Capitals Fit to Be Tied; Match Devils 4-4

The Washington Capitals skated to their third tie of the preseason on Day 11, drawing with the New Jersey Devils 4-4. Rob Blake, Zigmund Palffy, and Michal Rozsival all had two points each for Washington.

The Capitals opened the scoring at 8:44 after both teams killed minor penalties earlier in the period. Palffy was the scorer and the goal was unassisted. New Jersey tied the game just 1:21 later on Biron's first of the preseason from Amonte and Satan. The Capitals regained the lead 3:03 later when Mikael Renberg scored from Greg Watson and Rozsival. Washington then killed off a pair of minors late in the period.

With a 2-1 lead entering the second period, Washington continued to pressure the New Jersey goal, and Anson Carter made it 3-1 from Blake and Patrick Marleau at 9:07. The Devils finally got it going after Carter's goal, and Satan pulled New Jersey within one when he scored from Amonte and Biron at 15:04. Feisty center Dan Snyder then took a bad elbowing major at 17:40, and it would come back to haunt Washington in the third period.

New Jersey had an extra man to start the final period, and Devereaux converted the advantage into a goal at 2:21. Legwand and Huselius assisted on the tally. The Capitals regained the lead just 3:11 later when Blake scored from Palffy and Rozsival on the power play, but the Devils tied the game once again on Legwand's goal during a two-man advantage at 10:37. Souray and Rozsival were in the box for charging and roughing, respectively, when Amonte and Satan setup their teammate. Neither team was able to score over the last 9:23 of regulation or during the five minutes of overtime. Washington killed off one penalty when Todd Warriner went to the box for boarding.

Manny Legace stopped 31 shots for the Capitals while Brian Boucher made 17 saves for New Jersey.

Washington is off for three days before hosting Florida on Day 15.