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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Washington 4, New Jersey 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 20, 2016
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Wes McCauley, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Kiel Murchison, Brian Murphy
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Jersey 2013
Washington 1124
Periods:
  • All
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
1
New Jersey   Washington
Travis Zajac wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 0:00  
  0:09 Marcus Johansson wins the face-off against Adam Henrique.
Joseph Blandisi shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 0:42  
Lee Stempniak shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 0:44  
Joseph Blandisi shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 0:46  
Andy Greene shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:37  
Jacob Josefson wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 1:39  
Adam Larsson shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:47  
Tyler Kennedy wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 1:48  
Tuomo Ruutu shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 2:30  
Stephen Gionta wins the face-off against Mike Richards. 2:31  
  3:01 Brooks Laich shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
Jacob Josefson wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 3:03  
  3:58 Dmitry Orlov shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
Travis Zajac wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 3:59  
  4:37 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Adam Henrique.
  5:10 Jason Chimera shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
Stephen Gionta wins the face-off against Michael Latta. 5:11  
  5:19 Brooks Laich penalty for Interference - 2 mins.
  5:19 Mike Richards wins the face-off against Travis Zajac.
  7:24 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Travis Zajac.
  9:47 Mike Richards wins the face-off against Stephen Gionta.
Jordin Tootoo shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 9:58  
Stephen Gionta shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 10:04  
  10:24 Michael Latta shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
Jacob Josefson penalty for Interference - 2 mins. 11:00  
Adam Henrique wins the face-off against T.J. Oshie. 11:00  
  12:15 Alex Ovechkin shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
  12:33 Alex Ovechkin shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
  12:34 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Travis Zajac.
Jacob Josefson shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 13:06  
Tyler Kennedy shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 13:27  
Jordin Tootoo shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 14:22  
Travis Zajac scores. Assisted by Reid Boucher. Assisted by Kyle Palmieri. 15:28
(1-0) 		 
Adam Henrique wins the face-off against Marcus Johansson. 15:28  
  16:03 Nate Schmidt shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
  16:06 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Adam Henrique.
  17:02
(1-1) 		Alex Ovechkin scores. Assisted by Dmitry Orlov.
  17:02 Mike Richards wins the face-off against Stephen Gionta.
Travis Zajac wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 19:03  
Kyle Palmieri scores. Assisted by Reid Boucher. 19:32
(2-1) 		 
Adam Henrique wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 19:32  
Adam Henrique wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 19:41  
John Moore shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 19:55  
2
New Jersey   Washington
  0:00 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Jacob Josefson.
Travis Zajac wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 0:09  
Adam Henrique wins the face-off against Marcus Johansson. 1:17  
Jacob Josefson wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 3:11  
David Schlemko shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 4:33  
  4:45 Alex Ovechkin shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
  4:54 Marcus Johansson wins the face-off against Adam Henrique.
Seth Helgeson penalty for High sticking - 2 mins. 5:22  
Adam Henrique wins the face-off against T.J. Oshie. 5:22  
  6:35 Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
  6:45 Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
  7:23 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Stephen Gionta.
  8:21 Tom Wilson shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
Adam Henrique wins the face-off against Mike Richards. 8:22  
John Moore shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 8:56  
  9:16
(2-2) 		Evgeny Kuznetsov scores. Assisted by Michael Latta. Assisted by Brooks Laich.
Travis Zajac wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 9:16  
Reid Boucher shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 9:35  
  10:09 Justin Williams shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
Stephen Gionta wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 10:46  
  12:09 Tom Wilson shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
  13:01 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Jacob Josefson.
  13:24 Justin Williams shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
Travis Zajac wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 13:25  
  13:36 Karl Alzner shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
  13:44 Alex Ovechkin shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
  16:39 Marcus Johansson wins the face-off against Travis Zajac.
  17:24 Matt Niskanen shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
  17:26 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Adam Henrique.
  17:42 Alex Ovechkin shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
  18:13 Mike Richards wins the face-off against Travis Zajac.
Stephen Gionta shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 19:55  
Jacob Josefson wins the face-off against Mike Richards. 19:59  
3
New Jersey   Washington
Travis Zajac wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 0:00  
David Schlemko shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 0:43  
  0:45 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Adam Henrique.
  2:35 Jason Chimera shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
Stephen Gionta wins the face-off against Mike Richards. 2:36  
  2:49 Brooks Laich shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
New Jersey team penalty for Too many men on ice - 2 mins. 3:24  
  3:24 T.J. Oshie wins the face-off against Adam Henrique.
David Schlemko shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 6:45  
  7:37 Nicklas Backstrom shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
Jordin Tootoo shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 10:25  
Travis Zajac wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 10:27  
Reid Boucher scores. Assisted by Travis Zajac. Assisted by John Moore. 11:04
(3-2) 		 
  11:04 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Jacob Josefson.
  11:18 Justin Williams shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
Adam Henrique wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 11:41  
  11:49 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Adam Henrique.
Adam Henrique wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 11:54  
Andy Greene shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 11:57  
  12:26 Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
Stephen Gionta wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 13:19  
Tuomo Ruutu shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 13:22  
  13:51 Dmitry Orlov shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
  13:53 T.J. Oshie shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
  13:55
(3-3) 		T.J. Oshie scores. Assisted by Dmitry Orlov. Assisted by Brooks Orpik.
Jacob Josefson wins the face-off against Mike Richards. 13:55  
  14:27 Mike Richards wins the face-off against Travis Zajac.
  14:40 T.J. Oshie shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
  15:00 John Carlson shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
  15:01 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Adam Henrique.
  16:02
(3-4) 		Brooks Orpik scores. Assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov. Assisted by Alex Ovechkin.
  16:02 Marcus Johansson wins the face-off against Jacob Josefson.
  17:07 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Travis Zajac.
  17:15 Justin Williams shoots. Saved by Cory Schneider.
Adam Henrique wins the face-off against T.J. Oshie. 19:49  
  19:55 T.J. Oshie wins the face-off against Adam Henrique.