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| 57 | NEW JERSEY | +165 | Ov 5,+110 | +170 | Ov 5,+110 | | 58 | WASHINGTON | -190 | Un 5,-130 | -195 | Un 5,-130 |
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| All Games | 31-42-0 | -10.7 | 31-42 | -10.7 | 22-41 | 2.2 | 24.2 | 2.5 | 30.7 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 13-22-0 | -5.9 | 13-22 | -5.9 | 15-19 | 2.3 | 24.3 | 3.0 | 32.9 | | Last 5 Games | 3-2-0 | +1 | 3-2 | +1 | 0-4 | 2.0 | 24.2 | 1.6 | 31.6 | | vs. Division | 10-15-0 | -5.2 | 10-15 | -5.2 | 6-15 | 2.1 | 23.6 | 2.6 | 30.7 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 73 | 164 | 54 | 52 | 53 | 5 | 13 | 1770 | 9.3% | 195 | 37 | 19.0% | 279 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 35 | 79 | 23 | 32 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 849 | 9.3% | 90 | 19 | 21.1% | 141 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 8.3% | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | 16 | | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 25 | 52 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 590 | 8.8% | 77 | 12 | 15.6% | 87 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 186 | 35 | 63 | 77 | 11 | 19 | 2243 | 8.3% | 234 | 45 | 19.2% | 309 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 104 | 19 | 40 | 42 | 3 | 8 | 1151 | 9.0% | 129 | 26 | 20.2% | 173 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 158 | 5.1% | 9 | 2 | 22.2% | 15 | | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 66 | 14 | 20 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 768 | 8.6% | 79 | 14 | 17.7% | 109 |
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| SCOTT CLEMMENSEN (All Games) | 3 | 1 | 54 | 46 | 85.2% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 1-0 | | SCOTT CLEMMENSEN (Road Games) | 3 | 1 | 54 | 46 | 85.2% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 1-0 | | SCOTT CLEMMENSEN (vs. Division) | 2 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 76.5% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | SCOTT CLEMMENSEN (Last 4 Games) | 3 | 1 | 54 | 46 | 85.2% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 1-0 | | KEITH KINKAID (All Games) | 15 | 10 | 347 | 319 | 91.9% | 0 | 5-5 | +0.4 | 5-5-0 | 0 | 3-5 | | KEITH KINKAID (Road Games) | 8 | 3 | 153 | 138 | 90.2% | 0 | 1-2 | -1 | 1-2-0 | -1 | 1-2 | | KEITH KINKAID (vs. Division) | 4 | 4 | 108 | 101 | 93.5% | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 2-2-0 | 0 | 1-2 | | KEITH KINKAID (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 81 | 77 | 95.1% | 0 | 3-0 | +3 | 3-0-0 | +3 | 1-2 | | CORY SCHNEIDER (All Games) | 63 | 62 | 1830 | 1699 | 92.8% | 5 | 26-36 | -10 | 26-36-0 | -9 | 18-36 | | CORY SCHNEIDER (Road Games) | 31 | 31 | 939 | 866 | 92.2% | 3 | 12-19 | -3.9 | 12-19-0 | -4 | 13-17 | | CORY SCHNEIDER (vs. Division) | 22 | 21 | 637 | 590 | 92.6% | 2 | 8-13 | -5.2 | 8-13-0 | -6 | 5-13 | | CORY SCHNEIDER (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 128 | 122 | 95.3% | 1 | 2-2 | +0 | 2-2-0 | 0 | 0-3 |
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| All Games | 39-34-0 | -3.5 | 39-34 | -3.5 | 32-38 | 2.9 | 29.9 | 2.5 | 28.9 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 19-16-0 | -7 | 19-16 | -7 | 17-18 | 3.0 | 30.4 | 2.3 | 27.6 | | Last 5 Games | 3-2-0 | +0.3 | 3-2 | +0.3 | 2-2 | 2.2 | 30.2 | 2.4 | 30.0 | | vs. Division | 14-12-0 | -1.5 | 14-12 | -1.5 | 10-15 | 2.8 | 29.4 | 2.3 | 29.1 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 73 | 212 | 60 | 75 | 69 | 8 | 14 | 2180 | 9.7% | 217 | 54 | 24.9% | 360 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 35 | 105 | 35 | 34 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 1063 | 9.9% | 111 | 31 | 27.9% | 183 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 151 | 7.3% | 13 | 3 | 23.1% | 16 | | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 26 | 74 | 25 | 15 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 764 | 9.7% | 91 | 17 | 18.7% | 125 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 180 | 50 | 62 | 58 | 10 | 8 | 2108 | 8.5% | 239 | 45 | 18.8% | 314 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 81 | 24 | 22 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 966 | 8.4% | 114 | 19 | 16.7% | 135 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 150 | 8.0% | 19 | 5 | 26.3% | 20 | | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 59 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 757 | 7.8% | 85 | 16 | 18.8% | 110 |
