Evgeny Kuznetsov's goal sends Capitals to Game 7 win vs. Islanders

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New York Islanders

47-28-7 

 

 

 

 

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Washington Capitals

45-26-11 

 

 

 

 

	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	0	1	1
WSH	0	1	1	2

Kuznetsov (Capitals - C): Goals: 1, Assists: 0
Ward (Capitals - RW): Goals: 1, Assists: 0
Halak (Islanders - G): Saves: 24, Save Pct.: 0.923

• Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Unburdened by the catastrophes of past Game 7s littering the Washington Capitals' playoff history, rookie Evgeny Kuznetsov delivered a breathtaking, series-clinching goal that got Alex Ovechkin's seal of approval.
"Pretty sick," Ovechkin declared.
Sure was.

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Skating around every opponent on the ice as he swooped across from the right boards, past the slot and waited, waited, waited for the right moment to lift a rising shot over sprawling goalie Jaroslav Halak, Kuznetsov scored the go-ahead goal with 7:18 remaining, and Braden Holtby only needed to make 10 saves Monday night, leading the Capitals to a 2-1 victory that eliminated the New York Islanders in the first round.
"If you've never played hockey," Kuznetsov said, "you'll never feel this."
Joel Ward gave Washington a 1-0 lead late in the second period, and Frans Nielsen pulled New York even early in the third.
The Capitals now face the Presidents' Trophy-winning New York Rangers, who eliminated Washington from the 2012 and 2013 playoffs -- in Game 7 each time.
That's part of a long history of postseason failures for the Capitals, including never advancing beyond the second round since Ovechkin arrived and began earning MVP trophies and leading the NHL in goals year after year.
This was the eighth time in 10 playoff series involving Ovechkin that went to a Game 7, and his team was only 2-5 in such contests until Monday.
Until Kuznetsov -- a 22-year-old center taken with the No. 26 pick in 2010, six years after Ovechkin went No. 1 overall -- came through, adding to the two goals and assist he had in Game 3.
"That's the best I've seen us play," Holtby said. "Start to finish, that's the game we've been trying to groom all year."
The Islanders' loss ends their playing days at Nassau Coliseum, which opened in 1972. The team is moving to Brooklyn next season.
"We wanted to get back home," coach Jack Capuano said.
You have to go back 22 years to find a playoff series won by the Islanders, and that victory in 1993 came against -- guess who? -- the Capitals. Since then, New York has lost seven consecutive first-round series.
"It's just hard to believe it's really over," said Islanders captain John Tavares, who had two goals and four assists in the series. "It was intense. It was physical. It was draining."
Halak pointed to Washington's 26-11 edge in shots, saying: "We needed to shoot a little more. Obviously you're not going to score if you don't shoot."
Only three teams have produced fewer shots in a playoff game since 1990, according to STATS.
This was the first Game 7 of this year's NHL playoffs, fittingly. Through the first six games, each team scored 14 goals. Each won on the road. Each won in overtime. During the regular season, both finished with 101 standings points.
But Monday was the Capitals' turn to thrive.
"By Game 5," coach Barry Trotz said, "I thought they wore down a little bit."
Kuznetsov thought the Islanders looked tired during his highlight-reel goal.
They did seem to move in slow motion as he swooped across the ice to put his team back in front.
"For him, it's just another day. There's no previous history for him, so he could just go into it raw and just have a good time," Ward said. "That's the good thing about young guys."
There was one last bit of tension, when Capitals defenseman John Carlson was whistled for roughing with just under three minutes remaining. But the Capitals killed it off, making the Islanders 0 for 14 on power plays in the series.
Perhaps fueled by a combination of relief and elation, the crowd grew louder and louder as the final seconds ticked away.
"We were hungry, we wanted to get after it, and I think people doubted us a little bit," Ward said. "So we wanted to prove something to ourselves and to our fans."
Game notes
Paul Pierce, John Wall, Marcin Gortat and Rasual Butler of the NBA's Wizards sat in the front row, a night after sweeping the Raptors in the same arena. Pierce used both hands to bang on the glass when one New York player approached, just like any fan might do. Ward said he found the Wizards' 125-94 series-ending rout of Toronto "inspirational." ... Home teams were only 1-6 in Game 7s in last year's NHL playoffs.

Final

Washington won 4-3 (Game 7 of 7)

Islanders 1

Capitals 2

7:30PM,EDT,April 27,2015

	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	0	1	1
WSH	0	1	1	2

E. Kuznetsov (Capitals - C): Goals: 1, Assists: 0
J. Ward (Capitals - RW): Goals: 1, Assists: 0
J. Halak (Islanders - G): Saves: 24, Save Pct.: .923

Play-by-play data may not reflect changes made after the game has ended.

