The Washington Capitals were defeated by the New Jersey Devils, 6 to 3, on January 3.

Final

Devils

20-14-2

6

Capitals

18-12-6

3

Team

NJD

WSH

1

2

1

2

3

2

0

Total

6

3

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NJD

WSH

Nico Hischier (EV) assisted by Colin Miller and Nico Daws

1

0

Nico Hischier (PP) assisted by Jack Hughes and Luke Hughes

2

0

Connor McMichael (PP) assisted by Rasmus Sandin and Anthony Mantha

2

1

2nd period

NJD

WSH

Dawson Mercer (EV) assisted by Nico Hischier and Erik Haula

3

1

Evgeny Kuznetsov (EV) assisted by Alex Ovechkin and Martin Fehervary

3

2

John Carlson (PP) assisted by Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov

3

Michael McLeod (EV) assisted by Alexander Holtz

4

3

3rd period

NJD

WSH

Dawson Mercer (EV) assisted by Erik Haula and Nathan Bastian

5

3

Michael McLeod (EV) assisted by Curtis Lazar and Alexander Holtz

6

3

Devils

Capitals

Goals

6

3

Shots

28

26

Penalty Minutes

8

4

Power-Play Goals

1

2

Power-Play Opportunities

2

4

Faceoff Wins

39

29

Hits

17

29

Giveaways

11

18

Takeaways

10

6

Devils

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Nico Daws (W)	1	26	3	23	.885	59:21

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Kevin Bahl	0	0	+2	0	0	16:21	0	3	1	2
Nathan Bastian	0	1	+1	2	1	7:23	6	1	0	0
Jesper Bratt	0	0	0	0	4	17:32	1	0	0	0
Erik Haula	0	2	+3	0	4	20:42	1	0	0	1
Nico Hischier	2	1	+1	0	3	20:35	1	0	0	0
Alexander Holtz	0	2	+3	0	2	13:55	0	0	0	0
Jack Hughes	0	1	0	0	1	18:07	0	0	1	3
Luke Hughes	0	1	0	0	0	20:12	0	0	0	0
Curtis Lazar	0	1	+1	0	1	13:51	2	0	1	0
John Marino	0	0	0	0	0	21:51	0	0	0	0
Michael McLeod	2	0	+2	0	2	13:36	2	0	1	0
Dawson Mercer	2	0	+2	0	3	20:29	0	1	1	1
Colin Miller	0	1	+3	2	3	14:52	3	0	1	0
Simon Nemec	0	0	+2	0	1	20:23	0	0	1	0
Jonas Siegenthaler	0	0	0	2	2	20:09	0	1	1	1
Brendan Smith	0	0	0	2	0	11:40	1	1	0	1
Chris Tierney	0	0	0	0	1	7:52	0	1	0	1
Tyler Toffoli	0	0	0	0	0	15:48	0	0	3	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Hunter Shepard (L)	1	28	6	22	.786	59:56

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Nicolas Aube-Kubel	0	0	0	0	1	13:37	2	0	2	1
Ethan Bear	0	0	-2	0	1	15:42	1	2	0	0
John Carlson	1	0	-1	0	4	23:42	2	1	3	0
Nic Dowd	0	0	-1	0	1	14:18	2	1	0	1
Martin Fehervary	0	1	-2	0	1	20:21	2	4	1	0
Nick Jensen	0	0	-1	0	2	18:52	1	0	3	0
Evgeny Kuznetsov	1	1	0	0	2	19:35	1	1	0	0
Beck Malenstyn	0	0	-1	0	0	14:41	6	1	0	0
Anthony Mantha	0	1	-1	0	2	15:43	0	0	0	0
Connor McMichael	1	0	-2	0	2	12:49	0	1	1	0
Alex Ovechkin	0	2	-1	2	3	21:15	2	0	1	0
Max Pacioretty	0	0	-1	2	0	11:47	2	1	1	0
Matthew Phillips	0	0	-1	0	0	11:51	0	0	1	1
Aliaksei Protas	0	0	-2	0	1	13:06	0	1	2	0
Rasmus Sandin	0	1	-2	0	0	18:15	3	2	1	1
Dylan Strome	0	0	-1	0	1	14:25	0	1	1	0
Tom Wilson	0	0	-1	0	4	18:45	5	1	1	2
Trevor van Riemsdyk	0	0	0	0	1	18:45	0	2	0	0