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| PHILIPP GRUBAUER (All Games) | 1 | 1 | 25 | 23 | 92.0% | 0 | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0-0 | +1 | 0-1 | | PHILIPP GRUBAUER (Home Games) | 1 | 1 | 25 | 23 | 92.0% | 0 | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0-0 | +1 | 0-1 | | PHILIPP GRUBAUER (vs. Division) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | PHILIPP GRUBAUER (Last 4 Games) | 1 | 1 | 25 | 23 | 92.0% | 0 | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0-0 | +1 | 0-1 | | BRADEN HOLTBY (All Games) | 64 | 63 | 1799 | 1663 | 92.4% | 8 | 35-28 | -1.3 | 35-28-0 | -1 | 25-36 | | BRADEN HOLTBY (Home Games) | 30 | 30 | 797 | 738 | 92.6% | 5 | 16-14 | -7 | 16-14-0 | -7 | 14-16 | | BRADEN HOLTBY (vs. Division) | 25 | 25 | 728 | 674 | 92.6% | 3 | 13-12 | -2.5 | 13-12-0 | -2 | 9-15 | | BRADEN HOLTBY (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 118 | 111 | 94.1% | 2 | 3-1 | +2.2 | 3-1-0 | +2 | 1-2 | | JUSTIN PETERS (All Games) | 11 | 9 | 280 | 246 | 87.9% | 0 | 3-6 | -3.3 | 3-6-0 | -3 | 7-1 | | JUSTIN PETERS (Home Games) | 6 | 4 | 143 | 127 | 88.8% | 0 | 2-2 | -0.9 | 2-2-0 | -1 | 3-1 | | JUSTIN PETERS (vs. Division) | 1 | 1 | 27 | 24 | 88.9% | 0 | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0-0 | +1 | 1-0 | | JUSTIN PETERS (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 108 | 96 | 88.9% | 0 | 1-2 | -0.4 | 1-2-0 | 0 | 3-0 |
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| | Average power rating of opponents played: NEW JERSEY 3.07, WASHINGTON 3.05 |
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| 2/27/2015 | BOSTON | 2-3 | L | 0, -105 | L | 5 un | P | | 2/28/2015 | at COLUMBUS | 2-0 | W | 0, +120 | W | 5 un | U | | 3/3/2015 | NASHVILLE | 3-1 | W | 0, -105 | W | 5 un | U | | 3/6/2015 | COLUMBUS | 2-3 | L | 0, -140 | L | 5 un | P | | 3/8/2015 | PHILADELPHIA | 5-2 | W | 0, -110 | W | 5 un | O | | 3/10/2015 | at MINNESOTA | 2-6 | L | 0, +180 | L | 5 un | O | | 3/12/2015 | at COLORADO | 1-2 | L | 0, +115 | L | 5 un | U | | 3/14/2015 | at ARIZONA | 4-1 | W | 0, -135 | W | 5 un | P | | 3/17/2015 | PITTSBURGH | 2-0 | W | 0, +105 | W | 5 un | U | | 3/20/2015 | at BUFFALO | 3-1 | W | 0, -175 | W | 5 un | U | | 3/21/2015 | NY ISLANDERS | 0-3 | L | 0, +145 | L | 5 un | U | | 3/23/2015 | LOS ANGELES | 1-3 | L | 0, +145 | L | 4.5 ov | U | | 3/26/2015 | at WASHINGTON | | | 3/28/2015 | at CAROLINA | | | 3/29/2015 | ANAHEIM | | | 3/31/2015 | at COLUMBUS | | | 4/3/2015 | MONTREAL | | | 4/4/2015 | at NY RANGERS | |
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| 2/27/2015 | at CAROLINA | 0-3 | L | 0, -150 | L | 5 ov | U | | 3/1/2015 | TORONTO | 4-0 | W | 0, -285 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 3/3/2015 | at COLUMBUS | 5-3 | W | 0, -160 | W | 5 ov | O | | 3/5/2015 | MINNESOTA | 1-2 | L | 0, -105 | L | 5 ev | U | | 3/7/2015 | BUFFALO | 6-1 | W | 0, -480 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 3/11/2015 | NY RANGERS | 1-3 | L | 0, -140 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 3/13/2015 | DALLAS | 2-4 | L | 0, -190 | L | 5.5 ev | O | | 3/15/2015 | BOSTON | 2-0 | W | 0, -140 | W | 5 un | U | | 3/16/2015 | at BUFFALO | 4-3 | W | 0, -315 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 3/19/2015 | at MINNESOTA | 3-2 | W | 0, +130 | W | 5 un | P | | 3/21/2015 | at WINNIPEG | 0-3 | L | 0, -110 | L | 5 ov | U | | 3/26/2015 | NEW JERSEY | | | 3/28/2015 | NASHVILLE | | | 3/29/2015 | at NY RANGERS | | | 3/31/2015 | CAROLINA | | | 4/2/2015 | at MONTREAL | | | 4/4/2015 | at OTTAWA | | | 4/5/2015 | at DETROIT | |
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| |  | NEW JERSEY: LAST SEASON: 35-29-18, 88 points. Missed the playoffs by finishing 10th in the Eastern Conference.
COACH: Peter DeBoer, 4th season with Devils (102-76-34); 7th overall in NHL (205-183-70).
ADDED: LW Mike Cammalleri, LW Martin Havlat, C Scott Gomez, G Scott Clemmensen.
