Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, December 13, 2016 · Barclays Center
CSN-DC · MSG+
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 4-2 on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at Barclays Center. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 38-28.
Matt Niskanen scored twice. Brock Nelson, Brett Connolly, Justin Williams and Nikolay Kulemin also scored.
Braden Holtby made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Jaroslav Halak stopped 34 of 38.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brock Nelson (7)Cal Clutterbuck (8), Dennis Seidenberg (6)0–109:32 NYI
2nd period
Brett Connolly (3)Lars Eller (2), Jakub Vrana (1)1–102:09 WSH
Justin Williams (6)Jakub Vrana (2), Evgeny Kuznetsov (12)2–107:37 WSH · PPG
Nikolay Kulemin (3)Nick Leddy (9), Casey Cizikas (9)2–210:41 NYI
3rd period
Matt Niskanen (1)Dmitry Orlov (10), Marcus Johansson (10)3–201:34 WSH- Matt Niskanen (2)Evgeny Kuznetsov (13), John Carlson (12)4–218:02 WSH · PPG
Team stats
WSHNYI
38Shots on goal28
50%Faceoff %50%
2/3Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes6
21Hits27
17Blocked shots19
7Giveaways15
10Takeaways18
Penalties
- 1st 12:17
Cal Clutterbuck · slashing2 min - 1st 15:49
Nicklas Backstrom · tripping2 min - 2nd 06:08Jason Chimera · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 16:47Travis Hamonic · tripping2 min
- 3rd 19:10Tom Wilson · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 09:34 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 14:58 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 23:00 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 07:05 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 15:01 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:10 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:33 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:27 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 22:35 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:01 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:23 |
| 26Daniel WinnikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:43 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:39 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:28 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:01 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:31 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:21 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 60:00 |
New York Islanders
| 15Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 12:33 |
| 29Brock NelsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:35 |
| 53Casey CizikasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:03 |
| 86Nikolay KuleminL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:20 |
| 2Nick LeddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:24 |
| 4Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:53 |
| 11Shane PrinceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:54 |
| 12Josh BaileyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:08 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:29 |
| 18Ryan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:14 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:08 |
| 27Anders LeeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:03 |
| 72Anthony BeauvillierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:07 |
| 91John TavaresC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 21:52 |
| 3Travis HamonicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:24 |
| 14Thomas HickeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:28 |
| 44Calvin de HaanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:15 |
| 55Johnny BoychukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | L | 38 | 34 | 4 | .895 | 58:20 |