New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, February 4, 2016 · Verizon Center
NBCSN · SN360
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 3-2 on Thursday, February 4, 2016 at Verizon Center. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 26-23.
Goals came from Mikhail Grabovski, T.J. Oshie, Andre Burakovsky, Josh Bailey and Alex Ovechkin.
Braden Holtby made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Jaroslav Halak stopped 20 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mikhail Grabovski (9)Josh Bailey (15), Travis Hamonic (9)1–001:55 NYI
T.J. Oshie (16)Nicklas Backstrom (30)1–107:28 WSH
2nd period
Andre Burakovsky (9)Jason Chimera (15), Dmitry Orlov (14)1–218:42 WSH
3rd period
Josh Bailey (8)Marek Zidlicky (11), Brock Nelson (11)2–205:38 NYI
Alex Ovechkin (29)Nicklas Backstrom (31), T.J. Oshie (16)2–317:20 WSH
Team stats
NYIWSH
26Shots on goal23
53%Faceoff %47%
0/2Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes4
25Hits23
15Blocked shots33
5Giveaways6
4Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 08:08
Thomas Hickey · elbowing2 min - 2nd 16:46Ryan Strome · hooking2 min
- 2nd 18:01
Alex Ovechkin · slashing2 min - 3rd 17:40John Carlson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 12Josh BaileyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 13:18 |
| 29Brock NelsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:47 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:22 |
| 3Travis HamonicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 22:09 |
| 28Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:24 |
| 15Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:26 |
| 17Matt MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:03 |
| 18Ryan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:41 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:01 |
| 27Anders LeeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 14:24 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:09 |
| 53Casey CizikasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:06 |
| 86Nikolay KuleminL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:58 |
| 91John TavaresC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 20:36 |
| 2Nick LeddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 24:11 |
| 14Thomas HickeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:00 |
| 37Brian StraitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:37 |
| 44Calvin de HaanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | L | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 58:35 |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 21:05 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 19:55 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 19:22 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:55 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:19 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:04 |
| 10Mike RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:55 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:45 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:23 |
| 23Zach SillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:24 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:09 |
| 46Michael LattaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:30 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:23 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 23:21 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:56 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 23:35 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 23:05 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 26 | 24 | 2 | .923 | 60:00 |