National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 4, NY Islanders 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 7, 2016
Where: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Tim Peel
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Devin Berg
Attendance: 14261
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 2114
NY Islanders 0101
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
5:45 - Capitals Jason Chimera (EV) Assists: Marcus Johansson
15:45 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Karl Alzner
Penalties
8:42 - Capitals Marcus Johansson (2) Illegal Check to head
2nd Period
Scoring
1:59 - Islanders Brock Nelson (EV) Assists: Ryan Strome , Mikhail Grabovski
15:54 - Capitals Nate Schmidt (EV) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom
Penalties
4:12 - Islanders Nikolay Kulemin (2) Interference
4:12 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
9:52 - Islanders Kyle Okposo (2) High sticking
13:48 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
17:06 - Islanders Ryan Strome (2) Slashing
3rd Period
Scoring
17:18 - Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (EV) (EN) Unassisted
Penalties
None.
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 52:00 4:00 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 31 25:50 20:21 2:35 2:54 0 0 1 6 - - -
Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 21 12:45 11:39 0:00 1:06 0 0 1 1 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 1 0 1 +2 2 8 19 16:36 13:34 3:02 0:00 0 0 3 1 - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 E 0 2 28 22:56 21:31 1:25 0:00 0 0 3 5 - - -
Justin Williams RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 18:24 15:15 2:04 1:05 0 0 1 1 1 1 50
Nicklas Backstrom C 1 1 2 +3 0 3 23 17:49 14:08 2:06 1:35 0 0 - - 12 7 63
Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 13:24 11:29 0:00 1:55 0 0 4 1 - - -
Jason Chimera LW 1 0 1 +1 0 7 19 13:41 11:04 1:54 0:43 0 0 - - - - -
Karl Alzner D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 28 21:00 17:58 0:08 2:54 0 0 1 1 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 +1 2 3 19 12:59 12:05 0:00 0:54 0 0 4 1 - - -
Michael Latta C 0 0 0 E 0 0 13 9:12 9:12 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 - 2 5 29
Stanislav Galiev RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 10:35 9:45 0:50 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Aaron Ness D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 19 12:34 12:34 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 14:23 14:23 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 +2 0 2 21 16:54 13:13 1:56 1:45 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Nate Schmidt D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 30 20:54 19:48 0:00 1:06 0 0 1 1 - - -
Marcus Johansson LW 0 1 1 E 2 3 19 15:28 13:22 2:06 0:00 0 0 - - 3 1 75
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 E 0 4 18 18:36 16:39 1:54 0:03 0 0 - 1 7 9 44
New York Islanders
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Thomas Greiss G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Halak G 0 0 0 0 0 59:52 51:52 4:00 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Leddy D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 21 20:27 17:56 2:31 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Travis Hamonic D 0 0 0 -2 0 4 24 20:18 16:58 1:17 2:03 0 0 - 2 - - -
Josh Bailey RW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 23 17:41 16:05 1:09 0:27 0 0 1 - - - -
Thomas Hickey D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 22 15:43 13:16 0:00 2:27 0 0 2 3 - - -
Cal Clutterbuck RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 11:59 9:07 0:20 2:32 0 0 6 - - - -
Matt Martin LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 13 8:03 8:01 0:02 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Ryan Strome RW 0 1 1 -1 2 2 19 13:32 13:16 0:16 0:00 0 0 - 1 0 2 0
Kyle Okposo RW 0 0 0 -2 2 3 21 16:29 13:48 2:31 0:10 0 0 - - - - -
Anders Lee LW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 22 18:21 15:58 2:23 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Marek Zidlicky D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 14:37 13:10 1:27 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Brock Nelson LW 1 0 1 -1 0 1 20 15:04 13:02 1:35 0:27 0 0 - - 2 0 100
Calvin de Haan D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 24 24:03 22:09 0:02 1:52 0 0 1 1 - - -
Adam Pelech D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 25 22:21 20:31 0:12 1:38 0 0 3 3 - - -
Frans Nielsen C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 15:56 12:32 2:31 0:53 0 0 1 - 8 2 80
Casey Cizikas C 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 11:23 9:08 0:02 2:13 0 0 3 1 4 7 36
Mikhail Grabovski C 0 1 1 E 0 2 18 14:39 13:28 1:11 0:00 0 0 - 1 2 7 22
Nikolay Kulemin LW 0 0 0 -1 2 0 19 14:02 12:52 0:00 1:10 0 0 - - - - -
John Tavares C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 23 19:30 16:51 2:31 0:08 0 0 - - 9 7 56
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (26-4-2) 35 34 1 .971 0 60:00
NY Islanders
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jaroslav Halak L (10-7-3) 37 34 3 .919 0 59:52