New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Tuesday, March 16, 2021 · Capital One Arena

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1–3

Final

SOG 22–22

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MSG+ 2 · NBCSWA

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 3-1 on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at Capital One Arena.

Goals came from T.J. Oshie, Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and Oliver Wahlstrom.

Ilya Samsonov made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Semyon Varlamov stopped 19 of 22.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYI	0	0	1	1	22
WSH	0	2	1	3	22

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

T.J. Oshie (7)Evgeny Kuznetsov (9), Alex Ovechkin (11)0–110:36 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (12)Justin Schultz (11), Nicklas Backstrom (21)0–215:24 WSH · PPG

3rd period

Nicklas Backstrom (12)Jakub Vrana (11), John Carlson (19)0–300:28 WSH · PPG
Oliver Wahlstrom (6)Unassisted1–304:17 NYI · PPG

Team stats

NYIWSH

22Shots on goal22

61%Faceoff %39%

1/2Power play2/4

8Penalty minutes4

30Hits25

9Blocked shots18

5Giveaways12

3Takeaways13

Penalties

1st 11:03Justin Schultz · hooking2 min
2nd 03:19Casey Cizikas · tripping2 min
2nd 13:34Mathew Barzal · cross checking2 min
2nd 20:00Scott Mayfield · roughing2 min
3rd 03:01Jakub Vrana · holding2 min
3rd 04:32Sebastian Aho · holding2 min

Season series

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

26Oliver WahlstromR	1	0	1	-1	5	2	0	0	–	14:57
7Jordan EberleC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	100	14:40
11Austin CzarnikC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	13:45
12Josh BaileyC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	19:13
13Mathew BarzalC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	50	14:59
15Cal ClutterbuckR	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	–	13:14
17Matt MartinL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	08:05
18Anthony BeauvillierL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	16:50
20Kieffer BellowsL	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	–	12:57
29Brock NelsonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	58	19:51
44Jean-Gabriel PageauC	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	69	17:07
53Casey CizikasC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	63	12:29
2Nick LeddyD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	23:57
3Adam PelechD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	18:35
4Andy GreeneD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	17:47
6Ryan PulockD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	21:13
24Scott MayfieldD	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	–	18:58
25Sebastian AhoD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	16:27

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SorokinG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Semyon VarlamovG	L	22	19	3	.864	58:38

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	1	2	+1	2	4	0	0	–	20:30
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	46	21:19
13Jakub VranaL	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	–	15:12
77T.J. OshieR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	3	0	40	20:14
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	25	18:33
2Justin SchultzD	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	–	19:43
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	0	3	0	4	0	–	21:50
10Daniel SprongR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	13:07
14Richard PanikR	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	100	12:23
21Garnet HathawayR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	13:28
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	36	17:17
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:54
73Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	16:08
3Nick JensenD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	17:25
4Brenden DillonD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	16:59
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	–	19:04
33Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	17:53
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	00:51

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SamsonovG	W	22	21	1	.955	59:54
41Vitek VanecekG		0	0	0	–	00:00