New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, March 26, 2022 · Capital One Arena
MSG+ · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 4-3 on Saturday, March 26, 2022 at Capital One Arena. The Devils outshot the Capitals 38-22.
Goals came from Jack Hughes, Tom Wilson, Damon Severson, Connor McMichael, Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin and Jesper Bratt.
Vitek Vanecek made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Nico Daws stopped 18 of 22.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Jack Hughes (22)Yegor Sharangovich (20), Dawson Mercer (21)1–000:55 NJD
Tom Wilson (20)Conor Sheary (18), John Carlson (43)1–102:47 WSH
Damon Severson (10)Ryan Graves (21), Jesper Boqvist (9)2–107:17 NJD
3rd period
Connor McMichael (9)Justin Schultz (13), John Carlson (44)2–202:08 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom (6)Anthony Mantha (7)2–306:56 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (42)Evgeny Kuznetsov (43), Nicklas Backstrom (20)2–411:48 WSH · PPG
Jesper Bratt (22)Jack Hughes (30), Nico Hischier (29)3–419:28 NJD
Team stats
NJDWSH
38Shots on goal22
57%Faceoff %43%
0/2Power play1/2
11Penalty minutes11
20Hits25
8Blocked shots18
9Giveaways10
10Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 07:27
Alex Ovechkin · slashing2 min - 1st 17:45
Ryan Graves · tripping2 min - 2nd 06:12Michael McLeod · roughing2 min
- 2nd 06:12Nick Jensen · elbowing2 min
- 2nd 06:12Nick Jensen · fighting5 min
- 2nd 06:12Michael McLeod · fighting5 min
- 2nd 19:05John Carlson · slashing2 min
- 3rd 10:40Ty Smith · hooking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 86Jack HughesC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 23:33 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 21:19 |
| 17Yegor SharangovichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:12 |
| 18Dawson MercerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:29 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:52 |
| 70Jesper BoqvistC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:46 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 25:01 |
| 33Ryan GravesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 20:03 |
| 11Andreas JohnssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:49 |
| 14Nathan BastianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:25 |
| 16Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:14 |
| 20Michael McLeodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 06:08 |
| 42A.J. GreerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:03 |
| 90Tomas TatarL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:31 |
| 7Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:10 |
| 24Ty SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:58 |
| 71Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:36 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:14 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Jon GilliesG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 50Nico DawsG | L | 22 | 18 | 4 | .818 | 57:29 |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 14:25 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 24:11 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:32 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 12:05 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 13:39 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 15:33 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:55 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:00 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:32 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:28 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 45Axel Jonsson-FjallbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:38 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:46 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:36 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:58 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:44 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:12 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | W | 38 | 35 | 3 | .921 | 59:40 |