National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, New Jersey 1
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 23, 2013
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Dave Jackson, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Tim Nowak
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Jersey 0101
Washington 0145
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
6:58 - Capitals Joey Crabb (2) Interference
2nd Period
Scoring
5:20 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Mike Ribeiro , Jason Chimera
19:22 - Devils Ilya Kovalchuk (EV) Assists: Andrei Loktionov , Alexei Ponikarovsky
Penalties
11:40 - Capitals John Carlson (2) Delay of game
 13:57 - Devils Adam Larsson (2) Holding
3rd Period
Scoring
1:23 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Matt Hendricks , Jeff Schultz
3:56 - Capitals Eric Fehr (SH) Unassisted
15:13 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (PP) Assists: Mike Ribeiro , Nicklas Backstrom
17:09 - Capitals Troy Brouwer (PP) Assists: Alex Ovechkin , Tomas Kundratek
Penalties
2:14 - Capitals John Erskine (2) Delay of game
 13:47 - Devils Stefan Matteau (2) High sticking
 15:50 - Devils Adam Larsson (2) High sticking
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Johan Hedberg G 0 0 0 0 0 59:59 49:14 6:00 4:45 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Brodeur G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Marek Zidlicky D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 23 20:09 17:08 3:01 0:00 0 0 4 1 - - -
Adam Larsson D 0 0 0 E 4 0 23 18:19 18:17 0:02 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Andy Greene D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 29 23:29 19:21 2:29 1:39 0 0 1 - - - -
Bobby Butler RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 14:34 11:40 2:54 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Stephen Gionta C 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 14:43 13:12 0:06 1:25 0 0 3 1 5 9 36
Alexei Ponikarovsky LW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 23 15:23 13:34 0:18 1:31 0 0 1 1 - - -
Adam Henrique C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 24 16:49 12:31 2:27 1:51 0 0 2 - 7 9 44
Stefan Matteau LW 0 0 0 -1 2 2 15 11:01 11:01 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 - 0 1 0
Ilya Kovalchuk RW 1 0 1 E 0 5 20 20:50 14:28 5:35 0:47 0 0 - 1 - - -
Steve Bernier RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 19 13:14 11:04 2:10 0:00 0 0 4 - 1 0 100
Travis Zajac C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 23 14:52 10:47 2:36 1:29 0 0 - - 9 7 56
Andrei Loktionov C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 18 14:35 13:55 0:18 0:22 0 0 - - 0 10 0
Krys Barch LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 9:32 9:32 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
David Clarkson RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 18:11 14:09 4:02 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Bryce Salvador D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 26 23:30 20:21 0:30 2:39 0 0 1 - - - -
Patrik Elias LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 17:00 11:46 3:09 2:05 0 0 - - 2 0 100
Anton Volchenkov D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 19 14:38 11:29 0:00 3:09 0 0 1 1 - - -
Mark Fayne D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 22 14:27 12:01 0:23 2:03 0 0 1 1 - - -
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Michal Neuvirth G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 59:55 49:10 4:45 6:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Poti D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 21 17:06 14:41 0:00 2:25 0 0 1 3 - - -
John Erskine D 0 0 0 E 2 1 20 18:22 17:41 0:00 0:41 0 0 1 1 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 3 1 4 +2 0 7 20 16:40 11:55 4:45 0:00 1 0 5 1 - - -
Mike Ribeiro C 0 2 2 +1 0 1 19 16:12 11:27 4:45 0:00 0 0 - - 9 6 60
Joey Crabb RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 11 9:35 9:35 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Eric Fehr RW 1 0 1 E 0 4 20 14:05 13:06 0:00 0:59 0 1 - 1 - - -
Wojtek Wolski LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 15 14:07 14:07 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 25 22:06 14:59 4:15 2:52 0 0 - 1 7 8 47
Troy Brouwer RW 1 0 1 -1 0 1 25 20:23 13:17 4:15 2:51 1 0 2 - 1 3 25
Jason Chimera LW 0 1 1 +1 0 3 17 11:12 11:12 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Matt Hendricks C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 18 12:44 10:58 0:00 1:46 0 0 6 - 3 2 60
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 24 20:23 17:29 0:00 2:54 0 0 - 1 - - -
Tomas Kundratek D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 25 21:25 17:50 0:41 2:54 0 0 2 2 - - -
Joel Ward RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 25 16:20 13:41 0:30 2:09 0 0 1 1 - - -
Jeff Schultz D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 19 15:56 14:20 0:00 1:36 0 0 2 - - - -
John Carlson D 0 0 0 E 2 1 24 22:42 17:08 4:04 1:30 0 0 1 1 - - -
Jay Beagle RW 0 0 0 +2 0 1 15 10:52 9:29 0:00 1:23 0 0 1 1 8 3 73
Mathieu Perreault C 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 13:55 13:25 0:30 0:00 0 0 1 - 8 2 80
Goaltending
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Johan Hedberg L (6-10-3) 26 21 5 .808 0 59:59
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (23-12-1) 22 21 1 .955 0 59:55