New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, November 28, 2014 · Verizon Center
CSN-DC · MSG
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 5-2 on Friday, November 28, 2014 at Verizon Center. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 28-27.
Goals came from Andre Burakovsky, Marcus Johansson, John Tavares, Anders Lee, Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Joel Ward.
Braden Holtby made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Chad Johnson stopped 22 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Andre Burakovsky (4)Matt Niskanen (7), Evgeny Kuznetsov (6)0–111:51 WSH · PPG
Marcus Johansson (9)Matt Niskanen (8)0–218:27 WSH
John Tavares (10)Nick Leddy (5), Kyle Okposo (15)1–218:58 NYI
Anders Lee (5)Travis Hamonic (3), Casey Cizikas (3)2–219:33 NYI
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (12)Tom Wilson (3), Nicklas Backstrom (17)2–309:53 WSH
3rd period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (2)Troy Brouwer (6), Marcus Johansson (7)2–405:56 WSH
Joel Ward (9)John Carlson (11), Matt Niskanen (9)2–518:32 WSH · EN
Team stats
NYIWSH
28Shots on goal27
38%Faceoff %62%
0/2Power play1/2
9Penalty minutes9
25Hits33
27Blocked shots16
5Giveaways4
5Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 11:20
Matt Martin · hooking2 min - 1st 19:01Matt Martin · fighting5 min
- 1st 19:01
Tom Wilson · fighting5 min - 2nd 02:14Brock Nelson · hooking2 min
- 2nd 14:45Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:06Matt Niskanen · kneeing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:46 |
| 27Anders LeeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:26 |
| 53Casey CizikasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 91John TavaresC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 19:28 |
| 2Nick LeddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:46 |
| 3Travis HamonicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 22:08 |
| 12Josh BaileyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:13 |
| 15Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:21 |
| 17Matt MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:30 |
| 18Ryan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 13:45 |
| 29Brock NelsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:06 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:01 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 86Nikolay KuleminL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:00 |
| 11Lubomir VisnovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:14 |
| 14Thomas HickeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:34 |
| 37Brian StraitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:25 |
| 44Calvin de HaanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 23:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chad JohnsonG | L | 26 | 22 | 4 | .846 | 59:22 |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 22:35 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 15:33 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 15:57 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:38 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:00 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:04 |
| 42Joel WardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:57 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:58 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 09:10 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 21:00 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:51 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 13:14 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:48 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:23 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:26 |
| 38Jack HillenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:31 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:11 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Justin PetersG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 60:00 |