New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 15, 2015 · Verizon Center
USA · SN · TVAS2 · CSN-DC
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at Verizon Center. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 27-25.
Brock Nelson scored twice. Marcus Johansson, Ryan Strome and Josh Bailey also scored.
Jaroslav Halak made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 23 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brock Nelson (1)Josh Bailey (1), Johnny Boychuk (1)1–006:06 NYI
Marcus Johansson (1)Brooks Laich (1)1–119:03 WSH
2nd period
Ryan Strome (1)John Tavares (1)2–103:50 NYI
Josh Bailey (1)Kyle Okposo (1), Frans Nielsen (1)3–110:36 NYI
3rd period
- Brock Nelson (2)Anders Lee (1), Michael Grabner (1)4–118:41 NYI · EN
Team stats
NYIWSH
27Shots on goal25
37%Faceoff %63%
0/2Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes6
36Hits46
19Blocked shots17
5Giveaways11
9Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 10:55
Eric Fehr · holding2 min - 2nd 04:15
Michael Grabner · interference2 min - 2nd 20:00Jason Chimera · roughing2 min
- 3rd 07:47Cal Clutterbuck · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 20:00Jason Chimera · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 12Josh BaileyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 15:11 |
| 29Brock NelsonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 13:17 |
| 18Ryan StromeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:51 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 17:19 |
| 27Anders LeeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:23 |
| 40Michael GrabnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:41 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:50 |
| 91John TavaresC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:43 |
| 55Johnny BoychukD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 23:05 |
| 15Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:40 |
| 17Matt MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:02 |
| 53Casey CizikasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:12 |
| 86Nikolay KuleminL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:53 |
| 2Nick LeddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:49 |
| 11Lubomir VisnovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:39 |
| 14Thomas HickeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 21:31 |
| 37Brian StraitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:17 |
| 44Calvin de HaanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | W | 25 | 24 | 1 | .960 | 60:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:58 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:18 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 8 | 20:33 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:06 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:45 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:16 |
| 22Curtis GlencrossL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:39 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:21 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 17:04 |
| 46Michael LattaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:16 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:14 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:45 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 20:39 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:07 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 18:34 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:37 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:39 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:03 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Justin PetersG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 59:06 |