In Washington, DC, the visiting New Jersey Devils put a complete game together and thumped the Capitals, 5-1.
Nico Hischier had two strikes in the win.
“There’s a reason the puck seems to be finding him,” Devils head coach Alain Nasreddine said. “It’s because he’s in a good position, he’s working for those opportunities. I’ll never say it enough, but he works just as hard defensively as he does offensively, and that’s why he’s getting those chances, that’s why he’s getting rewarded.”
Louis Domingue made 33 saves in the win.
Jakub Vrana scored the Caps lone goal/.
“I just think our start was bad,” the Capitals’ Nic Dowd said. “I mean, it’s our building, we had a Saturday night, lot of energy, and we didn’t get the crowd into it too much, which I think is a big thing for our team.”
Nikita Gusev, Blake Coleman and Miles Wood added single markers in the Devils win.
“Heck of an effort from those guys on a 5-on-3,” Coleman said. “Like I said, especially against guys like that can really bring some heat. So big kill, and none of that happens without solid goaltending, and Louis was outstanding.”
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Braden Holtby made 17 saves in the loss.
“I just think we’re going through a time in the season right now where we’re not executing and we’re not out-working the opponent,” Capitals coach Todd Reirden said. “If you’re not going to do those things, then you’re not going to have success in this league. … That’s not acceptable, that type of play. We don’t give ourselves a chance to work hard because we don’t manage the puck properly.”
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