New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Tuesday, January 26, 2021 · Capital One Arena

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2–3

Final

SOG 34–37

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 3-2 on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 37-34.

Goals came from John Carlson, Noah Dobson, Mathew Barzal, Daniel Sprong and Justin Schultz.

Vitek Vanecek made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Semyon Varlamov stopped 34 of 37.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYI	1	1	0	2	34
WSH	1	1	1	3	37

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

John Carlson (2)Justin Schultz (2), Nicklas Backstrom (4)0–111:06 WSH · PPG
Noah Dobson (1)Mathew Barzal (3), Jordan Eberle (2)1–115:33 NYI

2nd period

Mathew Barzal (3)Unassisted2–110:01 NYI
Daniel Sprong (1)Daniel Carr (1), John Carlson (5)2–217:21 WSH

3rd period

Justin Schultz (2)Garnet Hathaway (1), Brenden Dillon (2)2–319:33 WSH

Team stats

NYIWSH

34Shots on goal37

50%Faceoff %50%

0/3Power play1/2

7Penalty minutes6

18Hits14

21Blocked shots16

3Giveaways8

2Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 10:12Matt Martin · tripping2 min
2nd 07:19Carl Hagelin · boarding2 min
2nd 13:24Nicklas Backstrom · interference2 min
2nd 19:03Lars Eller · tripping2 min
3rd 10:59Leo Komarov · boarding5 min

Season series

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

13Mathew BarzalC	1	1	2	+2	6	0	0	0	56	20:41
7Jordan EberleC	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	0	–	18:14
8Noah DobsonD	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	17:11
12Josh BaileyC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	21:30
15Cal ClutterbuckR	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	–	11:43
17Matt MartinL	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	2	–	08:53
20Kieffer BellowsL	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	11:04
27Anders LeeC	0	0	0	+2	3	0	0	0	40	18:22
29Brock NelsonC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	46	18:53
32Ross JohnstonL	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	–	08:05
44Jean-Gabriel PageauC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	3	0	50	16:39
47Leo KomarovC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	5	–	11:17
53Casey CizikasC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	80	10:45
2Nick LeddyD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	19:57
3Adam PelechD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	5	0	–	20:15
4Andy GreeneD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	2	0	–	17:40
6Ryan PulockD	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	–	25:28
24Scott MayfieldD	0	0	0	-2	1	2	1	0	–	17:51

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SorokinG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Semyon VarlamovG	L	37	34	3	.919	59:38

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

2Justin SchultzD	1	1	2	+2	4	0	0	0	–	20:05
74John CarlsonD	1	1	2	-2	5	1	1	0	–	24:02
10Daniel SprongR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	11:22
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	-1	3	0	1	2	58	16:12
21Garnet HathawayR	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	–	14:27
28Daniel CarrL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	0	–	10:49
4Brenden DillonD	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	0	–	16:49
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	16:25
14Richard PanikR	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	14:10
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	55	15:10
23Michael SgarbossaC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	17	13:33
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	54	14:59
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	2	–	15:28
73Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	14:40
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	75	18:40
33Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	1	0	–	20:38
34Jonas SiegenthalerD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	17:59
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	18:32

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Craig AndersonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Vitek VanecekG	W	34	32	2	.941	60:00