Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Wednesday, November 26, 2014 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
CSN-DC+ · MSG+
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 in overtime on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 35-27.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Anders Lee, Travis Hamonic and John Tavares also scored.
Jaroslav Halak made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 32 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Anders Lee (4)Ryan Strome (12), Brock Nelson (10)0–105:11 NYI
Alex Ovechkin (10)Matt Niskanen (6), Nicklas Backstrom (15)1–113:46 WSH · PPG
Travis Hamonic (3)Cal Clutterbuck (3), Casey Cizikas (2)1–217:38 NYI · PPG
2nd period
- Alex Ovechkin (11)Nicklas Backstrom (16), Marcus Johansson (6)2–218:47 WSH · PPG
OT period
John Tavares (9)Ryan Strome (13), Johnny Boychuk (12)2–304:36 NYI · PPG
Team stats
WSHNYI
27Shots on goal35
54%Faceoff %46%
2/2Power play2/3
13Penalty minutes11
28Hits55
19Blocked shots7
13Giveaways16
9Takeaways17
Penalties
- 1st 13:10
Matt Martin · holding2 min - 1st 15:45
Liam O'Brien · slashing2 min - 2nd 10:43Travis Hamonic · roughing2 min
- 2nd 10:43Alex Ovechkin · roughing2 min
- 2nd 18:07Anders Lee · fighting5 min
- 2nd 18:07Tom Wilson · fighting5 min
- 2nd 18:07Anders Lee · roughing2 min
- 3rd 05:53Nicklas Backstrom · holding2 min
- OT 02:38Nicklas Backstrom · holding the stick2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 20:50 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21:22 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 15:11 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26:22 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:17 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:38 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:50 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:42 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:29 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:47 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:33 |
| 87Liam O'BrienC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:42 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:16 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:42 |
| 38Jack HillenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:27 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 26:07 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 25:31 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Justin PetersG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | O | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 64:36 |
New York Islanders
| 18Ryan StromeC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 14:50 |
| 15Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:01 |
| 27Anders LeeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:54 |
| 29Brock NelsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:32 |
| 53Casey CizikasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:20 |
| 91John TavaresC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:38 |
| 3Travis HamonicD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:40 |
| 55Johnny BoychukD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25:47 |
| 12Josh BaileyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:03 |
| 17Matt MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12:57 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:22 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:47 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:40 |
| 86Nikolay KuleminL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:51 |
| 2Nick LeddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:15 |
| 11Lubomir VisnovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:33 |
| 14Thomas HickeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:11 |
| 44Calvin de HaanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chad JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 64:35 |