Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Preseason · Monday, October 4, 2021 · Prudential Center
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 4–1 on Monday, October 4, 2021 at Prudential Center. The Devils outshot the Capitals 26–21.
Goals came from Alexander Holtz, Michael McLeod, Connor McMichael, Pavel Zacha and Jimmy Vesey.
Mackenzie Blackwood made 15 saves on 16 shots for the win; Vitek Vanecek stopped 22 of 25.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alexander Holtz (2)Dawson Mercer (1), Janne Kuokkanen (1)0–119:00 NJD ·
2nd period
Michael McLeod (1)Janne Kuokkanen (2), Kevin Bahl (1)0–202:39 NJD
Connor McMichael (1)Garrett Pilon (1), Hendrix Lapierre (5)1–219:18 WSH ·
3rd period
Pavel Zacha (2)Dougie Hamilton (3), Jesper Bratt (1)1–305:59 NJD · 
Jimmy Vesey (2)Michael McLeod (2), Tomas Tatar (2)1–419:50 NJD ·
Team stats
WSHNJD
2126
40%60%
1/32/5
106
1716
155
68
57
Penalties
- 2:02 into the first period
Hendrix Lapierre · interference goalkeeper2 min - 3:08 into the first period
Dawson Mercer · cross checking2 min - 18:00 into the first periodGarrett Pilon · high sticking2 min
- 9:23 into the second periodMiles Wood · hooking2 min
- 12:26 into the second periodAlexander Alexeyev · hooking2 min
- 18:19 into the second periodMason Geertsen · cross checking2 min
- 4:35 into the third periodTrevor van Riemsdyk · high sticking double minor4 min
Washington Capitals
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:43 |
| 29Hendrix LapierreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 16:14 |
| 40Garrett PilonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:29 |
| 10Daniel SprongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 16:02 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:58 |
| 23Michael SgarbossaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:12 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:37 |
| 36Mike VecchioneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:41 |
| 47Beck MalenstynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:02 |
| 59Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:22 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:29 |
| 64Brian PinhoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:45 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 24:46 |
| 27Alexander AlexeyevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:02 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:56 |
| 46Tobias GeisserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:07 |
| 52Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:29 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 23:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Vitek VanecekG | L | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 60Zach FucaleG | 0 | 0 | .000 |
New Jersey Devils
| 20Michael McLeodC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 14:43 |
| 59Janne KuokkanenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 16:21 |
| 10Alexander HoltzR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 16Jimmy VeseyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:05 |
| 18Dawson MercerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:07 |
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:21 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:41 |
| 90Tomas TatarL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:19 |
| 7Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:59 |
| 88Kevin BahlD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:19 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:23 |
| 44Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:29 |
| 70Jesper BoqvistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:13 |
| 2Colton WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:37 |
| 33Ryan GravesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:26 |
| 55Mason GeertsenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 09:17 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:17 |
| 83Christian JarosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 15:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mackenzie BlackwoodG | W | 16 | 1 | .938 |
| 41Scott WedgewoodG | 5 | 0 | 1.000 |