Washington Capitals Game Notes Thu, Mar 25, 2021 NHL Game #517 Washington Capitals 20 - 7 - 4 (44 pts) New Jersey Devils 12 - 14 - 4 (28 pts) Team Game: 32 10 - 4 - 2 (Home) Team Game: 31 4 - 11 - 2 (Home) Home Game: 17 10 - 3 - 2 (Road) Road Game: 14 8 - 3 - 2 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 30 Ilya Samsonov 9 6 1 1 2.48 .908 29 Mackenzie Blackwood 17 8 8 1 2.91 .908 41 Vitek Vanecek 22 13 5 3 2.66 .911 41 Scott Wedgewood 10 3 4 3 2.59 .918 47 Aaron Dell 3 0 2 0 3.72 .877 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 2 D Justin Schultz 27 2 12 14 12 6 7 D Matt Tennyson 10 0 1 1 6 2 3 D Nick Jensen 28 2 10 12 8 8 8 D Will Butcher 8 1 2 3 0 0 4 D Brenden Dillon 31 1 7 8 9 33 11 L Andreas Johnsson 30 3 5 8 3 8 8 L Alex Ovechkin 27 14 11 25 -5 10 12 R Tyce Thompson - - - - - - 9 D Dmitry Orlov 26 3 1 4 0 8 17 C Yegor Sharangovich 28 7 5 12 5 0 10 R Daniel Sprong 20 6 2 8 5 2 19 C Travis Zajac 26 4 10 14 5 6 13 L Jakub Vrana 30 10 11 21 9 6 20 C Michael McLeod 26 4 2 6 -3 18 14 R Richard Panik 31 3 6 9 -4 16 21 R Kyle Palmieri 29 6 9 15 -4 18 19 C Nicklas Backstrom 31 12 22 34 2 6 22 D Ryan Murray 22 0 4 4 2 6 20 C Lars Eller 22 5 7 12 -2 10 23 L Mikhail Maltsev 18 4 0 4 -1 4 21 R Garnet Hathaway 31 4 6 10 8 21 24 D Ty Smith 30 2 15 17 3 18 26 C Nic Dowd 31 6 2 8 6 20 28 D Damon Severson 30 2 9 11 -4 14 33 D Zdeno Chara 31 2 7 9 13 16 37 C Pavel Zacha 29 7 11 18 -12 4 34 D Jonas Siegenthaler 7 0 0 0 -3 2 39 R Nicholas Merkley 8 1 2 3 0 0 43 R Tom Wilson 22 7 11 18 1 27 44 L Miles Wood 30 9 4 13 -4 19 57 D Trevor van Riemsdyk 9 1 0 1 -3 0 45 D Sami Vatanen 20 2 3 5 -3 10 62 L Carl Hagelin 31 3 5 8 4 4 59 C Janne Kuokkanen 25 5 10 15 8 10 73 L Conor Sheary 28 6 4 10 2 10 63 L Jesper Bratt 24 2 13 15 2 2 74 D John Carlson 31 7 20 27 -4 6 70 D Dmitry Kulikov 29 0 2 2 1 22 77 R T.J. Oshie 30 7 13 20 -7 14 76 D P.K. Subban 30 3 11 14 -5 20 92 C Evgeny Kuznetsov 21 3 10 13 3 8 86 C Jack Hughes 30 7 9 16 1 0 90 C Jesper Boqvist 5 0 0 0 0 2 97 L Nikita Gusev 20 2 3 5 -12 0 Senior VP and General Manager Brian MacLellan Executive Vice President / General Tom Fitzgerald Head Coach Peter Laviolette Manager Assistant Coaches Scott Arniel, Blaine Forsythe, Sr. Vice President, Assistant General Dan MacKinnon / Martin Kevin McCarthy, Brett Manager / Executive Vice President, Brodeur Leonhardt (Video) Hockey Operations Advisor Goaltending Coach Scott Murray Head Coach Lindy Ruff Video Coordinator Jared Elenberger Assistant Coaches Alain Nasreddine, Mark Recchi, Chris Taylor, Dave Rogalski (Goaltending) Video Coaches Mike Regan, Ian Greenwald (Coordinator), Lucas Hurtt (Consultant) Tonight's Officials Referees Brandon Blandina (39), Jon McIsaac (2) Linesmen Kory Nagy (97), Jesse Marquis (86) Supervisor Video Judge Ntl. Anthem * Denotes Standby Official. Today's Schedule NYI @ BOS : 7:00 CAR @ CBJ : 7:00 FLA @ CHI : 7:00 VGK @ COL : 7:00 STL @ MIN : 7:00 DET @ NSH : 7:00 TOR @ OTT : 7:00 NYR @ PHI : 7:00 BUF @ PIT : 7:00 NJD @ WSH : 7:00 TBL @ DAL : 7:30 Washington Capitals: Roster Active (23 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 2 Justin Schultz D 6' 2" 186 Jul 6, 1990 Kelowna, BC, CAN 3 Nick Jensen D 6' 1" 205 Sep 21, 1990 Rogers, MN, USA 4 Brenden Dillon D 6' 4" 220 Nov 13, 1990 New Westminster, BC, CAN 8 Alex Ovechkin L 6' 3" 238 Sep 17, 1985 Moscow, RUS 9 Dmitry Orlov D 5' 11" 211 Jul 23, 1991 Novokuznetsk, RUS 10 Daniel Sprong R 6' 0" 200 Mar 17, 1997 Amsterdam, NLD 13 Jakub Vrana L 6' 0" 197 Feb 28, 1996 Prague, CZE 14 Richard Panik R 6' 2" 203 Feb 7, 1991 Martin, SVK 19 Nicklas Backstrom C 6' 1" 