Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, February 18, 2016 · Barclays Center
CSN-DC · MSG+
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 3-2 in overtime on Thursday, February 18, 2016 at Barclays Center. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 35-22.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice. John Tavares, Frans Nielsen and Justin Williams also scored.
Braden Holtby made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Thomas Greiss stopped 32 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
John Tavares (22)Nick Leddy (23)0–115:41 NYI
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (36)Evgeny Kuznetsov (42), Justin Williams (22)1–101:25 WSH- Alex Ovechkin (37)Nicklas Backstrom (37), T.J. Oshie (18)2–102:52 WSH · PPG
3rd period
Frans Nielsen (16)Kyle Okposo (30), Travis Hamonic (10)2–218:16 NYI
OT period
Justin Williams (19)John Carlson (25), Matt Niskanen (21)3–204:16 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYI
35Shots on goal22
57%Faceoff %43%
1/5Power play0/2
8Penalty minutes14
20Hits19
16Blocked shots18
5Giveaways11
5Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 09:19
Andre Burakovsky · holding2 min - 1st 16:23
Nikolay Kulemin · holding2 min - 2nd 02:18Cal Clutterbuck · boarding2 min
- 2nd 03:36Thomas Hickey · roughing2 min
- 2nd 03:36Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
- 2nd 07:14Brooks Laich · slashing2 min
- 2nd 08:48Ryan Strome · elbowing2 min
- 2nd 09:51Thomas Greiss · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 17:37Justin Williams · slashing2 min
- 2nd 17:37Travis Hamonic · slashing2 min
- 3rd 11:01Brock Nelson · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 21:05 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 17:35 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:22 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:43 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:05 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26:37 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:42 |
| 10Mike RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:44 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:12 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 15:33 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:10 |
| 46Michael LattaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:44 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:24 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:00 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:25 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:23 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:45 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:26 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 22 | 20 | 2 | .909 | 64:09 |
New York Islanders
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 15:58 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:05 |
| 91John TavaresC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:33 |
| 2Nick LeddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:50 |
| 3Travis HamonicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26:08 |
| 12Josh BaileyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:01 |
| 15Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:32 |
| 17Matt MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:09 |
| 18Ryan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:33 |
| 27Anders LeeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:44 |
| 29Brock NelsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:10 |
| 53Casey CizikasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:30 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:40 |
| 86Nikolay KuleminL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:27 |
| 14Thomas HickeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:37 |
| 28Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:31 |
| 37Brian StraitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:04 |
| 55Johnny BoychukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | O | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 63:56 |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |