It was another night and another goal barrage by the Washington Capitals. The Caps put up five on the Devils in New Jersey — their 12th game in the last 15 in which they scored at least four goals. They scored at least five goals for the seventh time in nine games.
Washington got the scoring started on an unassisted Alex Ovechkin goal in the first period. Andre Burakovsky netted a power-play goal at the end of the period to put the Caps up by two.
New Jersey tried to come back when Stefan Noesen scored just three minutes into the second period.