Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, January 18, 2020 · NYCB Live/Nassau Coliseum
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 6-4 on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at NYCB Live/Nassau Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 30-29.
Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick. Brock Nelson, Casey Cizikas, Jordan Eberle, Devon Toews, Carl Hagelin, Tom Wilson and Jakub Vrana also scored.
Ilya Samsonov made 7 saves on 7 shots for the win; Semyon Varlamov stopped 24 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (32)Nicklas Backstrom (29)1–010:22 WSH
Brock Nelson (19)Anthony Beauvillier (15), Josh Bailey (17)1–113:11 NYI
Casey Cizikas (10)Anthony Beauvillier (16), Devon Toews (13)1–215:49 NYI
2nd period
Jordan Eberle (7)Mathew Barzal (23), Devon Toews (14)1–309:31 NYI · PPG
Devon Toews (4)Leo Komarov (9), Derick Brassard (15)1–417:25 NYI
3rd period
Carl Hagelin (3)Richard Panik (5), Nick Jensen (3)2–402:33 WSH- Alex Ovechkin (33)John Carlson (46)3–405:18 WSH
Tom Wilson (14)Dmitry Orlov (19), John Carlson (47)4–414:32 WSH
Jakub Vrana (22)Unassisted5–417:30 WSH- Alex Ovechkin (34)T.J. Oshie (16)6–419:04 WSH · EN
Team stats
WSHNYI
30Shots on goal29
56%Faceoff %44%
0/4Power play1/4
10Penalty minutes10
24Hits28
7Blocked shots21
14Giveaways17
4Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 06:05
Jordan Eberle · tripping2 min - 1st 06:40
Alex Ovechkin · hooking2 min - 1st 13:11Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
- 1st 13:34Carl Hagelin · interference2 min
- 2nd 04:49Matt Martin · roughing2 min
- 2nd 04:49Matt Martin · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2nd 04:49Radko Gudas · roughing2 min
- 2nd 08:27Brendan Leipsic · roughing2 min
- 2nd 11:11Leo Komarov · boarding2 min
- 2nd 14:37Nick Leddy · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +4 | 3 | 23:19 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 24:02 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:51 |
| 14Richard PanikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 09:09 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 | 18:12 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:53 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 12:15 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 19:49 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 16:14 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:25 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:02 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:54 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:46 |
| 28Brendan LeipsicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:50 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:27 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 20:25 |
| 33Radko GudasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:10 |
| 34Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | W | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 20:00 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 22 | 18 | 4 | .818 | 40:00 |
New York Islanders
| 25Devon ToewsD | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 | 22:42 |
| 18Anthony BeauvillierL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 12:09 |
| 7Jordan EberleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 17:50 |
| 10Derick BrassardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 07:49 |
| 12Josh BaileyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 17:38 |
| 13Mathew BarzalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 21:16 |
| 29Brock NelsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:41 |
| 47Leo KomarovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:01 |
| 53Casey CizikasC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 15:57 |
| 14Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:19 |
| 17Matt MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:15 |
| 27Anders LeeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 19:35 |
| 32Ross JohnstonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:56 |
| 2Nick LeddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:00 |
| 6Ryan PulockD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 22:44 |
| 8Noah DobsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:12 |
| 24Scott MayfieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:26 |
| 55Johnny BoychukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | L | 29 | 24 | 5 | .828 | 58:19 |