New York Islanders at Washington Capitals

Fri, Nov 28, 2014 · Verizon Center · 2014–15 Regular Season

New York Islanders

2 – 5

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 5–2 on Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at Verizon Center. Matt Niskanen led the way with 3 points. Braden Holtby made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYI	2	0	0	2	28
WSH	2	1	2	5	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	11:51	WSH	PP	Andre Burakovsky (4) · tip-in	Matt Niskanen (7), Evgeny Kuznetsov (6)	0–1
1st	18:27	WSH	EV	Marcus Johansson (9) · snap	Matt Niskanen (8)	0–2
1st	18:58	NYI	EV	John Tavares (10) · wrist	Nick Leddy (5), Kyle Okposo (15)	1–2
1st	19:33	NYI	EV	Anders Lee (5) · tip-in	Travis Hamonic (3), Casey Cizikas (3)	2–2
2nd	09:53	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (12) · wrist	Tom Wilson (3), Nicklas Backstrom (17)	2–3
3rd	05:56	WSH	EV	Evgeny Kuznetsov (2) · wrist	Troy Brouwer (6), Marcus Johansson (7)	2–4
3rd	18:32	WSH	SH EN	Joel Ward (9) · wrist	John Carlson (11), Matt Niskanen (9)	2–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	11:20	NYI	Matt Martin	hooking	2
1st	19:01	NYI	Matt Martin	fighting	5
1st	19:01	WSH	Tom Wilson	fighting	5
2nd	02:14	NYI	Brock Nelson	hooking	2
2nd	14:45	WSH	Tom Wilson	roughing	2
3rd	09:06	WSH	Matt Niskanen	kneeing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NYI 1.96 · WSH 2.50 · xG% NYI 44.0

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
3	Travis Hamonic	D	0	1	1	-2	0	1	3	7		22:08	22
2	Nick Leddy	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		21:46	24
91	John Tavares	C	1	0	1	-1	0	4	0	1	30.8	19:28	19
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	50.0	18:46	20
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	46.2	13:13	17
27	Anders Lee	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1		12:26	18
44	Calvin de Haan	D	0	0	0	-3	0	2	4	3		23:27	25
37	Brian Strait	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1		21:25	26
14	Thomas Hickey	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4		17:34	23
12	Josh Bailey	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		17:13	21
84	Mikhail Grabovski	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		16:44	20
51	Frans Nielsen	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	33.3	16:01	21
86	Nikolay Kulemin	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		16:00	17
29	Brock Nelson	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	4	0	42.9	14:06	17
18	Ryan Strome	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	50.0	13:45	19
17	Matt Martin	L	0	0	0	-1	7	0	4	1		11:30	16
15	Cal Clutterbuck	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0		11:21	17
11	Lubomir Visnovsky	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		11:14	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Chad Johnson	L	26	22	4	.846	59:22

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	3	3	+1	2	1	1	3		22:35	28
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	1	1	2	+2	0	2	1	1	44.4	15:57	21
90	Marcus Johansson	L	1	1	2	+2	0	3	1	1		15:33	19
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	4	2		21:00	29
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1	58.8	19:00	23
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	2	1		18:38	22
20	Troy Brouwer	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	0	100.0	17:04	21
42	Joel Ward	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	100.0	15:57	19
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	1	1	+1	7	0	1	0		12:58	16
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	0	66.7	9:10	13
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	9	1		22:11	27
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		20:26	25
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3		15:44	21
38	Jack Hillen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1		15:31	19
16	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	61.5	14:51	19
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		13:48	18
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	1		13:14	18
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	71.4	12:23	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	28	26	2	.929	60:00