Period: All | 1 | 2 | 3

1st Period Summary
Time	Team	Detail
0:00	Washington	Start of 1st period
0:00	Washington	Jay Beagle won faceoff against Casey Cizikas in neutral zone
0:17	NY Islanders	Matt Martin credited with hit on Matt Niskanen in offensive zone
0:22	Washington	Shot on goal by Karl Alzner saved by Jaroslav Halak(Wristshot 30 ft)
0:24	Washington	Tom Wilson credited with hit on Thomas Hickey in offensive zone
0:27	Washington	Karl Alzner shot blocked by Casey Cizikas
0:34	Washington	Shot on goal by Tom Wilson saved by Jaroslav Halak(Wristshot 15 ft)
0:35	Washington	Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
0:35	Washington	Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Mikhail Grabovski in offensive zone
0:38	Washington	Stoppage - Puck in Crowd
0:38	Washington	Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Mikhail Grabovski in neutral zone
0:49	Washington	Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Johnny Boychuk in offensive zone
0:56	Washington	Stoppage - Puck in Benches
0:56	Washington	Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against John Tavares in neutral zone
1:21	Washington	Brooks Orpik credited with hit on Ryan Strome in defensive zone
1:44	Washington	Giveaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov in defensive zone
1:51	Washington	Brooks Orpik credited with hit on John Tavares in defensive zone
2:00	Washington	Mike Green shot blocked by Scott Mayfield
2:08	NY Islanders	Takeaway by Scott Mayfield in defensive zone
2:15	NY Islanders	Shot missed by Kyle Okposo, Wide of Net(Slapshot 34 ft)
2:23	Washington	Marcus Johansson credited with hit on Brian Strait in defensive zone
2:42	NY Islanders	Shot on goal by Kyle Okposo saved by Braden Holtby(Tip-In 15 ft)
2:42	Washington	Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
2:42	NY Islanders	Casey Cizikas won faceoff against Jay Beagle in defensive zone
2:52	NY Islanders	Takeaway by Casey Cizikas in offensive zone
3:11	Washington	Stoppage - Offside
3:11	Washington	Jay Beagle won faceoff against Mikhail Grabovski in neutral zone
3:19	NY Islanders	Nikolay Kulemin credited with hit on Mike Green in neutral zone
3:26	NY Islanders	Shot on goal by Nick Leddy saved by Braden Holtby(Slapshot 50 ft)
3:34	NY Islanders	Colin McDonald credited with hit on Jay Beagle in neutral zone
3:41	Washington	Matt Niskanen credited with hit on Colin McDonald in offensive zone
4:12	Washington	Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Matt Donovan in offensive zone
4:18	Washington	Stoppage - Offside
4:18	NY Islanders	John Tavares won faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov in neutral zone
4:23	NY Islanders	Shot on goal by Thomas Hickey saved by Braden Holtby(Slapshot 79 ft)
4:27	NY Islanders	Ryan Strome credited with hit on Brooks Orpik in offensive zone
4:48	Washington	Marcus Johansson shot blocked by Thomas Hickey
5:05	Washington	Stoppage - Puck in Crowd
5:05	NY Islanders	Casey Cizikas won faceoff against Brooks Laich in defensive zone
5:17	Washington	Stoppage - Puck in Benches
5:17	Washington	Jay Beagle won faceoff against Mikhail Grabovski in neutral zone
5:39	NY Islanders	Scott Mayfield credited with hit on Jay Beagle in defensive zone
5:43	Washington	Shot missed by Brooks Orpik, Wide of Net(Wristshot 66 ft)
5:48	NY Islanders	Colin McDonald credited with hit on Jay Beagle in neutral zone
5:56	Washington	Brooks Orpik credited with hit on Johnny Boychuk in defensive zone
6:18	NY Islanders	Shot missed by Frans Nielsen, Wide of Net(Wristshot 31 ft)
6:22	NY Islanders	Josh Bailey shot blocked by Karl Alzner
6:23	NY Islanders	Shot missed by Nick Leddy, Wide of Net(Wristshot 46 ft)
6:25	Washington	Stoppage - Referee or Linesman; TV timeout
6:25	Washington	Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Ryan Strome in defensive zone
7:00	Washington	Takeaway by Nicklas Backstrom in defensive zone
7:10	Washington	Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Johnny Boychuk in offensive zone
7:27	NY Islanders	Johnny Boychuk credited with hit on Evgeny Kuznetsov in defensive zone
7:46	Washington	Jason Chimera credited with hit on Matt Martin in offensive zone
7:49	NY Islanders	Giveaway by Matt Martin
8:13	NY Islanders	Shot missed by Colin McDonald, Wide of Net(Wristshot 67 ft)
8:13	Washington	Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
8:13	Washington	Jay Beagle won faceoff against Mikhail Grabovski in defensive zone
8:46	NY Islanders	Josh Bailey credited with hit on Karl Alzner in offensive zone
8:49	NY Islanders	Shot missed by Kyle Okposo, Wide of Net(Wristshot 28 ft)
9:16	Washington	Shot missed by Jason Chimera, Wide of Net(Snap 39 ft)
9:56	Washington	Nicklas Backstrom credited with hit on Johnny Boychuk in offensive zone
10:02	Washington	Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Nick Leddy in neutral zone
10:16	NY Islanders	Cal Clutterbuck credited with hit on Alex Ovechkin in offensive zone
10:20	Washington	Takeaway by Mike Green in defensive zone
10:23	Washington	Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Nick Leddy
10:27	NY Islanders	Nick Leddy credited with hit on Alex Ovechkin in defensive zone
10:42	Washington	Shot on goal by Curtis Glencross saved by Jaroslav Halak(Wristshot 46 ft)
10:43	Washington	Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout
10:43	NY Islanders	Mikhail Grabovski won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in defensive zone
10:48	Washington	Takeaway by Joel Ward in offensive zone
10:56	NY Islanders	Colin McDonald credited with hit on Alex Ovechkin in defensive zone
11:25	NY Islanders	Kyle Okposo credited with hit on Brooks Orpik in offensive zone
11:34	Washington	Jason Chimera credited with hit on Scott Mayfield in offensive zone
11:58	NY Islanders	Scott Mayfield credited with hit on Jason Chimera in defensive zone
12:19	NY Islanders	John Tavares credited with hit on Troy Brouwer in defensive zone
13:13	Washington	Tim Gleason credited with hit on Cal Clutterbuck in defensive zone
13:18	NY Islanders	Casey Cizikas shot blocked by Tim Gleason
14:10	Washington	Shot on goal by Joel Ward saved by Jaroslav Halak
14:11	Washington	Shot on goal by Joel Ward saved by Jaroslav Halak(Wristshot 10 ft)
14:11	Washington	Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout
14:11	Washington	Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against John Tavares in offensive zone
14:16	Washington	Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Brock Nelson
14:28	Washington	Shot missed by Nicklas Backstrom, Wide of Net(Snap 48 ft)
14:28	Washington	Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
14:28	NY Islanders	Frans Nielsen won faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov in defensive zone
14:33	Washington	Shot on goal by John Carlson saved by Jaroslav Halak(Slapshot 53 ft)
14:38	Washington	Shot missed by Brooks Orpik, Over Net(Snap 50 ft)
14:39	Washington	Jason Chimera credited with hit on Nick Leddy in offensive zone
14:48	Washington	Shot on goal by Evgeny Kuznetsov saved by Jaroslav Halak(Snap 24 ft)
15:16	Washington	Marcus Johansson credited with hit on Casey Cizikas in defensive zone
15:28	Washington	Takeaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov in defensive zone
15:42	Washington	Shot on goal by Tim Gleason saved by Jaroslav Halak(Wristshot 38 ft)
15:43	Washington	Stoppage - Net Off
15:43	NY Islanders	Mikhail Grabovski won faceoff against Jay Beagle in neutral zone
15:47	NY Islanders	Colin McDonald credited with hit on Mike Green in offensive zone
16:34	Washington	Stoppage - Icing
16:34	NY Islanders	John Tavares won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in defensive zone
16:40	Washington	Nicklas Backstrom credited with hit on Brock Nelson in offensive zone
16:42	Washington	Shot missed by Joel Ward, Wide of Net(Snap 33 ft)
17:05	NY Islanders	Nick Leddy credited with hit on Nicklas Backstrom in defensive zone
17:41	Washington	Evgeny Kuznetsov shot blocked by Thomas Hickey
17:49	NY Islanders	Giveaway by Frans Nielsen in defensive zone
17:52	Washington	Shot on goal by Mike Green saved by Jaroslav Halak(Wristshot 51 ft)
17:53	Washington	Shot on goal by Jason Chimera saved by Jaroslav Halak(Backhand 8 ft)
17:56	Washington	Shot missed by Evgeny Kuznetsov, Wide of Net(Backhand 13 ft)
18:52	NY Islanders	Matt Martin credited with hit on Matt Niskanen in offensive zone
19:01	NY Islanders	Matt Martin credited with hit on Curtis Glencross in offensive zone
19:15	NY Islanders	Matt Martin credited with hit on Curtis Glencross in neutral zone
19:25	NY Islanders	Colin McDonald credited with hit on Matt Niskanen in offensive zone
19:48	Washington	Shot missed by John Carlson, Wide of Net(Wristshot 72 ft)
19:53	Washington	Shot on goal by Jay Beagle saved by Jaroslav Halak(Backhand 9 ft)
20:00	Washington	End of 1st period
