Recap: Devils 5, Capitals 0

The score tells 99% of the story.

The remaining one percent:

The ice looked terrible. Either that or something was up with the Caps, since Green slipped at least three times and all the Caps save Backstrom seemed to be mishandling the puck all night, flubbing passes and shots. I think two or three goals were scored pretty much as a result of that. Meanwhile, the Devils didn't have those same issues for the most part.

Both Mike Green and Tyler Sloan left the game and did not return.

John Carlson was the only Cap consistently creating his own offense. Backstrom had a decent game as well, but that's not saying much.

On to Raleigh. I wonder if I should take school off on Thanksgiving to watch the game.
Here's scoring chances. It's pretty clear both teams got pretty disinterested by the third. Thanks to Vic Ferrari for his xdennis script which makes the following tables possible.

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 20299

Team	Period	Time	Note	WSH						Opponent
NJD	1	18:38	T Arnott slapper	14	16	21	52	55	70	1	6	21	25	26	34	5v5
NJD	1	14:12	T GOAL Elias	25	26	52	55	70		1	6	21	23	25	26	4v5
WSH	1	11:59	ZP Alzner shot tipped	10	25	27	70	74	90	1	8	17	18	22	28	5v5
WSH	1	8:48	ZP Ovechkin shot tipped	8	19	21	28	52	70	1	5	7	10	26		5v4
WSH	1	5:26	ZP Backstrom turnaround shot	8	19	28	52	55	70	1	5	7	12	19	23	5v5
NJD	1	3:46	T GOAL Arnott	4	14	16	21	70	89	1	21	22	25	26	28	5v5
WSH	1	2:36	T Carlson slapshot	8	19	27	28	70	74	1	5	7	21	25	26	5v5
NJD	1	1:47	T GOAL Tedenby hauled down on breakway, scores on PS	4	15	26	39	70	89	1	8	17	21	22	28	5v5
WSH	1	0:26	ZP Fehr from in tight	14	16	21	27	70	74	1	7	12	19	23	34	5v5
NJD	2	18:51	T Zubrus splits the D	8	10	52	55	70	90	1	8	17	18	22	28	5v5
NJD	2	17:18	ZP GOAL Arnott	14	16	21	27	55	70	1	6	21	25	26	34	5v5
WSH	2	16:12	T Ovechkin 3-on-2	8	10	27	70	74	90	1	11	12	22	23	28	5v5
WSH	2	14:44	ZP Laich tries to stuff	19	21	28	52	70	74	1	6	10	26	28		5v4
WSH	2	13:51	ZP Chimera shot	8	14	25	28	52	70	1	5	12	14	28		5v4
NJD	2	12:13	T GOAL Zubrus	15	26	27	39	55	70	1	8	17	18	22	28	5v5
WSH	2	11:15	T Ovechkin from slot	4	8	16	21	70	74	1	6	21	25	26	34	5v5
NJD	2	10:40	T Elias 2-on-1 stoned by Holtby	4	14	16	21	70	74	1	6	21	25	26	34	5v5
WSH	2	10:12	T Hendricks tips Carlson pass	19	26	28	55	70	74	1	10	11	14	22	28	5v5
WSH	2	10:08	ZP Semin one-timer	19	26	28	52	55	70	1	10	11	14	22	28	5v5
WSH	2	7:32	ZP Fehr and Laich with loose puck in slot	4	14	16	21	70	74	1	5	7	10	19	23	5v5
NJD	2	2:16	T Kovalchuk to Vaysunov	15	25	27	39	70	74	1	8	17	18	22	28	5v5
NJD	3	17:10	ZP Pelley backhand	4	10	25	70	74	90	1	10	11	14	22	28	5v5
NJD	3	15:50	ZP Zubrus tip, Erskine clears it off goal line	4	14	15	27	39	70	1	8	17	18	22	28	5v5
NJD	3	14:28	T Zajac on rebound	8	16	21	52	70	74	1	5	7	12	19	23	5v5
WSH	3	13:49	T AO off post	8	16	21	27	70	74	1	7	12	19	22	23	5v5
WSH	3	13:25	FO Bradley rebound	4	10	25	52	70	90	1	7	12	19	22	23	5v5
NJD	3	9:50	T Clarkson 2-on-1 backhand	4	8	10	21	70	74	1	6	10	19	23	34	5v5
WSH	3	6:12	ZP Semin wrister	8	14	21	28	70	74	1	6	19	26	28		5v4

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
4	J. ERSKINE	16:13	3	6	0:00	0	0	0:44	0	0
8	A. OVECHKIN	18:20	5	3	4:46	3	0	0:00	0	0
10	M. BRADLEY	12:00	3	3	0:00	0	0	0:20	0	0
14	T. FLEISCHMANN	10:51	2	5	3:29	2	0	0:09	0	0
15	B. GORDON	10:58	0	4	0:10	0	0	1:32	0	0
16	E. FEHR	13:02	4	5	2:20	0	0	0:09	0	0
19	N. BACKSTROM	14:33	4	0	2:19	2	0	0:30	0	0
21	B. LAICH	11:13	4	6	2:55	3	0	0:55	0	0
25	J. CHIMERA	10:59	2	2	2:43	1	0	0:13	0	1
26	M. HENDRICKS	11:14	2	2	0:02	0	0	0:25	0	1
27	K. ALZNER	20:37	5	4	0:12	0	0	1:52	0	0
28	A. SEMIN	15:17	4	0	3:30	4	0	0:22	0	0
39	D. STECKEL	11:09	0	4	0:02	0	0	1:05	0	0
52	M. GREEN	16:42	3	3	3:50	3	0	0:27	0	1
55	J. SCHULTZ	22:19	3	4	0:00	0	0	1:42	0	1
70	B. HOLTBY	50:18	11	12	5:50	4	0	3:12	0	1
74	J. CARLSON	22:40	8	5	2:52	2	0	1:39	0	0
89	T. SLOAN	3:25	0	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
90	M. JOHANSSON	12:10	3	2	0:00	0	0	0:44	0	0

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	5	4	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	7	5	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	4	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	15	13	11	12	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0