Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, January 26, 2010 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
XM 205 · CSN-DC+ · MSG PLUS (HD)
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 7–2 on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 33–31.
Alexander Semin scored twice. Brendan Morrison, Rob Schremp, Mike Knuble, John Erskine, Kyle Okposo, Jason Chimera and Brooks Laich also scored.
Jose Theodore made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Dwayne Roloson stopped 8 of 12.
Scoring
1st period
Brendan Morrison (1)John Erskine (1)1–001:05 WSH
Alexander Semin (1)Unassisted2–004:49 WSH
Rob Schremp (1)Doug Weight (1), Trent Hunter (1)2–106:03 NYI · 
Mike Knuble (1)Tomas Fleischmann (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1)3–118:13 WSH · - Alexander Semin (2)Unassisted4–119:54 WSH
2nd period
John Erskine (1)Eric Fehr (1), Jason Chimera (1)5–102:36 WSH
Kyle Okposo (1)John Tavares (1), Josh Bailey (1)5–209:35 NYI
Jason Chimera (1)Brendan Morrison (1), Eric Fehr (2)6–213:58 WSH
3rd period
Brooks Laich (1)Tomas Fleischmann (2)7–214:52 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYI
3331
49%51%
1/21/5
104
1615
1819
2316
2719
Penalties
- 5:00 into the first period
Brendan Morrison · hooking2 min - 9:40 into the first periodMike Green · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 11:29 into the first periodAlexander Semin · holding2 min
- 17:20 into the first period
Sean Bergenheim · holding2 min - 5:18 into the second periodTomas Fleischmann · hooking2 min
- 16:54 into the second periodTomas Fleischmann · tripping2 min
- 9:26 into the third periodAndrew MacDonald · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 10:35 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 16:15 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 10:18 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 10:02 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 17:49 |
| 4John ErskineD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 14:45 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:04 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 16:39 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:04 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20:51 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:18 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:30 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:50 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 21:28 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:59 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:59 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 23:03 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 11 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 20 | 2 | .900 |
New York Islanders
| 7Trent HunterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 16:14 |
| 12Josh BaileyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 14:42 |
| 13Rob SchrempC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 15:10 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20:05 |
| 91John TavaresC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:49 |
| 93Doug WeightC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 14:49 |
| 10Richard ParkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:07 |
| 16Jon SimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 12:38 |
| 20Sean BergenheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:44 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:36 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:50 |
| 57Blake ComeauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 13:52 |
| 2Mark StreitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | 28:26 |
| 8Bruno GervaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | 23:02 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:30 |
| 38Jack HillenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:19 |
| 44Freddy MeyerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 14:32 |
| 47Andrew MacDonaldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:56 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | L | 12 | 4 | .667 |
| 39Rick DiPietroG | 21 | 3 | .857 |