2nd Period Summary
Time	Team	Detail
0:00	Washington	Start of 2nd period
0:00	Washington	Brooks Laich won faceoff against Casey Cizikas in neutral zone
0:10	Washington	Brooks Laich credited with hit on Thomas Hickey in defensive zone
0:23	NY Islanders	Shot on goal by Brian Strait saved by Braden Holtby(Wristshot 144 ft)
0:59	Washington	Takeaway by Alex Ovechkin in neutral zone
1:14	NY Islanders	Brock Nelson shot blocked by John Carlson
1:14	Washington	Stoppage - Puck in Netting
1:14	NY Islanders	Mikhail Grabovski won faceoff against Jay Beagle in offensive zone
1:21	Washington	John Carlson credited with hit on Colin McDonald in defensive zone
1:28	NY Islanders	Shot missed by Johnny Boychuk, Wide of Net(Slapshot 57 ft)
2:26	NY Islanders	Shot on goal by Frans Nielsen saved by Braden Holtby(Backhand 17 ft)
2:43	NY Islanders	Brian Strait credited with hit on Evgeny Kuznetsov in defensive zone
2:59	Washington	Curtis Glencross shot blocked by Thomas Hickey
3:04	Washington	Brooks Laich credited with hit on Brian Strait in offensive zone
3:14	Washington	Tom Wilson credited with hit on Matt Martin in offensive zone
3:57	NY Islanders	Giveaway by Ryan Strome in defensive zone
4:07	Washington	Takeaway by Joel Ward in defensive zone
4:15	NY Islanders	Takeaway by Nick Leddy in defensive zone
4:18	Washington	Shot on goal by Joel Ward saved by Jaroslav Halak(Snap 19 ft)
4:26	Washington	Brooks Orpik credited with hit on Nikolay Kulemin in offensive zone
4:30	Washington	Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Nick Leddy
4:33	NY Islanders	Johnny Boychuk credited with hit on Joel Ward in defensive zone
4:47	Washington	Brooks Orpik credited with hit on Colin McDonald in offensive zone
4:50	Washington	Shot on goal by John Carlson saved by Jaroslav Halak(Wristshot 29 ft)
5:01	Washington	Stoppage - Icing
5:01	Washington	Jay Beagle won faceoff against Frans Nielsen in defensive zone
5:20	Washington	Andre Burakovsky shot blocked by Frans Nielsen
5:28	Washington	Shot missed by Matt Niskanen, Wide of Net(Wristshot 29 ft)
5:58	Washington	Jay Beagle credited with hit on Mikhail Grabovski in neutral zone
6:04	Washington	Giveaway by Jay Beagle in neutral zone
6:08	Washington	Takeaway by Jay Beagle in defensive zone
6:15	Washington	Marcus Johansson credited with hit on Brian Strait in offensive zone
6:22	NY Islanders	Giveaway by Colin McDonald in defensive zone
6:31	NY Islanders	Thomas Hickey credited with hit on Mike Green in defensive zone
6:35	Washington	Marcus Johansson shot blocked by Nikolay Kulemin
6:45	Washington	Stoppage - Icing; Visitor Timeout
6:45	Washington	Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Mikhail Grabovski in offensive zone
7:11	Washington	Shot on goal by Nicklas Backstrom saved by Jaroslav Halak(Wristshot 49 ft)
7:23	Washington	John Carlson credited with hit on Johnny Boychuk in defensive zone
7:29	Washington	Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Johnny Boychuk in defensive zone
7:51	NY Islanders	Giveaway by Jaroslav Halak in defensive zone
8:01	NY Islanders	Kyle Okposo credited with hit on Matt Niskanen in offensive zone
8:20	NY Islanders	Scott Mayfield credited with hit on Brooks Laich in defensive zone
8:25	Washington	Mike Green shot blocked by Scott Mayfield
8:44	NY Islanders	Brock Nelson credited with hit on Tom Wilson in offensive zone
8:51	Washington	Giveaway by Curtis Glencross in defensive zone
9:02	NY Islanders	Shot missed by Brock Nelson, Wide of Net(Wristshot 11 ft)
9:21	Washington	Tim Gleason credited with hit on Ryan Strome in defensive zone
9:26	Washington	Giveaway by Curtis Glencross in defensive zone
9:42	Washington	Mike Green credited with hit on Matt Martin in defensive zone
9:54	Washington	Stoppage - Icing; Home Timeout
9:54	Washington	Evgeny Kuznetsov won faceoff against John Tavares in defensive zone
10:13	Washington	Shot missed by Brooks Orpik, Wide of Net(Snap 57 ft)
10:24	Washington	Shot on goal by Jason Chimera saved by Jaroslav Halak(Wristshot 42 ft)
10:46	NY Islanders	Mikhail Grabovski credited with hit on Jason Chimera in defensive zone
10:57	Washington	Stoppage - Icing
10:57	NY Islanders	Ryan Strome won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in offensive zone
11:00	NY Islanders	Shot on goal by Johnny Boychuk saved by Braden Holtby(Slapshot 57 ft)
11:00	Washington	Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout
