11)0–105:58 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom (13)Tom Wilson (12), Conor Sheary (5)0–211:50 WSH
3rd period
Conor Sheary (7)Tom Wilson (13)0–307:13 WSH- Alex Ovechkin (17)Evgeny Kuznetsov (12), T.J. Oshie (14)0–416:28 WSH
Team stats
NJDWSH
24Shots on goal31
53%Faceoff %47%
0/3Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes6
10Hits14
10Blocked shots15
11Giveaways10
8Takeaways12
Penalties
- 1st 06:24
Miles Wood · holding2 min - 2nd 10:49
Dmitry Orlov · interference2 min - 2nd 13:51Conor Sheary · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 01:42Zdeno Chara · tripping2 min
- 3rd 11:06Damon Severson · hooking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 11Andreas JohnssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 11:41 |
| 17Yegor SharangovichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:54 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:57 |
| 20Michael McLeodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:07 |
| 21Kyle PalmieriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:51 |
| 23Mikhail MaltsevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:04 |
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:30 |
| 44Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:45 |
| 59Janne KuokkanenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:06 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:18 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:48 |
| 90Jesper BoqvistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 10:54 |
| 22Ryan MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:18 |
| 24Ty SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:52 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:18 |
| 45Sami VatanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:08 |
| 70Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:38 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 20:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mackenzie BlackwoodG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Scott WedgewoodG | L | 31 | 27 | 4 | .871 | 59:45 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 18:50 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 15:34 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 11:32 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 17:20 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 15:07 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:50 |
| 10Daniel SprongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:31 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:35 |
| 14Richard PanikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:04 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:38 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:50 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:08 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:16 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 17:03 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:20 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 19:56 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 17:34 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | W | 24 | 24 | 0 | 1.000 | 59:40 |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |