New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Preseason · Wednesday, September 29, 2021 · Capital One Arena
NHLN · MSG+ · NBCSWA
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 on Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Devils 27–23.
John Carlson scored twice. Yegor Sharangovich, Jack Hughes, Alexander Holtz, T.J. Oshie, Mike Vecchione, Dawson Mercer and Nico Hischier also scored.
Nico Daws made 10 saves on 10 shots for the win; Ilya Samsonov stopped 6 of 8.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Yegor Sharangovich (1)Alexander Holtz (1), Nikita Okhotiuk (1)1–005:49 NJD
John Carlson (1)Unassisted1–109:01 WSH ·
2nd period
Jack Hughes (1)Unassisted2–100:45 NJD- John Carlson (2)Evgeny Kuznetsov (1), Anthony Mantha (1)2–203:15 WSH ·
Alexander Holtz (1)Damon Severson (1), Yegor Sharangovich (1)3–212:33 NJD
T.J. Oshie (1)Hendrix Lapierre (3), Michal Kempny (1)3–313:00 WSH
Mike Vecchione (1)Hendrix Lapierre (4)3–419:09 WSH ·
3rd period
Dawson Mercer (1)Andreas Johnsson (1)4–405:35 NJD
Nico Hischier (1)Damon Severson (2)5–418:48 NJD ·
Team stats
NJDWSH
2327
34%66%
1/52/4
810
1818
138
67
78
Penalties
- 6:27 into the first period
Anthony Mantha · hooking2 min - 7:19 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 12:07 into the first periodAxel Jonsson-Fjallby · tripping2 min
- 2:41 into the second period
Dawson Mercer · tripping2 min - 3:40 into the second periodNikita Okhotiuk · hooking2 min
- 6:46 into the second periodNick Jensen · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 18:42 into the second periodAlexander Holtz · holding2 min
- 16:45 into the third periodNolan Foote · cross checking2 min
- 18:43 into the third periodAlexander Alexeyev · high sticking2 min
New Jersey Devils
| 10Alexander HoltzR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 17:07 |
| 17Yegor SharangovichC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 19:30 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24:01 |
| 11Andreas JohnssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:44 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 17:07 |
| 18Dawson MercerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:33 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 17:47 |
| 82Nikita OkhotiukD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:30 |
| 14Mark JankowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:00 |
| 16Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:46 |
| 25Nolan FooteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:20 |
| 49Fabian ZetterlundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:45 |
| 67Marián StudenicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:32 |
| 92Graeme ClarkeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 15:17 |
| 32Reilly WalshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:50 |
| 71Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 21:29 |
| 83Christian JarosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:15 |
| 88Kevin BahlD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45Jonathan BernierG | 17 | 4 | .765 | |
| 50Nico DawsG | W | 10 | 0 | 1.000 |
Washington Capitals
| 29Hendrix LapierreC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13:39 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22:02 |
| 36Mike VecchioneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 12:53 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 20:01 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:33 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 22:14 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:08 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:20 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:46 |
| 45Axel Jonsson-FjallbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:08 |
| 59Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:27 |
| 63Shane GersichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:03 |
| 64Brian PinhoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:02 |
| 71Kody ClarkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:02 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:25 |
| 27Alexander AlexeyevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:51 |
| 28Vincent IorioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:51 |
| 52Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | L | 8 | 2 | .750 |
| 60Zach FucaleG | 15 | 3 | .800 |