National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, New Jersey 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 16, 2020
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Chris Schlenker, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Tony Sericolo
Attendance: 18573
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Jersey 0112
Washington 2125
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
15:17 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (PP) Assists: John Carlson , Nicklas Backstrom
19:08 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom
Penalties
10:42 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Interference
 13:39 - Devils Travis Zajac (2) Tripping
 15:12 - Devils John Hayden (2) Holding
2nd Period
Scoring
0:16 - Capitals Carl Hagelin (EV) Assists: Lars Eller , Richard Panik
1:08 - Devils Wayne Simmonds (EV) Assists: Nico Hischier , Will Butcher
Penalties
3:16 - Capitals Richard Panik (2) Hooking
 13:56 - Capitals Richard Panik (2) Cross checking
 14:36 - Devils Sami Vatanen (4) High Sticking - Double Minor
3rd Period
Scoring
3:34 - Devils Blake Coleman (SH) Assists: Travis Zajac
6:42 - Capitals Jakub Vrana (EV) Unassisted
15:42 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Tom Wilson , John Carlson
Penalties
2:11 - Devils Will Butcher (2) Holding
 8:06 - Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (2) Hooking
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Cory Schneider G 0 0 0 0 0 39:49 30:29 4:40 4:40 0 0 - - - - -
Louis Domingue G 0 0 0 0 0 20:00 14:27 2:00 3:33 0 0 - - - - -
Connor Carrick D 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 13:51 13:25 0:00 0:26 0 0 3 - - - -
Andy Greene D 0 0 0 E 0 1 26 22:08 15:41 0:00 6:27 0 0 - 4 - - -
Will Butcher D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 25 17:26 15:00 2:26 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Nico Hischier C 0 1 1 -2 0 1 24 17:59 11:19 4:14 2:26 0 0 1 2 9 14 39
John Hayden RW 0 0 0 E 2 1 11 8:03 7:42 0:00 0:21 0 0 - 2 0 1 0
Wayne Simmonds RW 1 0 1 -1 0 2 17 14:50 12:27 2:23 0:00 0 0 2 - 0 1 0
Travis Zajac C 0 1 1 E 2 1 21 18:47 14:02 0:00 4:45 0 0 - 1 13 7 65
Blake Coleman C 1 0 1 E 0 6 21 18:57 13:15 0:00 5:42 0 1 1 1 0 3 0
Damon Severson D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 28 23:07 15:49 2:06 5:12 0 0 2 1 - - -
Pavel Zacha C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 18:44 13:28 2:26 2:50 0 0 3 1 2 7 22
Michael McLeod C 0 0 0 E 0 1 9 6:55 6:55 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 3 2 60
Miles Wood LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 17 10:52 10:49 0:03 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Sami Vatanen D 0 0 0 -1 4 3 26 20:06 14:32 4:14 1:20 0 0 - 3 - - -
Jesper Bratt LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 18 13:35 10:37 2:58 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 -1 0 5 28 23:30 15:55 4:34 3:01 0 0 2 - - - -
Jack Hughes C 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 16:00 11:29 4:14 0:17 0 0 1 - 1 5 17
Jesper Boqvist LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 10:35 9:19 1:16 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Nikita Gusev LW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 17 15:02 12:36 2:26 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ilya Samsonov G 0 0 0 0 0 59:50 44:57 8:13 6:40 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 18 17:03 15:03 0:00 2:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 21 20:36 20:03 0:33 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 3 0 3 E 0 5 18 17:55 11:35 6:20 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 +1 0 4 22 18:08 13:29 2:39 2:00 0 0 3 2 - - -
Jakub Vrana LW 1 0 1 E 0 1 15 16:09 11:37 4:32 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Richard Panik RW 0 1 1 +1 4 1 17 13:56 13:01 0:08 0:47 0 0 - - - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 2 2 E 2 2 21 17:12 11:58 5:05 0:09 0 0 - 1 7 9 44
Lars Eller C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 21 17:26 11:54 3:00 2:32 0 0 - - 12 9 57
Garnet Hathaway RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 13 9:53 7:40 0:00 2:13 0 0 1 - - - -
Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 E 0 2 17 10:28 7:16 0:00 3:12 0 0 1 - 9 2 82
Brendan Leipsic LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 8:42 7:09 1:33 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Radko Gudas D 0 0 0 +3 0 3 21 16:26 11:46 0:00 4:40 0 0 2 3 - - -
Jonas Siegenthaler D 0 0 0 E 0 2 20 17:18 12:38 0:00 4:40 0 0 - 1 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 1 1 +1 2 6 24 19:00 13:41 3:36 1:43 0 0 2 - 0 1 0
Carl Hagelin LW 1 0 1 +1 0 4 19 15:55 13:11 0:00 2:44 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
John Carlson D 0 2 2 +1 0 2 22 22:26 16:52 5:34 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 15:42 11:05 4:37 0:00 0 0 - 1 4 1 80
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 20 17:55 14:27 3:28 0:00 0 0 - - 7 6 54
Goaltending
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cory Schneider L (3-6-2) 23 20 3 .870 0 39:49
Louis Domingue 15 13 2 .867 0 20:00
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ilya Samsonov W (16-6-2) 34 32 2 .941 0 59:50