206 Nov 23, 1987 Gävle, SWE 20 Lars Eller C 6' 2" 208 May 8, 1989 Rodovre, DNK 21 Garnet Hathaway R 6' 2" 212 Nov 23, 1991 Kennebunkport, ME, USA 26 Nic Dowd C 6' 1" 192 May 27, 1990 Huntsville, AL, USA 30 Ilya Samsonov G 6' 3" 200 Feb 22, 1997 Magnitogorsk, RUS 33 Zdeno Chara D 6' 9" 250 Mar 18, 1977 Trencin, SVK 34 Jonas Siegenthaler D 6' 3" 211 May 6, 1997 Zurich, CHE 41 Vitek Vanecek G 6' 2" 187 Jan 9, 1996 Havlickuv Brod, CZE 43 Tom Wilson R 6' 4" 220 Mar 29, 1994 Toronto, ON, CAN 57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D 6' 3" 188 Jul 24, 1991 Middletown, NJ, USA 62 Carl Hagelin L 5' 11" 185 Aug 23, 1988 Sodertalje, SWE 73 Conor Sheary L 5' 9" 178 Jun 8, 1992 Winchester, MA, USA 74 John Carlson D 6' 3" 215 Jan 10, 1990 Natick, MA, USA 77 T.J. Oshie R 5' 11" 196 Dec 23, 1986 Everett, WA, USA 92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 6' 1" 205 May 19, 1992 Chelyabinsk, RUS 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 204 Age: 30.0 Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks No active streaks JOHN CARLSON (1-2-3 / 3 Games) New Jersey Devils: Roster Active (26 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 7 Matt Tennyson D 6' 2" 205 Apr 23, 1990 Minneapolis, MN, USA 8 Will Butcher D 5' 10" 190 Jan 6, 1995 Sun Prairie, WI, USA 11 Andreas Johnsson L 5' 10" 194 Nov 21, 1994 Gävle, SWE 12 Tyce Thompson R 6' 1" 178 Jul 12, 1999 Calgary, AB, CAN 17 Yegor Sharangovich C 6' 2" 196 Jun 6, 1998 Minsk, BLR 19 Travis Zajac C 6' 2" 185 May 13, 1985 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 20 Michael McLeod C 6' 2" 188 Feb 3, 1998 Mississauga, ON, CAN 21 Kyle Palmieri R 5' 11" 185 Feb 1, 1991 Smithtown, NY, USA 22 Ryan Murray D 6' 1" 206 Sep 27, 1993 Regina, SK, CAN 23 Mikhail Maltsev L 6' 3" 198 Mar 12, 1998 St. Petersburg, RUS 24 Ty Smith D 5' 11" 175 Mar 24, 2000 Lloydminster, AB, CAN 28 Damon Severson D 6' 2" 205 Aug 7, 1994 Melville, SK, CAN 29 Mackenzie Blackwood G 6' 4" 225 Dec 9, 1996 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 37 Pavel Zacha C 6' 3" 210 Apr 6, 1997 Brno, CZE 39 Nicholas Merkley R 5' 10" 194 May 23, 1997 Calgary, AB, CAN 41 Scott Wedgewood G 6' 2" 207 Aug 14, 1992 Brampton, ON, CAN 44 Miles Wood L 6' 2" 195 Sep 13, 1995 Buffalo, NY, USA 45 Sami Vatanen D 5' 10" 185 Jun 3, 1991 Jyväskylä, FIN 47 Aaron Dell G 6' 0" 209 May 4, 1989 Airdrie, AB, CAN 59 Janne Kuokkanen C 6' 1" 193 May 25, 1998 Oulunsalo, FIN 63 Jesper Bratt L 5' 10" 175 Jul 30, 1998 Stockholm, SWE 70 Dmitry Kulikov D 6' 1" 204 Oct 29, 1990 Lipetsk, RUS 76 P.K. Subban D 6' 0" 210 May 13, 1989 Toronto, ON, CAN 86 Jack Hughes C 5' 11" 176 May 14, 2001 Orlando, FL, USA 90 Jesper Boqvist C 6' 0" 180 Oct 30, 1998 Falun, SWE 97 Nikita Gusev L 5' 9" 163 Jul 8, 1992 Moscow, RUS 26 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 193 Age: 26.2 Injured Reserve List (2 Players) 13 Nico Hischier C 6' 1" 175 Jan 4, 1999 Brig, CHE 14 Nathan Bastian R 6' 4" 205 Dec 6, 1997 Kitchener, ON, CAN Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks TY SMITH (3 / 2 Games) JESPER BRATT (1-4-5 / 5 Games) TRAVIS ZAJAC (2 / 2 Games) JANNE KUOKKANEN (0-3-3 / 2 Games) JANNE KUOKKANEN (3 / 2 Games) TRAVIS ZAJAC (1-2-3 / 2 Games) TY SMITH (0-3-3 / 2 Games) Washington Capitals: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 19 Nicklas Backstrom 31 12 22 34 2 6 4 0 0 54 22.2 18:56 43.95 12 15 D 74 John Carlson 31 7 20 27 -4 6 3 0 1 82 8.5 23:57 0.00 37 40 L 8 Alex Ovechkin 27 14 11 25 -5 10 4 0 5 110 12.7 20:25 0.00 65 15 L 13 Jakub Vrana 30 10 11 21 9 6 0 0 3 60 16.7 14:56 33.33 24 3 R 77 T.J.