New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, April 1, 2009 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 5–3 on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 43–27.
Mike Green scored twice. Kyle Okposo, Frans Nielsen, Alex Ovechkin, Keith Aucoin, Richard Park and Nicklas Backstrom also scored.
Jose Theodore made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Joey MacDonald stopped 38 of 42.
Scoring
1st period
Kyle Okposo (18)Frans Nielsen (24)1–014:04 NYI ·
2nd period
Frans Nielsen (8)Jeff Tambellini (8), Kyle Okposo (20)2–000:37 NYI
Alex Ovechkin (54)Sergei Fedorov (21), Mike Green (40)2–105:37 WSH
Keith Aucoin (1)Eric Fehr (12)2–209:54 WSH
3rd period
Richard Park (13)Unassisted3–202:12 NYI
Mike Green (29)Alexander Semin (43), Nicklas Backstrom (60)3–310:55 WSH · - Mike Green (30)Unassisted3–412:18 WSH ·
Nicklas Backstrom (22)Unassisted3–519:04 WSH ·
Team stats
NYIWSH
2743
35%65%
1/32/3
1818
1920
2520
924
77
Penalties
- 13:52 into the first period
Sergei Fedorov · holding2 min - 1:40 into the second period
Joel Rechlicz · fighting5 min - 1:40 into the second periodJohn Erskine · fighting5 min
- 3:16 into the second periodTim Jackman · fighting5 min
- 3:16 into the second periodJeff Schultz · fighting5 min
- 3:16 into the second periodMike Green · charging2 min
- 7:09 into the third periodJoel Rechlicz · interference2 min
- 7:18 into the third periodBrian Pothier · interference2 min
- 9:26 into the third periodBlake Comeau · roughing2 min
- 9:26 into the third periodJoel Rechlicz · roughing2 min
- 9:26 into the third periodEric Fehr · roughing2 min
- 12:06 into the third periodTim Jackman · interference2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19:56 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 14:40 |
| 10Richard ParkR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16:20 |
| 15Jeff TambelliniL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 15:54 |
| 11Andy HilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:56 |
| 12Josh BaileyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 28Tim JackmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:49 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:10 |
| 40Joel RechliczR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:10 |
| 45Nate ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:21 |
| 57Blake ComeauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:09 |
| 93Doug WeightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 17:42 |
| 8Bruno GervaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:49 |
| 17Thomas PockD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:13 |
| 24Radek MartinekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 27:17 |
| 26Joe CallahanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:00 |
| 32Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:30 |
| 38Jack HillenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Yann DanisG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Joey MacDonaldG | L | 42 | 4 | .905 |
Washington Capitals
| 52Mike GreenD | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 23:59 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 21:05 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 24:39 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 10:29 |
| 20Keith AucoinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:50 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:43 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:55 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:18 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:19 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:28 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:14 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:57 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:03 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:39 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:04 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:38 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:07 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:21 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |