New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Friday, March 16, 2018 · Capital One Arena

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3–6

Final

SOG 25–31

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 6-3 on Friday, March 16, 2018 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 31-25.

Goals came from T.J. Oshie, Mathew Barzal, Nicklas Backstrom, Matt Niskanen, Alex Chiasson, Jakub Vrana, Brock Nelson, John Tavares and Lars Eller.

Braden Holtby made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Jaroslav Halak stopped 25 of 30.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYI	0	1	2	3	25
WSH	1	2	3	6	31

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

T.J. Oshie (15)Alex Ovechkin (34), Evgeny Kuznetsov (49)0–114:33 WSH · PPG

2nd period

Mathew Barzal (19)Unassisted1–105:30 NYI · PPG
Nicklas Backstrom (19)Evgeny Kuznetsov (50), John Carlson (44)1–207:12 WSH · PPG
Matt Niskanen (5)Alex Chiasson (6), Nicklas Backstrom (37)1–317:55 WSH

3rd period

Alex Chiasson (8)Jakub Vrana (12), Dmitry Orlov (20)1–401:46 WSH · PPG
Jakub Vrana (13)Alex Chiasson (7)1–510:56 WSH
Brock Nelson (17)Jordan Eberle (26), Ryan Pulock (17)2–513:52 NYI · PPG
John Tavares (32)Mathew Barzal (53), Ryan Pulock (18)3–516:14 NYI · PPG
Lars Eller (17)Jay Beagle (15)3–618:02 WSH · EN

Team stats

NYIWSH

25Shots on goal31

45%Faceoff %55%

3/5Power play3/8

41Penalty minutes15

16Hits15

12Blocked shots19

7Giveaways6

7Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 01:04Johnny Boychuk · hooking2 min
1st 04:13Casey Cizikas · high sticking2 min
1st 14:00Thomas Hickey · hooking2 min
1st 19:30Alex Ovechkin · broken stick2 min
2nd 03:45Evgeny Kuznetsov · cross checking2 min
2nd 06:08Tom Wilson · fighting5 min
2nd 06:08Ross Johnston · instigator2 min
2nd 06:08Ross Johnston · fighting5 min
2nd 06:08Ross Johnston · misconduct10 min
2nd 06:08Ross Johnston · game misconduct10 min
2nd 06:19Cal Clutterbuck · interference2 min
2nd 08:30Dmitry Orlov · roughing2 min
2nd 19:54Thomas Hickey · slashing2 min
3rd 07:23Tanner Fritz · tripping2 min
3rd 12:05Dmitry Orlov · slashing2 min
3rd 14:02Anthony Beauvillier · cross checking2 min
3rd 15:12Andre Burakovsky · holding2 min

Season series

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

13Mathew BarzalC	1	1	2	-1	4	1	0	0	–	17:16
6Ryan PulockD	0	2	2	-1	4	3	1	0	–	19:11
7Jordan EberleC	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	–	15:53
29Brock NelsonC	1	0	1	-1	2	2	1	0	45	16:35
91John TavaresC	1	0	1	-1	5	0	1	0	58	19:43
12Josh BaileyC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	17:42
15Cal ClutterbuckR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	06:50
16Andrew LaddL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	15:29
27Anders LeeC	0	0	0	-3	3	2	0	0	–	17:25
52Ross JohnstonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	–	03:36
53Casey CizikasC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	2	53	14:10
56Tanner FritzC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	25	15:48
72Anthony BeauvillierL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50	15:59
2Nick LeddyD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	19:52
14Thomas HickeyD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	4	–	15:02
50Adam PelechD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	4	0	–	21:41
55Johnny BoychukD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	18:28
88Brandon DavidsonD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	17:16

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Christopher GibsonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Jaroslav HalakG	L	30	25	5	.833	58:35

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

39Alex ChiassonR	1	2	3	+2	2	0	0	0	–	14:18
13Jakub VranaL	1	1	2	+1	3	0	1	0	–	09:12
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	1	2	+1	4	0	1	0	50	19:04
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	2	2	0	3	1	0	2	27	14:00
8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	2	–	22:06
20Lars EllerC	1	0	1	+2	1	1	3	0	69	18:41
77T.J. OshieR	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	67	19:00
83Jay BeagleC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	83	11:23
2Matt NiskanenD	1	0	1	+2	2	2	4	0	–	22:19
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	4	–	20:02
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	–	21:52
25Devante Smith-PellyR	0	0	0	+1	3	0	1	0	67	13:13
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	5	67	14:04
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	2	–	17:19
72Travis BoydC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	07:51
6Michal KempnyD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	–	12:36
29Christian DjoosD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	14:23
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	+2	1	4	0	0	–	20:04

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	25	22	3	.880	59:59