11:00	Washington	Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Ryan Strome in defensive zone
11:08	Washington	Shot missed by Joel Ward, Wide of Net(Slapshot 54 ft)
11:17	Washington	Stoppage - Puck in Benches
11:17	NY Islanders	Casey Cizikas won faceoff against Brooks Laich in neutral zone
11:24	Washington	Stoppage - Icing
11:24	NY Islanders	Casey Cizikas won faceoff against Brooks Laich in defensive zone
11:39	Washington	Curtis Glencross shot blocked by Nick Leddy
11:40	Washington	Shot on goal by Curtis Glencross saved by Jaroslav Halak(Wristshot 15 ft)
11:48	NY Islanders	Matt Martin credited with hit on Mike Green in defensive zone
11:54	Washington	Stoppage - Icing
11:54	Washington	Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Casey Cizikas in offensive zone
12:01	Washington	Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout
12:01	Washington	Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Mikhail Grabovski in offensive zone
12:03	Washington	Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Nikolay Kulemin
12:03	Washington	Stoppage - Puck in Netting
12:03	NY Islanders	Mikhail Grabovski won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in defensive zone
12:09	Washington	Takeaway by Nicklas Backstrom in offensive zone
12:53	NY Islanders	Thomas Hickey credited with hit on Evgeny Kuznetsov in defensive zone
13:07	Washington	Shot missed by Jason Chimera, Over Net(Tip-In 18 ft)
13:13	Washington	Marcus Johansson credited with hit on Cal Clutterbuck in offensive zone
13:33	Washington	Jay Beagle credited with hit on Thomas Hickey in offensive zone
13:44	NY Islanders	Ryan Strome credited with hit on Karl Alzner in offensive zone
13:51	NY Islanders	Ryan Strome credited with hit on Karl Alzner in offensive zone
14:00	NY Islanders	John Tavares credited with hit on Karl Alzner in neutral zone
15:23	Washington	Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Thomas Hickey in offensive zone
15:29	Washington	Stoppage - Offside; TV timeout
15:29	Washington	Evgeny Kuznetsov won faceoff against Mikhail Grabovski in neutral zone
15:47	NY Islanders	Nikolay Kulemin credited with hit on Matt Niskanen in defensive zone
15:49	Washington	Jason Chimera shot blocked by Thomas Hickey
15:50	Washington	Jason Chimera shot blocked by Brian Strait
16:09	Washington	Jason Chimera credited with hit on Matt Donovan in offensive zone
16:34	NY Islanders	Scott Mayfield credited with hit on Joel Ward in defensive zone
16:40	Washington	Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin saved by Jaroslav Halak(Snap 15 ft)
16:42	NY Islanders	Cal Clutterbuck credited with hit on Brooks Orpik in defensive zone
16:50	Washington	Stoppage - Offside
16:50	NY Islanders	Casey Cizikas won faceoff against Brooks Laich in neutral zone
16:57	NY Islanders	Colin McDonald credited with hit on Tim Gleason in neutral zone
16:58	Washington	Stoppage - Puck in Benches
16:58	Washington	Brooks Laich won faceoff against Casey Cizikas in neutral zone
17:34	NY Islanders	Nick Leddy credited with hit on Brooks Laich in defensive zone
17:55	NY Islanders	Brock Nelson credited with hit on Matt Niskanen in offensive zone
18:02	Washington	Andre Burakovsky credited with hit on Frans Nielsen in offensive zone
18:15	Washington	Shot on goal by Matt Niskanen saved by Jaroslav Halak(Slapshot 56 ft)
18:15	Washington	Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
18:15	Washington	Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against John Tavares in offensive zone
18:24	NY Islanders	Giveaway by Nick Leddy in defensive zone
18:35	Washington	Shot on goal by Brooks Orpik saved by Jaroslav Halak(Slapshot 64 ft)
18:35	Washington	Goal scored by Joel Ward(Backhand 10 ft) assisted by Brooks Orpik and Alex Ovechkin
18:35	NY Islanders	Mikhail Grabovski won faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov in neutral zone
18:47	Washington	Brooks Orpik credited with hit on Kyle Okposo in defensive zone
18:52	NY Islanders	Shot on goal by Johnny Boychuk saved by Braden Holtby(Slapshot 36 ft)
18:54	NY Islanders	Shot missed by Mikhail Grabovski, Wide of Net(Wristshot 15 ft)
18:57	NY Islanders	Kyle Okposo shot blocked by John Carlson
19:28	NY Islanders	Kyle Okposo shot blocked by Jason Chimera
19:37	Washington	Shot on goal by Jason Chimera saved by Jaroslav Halak(Snap 17 ft)
19:55	Washington	Stoppage - Puck in Netting
19:55	Washington	Jay Beagle won faceoff against Casey Cizikas in neutral zone
20:00	Washington	End of 2nd period
