New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Preseason · Sunday, October 4, 2015 · Verizon Center
NHLN-US · CSN-DC · MSG+
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 6–2 on Sunday, October 4, 2015 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 26–24.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice. T.J. Oshie, Jay Beagle, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Josh Bailey, John Carlson and Kyle Okposo also scored.
Braden Holtby made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Thomas Greiss stopped 13 of 18.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
T.J. Oshie (2)Evgeny Kuznetsov (3), John Carlson (1)0–104:40 WSH
Jay Beagle (1)Tom Wilson (2)0–206:34 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov (1)John Carlson (2), Tom Wilson (3)0–307:10 WSH
2nd period
Josh Bailey (1)Kevin Czuczman (1)1–308:27 NYI
John Carlson (1)Evgeny Kuznetsov (4), T.J. Oshie (2)1–412:50 WSH · 
Alex Ovechkin (4)Evgeny Kuznetsov (5), T.J. Oshie (3)1–518:15 WSH ·
3rd period
- Alex Ovechkin (5)John Carlson (3), Marcus Johansson (1)1–609:20 WSH ·
Kyle Okposo (1)Frans Nielsen (1), Josh Bailey (2)2–615:22 NYI
Team stats
NYIWSH
2426
43%57%
0/33/4
108
1617
1019
712
46
Penalties
- 17:25 into the first period
Michael Latta · high sticking2 min - 11:24 into the second period
Marek Zidlicky · high sticking2 min - 15:06 into the second periodAlex Ovechkin · interference2 min
- 17:02 into the second periodEric Boulton · slashing2 min
- 1:06 into the third periodTom Wilson · interference2 min
- 3:40 into the third periodCasey Cizikas · illegal check to head2 min
- 8:36 into the third periodRyan Strome · slashing2 min
- 19:32 into the third periodRyan Strome · high sticking2 min
- 19:32 into the third periodMichael Latta · roughing2 min
New York Islanders
| 12Josh BaileyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 14:43 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:13 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 14:26 |
| 24Kevin CzuczmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:22 |
| 13Mathew BarzalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:08 |
| 16Steve BernierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:12 |
| 18Ryan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:27 |
| 27Anders LeeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:00 |
| 29Brock NelsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:20 |
| 36Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 08:46 |
| 53Casey CizikasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:14 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:49 |
| 90Kirill PetrovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:23 |
| 6Ryan PulockD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:31 |
| 28Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 20:40 |
| 37Brian StraitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:12 |
| 42Scott MayfieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:40 |
| 50Adam PelechD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:03 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | L | 18 | 5 | .722 |
| 35Stephon WilliamsG | 8 | 1 | .875 |
Washington Capitals
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 2 | 16:32 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 3 | 21:20 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 17:39 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 15:47 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 12:36 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 08:13 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:06 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:38 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:50 |
| 46Michael LattaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:55 |
| 53Sean CollinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:39 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:21 |
| 87Liam O'BrienC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:42 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:00 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:42 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:36 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:43 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:16 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |