WASHINGTON CAPITALS NOTES:
LAST GAME
Washington 1, Toronto 4
October 24, 2023 Capital One Arena Washington, D.C.
Shots: WSH: 37; TOR: 17
Power Plays: WSH: 1/3; TOR: 2/3
Three Stars: 1. Woll (TOR), 2. Matthews (TOR), 3. Ovechkin (WSH)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Recalled goaltender Hunter Shepard from AHL Hershey and loaned goaltender Clay Stevenson to AHL Hershey, 10/24
Recalled defenseman Hardy Häman Aktell from AHL Hershey and placed goaltender Charlie Lindgren on IR, 10/19
Recalled goaltender Clay Stevenson from AHL Hershey and placed defenseman Joel Edmundson on LTI, 10/16
INJURIES/ILLNESSES
Nic Dowd: 10/18-10/24 (3 games)
Charlie Lindgren: 10/16-10/24 (4 games)
Max Pacioretty: 10/13-10/24 (5 games)
Joel Edmundson: 10/13-10/24 (5 games)
Man Games Lost: 17
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Oct. 27, 7 p.m. ET vs. Minnesota (MNMT, 106.7 The Fan/Caps Radio 24/7)
Oct. 29, 5 p.m. ET vs. San Jose (MNMT, 106.7 The Fan/Caps Radio 24/7)
Nov. 2, 7 p.m. ET vs. New York Islanders (MNMT, 106.7 The Fan/Caps Radio 24/7)
Nov. 4, 7 p.m. ET vs. Columbus (MNMT, 106.7 The Fan/Caps Radio 24/7)
Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m. ET vs. Florida (TNT, 106.7 The Fan/Caps Radio 24/7)
TONIGHT’S GAME
The Capitals visit the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday at Prudential Center for the first of four meetings between the teams this season. Washington is 124-78-13-18 all-time vs. New Jersey and 26-4-5 in their last 35 games against the Devils dating back to the 2015-16 season. In addition, the Capitals have a record of 11-3-1 in their last 15 games at Prudential Center. In 2022-23, Washington dropped the season series with New Jersey 1-1-2.
AWAY vs. NEW JERSEY DEVILS (All-time)
Record Goals For Goals Against Streak
53-48-7-7 338 334 1 NJD win (11/26/22)
CAPITALS vs. DEVILS ALL-TIME (Career Totals)
Games Goals Assists Points
Ovechkin (72) Ovechkin (38) Backstrom (41) Ovechkin (78)
Backstrom (61) Backstrom (18) Ovechkin (40) Backstrom (59)
Carlson (53) Kuznetsov (10) Carlson (32) Carlson (41)
NEW JERSEY DEVILS NOTES:
Last Game:
New Jersey Devils 5 Montreal Canadiens 2
(3-1-1 – 7 PTS) (3-2-1 – 9 PTS)
Three Stars: 1. J. Hughes 2. T. Toffoli 3. M. Barron
SCORE 1ST 2ND 3RD OT SO FINAL
Montreal 1 0 1 – – 2
DEVILS 1 1 3 – – 5
Goals:
MTL: J. Barron, M. Matheson
NJD: A. Holtz, T. Toffoli, N. Hischier (PPG), T. Toffoli (PPG), T. Toffoli (ENG)
INJURIES/ILLNESS
PLAYER INJURY/Illness OUT SINCE GAMES MISSED
Tomas Nosek Lower-body Oct. 13 4
Colin Miller Lower-body Oct. 20 2
2023-24 Total Man-Games Lost : 7
RECORD BY DIVISION/CONFERENCE:
MET: 1-0-0
ATL: 2-1-0
CEN: 0-0-1
PAC: 0-0-0
EAST: 3-1-0
WEST: 0-0-1
RECORD WHEN SCORING FIRST
Scoring first…0-0-0…Trailing first…3-1-1
OVERTIME/SHOOTOUT
OT: 1-0-0
STAT NHL RANK
GA/GP, 3.80 28th
GF/GP, 1.20 32nd
SA/GP, 29.8 13th
SF/GP, 27.2 28th
SO: 0-0-1
OUTSHOOTING OPP: 2-1-1
OUTSHOT: 1-0-0
EVEN: 0-0-0
VS WSH
The Devils and Washington face-off for the first of four matchups this season.
Nov. 10, vs WSH, 7:00 P.M.
Jan. 3, at WSH, 7:30 P.M.
Feb. 20, at WSH, 7:00 P.M.
New Jersey logged a 3-1-0 record vs Washington in 2022-23, which marked the first time since 2013-14 that the team won a season series vs the Caps.
ALL-TIME vs WSH
Record: 96-118-13-6
Home: 55-49-7-4
Road: 41-69-6-2
DID YOU KNOW…
The most goals in franchise history earned in a single game vs Washington is eight, which was logged by the Colorado Rockies on Oct. 28, 1977, in an 8-1 win vs Washington. The most goals in Devils team history earned in a single game vs Washington is seven, twice, and last logged on Dec. 28, 2005, in a 7-2 win at Jersey. The most goals that the franchise allowed in a single game vs Washington was nine, four times, and last recorded on Jan. 1, 1993, in a 9-2 loss at Washington. The most shots that the franchise earned in a single game vs Washington was 47 on Jan. 20, 1989, in a 6-5 win at Washington. The most shots that the franchise allowed in a single game vs Washington was 51 on Nov. 18, 1980, in a 7-1 loss at Washington. The shots that the Devils (team history) allowed in a single game vs Washington was 47 on Apr. 10, 1993, in a 5-3 win at the Caps. The last time that the Devils shut out Washington was on Oct. 11, 2018, in a 6-0 win (K. Kinkaid, 21 saves). The last time that Washington shut out the Devils was on Mar. 26, 2021, in a 4-0 loss at Washington (I. Samsonov, 24 saves). The Devils and Washington met in the Stanley Cup Playoffs twice, and last met in the postseason during the 1989-90 Division SemiFinals – WSH eliminated NJD in six games.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Fri. Oct. 27, vs BUF, 7:00 P.M.
Sun. Oct. 29, vs MIN, 5:00 P.M. E.T.
Thu. Nov. 2, at MIN, 8:00 P.M. E.T.
Fri. Nov. 3, at STL, 8:00 P.M. E.T.
