National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, New Jersey 3
Saturday, April 7, 2018 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, April 7, 2018
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Wes McCauley, Dan O'Rourke
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Brad Kovachik
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Jersey 1113
Washington 2125
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:21 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov , Tom Wilson
8:10 - Devils Nico Hischier (EV) Assists: Patrick Maroon , Damon Severson
19:32 - Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (EV) Assists: Brett Connolly , John Carlson
Penalties
11:29 - Capitals Matt Niskanen (2) Hooking
 11:29 - Devils Nico Hischier (2) Embellishment
2nd Period
Scoring
3:44 - Capitals Michal Kempny (EV) Assists: Shane Gersich , Chandler Stephenson
19:07 - Devils Miles Wood (EV) Assists: Patrick Maroon , Pavel Zacha
Penalties
5:57 - Capitals Michal Kempny (2) Cross checking
 9:15 - Capitals Alex Chiasson (2) Cross checking
 9:15 - Devils Patrick Maroon (2) Roughing
3rd Period
Scoring
2:04 - Devils Patrick Maroon (EV) Assists: Pavel Zacha , Miles Wood
5:11 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Unassisted
11:50 - Capitals Andre Burakovsky (EV) Assists: Michal Kempny , Nicklas Backstrom
Penalties
12:14 - Devils Jimmy Hayes (2) Slashing
 14:47 - Devils Nico Hischier (2) Tripping
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Eddie Lack G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Cory Schneider G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
John Moore D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21:06
Andy Greene D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 19:48
Will Butcher D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 18:32
Jimmy Hayes RW 0 0 0 -1 2 0 10:09
Brian Boyle C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 11:15
Ben Lovejoy D 0 0 0 +3 0 1 17:25
Nico Hischier C 1 0 1 E 4 3 14:43
Patrick Maroon LW 1 2 3 +1 2 2 15:35
Drew Stafford RW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 12:50
Blake Coleman C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17:08
Stefan Noesen RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 13:42
Mirco Mueller D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 20:57
Damon Severson D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 21:19
Pavel Zacha C 0 2 2 E 0 2 17:42
Brian Gibbons LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19:03
Michael Grabner RW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 13:23
Miles Wood LW 1 1 2 +1 0 5 12:39
Jesper Bratt LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 14:44
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 2 20:54
Michal Kempny D 1 1 2 +4 2 1 16:13
Alex Ovechkin LW 2 0 2 +1 0 8 21:00
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 E 0 1 23:48
Brett Connolly RW 0 1 1 +2 0 0 17:27
Jakub Vrana LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 11:31
Chandler Stephenson C 0 1 1 E 0 0 10:42
Nicklas Backstrom C 1 1 2 +2 0 3 19:14
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14:53
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 12:54
Jakub Jerabek D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 16:43
Alex Chiasson RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 10:40
Tom Wilson RW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 14:50
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 17:05
Shane Gersich LW 0 1 1 E 0 0 8:08
Andre Burakovsky LW 1 0 1 +2 0 1 16:54
John Carlson D 0 1 1 +4 0 2 21:45
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 19:19
Goaltending
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cory Schneider L (17-16-6) 26 21 5 .808 0 60:00
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (34-16-4) 26 23 3 .885 0 60:00