New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Thursday, January 28, 2021 · Capital One Arena

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3–6

Final

SOG 30–23

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MSG+ 2 · NBCSWA

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 6-3 on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 30-23.

Conor Sheary scored twice. Oliver Wahlstrom, Casey Cizikas, Anders Lee, Garnet Hathaway, John Carlson, Zdeno Chara and Tom Wilson also scored.

Vitek Vanecek made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Semyon Varlamov stopped 17 of 22.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYI	3	0	0	3	30
WSH	0	5	1	6	23

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Oliver Wahlstrom (1)Jean-Gabriel Pageau (2)1–009:50 NYI
Casey Cizikas (1)Cal Clutterbuck (2)2–010:08 NYI
Anders Lee (3)Mathew Barzal (4), Noah Dobson (4)3–017:39 NYI · PPG

2nd period

Conor Sheary (1)John Carlson (6), Brenden Dillon (3)3–109:07 WSH
Conor Sheary (2)Zdeno Chara (2), Richard Panik (2)3–210:20 WSH
Garnet Hathaway (2)Carl Hagelin (1), Nic Dowd (1)3–311:11 WSH
John Carlson (3)Justin Schultz (3), Nicklas Backstrom (5)3–414:16 WSH · PPG
Zdeno Chara (1)Justin Schultz (4), Michael Sgarbossa (1)3–518:30 WSH

3rd period

Tom Wilson (4)T.J. Oshie (5), Nicklas Backstrom (6)3–619:41 WSH · PPG · EN

Team stats

NYIWSH

30Shots on goal23

55%Faceoff %45%

1/3Power play2/3

16Penalty minutes6

19Hits15

13Blocked shots18

5Giveaways1

3Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 11:08Garnet Hathaway · holding2 min
1st 12:39Brock Nelson · high sticking2 min
1st 16:50Tom Wilson · tripping2 min
2nd 12:56Oliver Wahlstrom · hooking2 min
3rd 16:48Richard Panik · interference2 min
3rd 18:12Ryan Pulock · tripping2 min
3rd 18:12Mathew Barzal · misconduct10 min

Season series

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

13Mathew BarzalC	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	10	40	20:03
15Cal ClutterbuckR	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	–	13:31
26Oliver WahlstromR	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	2	–	10:51
27Anders LeeC	1	0	1	-1	4	0	0	0	40	19:09
44Jean-Gabriel PageauC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	70	14:10
53Casey CizikasC	1	0	1	-1	3	1	0	0	73	12:38
8Noah DobsonD	0	1	1	-1	5	2	1	0	–	21:34
7Jordan EberleC	0	0	0	-1	3	3	0	0	–	19:42
12Josh BaileyC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	100	16:26
17Matt MartinL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	10:44
20Kieffer BellowsL	0	0	0	+1	3	2	0	0	–	12:07
29Brock NelsonC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	2	47	16:20
47Leo KomarovC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	12:36
2Nick LeddyD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	21:30
3Adam PelechD	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	–	21:23
4Andy GreeneD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	16:07
6Ryan PulockD	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	–	22:41
24Scott MayfieldD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	–	16:20

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Cory SchneiderG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Semyon VarlamovG	L	22	17	5	.773	57:19

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

19Nicklas BackstromC	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	29	18:47
73Conor ShearyL	2	0	2	+1	2	0	1	0	–	09:07
2Justin SchultzD	0	2	2	+2	1	0	2	0	–	14:31
33Zdeno CharaD	1	1	2	+2	1	2	3	0	–	22:55
74John CarlsonD	1	1	2	+1	2	0	1	0	–	25:38
14Richard PanikR	0	1	1	+1	3	1	1	2	–	11:37
21Garnet HathawayR	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	2	–	15:14
23Michael SgarbossaC	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	43	10:47
26Nic DowdC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	65	18:43
43Tom WilsonR	1	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	–	18:15
62Carl HagelinL	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	17:54
77T.J. OshieR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	25	15:34
4Brenden DillonD	0	1	1	+1	1	2	2	0	–	21:52
10Daniel SprongR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	10:29
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	100	18:01
28Daniel CarrL	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	–	10:00
34Jonas SiegenthalerD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	15:36
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	–	19:28

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Craig AndersonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Vitek VanecekG	W	30	27	3	.900	60:00