National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, New Jersey 2
Thursday, January 26, 2017 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 26, 2017
Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Referees: Ghislain Hebert, Dan O'Rourke
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Steve Miller
Attendance: 13428
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 2215
New Jersey 0202
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
6:14 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Unassisted
18:28 - Capitals Andre Burakovsky (PP) Unassisted
Penalties
17:37 - Devils Kyle Palmieri (2) High sticking
 19:01 - Capitals Karl Alzner (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
3:19 - Devils Stefan Noesen (EV) Assists: Pavel Zacha , Jacob Josefson
8:29 - Capitals Lars Eller (EV) Assists: Dmitry Orlov , Andre Burakovsky
10:19 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (PP) Assists: Dmitry Orlov , Alex Ovechkin
18:16 - Devils Adam Henrique (PP) Assists: Michael Cammalleri , PA Parenteau
Penalties
4:25 - Capitals Matt Niskanen (2) Roughing
 4:25 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Roughing
 4:25 - Devils Vernon Fiddler (2) Roughing
 9:23 - Devils Karl Stollery (2) Hooking
 10:19 - Devils Steven Santini (2) Hooking
 16:38 - Capitals Daniel Winnik (2) Roughing
3rd Period
Scoring
18:07 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (EV) (EN) Unassisted
Penalties
6:52 - Devils Kyle Palmieri (2) Instigating
 6:52 - Capitals Brooks Orpik (5) Fighting
 6:52 - Devils Kyle Palmieri (5) Fighting
 6:52 - Capitals Tom Wilson (10) Game misconduct
 6:52 - Devils Kyle Palmieri (10) Misconduct
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 E 2 1 24:55
Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 E 0 1 15:03
Alex Ovechkin LW 1 1 2 +1 0 4 17:30
Dmitry Orlov D 0 2 2 +2 0 3 20:33
Brett Connolly RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12:31
Justin Williams RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 16:45
Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 E 0 2 10:50
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 16:24
Lars Eller C 1 0 1 E 0 4 13:31
Daniel Winnik LW 0 0 0 +1 2 1 15:44
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 E 2 0 21:13
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 E 12 3 8:42
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 +3 5 2 20:22
Andre Burakovsky LW 1 1 2 E 0 2 13:49
Jay Beagle RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 18:27
Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 14:35
Marcus Johansson LW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 16:31
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 2 0 2 +1 0 8 16:57
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Keith Kinkaid G 0 0 0 0 0 30:19
Cory Schneider G 0 0 0 0 0 28:35
Jon Merrill D 0 0 0 E 0 1 20:57
Taylor Hall LW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 22:22
PA Parenteau RW 0 1 1 -2 0 0 12:15
Ben Lovejoy D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 20:56
Michael Cammalleri LW 0 1 1 -1 0 0 16:36
Adam Henrique C 1 0 1 E 0 3 16:47
Jacob Josefson C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 12:25
Travis Zajac C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22:29
Kyle Palmieri RW 0 0 0 -1 19 4 16:42
Kyle Quincey D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20:35
Stefan Noesen RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 11:46
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 0 0 -3 0 3 12:27
Damon Severson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19:06
Steven Santini D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 14:18
Pavel Zacha C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 14:52
Vernon Fiddler LW 0 0 0 -2 2 1 10:18
Miles Wood LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 12:17
Karl Stollery D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 18:11
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (24-8-4) 29 27 2 .931 0 60:00
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Keith Kinkaid L (6-6-2) 17 13 4 .765 0 30:19
Cory Schneider 18 18 0 1.000 0 28:35