Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, March 9, 2013 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
CSN-DC · MSG PLUS
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 45-24.
John Tavares scored twice. Josh Bailey, Mathieu Perreault, Casey Cizikas, Nicklas Backstrom and Frans Nielsen also scored.
Evgeni Nabokov made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Philipp Grubauer stopped 40 of 45.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Josh Bailey (1)Frans Nielsen (1), Mark Streit (1)0–110:46 NYI
2nd period
Mathieu Perreault (1)Joel Ward (1), John Carlson (1)1–101:26 WSH · PPG
Casey Cizikas (1)Matt Martin (1), Colin McDonald (1)1–210:03 NYI
3rd period
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Troy Brouwer (1), Karl Alzner (1)2–207:09 WSH
John Tavares (1)Brad Boyes (1), Lubomir Visnovsky (1)2–312:13 NYI · PPG- John Tavares (2)Matt Moulson (1), Brad Boyes (2)2–412:43 NYI · PPG
Frans Nielsen (1)Travis Hamonic (1)2–516:59 NYI · SHG
Team stats
WSHNYI
24Shots on goal45
47%Faceoff %53%
1/3Power play2/6
12Penalty minutes6
8Hits23
16Blocked shots18
5Giveaways18
5Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 14:23
Steve Oleksy · tripping2 min - 2nd 00:48
Radek Martinek · holding the stick2 min - 2nd 06:58Eric Fehr · holding2 min
- 3rd 08:48Mike Ribeiro · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 08:48Mike Ribeiro · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 12:35Jeff Schultz · high sticking double minor4 min
- 3rd 16:50Colin McDonald · hooking2 min
- 3rd 18:18Matt Martin · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 19:25 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:07 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:57 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 08:59 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:08 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 29:14 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 18:50 |
| 9Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:13 |
| 15Joey CrabbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:40 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:26 |
| 17Wojtek WolskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:05 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:42 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:49 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:06 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 01:18 |
| 36Tomas KundratekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:13 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:28 |
| 61Steve OleksyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | L | 45 | 40 | 5 | .889 | 58:53 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
New York Islanders
| 24Brad BoyesR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18:53 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 20:11 |
| 91John TavaresC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 19:25 |
| 12Josh BaileyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:20 |
| 13Colin McDonaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 10:49 |
| 17Matt MartinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:35 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:30 |
| 53Casey CizikasC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 10:07 |
| 2Mark StreitD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:17 |
| 3Travis HamonicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:22 |
| 11Lubomir VisnovskyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 21:20 |
| 16Marty ReasonerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10:26 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 40Michael GrabnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:22 |
| 41David UllstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:06 |
| 4Radek MartinekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:01 |
| 14Thomas HickeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:09 |
| 47Andrew MacDonaldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Evgeni NabokovG | W | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 60:00 |
| 60Kevin PoulinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |