Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Thursday, January 7, 2016 · Barclays Center

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4–1

Final

SOG 38–35

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 4-1 on Thursday, January 7, 2016 at Barclays Center. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 38-35.

Goals came from Jason Chimera, Alex Ovechkin, Brock Nelson, Nate Schmidt and Nicklas Backstrom.

Braden Holtby made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Jaroslav Halak stopped 34 of 37.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	2	1	1	4	38
NYI	0	1	0	1	35

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Jason Chimera (12)Marcus Johansson (16)1–005:45 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (22)Karl Alzner (10)2–015:45 WSH

2nd period

Brock Nelson (14)Ryan Strome (12), Mikhail Grabovski (13)2–101:59 NYI
Nate Schmidt (2)Nicklas Backstrom (25)3–115:54 WSH

3rd period

Nicklas Backstrom (12)Unassisted4–117:18 WSH · EN

Team stats

WSHNYI

38Shots on goal35

50%Faceoff %50%

0/2Power play0/2

6Penalty minutes6

25Hits21

19Blocked shots14

9Giveaways8

10Takeaways12

Penalties

1st 08:42Marcus Johansson · illegal check to head2 min
2nd 04:12Alex Ovechkin · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
2nd 04:12Nikolay Kulemin · interference2 min
2nd 09:52Kyle Okposo · high sticking2 min
2nd 13:48Tom Wilson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
2nd 17:06Ryan Strome · slashing2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

19Nicklas BackstromC	1	1	2	+3	3	0	0	0	63	17:49
8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	+2	8	3	1	2	–	16:36
25Jason ChimeraL	1	0	1	+1	7	0	0	0	–	13:41
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	2	75	15:28
27Karl AlznerD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	–	21:00
88Nate SchmidtD	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	0	–	20:54
14Justin WilliamsR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	50	18:24
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	–	13:24
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	+1	3	4	1	2	–	12:59
46Michael LattaC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	29	09:12
49Stanislav GalievR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	10:35
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:23
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	–	16:54
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	44	18:36
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	6	0	–	25:50
4Taylor ChorneyD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	1	0	–	12:45
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	0	–	22:56
55Aaron NessD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	12:34

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	35	34	1	.971	60:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

18Ryan StromeC	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	2	–	13:32
29Brock NelsonC	1	0	1	-1	1	0	0	0	100	15:04
84Mikhail GrabovskiC	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	22	14:39
12Josh BaileyC	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	–	17:41
15Cal ClutterbuckR	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	–	11:59
17Matt MartinL	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	08:03
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	2	–	16:29
27Anders LeeC	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	–	18:21
51Frans NielsenC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	80	15:56
53Casey CizikasC	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	36	11:23
86Nikolay KuleminL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	–	14:02
91John TavaresC	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	56	19:30
2Nick LeddyD	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	–	20:27
3Travis HamonicD	0	0	0	-2	4	0	2	0	–	20:18
14Thomas HickeyD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	3	0	–	15:43
28Marek ZidlickyD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	14:37
44Calvin de HaanD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	24:03
50Adam PelechD	0	0	0	-2	2	3	3	0	–	22:21

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Thomas GreissG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Jaroslav HalakG	L	37	34	3	.919	59:52