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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Washington 6, New Jersey 2
When: 1:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 31, 2016
Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Referees: Marc Joannette, Justin St. Pierre
Linesmen: Matt MacPherson, Tony Sericolo
Attendance: 16514
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 2316
New Jersey 0112
Periods:
  • All
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
1
Washington   New Jersey
  0:00 Travis Zajac wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom.
  0:22 Travis Zajac wins the face-off against T.J. Oshie.
  1:02 Adam Henrique wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  1:53 Sergey Kalinin shoots. Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Lars Eller shoots. Saved by Keith Kinkaid. 2:10  
Lars Eller wins the face-off against Jacob Josefson. 2:10  
Brett Connolly scores. Assisted by Andre Burakovsky. Assisted by Brooks Orpik. 2:36
(1-0) 		 
  2:36 Sergey Kalinin wins the face-off against Jay Beagle.
  3:10 Travis Zajac wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom.
  3:42 Adam Henrique wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  3:53 Adam Henrique wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  5:13 Devante Smith-Pelly penalty for Roughing - 2 mins.
Brett Connolly penalty for Slashing - 2 mins. 5:13  
Lars Eller wins the face-off against Adam Henrique. 5:13  
Brett Connolly penalty for Roughing - 2 mins. 5:13  
Jay Beagle shoots. Saved by Keith Kinkaid. 6:37  
  8:02 Jon Merrill shoots. Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Marcus Johansson shoots. Saved by Keith Kinkaid. 8:18  
Alex Ovechkin penalty for Interference - 2 mins. 8:34  
Jay Beagle wins the face-off against Travis Zajac. 8:34  
  9:33 Travis Zajac shoots. Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  9:54 Sergey Kalinin shoots. Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  9:58 Adam Henrique wins the face-off against Lars Eller.
Lars Eller wins the face-off against Devante Smith-Pelly. 10:41  
Dmitry Orlov penalty for Interference - 2 mins. 11:06  
Lars Eller wins the face-off against Travis Zajac. 11:06  
  12:07 Damon Severson penalty for Interference - 2 mins.
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Adam Henrique. 12:07  
Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots. Saved by Keith Kinkaid. 12:38  
  12:38 Travis Zajac wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  13:41 Adam Henrique wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom.
  14:56 Kyle Palmieri wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom.
  16:35 Ben Lovejoy shoots. Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Devante Smith-Pelly. 16:58  
Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Jacob Josefson. 17:48  
Jay Beagle scores. Assisted by Brooks Orpik. Assisted by Daniel Winnik. 19:01
(2-0) 		 
Lars Eller wins the face-off against Sergey Kalinin. 19:01  
  19:05 Michael Cammalleri wins the face-off against Jay Beagle.
Lars Eller penalty for Interference - 2 mins. 19:47  
  19:47 Adam Henrique wins the face-off against Jay Beagle.
Jay Beagle shoots. Saved by Keith Kinkaid. 20:00  
2
Washington   New Jersey
Jay Beagle wins the face-off against Travis Zajac. 0:00  
  1:32 Michael Cammalleri shoots. Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  1:54 Michael Cammalleri shoots. Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  2:01 Beau Bennett shoots. Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Dmitry Orlov shoots. Saved by Keith Kinkaid. 2:50  
Dmitry Orlov shoots. Saved by Keith Kinkaid. 2:57  
Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Travis Zajac. 3:13  
Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Travis Zajac. 3:25  
Alex Ovechkin shoots. Saved by Keith Kinkaid. 4:08  
  4:18 Adam Henrique wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Brooks Orpik shoots. Saved by Keith Kinkaid. 5:01  
Justin Williams penalty for Tripping - 2 mins. 5:01  
Jay Beagle wins the face-off against Travis Zajac. 5:01  
  5:07 Travis Zajac penalty for Interference - 2 mins.
Lars Eller wins the face-off against Adam Henrique. 5:07  
Dmitry Orlov penalty for Interference - 2 mins. 5:54  
  5:54 Adam Henrique wins the face-off against Jay Beagle.
  5:58 PA Parenteau penalty for Slashing - 2 mins.
Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Adam Henrique. 5:58  
  6:30 Andy Greene shoots. Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  6:34 Andy Greene shoots. Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  6:53
(2-1) 		Kyle Palmieri scores.
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Kyle Palmieri. 6:53  
Karl Alzner shoots. Saved by Keith Kinkaid. 8:06  
  8:13 PA Parenteau shoots. Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Washington team penalty for Too many men on ice - 2 mins. 8:21  
  8:21 Adam Henrique wins the face-off against Lars Eller.
T.J. Oshie scores. Assisted by Nicklas Backstrom. Assisted by Alex Ovechkin. 11:05
(3-1) 		 
Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Adam Henrique. 11:05  
Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Adam Henrique. 11:05  
Alex Ovechkin scores. Assisted by Matt Niskanen. Assisted by T.J. Oshie. 11:38
(4-1) 		 
  11:38 Jacob Josefson wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Evgeny Kuznetsov penalty for Holding the stick - 2 mins. 12:15  
  12:15 Travis Zajac wins the face-off against Jay Beagle.
  12:19 Jacob Josefson wins the face-off against Jay Beagle.
  12:32 Jacob Josefson shoots. Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  14:03 Beau Bennett shoots. Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  14:03 Sergey Kalinin wins the face-off against Jay Beagle.
Matt Niskanen shoots. Saved by Keith Kinkaid. 16:09  
  16:24 Jacob Josefson wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Justin Williams scores. Assisted by Matt Niskanen. Assisted by Dmitry Orlov. 16:34
(5-1) 		 
Lars Eller wins the face-off against Sergey Kalinin. 16:34  
Brett Connolly shoots. Saved by Keith Kinkaid. 16:56  
John Carlson shoots. Saved by Keith Kinkaid. 17:54  
Marcus Johansson shoots. Saved by Keith Kinkaid. 19:07  
  19:17 Jacob Josefson shoots. Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  19:19 Devante Smith-Pelly shoots. Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Jay Beagle wins the face-off against Sergey Kalinin. 19:21  
Tom Wilson penalty for Fighting - 5 mins. 19:23  
  19:23 Luke Gazdic penalty for Fighting - 5 mins.
Jay Beagle wins the face-off against Sergey Kalinin. 19:23  
3
Washington   New Jersey
  0:00 Travis Zajac wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom.
  0:49 Kyle Palmieri shoots. Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  2:00 Jacob Josefson wins the face-off against Lars Eller.
  2:19 Jacob Josefson shoots. Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  3:08 Sergey Kalinin wins the face-off against Jay Beagle.
T.J. Oshie wins the face-off against Michael Cammalleri. 4:00  
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Travis Zajac. 4:54  
  5:25 Adam Henrique shoots. Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Jay Beagle wins the face-off against Sergey Kalinin. 6:51  
Jay Beagle wins the face-off against Sergey Kalinin. 7:10  
  7:31 Travis Zajac wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom.
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Jacob Josefson. 8:33  
Justin Williams shoots. Saved by Keith Kinkaid. 8:40  
Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots. Saved by Keith Kinkaid. 8:42  
  9:00 Jacob Josefson wins the face-off against Andre Burakovsky.
  9:36 Damon Severson shoots. Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Jay Beagle wins the face-off against Sergey Kalinin. 9:36  
Nate Schmidt shoots. Saved by Keith Kinkaid. 13:11  
  13:14 Sergey Kalinin wins the face-off against Jay Beagle.
  14:52
(5-2) 		Beau Bennett scores. Assisted by Ben Lovejoy. Assisted by Jon Merrill.
  14:52 Jacob Josefson wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Marcus Johansson scores. Assisted by Justin Williams. Assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov. 15:27
(6-2) 		 
  15:27 Sergey Kalinin wins the face-off against Lars Eller.
Brett Connolly shoots. Saved by Keith Kinkaid. 16:05  
Jay Beagle wins the face-off against Sergey Kalinin. 16:06  
Tom Wilson penalty for Roughing - 2 mins. 17:29  
  17:29 Travis Zajac wins the face-off against Lars Eller.
  18:17 Michael Cammalleri shoots. Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Jay Beagle wins the face-off against Adam Henrique. 18:17  
  18:35 PA Parenteau penalty for Slashing - 2 mins.
Daniel Winnik penalty for Fighting - 5 mins. 18:35  
  18:35 PA Parenteau penalty for Fighting - 5 mins.
  18:35 Sergey Kalinin wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom.
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Sergey Kalinin. 19:42