National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 6, New Jersey 2
Saturday, December 31, 2016 1:00 PM
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 TOI
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Matt Niskanen D 0 2 2 +2 0 1 21:58
Alex Ovechkin LW 1 1 2 E 2 2 16:17
Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 +3 4 2 15:50
Brett Connolly RW 1 0 1 +1 4 3 10:07
Justin Williams RW 1 1 2 +2 4 3 13:18
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 15:08
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 +1 2 1 15:56
Daniel Winnik LW 0 1 1 +1 5 0 13:28
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 21:23
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 +1 7 0 10:35
Brooks Orpik D 0 2 2 +1 0 1 21:13
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 11:18
John Carlson D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 21:08
T.J. Oshie RW 1 1 2 +1 0 1 14:16
Jay Beagle RW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 14:17
Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 16:01
Marcus Johansson LW 1 0 1 +2 0 4 15:03
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 14:44
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Keith Kinkaid G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Cory Schneider G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
John Moore D 0 0 0 E 0 0 1:09
Andy Greene D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 24:18
Jon Merrill D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 21:22
Beau Bennett RW 1 0 1 E 0 3 13:55
PA Parenteau RW 0 0 0 E 9 2 16:15
Ben Lovejoy D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 19:01
Michael Cammalleri LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 20:02
Adam Henrique C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19:59
Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 15:39
Travis Zajac C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 17:55
Luke Gazdic LW 0 0 0 -1 5 0 5:49
Kyle Palmieri RW 1 0 1 E 0 2 19:59
Kyle Quincey D 0 0 0 E 0 0 20:33
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 0 0 -3 2 1 15:34
Damon Severson D 0 0 0 -3 2 1 21:11
Nick Lappin RW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 10:42
Miles Wood LW 0 0 0 -4 0 0 14:01
Sergey Kalinin C 0 0 0 E 0 2 15:11
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