Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, April 1, 2021 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
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Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 8-4 on Thursday, April 1, 2021 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 33-22.
John Carlson scored twice, Jordan Eberle scored twice and Mathew Barzal scored a hat trick. Brock Nelson, Daniel Sprong, Casey Cizikas, T.J. Oshie and Josh Bailey also scored.
Semyon Varlamov made 18 saves on 22 shots for the win; Ilya Samsonov stopped 18 of 24.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
John Carlson (8)Tom Wilson (14), Conor Sheary (6)1–001:01 WSH
Jordan Eberle (12)Leo Komarov (4), Mathew Barzal (19)1–105:02 NYI
Mathew Barzal (11)Unassisted1–216:09 NYI
Brock Nelson (13)Josh Bailey (16)1–317:32 NYI
Daniel Sprong (7)Lars Eller (8)2–317:54 WSH- Mathew Barzal (12)Jordan Eberle (11), Scott Mayfield (9)2–418:53 NYI
2nd period
Casey Cizikas (7)Cal Clutterbuck (6)2–503:03 NYI
T.J. Oshie (10)Alex Ovechkin (13), Nicklas Backstrom (25)3–506:47 WSH · PPG- Jordan Eberle (13)Mathew Barzal (20), Andy Greene (3)3–608:08 NYI
- John Carlson (9)Jakub Vrana (13), Daniel Sprong (5)4–619:01 WSH
3rd period
Josh Bailey (6)Brock Nelson (9), Anthony Beauvillier (6)4–703:13 NYI- Mathew Barzal (13)Josh Bailey (17), Scott Mayfield (10)4–818:54 NYI
Team stats
WSHNYI
22Shots on goal33
50%Faceoff %50%
1/1Power play0/2
19Penalty minutes17
26Hits20
8Blocked shots15
9Giveaways9
2Takeaways10
Penalties
- 2nd 05:59
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 3rd 08:26
Nicklas Backstrom · high sticking2 min - 3rd 14:59T.J. Oshie · hooking2 min
- 3rd 18:54Garnet Hathaway · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 18:54Ross Johnston · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 20:00Zdeno Chara · fighting5 min
- 3rd 20:00Matt Martin · fighting5 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Daniel SprongR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 14:00 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 20:28 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 16:58 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:28 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 17:40 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:33 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 | 17:10 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 16:31 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 17:31 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 10:08 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 12:11 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:45 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:45 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 22:23 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:42 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:30 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:37 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:32 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | L | 24 | 18 | 6 | .750 | 43:34 |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | 9 | 7 | 2 | .778 | 16:26 |
New York Islanders
| 13Mathew BarzalC | 3 | 2 | 5 | +5 | 8 | 17:42 |
| 7Jordan EberleC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 4 | 14:48 |
| 12Josh BaileyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 16:58 |
| 29Brock NelsonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15:47 |
| 24Scott MayfieldD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 22:01 |
| 15Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:14 |
| 18Anthony BeauvillierL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:21 |
| 47Leo KomarovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 | 14:29 |
| 53Casey CizikasC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:55 |
| 4Andy GreeneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 17:02 |
| 17Matt MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:14 |
| 26Oliver WahlstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:32 |
| 32Ross JohnstonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:50 |
| 44Jean-Gabriel PageauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:53 |
| 2Nick LeddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:26 |
| 3Adam PelechD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:15 |
| 6Ryan PulockD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 23:24 |
| 8Noah DobsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SorokinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | W | 22 | 18 | 4 | .818 | 60:00 |