LOST: G Martin Brodeur, D Anton Volchenkov, D Mark Fayne.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Jaromir Jagr. Led the team in scoring with 24 goals and 43 assists in remarkable season in which he played in all 82. Can he do it again at 42-years-old. If he does, the Devils have a shot at getting back into the playoffs for the first time since reaching NHL Finals in 2011-12.
OUTLOOK: After finishing with fourth fewest goals in the league, the Devils hope free-agent signees Cammalleri (26 goals) and Havlat (12 goals in 48 games) can boost the scoring, along with Adam Henrique, who scored a career-high 25-goals last season. With Broduer not re-signed, Cory Schnedier will get most of the work in goal after posting a 1.97 goals against average in 46 games last season. Defense allowed 208 goals, ninth best in the league. | | WASHINGTON: LAST SEASON: 38-30-14, 90 points. Missed the playoffs by finishing ninth in the Eastern Conference.
COACH: Barry Trotz, 1st season with Capitals; 16th overall in NHL, 557-479-60-100.
ADDED: Trotz, GM Brian MacLellan, D Brooks Orpik, D Matt Niskanen, G Justin Peters.
LOST: Coach Adam Oates, GM George McPhee, C Mikhail Grabovski, LW Dustin Penner, G Jaroslav Halak.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Alex Ovechkin, as always. The three-time league MVP led the NHL with 51 goals last season, but his plus-minus of minus-35 was third-worst in the league. Trotz plans to move Ovechkin back to left wing and also hopes to cajole more of a team game from the Russian forward.
OUTLOOK: It was deflating enough for the talented Capitals to lose in the early rounds of the playoffs every year, but last season they didn't make the postseason at all, a failure that cost Oates and McPhee their jobs. Orpik and Niskanen should stabilize the blue line, but nothing is more crucial in Washington than the relationship between Ovechkin and the coach du jour. Trotz is Ovechkin's first NHL head coach with prior head coaching experience elsewhere in the league, giving him the cachet to make demands of his players - and to expect them to be met. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (NEW JERSEY-WASHINGTON) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Devils-Capitals Preview* =========================
By JORDAN GARRETSON STATS Writer
New Jersey (31-31-11) at Washington (39-24-10), 7:00 p.m. EDT
The Washington Capitals have been one of the NHL's best on the power play, but have had a difficult time offensively of late in even-strength situations.
Washington seeks a more well-rounded performance Thursday night when it hosts the New Jersey Devils.
The Capitals (39-24-10) own a three-point advantage over surging Ottawa for the Eastern Conference's top wild-card spot and are three points behind Pittsburgh for third place in the Metropolitan Division. They aren't exactly peaking, however, going 6-7-0 over their last 13 while scoring 32 goals.
Twenty-two of those scores have come at even strength, an average of 1.7 per game compared to 2.2 previously. They've dropped four of five when failing to score on the power play, including a 3-0 loss in Winnipeg on Saturday. Washington, which ranks second in the league converting on 24.9 percent of its power-play opportunities, was scoreless on three chances.
Coach Barry Trotz is hoping his team can use the four days between games to regroup, the club's longest layoff since the All-Star break.
"To me, we need to continue to get better," Trotz said. "We've talked about A, we have to get in the playoffs. We've got nine games here, we'd like to catch the teams in front of us, but we'd also like to pull away from the teams behind us."
Even-strength production could be especially important given that New Jersey has killed 41 of 45 penalties (91.1 percent) over its last 18 games.
The Devils (31-31-11) are clinging to microscopic chances of reaching the playoffs, though it appears they will miss out for a third straight year for the first time since a nine-year drought from 1979-1987, which started when the franchise was located in Colorado.
They were outshot 33-20 in a 3-1 loss to Los Angeles on Monday. Top goal scorer Michael Cammalleri returned from a two-game absence but didn't record a shot.
New Jersey ranks 29th in the league with an average minus-6.5 shot differential, which would surpass the minus-6.4 from 1982-83 as the worst mark in franchise history.
"We have to look ourselves in the mirror," right wing Jordin Tootoo said. "We're all professionals. We can't wait for the guy next to us to get the job done. You have to bring your work boots every night."
The Devils have been outshot in 12 consecutive games but have still won six in that span with Cory Schneider posting a 1.95 goals-against average and two shutouts. Schneider's 2.17 GAA ranks fifth while his 62 starts are third.
"He's kept us in a lot of games and won us a lot of games," center Travis Zajac told the team's official website. "The work ethic he puts in and the competitiveness he has in practice reminds me of Marty (Brodeur) back there. He has that same mentality."
Washington has scored two goals or fewer in four of five at home, while New Jersey has limited its last three road opponents to one goal apiece.
The Capitals have won three of the four meetings, outscoring the Devils 14-4 despite only a 113-111 advantage in shots.
Braden Holtby is 5-1-1 with a 1.43 GAA and two shutouts in his last seven starts against New Jersey.
Alex Ovechkin has seven goals in his last eight meetings and is three shy of his sixth 50-goal season.
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| | Last Updated: 4/23/2024 7:45:50 PM EST. |
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