Washington Capitals Down New Jersey Devils, 5-3; Logan Thompson Shines; Dylan Strome, Brandon Duhaime Each Score Twice


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The Washington Capitals defeated the New Jersey Devils by a score of 5-3 at Prudential Center in Newark on Wednesday night to improve to 1-2-0 in the 2024 preseason. Goaltender Logan Thompson played the full game, making 25 saves in his debut with the team after the Capitals acquired the 27-year-old from the Vegas Golden Knights on June 29.

Washington has three exhibition games remaining before opening the regular season on October 12 vs. New Jersey.

Washington’s Lines

Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Andrew Mangiapane
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Taylor Raddysh
Jakub Vrana — Michael Sgarbossa — Alex Limoges
Alexander Suzdalev — Riley Sutter — Bogdan Trineyev

Jakob Chychrun — John Carlson
Alexander Alexeyev — Trevor Van Riemsdyk
Jake Massie — Dylan McIlrath

Thompson
Mitchell Gibson

  • Scratched
  • Notes
    • Ovechkin, Strome, Carlson made their debuts this preseason
    • Mangiapane, Duhaime, and Chychrun all made their preseason debuts with Washington after being acquired by the team this past offseason

New Jersey’s Lines

Timo Meier — Jack Hughes — Jesper Bratt
Tomas Tatar — Nico Hischier — Dawson Mercer
Ondrej Palat — Justin Dowling — Stefan Noesen
Kurtis MacDermind — Xavier Parent — Chase Stillman

Brenden Dillon — Dougie Hamilton
Colton White — Nick DeSimone
Daniil Misyul — Andy Welinski

Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen

First Period

Scoring

  • 14:37, 1-0 New Jersey: Dillon blasted a slapper over the blocker of Thompson with bodies in front from up top after Palat skated up the half-wall and fed him with a backhand pass from the point.

Stats

  • 8-7 Washington in shots
  • The teams split at faceoff dot
  • Neither team got a power play
  • 9-6 Washington in hits
  • 7-5 New Jersey in blocked shots
  • 8-3 New Jersey in giveaways
Screenshots: Natural StatTrick

Second Period

Scoring

  • 14:28, 1-1: Carlson ripped a wrister bar down after executing a give-and-go with Limoges, who was at the side of the net, and pinching down low after Vrana fed him from the right dot.
  • 18:33, 2-1 Washington: Strome ripped another wrister under the blocker of Markstrom on a breakaway after getting a stretch feed from Van Riemsdyk in the defensive zone.
  • 19:00, 3-1: Duhaime tapped one past Markstrom’s pad inside the left post after Raddysh crunched Dillon into the corner and Dowd retrieved the puck and fed Duhaime from the goal-line.

Stats

  • 23-13 Washington in shots
    • 15-6 Washington in the period
  • 19-10 Washington in hits
  • 15-13 Washington in blocked shots
  • 16-13 New Jersey in giveaways

Third Period

  • Thompson flashed the glove on Noesen, who was at the doorstep, off of a cross-ice feed on the power play with less than eight minutes to go.

Scoring

  • 13:47, 4-1: Strome directed Carlson’s pass from the slot into a wide open cage in front of the goal after Ovechkin sent the puck to Carlson at the top from the half-wall.
  • 15:00, 4-2: Dillon’s wrister from up top went through a maze of traffic surrounding Thompson and got tipped by Hischer, who fed Dillon with a pass from the half-wall.
  • 17:03, 4-3: With the goalie pulled, Casey fed Hughes at the top and Hughes floated a wrister, which beat Thompson to the blocker, through another screen of bodies.
  • 19:20, 5-3 (ENG): Duhaime finished a tic-tac-toe passing play with Dowd and Raddysh in front.

Stats

  • 28-27 New Jersey in shots
  • New Jersey did not score on either of their two power plays
  • 24-16 Washington in hits
  • 21-16 Washington in blocked shots
  • 31-19 New Jersey in giveaways
  • 15-6 New Jersey in takeaways

Next game: Friday vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (7 PM ET, Monumental Sports Network in-market, ESPN+ out-of-market)

By Harrison Brown

About Harrison Brown

Harrison is a diehard Caps fan and a hockey fanatic with a passion for sports writing. He attended his first game at age 8 and has been a season ticket holder since the 2010-2011 season. His fondest Caps memory was watching the Capitals hoist the Stanley Cup in Las Vegas. In his spare time, he enjoys travel, photography, and hanging out with his two dogs. Follow Harrison on Twitter @HarrisonB927077





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