National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, New Jersey 2
Thursday, January 16, 2020 7:00 PM
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 TOI
Cory Schneider G 0 0 0 0 0 39:49
Louis Domingue G 0 0 0 0 0 20:00
Connor Carrick D 0 0 0 E 0 1 13:51
Andy Greene D 0 0 0 E 0 1 22:08
Will Butcher D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 17:26
Nico Hischier C 0 1 1 -2 0 1 17:59
John Hayden RW 0 0 0 E 2 1 8:03
Wayne Simmonds RW 1 0 1 -1 0 2 14:50
Travis Zajac C 0 1 1 E 2 1 18:47
Blake Coleman C 1 0 1 E 0 6 18:57
Damon Severson D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 23:07
Pavel Zacha C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 18:44
Michael McLeod C 0 0 0 E 0 1 6:55
Miles Wood LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 10:52
Sami Vatanen D 0 0 0 -1 4 3 20:06
Jesper Bratt LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 13:35
P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 -1 0 5 23:30
Jack Hughes C 0 0 0 E 0 1 16:00
Jesper Boqvist LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 10:35
Nikita Gusev LW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 15:02
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Ilya Samsonov G 0 0 0 0 0 59:50
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17:03
Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 20:36
Alex Ovechkin LW 3 0 3 E 0 5 17:55
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 +1 0 4 18:08
Jakub Vrana LW 1 0 1 E 0 1 16:09
Richard Panik RW 0 1 1 +1 4 1 13:56
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 2 2 E 2 2 17:12
Lars Eller C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 17:26
Garnet Hathaway RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 9:53
Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 E 0 2 10:28
Brendan Leipsic LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 8:42
Radko Gudas D 0 0 0 +3 0 3 16:26
Jonas Siegenthaler D 0 0 0 E 0 2 17:18
Tom Wilson RW 0 1 1 +1 2 6 19:00
Carl Hagelin LW 1 0 1 +1 0 4 15:55
John Carlson D 0 2 2 +1 0 2 22:26
T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15:42
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 17:55
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