New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals

Playoffs · Friday, April 17, 2015 · Verizon Center

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3–4

Final

SOG 21–35

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NBCSN · SN · TVAS2 · CSN-DC

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 4-3 on Friday, April 17, 2015 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 35-21.

Goals came from Cal Clutterbuck, Ryan Strome, Karl Alzner, Kyle Okposo, Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and Jason Chimera.

Philipp Grubauer made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; Jaroslav Halak stopped 31 of 35.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYI	1	2	0	3	21
WSH	0	2	2	4	35

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Cal Clutterbuck (1)Matt Martin (1)1–005:14 NYI

2nd period

Ryan Strome (2)John Tavares (2), Lubomir Visnovsky (1)2–003:24 NYI
Karl Alzner (1)Mike Green (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1)2–111:26 WSH
Kyle Okposo (1)Josh Bailey (2), Calvin de Haan (1)3–114:09 NYI
Alex Ovechkin (1)Matt Niskanen (1), Nicklas Backstrom (2)3–216:09 WSH

3rd period

Nicklas Backstrom (1)John Carlson (1)3–303:44 WSH · PPG
Jason Chimera (1)Jay Beagle (1), Matt Niskanen (2)3–407:37 WSH

Team stats

NYIWSH

21Shots on goal35

49%Faceoff %51%

0/1Power play1/1

2Penalty minutes2

38Hits59

27Blocked shots11

14Giveaways10

4Takeaways2

Penalties

1st 07:54Mike Green · high sticking2 min
3rd 02:50Ryan Strome · slashing2 min

Season series

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

12Josh BaileyC	0	1	1	-1	1	3	1	0	–	21:04
15Cal ClutterbuckR	1	0	1	+1	3	5	0	0	–	11:36
17Matt MartinL	0	1	1	0	3	6	0	0	–	12:46
18Ryan StromeC	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	2	50	17:11
21Kyle OkposoR	1	0	1	-1	3	1	2	0	17	19:36
91John TavaresC	0	1	1	+1	2	3	1	0	44	17:24
11Lubomir VisnovskyD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	3	0	–	20:42
44Calvin de HaanD	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	0	–	16:14
27Anders LeeC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	11:57
29Brock NelsonC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	67	13:03
40Michael GrabnerR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	10:48
51Frans NielsenC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	5	0	62	18:10
53Casey CizikasC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50	13:13
86Nikolay KuleminL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	14:34
2Nick LeddyD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	22:37
14Thomas HickeyD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0	–	18:53
37Brian StraitD	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	–	16:57
55Johnny BoychukD	0	0	0	-1	1	6	1	0	–	23:38

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Michal NeuvirthG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Jaroslav HalakG	L	35	31	4	.886	58:43

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

19Nicklas BackstromC	1	2	3	+1	4	2	1	0	67	18:59
2Matt NiskanenD	0	2	2	+2	3	5	0	0	–	21:47
8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	+1	4	8	0	0	–	18:34
25Jason ChimeraL	1	0	1	+1	3	3	0	0	100	14:19
83Jay BeagleC	0	1	1	+1	1	3	4	0	33	16:40
27Karl AlznerD	1	0	1	+3	2	5	0	0	–	22:07
52Mike GreenD	0	1	1	-1	3	1	1	2	–	17:47
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	-1	3	2	0	0	–	20:17
16Eric FehrC	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	0	44	16:26
20Troy BrouwerR	0	0	0	-1	1	3	1	0	–	18:00
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	43	10:30
22Curtis GlencrossL	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	–	07:08
42Joel WardR	0	0	0	+1	3	0	2	0	–	17:22
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	-1	0	7	0	0	–	07:17
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	17:07
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	45	16:24
6Tim GleasonD	0	0	0	-1	1	5	1	0	–	17:22
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	-2	0	7	1	0	–	19:54

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG	W	21	18	3	.857	60:00
35Justin PetersG		0	0	0	–	00:00