New York Islanders at Washington Capitals

Thu, Feb 4, 2016 · Verizon Center · 2015–16 Regular Season

New York Islanders

2 – 3

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 3–2 on Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at Verizon Center. Nicklas Backstrom led the way with 2 points. Braden Holtby made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–23.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYI	1	0	1	2	26
WSH	1	1	1	3	23

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:55	NYI	EV	Mikhail Grabovski (9) · wrist	Josh Bailey (15), Travis Hamonic (9)	1–0
1st	07:28	WSH	EV	T.J. Oshie (16) · slap	Nicklas Backstrom (30)	1–1
2nd	18:42	WSH	EV	Andre Burakovsky (9) · wrist	Jason Chimera (15), Dmitry Orlov (14)	1–2
3rd	05:38	NYI	EV	Josh Bailey (8) · wrist	Marek Zidlicky (11), Brock Nelson (11)	2–2
3rd	17:20	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (29) · slap	Nicklas Backstrom (31), T.J. Oshie (16)	2–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	08:08	NYI	Thomas Hickey	elbowing	2
2nd	16:46	NYI	Ryan Strome	hooking	2
2nd	18:01	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	slashing	2
3rd	17:40	WSH	John Carlson	delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NYI 2.44 · WSH 1.72 · xG% NYI 58.6

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
12	Josh Bailey	R	1	1	2	+1	0	2	0	0		13:18	16
3	Travis Hamonic	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	2	2		22:09	24
84	Mikhail Grabovski	C	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0		16:22	18
28	Marek Zidlicky	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		13:24	17
29	Brock Nelson	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	14.3	12:47	17
2	Nick Leddy	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		24:11	26
37	Brian Strait	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2		21:37	26
44	Calvin de Haan	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2		21:13	24
91	John Tavares	C	0	0	0	-1	0	6	0	1	68.8	20:36	20
51	Frans Nielsen	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	46.7	19:09	22
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	100.0	18:01	20
18	Ryan Strome	C	0	0	0	-2	2	2	1	0		17:41	20
86	Nikolay Kulemin	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		14:58	21
27	Anders Lee	L	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	0		14:24	16
14	Thomas Hickey	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	3		14:00	19
15	Cal Clutterbuck	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		11:26	16
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	58.3	11:06	16
17	Matt Martin	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1		11:03	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Jaroslav Halak	L	23	20	3	.870	58:35

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	3	38.5	21:05	21
77	T.J. Oshie	R	1	1	2	+1	0	1	2	4	50.0	19:55	21
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	+1	2	5	3	2		19:22	19
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	1	100.0	16:19	19
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1		14:04	16
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		12:55	18
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	2		23:35	26
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	2	4		23:21	26
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	2		23:05	31
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4		20:54	30
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	46.2	17:23	20
14	Justin Williams	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3		15:45	20
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		15:09	19
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2		12:23	16
4	Taylor Chorney	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		11:56	15
10	Mike Richards	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	1	44.4	11:55	19
46	Michael Latta	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		8:30	11
23	Zach Sill	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	62.5	8:24	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	26	24	2	.923	60:00