3rd Period Summary
Time	Team	Detail
0:00	Washington	Start of 3rd period
0:00	Washington	Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against John Tavares in neutral zone
0:13	Washington	Giveaway by Brooks Orpik in defensive zone
0:15	NY Islanders	Shot on goal by Johnny Boychuk saved by Braden Holtby(Wristshot 42 ft)
0:15	Washington	Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
0:15	Washington	Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against John Tavares in defensive zone
0:21	Washington	Stoppage - Puck in Benches
0:21	Washington	Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Frans Nielsen in defensive zone
0:32	NY Islanders	Brock Nelson shot blocked by Brooks Orpik
0:32	Washington	Giveaway by Joel Ward in defensive zone
0:35	Washington	Stoppage - Puck in Crowd
0:35	NY Islanders	Mikhail Grabovski won faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov in offensive zone
0:39	NY Islanders	Colin McDonald shot blocked by Karl Alzner
0:49	Washington	Shot on goal by Jason Chimera saved by Jaroslav Halak(Wristshot 42 ft)
1:03	Washington	Evgeny Kuznetsov shot blocked by Johnny Boychuk
1:08	NY Islanders	Brian Strait credited with hit on Evgeny Kuznetsov in defensive zone
1:19	NY Islanders	Matt Martin credited with hit on Mike Green in offensive zone
1:39	Washington	Shot on goal by Andre Burakovsky saved by Jaroslav Halak(Snap 43 ft)
1:44	NY Islanders	Takeaway by Thomas Hickey in defensive zone
1:53	NY Islanders	Cal Clutterbuck credited with hit on Troy Brouwer in neutral zone
2:08	Washington	Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Scott Mayfield in offensive zone
2:15	Washington	Stoppage - Puck in Crowd
2:15	NY Islanders	Kyle Okposo won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in offensive zone
2:19	NY Islanders	Josh Bailey shot blocked by Joel Ward
2:24	Washington	Brooks Orpik credited with hit on Kyle Okposo in defensive zone
2:36	NY Islanders	Johnny Boychuk shot blocked by Joel Ward
3:13	NY Islanders	Goal scored by Frans Nielsen(Snap 37 ft) assisted by Thomas Hickey and Ryan Strome
3:13	Washington	Jay Beagle won faceoff against Mikhail Grabovski in neutral zone
3:26	Washington	Troy Brouwer credited with hit on Matt Donovan in offensive zone
3:26	Washington	Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
3:26	NY Islanders	Casey Cizikas won faceoff against Brooks Laich in defensive zone
3:37	Washington	Curtis Glencross credited with hit on Johnny Boychuk in offensive zone
3:53	NY Islanders	Shot missed by Casey Cizikas, Over Net(Wristshot 55 ft)
4:30	NY Islanders	Brian Strait shot blocked by Brooks Orpik
4:34	NY Islanders	Josh Bailey credited with hit on Nicklas Backstrom in offensive zone
4:50	Washington	Shot missed by John Carlson, Wide of Net(Slapshot 53 ft)
5:27	Washington	Evgeny Kuznetsov shot blocked by Scott Mayfield
5:31	NY Islanders	Scott Mayfield credited with hit on Evgeny Kuznetsov in defensive zone
5:54	NY Islanders	Scott Mayfield credited with hit on Marcus Johansson in defensive zone
6:04	Washington	Shot on goal by Jay Beagle saved by Jaroslav Halak(Wristshot 12 ft)
6:25	Washington	Takeaway by Mike Green in defensive zone
6:30	Washington	Stoppage - Offside; TV timeout
6:30	NY Islanders	Casey Cizikas won faceoff against Brooks Laich in neutral zone
6:45	Washington	Tim Gleason credited with hit on Cal Clutterbuck in defensive zone
6:52	Washington	Curtis Glencross credited with hit on Matt Martin in defensive zone
6:52	NY Islanders	Shot on goal by Johnny Boychuk saved by Braden Holtby(Wristshot 62 ft)
6:57	Washington	Stoppage - Puck in Benches
6:57	Washington	Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against John Tavares in neutral zone
7:11	NY Islanders	Giveaway by Johnny Boychuk in defensive zone
7:12	Washington	John Carlson shot blocked by John Tavares
7:33	Washington	Stoppage - Offside
7:33	Washington	Evgeny Kuznetsov won faceoff against Frans Nielsen in neutral zone
7:42	NY Islanders	Giveaway by Ryan Strome in defensive zone
7:48	NY Islanders	Giveaway by Brian Strait in defensive zone
7:57	Washington	Evgeny Kuznetsov credited with hit on Frans Nielsen in offensive zone
8:06	Washington	Giveaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov in offensive zone
8:38	NY Islanders	Shot missed by Mikhail Grabovski, Wide of Net(Wristshot 41 ft)
8:49	Washington	John Carlson shot blocked by Mikhail Grabovski
