Garnet Hathaway and Daniel Sprong scored in the opening 5:06, the streaking Washington Capitals built a big lead and held off the slumping New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Saturday. Lars Eller added the third goal in the big first period and Jabub Vrana gave the Capitals breathing room with a third-period breakaway tally. The Capitals, who rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat New Jersey last Sunday, learned from that game and started fast. Vanecek, playing in his 16th game, made at least three good saves early in the third period to keep Washington ahead. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPNOTES: The Devils presented C Travis Zajac a silver stick before the game for playing his 1,000th game last weekend.

Source: Fox News February 27, 2021 21:45 UTC