Know The Enemy (Again) – Devils vs Washington Capitals
A few notes and stats to get you caught up on today’s opponent –
New Jersey Devils (7-6-1 / 3-3-0 on the road) vs Washington Capitals (10-4-0 / 6-1-0 at home)
- Game info: 7:00 p.m. ET start at Verizon Center. TV: NHLN (US) / MSG+ RADIO: WFAN 660 AM. Washington TV: NHLN (US) / CSN-MA RADIO: 1500AM
- For tickets and ticket price data for this game, click here.
- Johan Hedberg will get the start tonight. He is 7-4-2 with a 2.85 GAA and one shutout in his career vs the Caps.
- Patrik Elias has the most points (18g – 28a – 46 points in 49 games) of any active Devils player vs the Caps. He had an assist in last night’s game.
- The Devils don’t have a PPG in eight of their last nine games (2-for-24 – 8.3%). They have a PPG in just four of 14 games this season.
- Kovalchuk will not play again tonight.
- Mike Green is out of the lineup for the Caps.
- The Capitals are 1st in the Southeast Division, 3rd in the Eastern Conference, and 6th in the NHL overall.
- This is the second of four meetings between the teams this season. This is the second game of a home-and-home series. Washington won last night in NJ, 3-1.
Projected Lineups:
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| Parise – Henrique – Palmieri Sykora – Elias – Zubrus Tedenby – Carter – Clarkson Zharkov – Mills – Janssen Greene – Larsson Hedberg |
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Brouwer Semin – Eakin – Johansson Chimera – Laich – Ward Knuble – Halpern – Hendricks Hamrlik – Carlson Neuvirth |
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Stats |
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| 14 | GP | 14 |
| 7 | W | 10 |
| 6 | L | 4 |
| 1 | OT | 0 |
| 15 | P | 20 |
| 0.536 | P% | 0.714 |
| 2.21 | G/G | 3.71 |
| 2.71 | GA/G | 2.79 |
| 11.1 | PP% | 23.1 |
| 92.3 | PK% | 80.8 |
| 29.6 | S/G | 30.6 |
| 28.2 | SA/G | 31.1 |
| 47.9 | FO% | 49.2 |
2011-2012 Capitals
| # | Pos | Player | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | S | S% |
| 19 | C | Nicklas Backstrom | 14 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 12.5 |
| 8 | L | Alex Ovechkin | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 14.6 |
| 6 | D | Dennis Wideman | 14 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 11.1 |
| 21 | C | Brooks Laich | 14 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 |
| 90 | C | Marcus Johansson | 13 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 24.0 |
| 25 | L | Jason Chimera | 14 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 13.9 |
| 28 | L | Alexander Semin | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 9.7 |
| 20 | R | Troy Brouwer | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 11.5 |
| 22 | R | Mike Knuble | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9.1 |
| 42 | R | Joel Ward | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 26.7 |
| 52 | D | Mike Green | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 16.7 |
| 27 | D | Karl Alzner | 14 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| 74 | D | John Carlson | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 5.6 |
| 15 | C | Jeff Halpern | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| 85 | C | Mathieu Perreault | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 37.5 |
| 55 | D | Jeff Schultz | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| 26 | C | Matt Hendricks | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| 50 | C | Cody Eakin | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| 4 | D | John Erskine | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| 44 | D | Roman Hamrlik | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11.1 |
| 17 | L | DJ King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 62 | D | Sean Collins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| 83 | R | Jay Beagle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| # | Goalie | GPI | GS | Min | GAA | W | L | OT | SO | SA | GA | Sv% | G | A | PIM |
| 29 | Tomas Vokoun | 11 | 11 | 627 | 2.39 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 316 | 25 | .921 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Michal Neuvirth | 4 | 3 | 222 | 3.51 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 13 | .890 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NEW JERSEY Devils vs WASHINGTON Capitals
All-Time regular season record vs Caps:
(W – L – T – OT L – SO L)
67 – 76 – 8 – 1 – 0
Goals for: 437 Goals against: 491
All-Time post season record vs Caps:
6 – 7
Goals for: 43 Goals against: 44
Home games vs Caps: 42 – 35 – 4 – 1 – 0
Road games vs Caps: 31 – 48 – 4 – 0 – 0
Last season: 1 – 3
Sat Oct 9 2010 at Was – Washington 7, New Jersey 2
Mon Nov 22 2010 at NJ – New Jersey 5, Washington 0
Tue Dec 21 2010 at Was – Washington 5, New Jersey 1
Fri Mar 18 2011 at NJ – Washington 3, New Jersey 0
This season: 0 – 1
Fri Nov 11 2011 at NJ – Washington 3, New Jersey 1
Sat Nov 12 2011 – NJ at Was
Fri Dec 23 2011 – Was at NJ
Fri Mar 2 2012 – NJ at Was
LET’S GO DEVILS!
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