National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, New Jersey 2
Saturday, December 30, 2017 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 30, 2017
Where: Captial One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Tom Chmielewski, Wes McCauley
Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Brad Kovachik
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Jersey 1012
Washington 2125
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:26 - Capitals Tom Wilson (EV) Assists: Christian Djoos , John Carlson
11:09 - Capitals Christian Djoos (EV) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom , Alex Ovechkin
17:35 - Devils John Moore (EV) Assists: Travis Zajac , Marcus Johansson
Penalties
3:52 - Capitals Brooks Orpik (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
7:01 - Capitals John Carlson (PP) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom , Alex Ovechkin
Penalties
5:34 - Devils Pavel Zacha (2) Holding
 15:49 - Capitals T.J. Oshie (2) High sticking
3rd Period
Scoring
4:25 - Capitals Matt Niskanen (EV) Assists: Devante Smith-Pelly , Alex Ovechkin
9:00 - Devils Travis Zajac (EV) Assists: Marcus Johansson , Sami Vatanen
19:19 - Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (EV) (EN) Assists: John Carlson
Penalties
11:57 - Devils Damon Severson (2) Tripping
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Keith Kinkaid G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Cory Schneider G 0 0 0 0 0 59:12
John Moore D 1 0 1 +1 0 3 19:21
Andy Greene D 0 0 0 E 0 0 19:24
Will Butcher D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 17:41
Taylor Hall LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 18:30
Brian Boyle C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 12:41
Nico Hischier C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 17:27
Steven Santini D 0 0 0 E 0 2 20:22
Travis Zajac C 1 1 2 +1 0 1 18:56
Kyle Palmieri RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 18:49
Stefan Noesen RW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 12:31
Damon Severson D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 18:11
Pavel Zacha C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 12:15
Brian Gibbons LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 11:14
Blake Coleman C 0 0 0 E 0 0 11:47
Miles Wood LW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 13:52
Sami Vatanen D 0 1 1 E 0 1 21:04
Jesper Bratt LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15:52
Marcus Johansson LW 0 2 2 E 0 0 17:24
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 1 0 1 +2 0 1 22:11
Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 13:25
Alex Ovechkin LW 0 3 3 +1 0 6 20:00
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 21:27
Brett Connolly RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 10:48
Jakub Vrana LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 10:38
Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 E 0 1 14:39
Nicklas Backstrom C 1 2 3 +1 0 3 19:48
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 E 0 1 15:18
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 1 1 +1 0 4 16:25
Christian Djoos D 1 1 2 +1 0 4 15:02
Alex Chiasson RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 14:52
Tom Wilson RW 1 0 1 E 0 3 14:38
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 E 2 2 19:08
John Carlson D 1 2 3 +1 0 4 25:58
T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 +1 2 0 12:10
Jay Beagle RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 15:28
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 14:05
Goaltending
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cory Schneider L (17-11-6) 34 30 4 .882 0 59:12
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (28-11-4) 27 25 2 .926 0 60:00