Washington Capitals at New York Islanders

Thu, Jan 7, 2016 · Barclays Center · 2015–16 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

4 – 1

Final

New York Islanders

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 4–1 on Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at Barclays Center. Nicklas Backstrom led the way with 2 points. Braden Holtby made 34 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 38–35.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	2	1	1	4	38
NYI	0	1	0	1	35

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:45	WSH	EV	Jason Chimera (12) · wrist	Marcus Johansson (16)	1–0
1st	15:45	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (22) · wrist	Karl Alzner (10)	2–0
2nd	01:59	NYI	EV	Brock Nelson (14) · wrist	Ryan Strome (12), Mikhail Grabovski (13)	2–1
2nd	15:54	WSH	EV	Nate Schmidt (2) · slap	Nicklas Backstrom (25)	3–1
3rd	17:18	WSH	SH EN	Nicklas Backstrom (12) · wrist	Unassisted	4–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	08:42	WSH	Marcus Johansson	illegal check to head	2
2nd	04:12	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	04:12	NYI	Nikolay Kulemin	interference	2
2nd	09:52	NYI	Kyle Okposo	high sticking	2
2nd	13:48	WSH	Tom Wilson	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	17:06	NYI	Ryan Strome	slashing	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 3.23 · NYI 3.60 · xG% WSH 47.3

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	1	2	+3	0	3	0	0	63.2	17:49	23
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1		21:00	28
88	Nate Schmidt	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	1		20:54	30
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	+2	2	8	3	1		16:36	19
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	75.0	15:28	19
25	Jason Chimera	L	1	0	1	+1	0	7	0	0		13:41	19
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	6		25:50	31
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	5		22:56	28
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	43.8	18:36	18
14	Justin Williams	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	50.0	18:24	21
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	0		16:54	21
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14:23	16
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1		13:24	16
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	+1	2	3	4	1		12:59	19
4	Taylor Chorney	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	1		12:45	21
55	Aaron Ness	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0		12:34	19
49	Stanislav Galiev	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		10:35	14
46	Michael Latta	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	28.6	9:12	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	35	34	1	.971	60:00

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
29	Brock Nelson	C	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	100.0	15:04	20
84	Mikhail Grabovski	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	22.2	14:39	18
18	Ryan Strome	C	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0	1		13:32	19
44	Calvin de Haan	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		24:03	24
50	Adam Pelech	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	3		22:21	25
2	Nick Leddy	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	0		20:27	21
3	Travis Hamonic	D	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	2		20:18	24
91	John Tavares	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0	56.3	19:30	23
27	Anders Lee	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0		18:21	22
12	Josh Bailey	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0		17:41	23
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0	0		16:29	21
51	Frans Nielsen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	80.0	15:56	22
14	Thomas Hickey	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	3		15:43	22
28	Marek Zidlicky	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		14:37	21
86	Nikolay Kulemin	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0		14:02	19
15	Cal Clutterbuck	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0		11:59	17
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	36.4	11:23	15
17	Matt Martin	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		8:03	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Jaroslav Halak	L	37	34	3	.919	59:52