Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Friday, April 2, 2021 · Prudential Center

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2–1

Final/OT

SOG 40–23

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 in overtime on Friday, April 2, 2021 at Prudential Center. The Capitals outshot the Devils 40-23.

Goals came from John Carlson, Michael McLeod and Dmitry Orlov.

Vitek Vanecek made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 38 of 40.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	0	1	2	40
NJD	0	1	0	0	1	23

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

John Carlson (10)Lars Eller (9)1–008:22 WSH
Michael McLeod (6)Jesper Boqvist (2), Ryan Murray (7)1–112:53 NJD

OT period

Dmitry Orlov (5)Unassisted2–104:39 WSH

Team stats

WSHNJD

40Shots on goal23

57%Faceoff %43%

0/2Power play0/2

4Penalty minutes4

11Hits11

14Blocked shots12

9Giveaways14

7Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 03:18John Carlson · holding2 min
1st 04:41Jesper Bratt · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 02:12Sami Vatanen · high sticking2 min
2nd 19:07Dmitry Orlov · interference2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

20Lars EllerC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	61	16:39
9Dmitry OrlovD	1	0	1	+1	6	0	1	2	–	23:18
74John CarlsonD	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	2	–	23:04
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	+1	6	0	0	0	–	19:00
10Daniel SprongR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:41
14Richard PanikR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	10:15
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	50	18:33
21Garnet HathawayR	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	–	13:36
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	64	16:22
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	16:02
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	16:21
73Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	17:04
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	+2	2	1	1	0	33	17:55
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	63	12:43
2Justin SchultzD	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	–	22:22
3Nick JensenD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	16:25
4Brenden DillonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	19:59
33Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	16:38

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SamsonovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Vitek VanecekG	W	23	22	1	.957	64:39

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

20Michael McLeodC	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	33	11:01
90Jesper BoqvistC	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	08:43
22Ryan MurrayD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	4	0	–	18:03
11Andreas JohnssonL	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	–	15:41
17Yegor SharangovichC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	18:35
19Travis ZajacC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	64	18:10
21Kyle PalmieriC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	19:50
23Mikhail MaltsevL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25	09:49
37Pavel ZachaC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	19:44
44Miles WoodL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	14:10
59Janne KuokkanenC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	16:47
63Jesper BrattL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	15:10
86Jack HughesC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	55	20:53
24Ty SmithD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	21:38
28Damon SeversonD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	22:07
45Sami VatanenD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	2	–	16:59
70Dmitry KulikovD	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	–	20:52
76P.K. SubbanD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	21:45

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Mackenzie BlackwoodG	O	40	38	2	.950	64:39
41Scott WedgewoodG		0	0	0	–	00:00