National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 6, New Jersey 2
When: 1:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 31, 2016
Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Referees: Marc Joannette, Justin St. Pierre
Linesmen: Matt MacPherson, Tony Sericolo
Attendance: 16514
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 2316
New Jersey 0112
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:36 - Capitals Brett Connolly (EV) Assists: Andre Burakovsky , Brooks Orpik
19:01 - Capitals Jay Beagle (EV) Assists: Brooks Orpik , Daniel Winnik
Penalties
5:13 - Devils Devante Smith-Pelly (2) Roughing
 5:13 - Capitals Brett Connolly (2) Roughing
 5:13 - Capitals Brett Connolly (2) Slashing
 8:34 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (2) Illegal Check to head
 11:06 - Capitals Dmitry Orlov (2) Interference
 12:07 - Devils Damon Severson (2) Interference
 19:47 - Capitals Lars Eller (2) Goaltender interference
2nd Period
Scoring
6:53 - Devils Kyle Palmieri (EV) Unassisted
11:05 - Capitals T.J. Oshie (EV) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom , Alex Ovechkin
11:38 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Matt Niskanen , T.J. Oshie
16:34 - Capitals Justin Williams (EV) Assists: Matt Niskanen , Dmitry Orlov
Penalties
5:01 - Capitals Justin Williams (2) Tripping
 5:07 - Devils Travis Zajac (2) Interference
 5:54 - Capitals Dmitry Orlov (2) Interference
 5:58 - Devils PA Parenteau (2) Slashing
 8:21 - Capitals Bench (2) Too many men on ice
 12:15 - Capitals Justin Williams (2) Holding the stick
 19:23 - Capitals Tom Wilson (5) Fighting
 19:23 - Devils Luke Gazdic (5) Fighting
3rd Period
Scoring
14:52 - Devils Beau Bennett (EV) Assists: Ben Lovejoy , Jon Merrill
15:27 - Capitals Marcus Johansson (EV) Assists: Justin Williams , Evgeny Kuznetsov
Penalties
17:29 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Roughing
 18:35 - Devils PA Parenteau (2) Slashing
 18:35 - Capitals Daniel Winnik (5) Fighting
 18:35 - Devils PA Parenteau (5) Fighting
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 44:40 1:42 13:38 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 2 2 +2 0 1 25 21:58 15:07 0:44 6:07 0 0 1 - - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 1 1 2 E 2 2 18 16:17 13:58 0:58 1:21 0 0 2 1 - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 +3 4 2 22 15:50 14:47 0:38 0:25 0 0 2 2 - - -
Brett Connolly RW 1 0 1 +1 4 3 13 10:07 10:03 0:00 0:04 0 0 - - - - -
Justin Williams RW 1 1 2 +2 4 3 19 13:18 12:17 0:06 0:55 0 0 - - - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 18 15:08 13:14 0:58 0:56 0 0 - 1 5 7 42
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 +1 2 1 18 15:56 10:32 0:00 5:24 0 0 1 - 7 6 54
Daniel Winnik LW 0 1 1 +1 5 0 18 13:28 7:10 0:00 6:18 0 0 - 1 - - -
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 27 21:23 13:48 0:04 7:31 0 0 1 1 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 +1 7 0 15 10:35 5:25 0:05 5:05 0 0 1 - - - -
Brooks Orpik D 0 2 2 +1 0 1 27 21:13 15:27 0:00 5:46 0 0 2 2 - - -
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 17 11:18 10:48 0:29 0:01 0 0 2 - 0 1 0
John Carlson D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 27 21:08 12:43 0:58 7:27 0 0 1 3 - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 1 1 2 +1 0 1 19 14:16 12:18 0:58 1:00 0 0 1 1 1 1 50
Jay Beagle RW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 20 14:17 7:32 0:00 6:45 0 0 1 1 10 9 53
Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 21 16:01 15:58 0:03 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Marcus Johansson LW 1 0 1 +2 0 4 18 15:03 13:00 1:39 0:24 0 0 - - - - -
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 18 14:44 13:40 0:44 0:20 0 0 - - 6 8 43
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Keith Kinkaid G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 44:40 13:38 1:42 0 0 - - - - -
Cory Schneider G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
John Moore D 0 0 0 E 0 0 2 1:09 1:09 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andy Greene D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 33 24:18 17:56 4:56 1:26 0 0 2 1 - - -
Jon Merrill D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 23 21:22 19:54 1:22 0:06 0 0 2 2 - - -
Beau Bennett RW 1 0 1 E 0 3 20 13:55 9:05 4:50 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
PA Parenteau RW 0 0 0 E 9 2 24 16:15 10:21 5:54 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Ben Lovejoy D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 27 19:01 16:02 1:28 1:31 0 0 - 1 - - -
Michael Cammalleri LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 21 20:02 13:31 6:31 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 1 50
Adam Henrique C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 25 19:59 12:18 7:02 0:39 0 0 1 2 9 7 56
Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 18 15:39 9:51 5:42 0:06 0 0 1 - 6 3 67
Travis Zajac C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 22 17:55 11:37 6:03 0:15 0 0 - 1 8 6 57
Luke Gazdic LW 0 0 0 -1 5 0 9 5:49 5:28 0:21 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Kyle Palmieri RW 1 0 1 E 0 2 22 19:59 12:56 6:42 0:21 0 0 4 - 1 1 50
Kyle Quincey D 0 0 0 E 0 0 26 20:33 19:15 0:57 0:21 0 0 3 2 - - -
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 0 0 -3 2 1 20 15:34 13:52 1:00 0:42 0 0 3 - 1 2 33
Damon Severson D 0 0 0 -3 2 1 26 21:11 14:07 7:04 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Nick Lappin RW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 15 10:42 9:14 1:28 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Miles Wood LW 0 0 0 -4 0 0 21 14:01 12:28 1:20 0:13 0 0 2 - - - -
Sergey Kalinin C 0 0 0 E 0 2 21 15:11 8:43 5:26 1:02 0 0 - - 6 9 40
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Philipp Grubauer W (6-1-1) 23 21 2 .913 0 60:00
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Keith Kinkaid L (4-4-2) 26 20 6 .769 0 60:00