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New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals

NHL
Devils
8-11-3, 19 PTS
4-5
Final/OT
Capitals
15-6-4, 34 PTS
Capital One Arena
TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

NJ shoots leftWSH shoots right

Shots on goal

1st2nd3rdOTT
NJ9616031
WSH11135130

In net

Scott Wedgewood25/30 SV, .833
Vitek Vanecek27/31 SV, .871
Team123OTT
NJ01304
WSH13015

Who won: Capitals 5-4

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 5-4 in overtime on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals lead the series 4-0. The Capitals outscored the Devils 3-1 in the 2nd period. Daniel Sprong led the Capitals in goals (1). Janne Kuokkanen led the Devils in goals (1).

Player of the game

Travis Zajac

NJ · 3 A, 0 SOG

8.3

Deserved to win

40%
NJ · 2.46 xG
60%
WSH · 3.02 xG

Capitals created better chances: they win this game 60% of the time

Play by play

  1. End of the overtime
  2. GOALOT 1:30
    Jakub Vrana

    Goal!

    J. Vrana · 2 G

    Goal

    NJ 4 - 5 WSH
  3. OT 0:00Nicklas Backstrom

    Faceoff win

    Face Off

    N. Backstrom · 2 A

  4. Start of the overtime
  5. End of the 3rd period
  6. P3 0:18Dmitry Kulikov

    Big hit on G. Hathaway

    Hit

    D. Kulikov

  7. P3 0:35Pavel Zacha

    Face off

    Face Off

  8. P3 0:36John Carlson

    Shot

  9. P3 1:13Nick Jensen

    Missed the net

    Missed

    N. Jensen

  10. P3 1:50Pavel Zacha
    TO

    Giveaway

    P. Zacha

  11. P3 3:37Lars Eller
    TO

    Takeaway

    L. Eller

  12. P3 4:48Yegor Sharangovich

    Shot blocked by D. Orlov

    Blocked

    Y. Sharangovich · 1 G

  13. GOALP3 7:40
    Damon Severson

    Goal!

    D. Severson · 1 G

    Goal

    NJ 4 - 4 WSH
  14. P3 7:54Ty Smith

    Shot blocked by D. Orlov

    Blocked

    T. Smith · 1 A

  15. P3 8:16Sami Vatanen

    Shot on goal

    Shot

    S. Vatanen

  16. P3 8:42Dmitry Orlov
    TO

    Takeaway

    D. Orlov · 1 G

  17. P3 8:50Nicklas Backstrom

    Faceoff win

    Face Off

    N. Backstrom · 2 A

  18. GOALP3 9:43
    Yegor Sharangovich

    Goal!

    Y. Sharangovich · 1 G

    Goal

    NJ 3 - 4 WSH
  19. P3 10:18Dmitry Orlov
    TO

    Takeaway

    D. Orlov · 1 G

  20. P3 10:31Kyle Palmieri

    Big hit on T.J. Oshie

    Hit

    K. Palmieri

  21. P3 10:37Alex Ovechkin
    TO

    Giveaway

    A. Ovechkin

  22. P3 10:59Alex Ovechkin

    Shot on goal

    Shot

    A. Ovechkin

  23. P3 11:07Nicklas Backstrom

    Faceoff win

    Face Off

    N. Backstrom · 2 A

  24. P3 12:01P.K. Subban

    Shot blocked by T.J. Oshie

    Blocked

    P.K. Subban

  25. P3 13:12Nick Jensen

    Penalty: penalty

    Penalty

    N. Jensen

Leaders

NJWSH
Goals
Janne Kuokkanen
1
Daniel Sprong
1
Assists
Janne Kuokkanen
1
Evgeny Kuznetsov
2
Points
Janne Kuokkanen
2
Nicklas Backstrom
2

Season seriesWSH leads series 4-0

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