8:52	NY Islanders	Giveaway by Nikolay Kulemin in defensive zone
8:53	Washington	Shot on goal by Troy Brouwer saved by Jaroslav Halak(Wristshot 33 ft)
8:53	Washington	Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
8:53	NY Islanders	Casey Cizikas won faceoff against Brooks Laich in defensive zone
9:10	Washington	Tom Wilson credited with hit on Matt Martin in defensive zone
9:20	NY Islanders	Nick Leddy shot blocked by Brooks Laich
9:30	Washington	Stoppage - Offside
9:30	Washington	Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against John Tavares in neutral zone
9:56	NY Islanders	Brian Strait shot blocked by Alex Ovechkin
10:15	Washington	Shot missed by Alex Ovechkin, Wide of Net(Snap 50 ft)
10:41	Washington	Stoppage - Puck in Netting; TV timeout
10:41	NY Islanders	Mikhail Grabovski won faceoff against Jay Beagle in neutral zone
10:52	NY Islanders	Mikhail Grabovski credited with hit on Jay Beagle in neutral zone
11:12	Washington	Karl Alzner credited with hit on Colin McDonald in defensive zone
11:13	NY Islanders	Nikolay Kulemin shot blocked by Matt Niskanen
11:30	NY Islanders	Matt Martin credited with hit on Karl Alzner in neutral zone
11:38	NY Islanders	Shot missed by Brian Strait, Wide of Net(Wristshot 50 ft)
11:42	NY Islanders	Shot missed by Casey Cizikas, Wide of Net(Wristshot 38 ft)
12:33	Washington	Brooks Orpik shot blocked by Frans Nielsen
12:42	Washington	Goal scored by Evgeny Kuznetsov(Wristshot 22 ft) assisted by Jason Chimera and John Carlson
12:42	NY Islanders	Mikhail Grabovski won faceoff against Jay Beagle in neutral zone
13:49	Washington	Nicklas Backstrom credited with hit on Thomas Hickey in defensive zone
14:03	NY Islanders	Scott Mayfield credited with hit on Joel Ward in defensive zone
14:13	NY Islanders	Kyle Okposo shot blocked by Brooks Orpik
14:21	NY Islanders	Shot missed by Kyle Okposo, Wide of Net(Slapshot 32 ft)
14:27	NY Islanders	Josh Bailey shot blocked by John Carlson
14:34	NY Islanders	Shot missed by Matt Donovan, Wide of Net(Wristshot 51 ft)
14:45	Washington	Shot missed by Jason Chimera, Wide of Net(Tip-In 12 ft)
14:58	Washington	Stoppage - Offside; TV timeout
14:58	NY Islanders	Frans Nielsen won faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov in neutral zone
15:05	NY Islanders	Shot missed by Johnny Boychuk, Wide of Net(Slapshot 61 ft)
15:14	NY Islanders	Shot on goal by Johnny Boychuk saved by Braden Holtby(Slapshot 60 ft)
15:31	NY Islanders	Brian Strait credited with hit on Marcus Johansson in offensive zone
15:34	NY Islanders	Shot missed by Colin McDonald, Wide of Net(Wristshot 15 ft)
15:43	NY Islanders	Thomas Hickey credited with hit on Jason Chimera in offensive zone
16:00	NY Islanders	Colin McDonald credited with hit on Brooks Orpik in offensive zone
16:01	Washington	Stoppage - Icing
16:01	Washington	Jay Beagle won faceoff against Kyle Okposo in defensive zone
16:11	NY Islanders	Shot missed by Matt Donovan, Wide of Net(Slapshot 58 ft)
16:19	NY Islanders	Giveaway by Josh Bailey in offensive zone
16:30	Washington	Brooks Laich credited with hit on Scott Mayfield in defensive zone
16:34	NY Islanders	Kyle Okposo credited with hit on Brooks Orpik in offensive zone
16:41	Washington	Stoppage - Icing
16:41	Washington	Jay Beagle won faceoff against Casey Cizikas in defensive zone
16:53	NY Islanders	Johnny Boychuk shot blocked by Brooks Laich
16:57	NY Islanders	Johnny Boychuk shot blocked by Brooks Laich
16:59	NY Islanders	Johnny Boychuk credited with hit on Troy Brouwer in offensive zone
17:03	NY Islanders	Cal Clutterbuck shot blocked by John Carlson
17:06	Washington	penalty to John Carlson 2 minutes for Roughing Casey Cizikas
17:06	Washington	Shorthanded - Joel Ward won faceoff against John Tavares in defensive zone
17:51	Washington	Shorthanded - Giveaway by Tim Gleason in defensive zone
18:46	NY Islanders	Power play - Shot missed by Josh Bailey, Wide of Net(Tip-In 18 ft)
19:22	NY Islanders	Ryan Strome credited with hit on Karl Alzner in offensive zone
19:27	Washington	Giveaway by Karl Alzner in defensive zone
19:30	Washington	Stoppage - Icing
19:30	Washington	Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Kyle Okposo in defensive zone
19:46	NY Islanders	Ryan Strome credited with hit on Karl Alzner in offensive zone
19:50	NY Islanders	Johnny Boychuk shot blocked by Nicklas Backstrom
19:59	NY Islanders	Kyle Okposo shot blocked by Brooks Orpik
20:00	Washington	End of 3rd period
20:00	Washington	game-end

