GOALS & HIGHLIGHTS

FIRST PERIOD

1-0 CAPS WSH GOAL: Snively (Milano) 4:36
Jack Hughes was stripped of the puck by Sonny Milano in the Devils offensive zone, the play set the Caps on a 2-on-1 heading the other way, with Joe Snively wristing the puck past Mackenzie Blackwood for the early lead

2-0 CAPS WSH GOAL: Sandin (Backstrom, Ovechkin) 5:59
The Capitals double their lead as Rasmus Sandin snaps a shot past Blackwood from 29 ft out

3-0 CAPS WSH GOAL: Smith (unassisted) 10:18

3-1 CAPS NJD GOAL: Haula (Sharangovich, L. Hughes) 17:06
Luke Hughes earns his first career point, an assist, on Erik Haula’s bullseye shot to put the Devils on the board.

QUICK NOTE: The Devils have gone the entire 82-game schedule without being shutout by their opponent. Only the Devils and Leafs have avoided being shut out this season among all NHL teams

END-OF-PERIOD STATS
SHOTS: NJ 11, WSH 8
POWER PLAY: N/A

SECOND PERIOD

4-1 CAPS WSH GOAL: Wilson (Jenson,Strome) 1:05

QUICK NOTE: Akira Schmid entered the game in replacement of Mackenzie Blackwood after Tom Wilson’s goal. Schmid was recalled from Utica earlier today while Vitek Vanecek is not dressed for the game (rest)

4-2 CAPS NJD PP GOAL: Wood (Tatar, Mercer) 18:36
Miles Wood, parked in front of Washington goaltender Darcy Kuemper, tips a Tomas Tatar shot on the Devils power play

END-OF-PERIOD STATS
SHOTS: WSH 20, NJD 18
POWER PLAY: NJ 1/1, WSH 0/1

THIRD PERIOD

4-3 CAPS NJD GOAL: Haula (Bratt, Boqvist) 12:23

4-4 TIE GAME NJD GOAL: Hamilton (Severson, Hughes) 3:17

OVERTIME

5-4 DEVILS OT WINNER: Luke Hughes (J. Hughes, Hischier) 4:33

DEVILS LINEUP

Tatar-Hischier-Mercer
Meier-Hughes-Bratt
Boqvist-Haula-Sharangovich
Wood-Lazar-Bastian

Bahl-Hamilton
Siegenthaler-Severson
Hughes-Smith

Blackwood
Schmid

CAPITALS LINEUP

Ovechkin-Backstrom-Smith
Sheary-Strome-Wilson
Milano-Kuznetsov-Snively
Malenstyn-Protas-NAK

Fehervary-Carlson
Sandin-Jensen
Alexeyev-Irwin

Kuemper

HEAD COACH LINDY RUFF