Game Information

	Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Dan O'Rourke Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Michel Cormier
Attendance: 18,506

Team Statistical Comparison

Key:  NY Islanders   Washington
Total Shots    11  26	PIM    0  2	Hits  54    46	Giveaways  11    9	Takeaways    4  9	Faceoffs Won    21  32

1st Period Summary
Time	Team	Scoring Detail	NYI	WSH
No scoring this period			0	0
Time	Team	Penalty Detail
No penalties this period
2nd Period Summary
Time	Team	Scoring Detail	NYI	WSH
18:35		Joel Ward (1) Assists: Brooks Orpik, Alex Ovechkin	0	1
Time	Team	Penalty Detail
No penalties this period
3rd Period Summary
Time	Team	Scoring Detail	NYI	WSH
3:13		Frans Nielsen (1) Assists: Thomas Hickey, Ryan Strome	1	1
12:42		Evgeny Kuznetsov (3) Assists: Jason Chimera, John Carlson	1	2
Time	Team	Penalty Detail
17:06		John Carlson: 2 Minutes for Roughing

Player Summary

New York Islanders Time On Ice Faceoffs Player G A +/- SOG MS BS PN PIM HT TK GV SHF TOT PP SH EV FW FL % J. Bailey LW 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 23 17:32 0:44 0:00 16:48 0 0 00.0 J. Boychuk D 0 0 -2 5 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 28 25:57 0:34 0:00 25:23 0 0 00.0 C. Cizikas C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 21 11:45 0:00 0:00 11:45 7 7 50.0 C. Clutterbuck RW 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 22 12:51 0:00 0:00 12:51 0 0 00.0 M. Donovan D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 12:24 0:34 0:00 11:50 0 0 00.0 M. Grabovski C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 22 14:41 0:40 0:00 14:01 8 9 47.1 T. Hickey D 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 3 1 0 25 20:09 0:16 0:00 19:53 0 0 00.0 N. Kulemin LW 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 23 13:40 0:00 0:00 13:40 0 0 00.0 N. Leddy D 0 0 -1 1 1 3 0 0 3 1 1 27 26:19 1:26 0:00 24:53 0 0 00.0 M. Martin LW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 22 13:16 0:00 0:00 13:16 0 0 00.0 S. Mayfield D 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0 0 7 1 0 22 14:20 0:00 0:00 14:20 0 0 00.0 C. McDonald RW 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 1 23 13:36 0:00 0:00 13:36 0 0 00.0 B. Nelson C 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 22 15:22 1:06 0:00 14:16 0 0 00.0 F. Nielsen C 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 22 13:39 0:44 0:00 12:55 2 3 40.0 K. Okposo RW 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 24 19:24 1:20 0:00 18:04 1 2 33.3 B. Strait D 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 25 19:41 0:00 0:00 19:41 0 0 00.0 R. Strome C 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 24 15:40 1:26 0:00 14:14 1 2 33.3 J. Tavares C 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 25 20:44 1:16 0:00 19:28 2 9 18.2 New York Islanders Scratches Player Detail K. Poulin Scratched L. Visnovsky Upper Body C De Haan Shoulder A. Lee Scratched J. Sundstrom Scratched T. Hamonic Knee Injury G. Reinhart Scratched K. Mouillierat Scratched M. Carkner Scratched T. Kennedy Scratched M. Grabner Scratched R. Pulock Scratched E. Boulton Scratched Washington Capitals Time On Ice Faceoffs Player G A +/- SOG MS BS PN PIM HT TK GV SHF TOT PP SH EV FW FL % K. Alzner D 0 0 -1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 28 20:31 0:00 0:45 19:46 0 0 00.0 N. Backstrom C 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 25 18:21 0:00 0:50 17:31 16 5 76.2 J. Beagle C 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 21 13:49 0:00 0:42 13:07 10 4 71.4 T. Brouwer RW 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 14:55 0:00 0:51 14:04 0 0 00.0 A. Burakovsky LW 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 10:36 0:00 0:00 10:36 0 0 00.0 J. Carlson D 0 1 2 2 2 4 1 2 2 0 0 31 21:26 0:00 0:00 21:26 0 0 00.0 J. Chimera LW 0 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 20 16:02 0:00 0:00 16:02 0 0 00.0 T. Gleason D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 21 14:37 0:00 0:45 13:52 0 0 00.0 C. Glencross LW 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 17 11:34 0:00 0:00 11:34 0 0 00.0 M. Green D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 21 17:31 0:00 0:00 17:31 0 0 00.0 M. Johansson LW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 20 16:50 0:00 0:00 16:50 0 0 00.0 E. Kuznetsov C 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 20 17:45 0:00 0:00 17:45 3 5 37.5 B. Laich C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 17 12:01 0:00 0:55 11:06 2 7 22.2 M. Niskanen D 0 0 -1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 30 23:05 0:00 1:15 21:50 0 0 00.0 B. Orpik D 0 1 2 1 3 4 0 0 7 0 1 30 23:01 0:00 1:15 21:46 0 0 00.0 A. Ovechkin LW 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 7 1 0 22 16:52 0:00 0:00 16:52 0 0 00.0 J. Ward RW 1 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 25 18:46 0:00 0:42 18:04 1 0 100.0 T. Wilson RW 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 14 10:18 0:00 0:00 10:18 0 0 00.0 Washington Capitals Scratches Player Detail E. Fehr Upper Body J. Peters Scratched M. Latta Scratched

Goaltending Summary

New York Islanders Goaltending Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI PIM J. Halak 26 2 24 .923 59:00 0	Washington Capitals Goaltending Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI PIM B. Holtby 11 1 10 .909 60:00 0

Shots On Goal

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T
New York Islanders	3	4	4	11
Washington	11	10	5	26

Power Play Summary

Team	PPG / PPO
New York Islanders	0 of 1
Washington	0 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.