Washington Capitals at New York Islanders

Tue, Dec 13, 2016 · Barclays Center · 2016–17 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

4 – 2

Final

New York Islanders

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 4–2 on Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at Barclays Center. Matt Niskanen scored twice. Braden Holtby made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 38–28.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	2	2	4	38
NYI	1	1	0	2	28

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	09:32	NYI	EV	Brock Nelson (7) · wrist	Cal Clutterbuck (8), Dennis Seidenberg (6)	0–1
2nd	02:09	WSH	EV	Brett Connolly (3) · deflected	Lars Eller (2), Jakub Vrana (1)	1–1
2nd	07:37	WSH	PP	Justin Williams (6) · snap	Jakub Vrana (2), Evgeny Kuznetsov (12)	2–1
2nd	10:41	NYI	EV	Nikolay Kulemin (3) · slap	Nick Leddy (9), Casey Cizikas (9)	2–2
3rd	01:34	WSH	EV	Matt Niskanen (1) · wrist	Dmitry Orlov (10), Marcus Johansson (10)	3–2
3rd	18:02	WSH	PP	Matt Niskanen (2) · slap	Evgeny Kuznetsov (13), John Carlson (12)	4–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	12:17	NYI	Cal Clutterbuck	slashing	2
1st	15:49	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	tripping	2
2nd	06:08	NYI	Jason Chimera	high sticking	2
3rd	16:47	NYI	Travis Hamonic	tripping	2
3rd	19:10	WSH	Tom Wilson	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 3.13 · NYI 3.08 · xG% WSH 50.4

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
2	Matt Niskanen	D	2	0	2	+1	0	6	2	1		23:00	27
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	2	2	-1	0	3	0	2	38.9	14:58	23
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	1		9:34	14
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	-2	0	4	0	1		22:35	28
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		19:33	24
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		19:27	25
14	Justin Williams	R	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	1		15:01	23
20	Lars Eller	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	33.3	10:10	15
10	Brett Connolly	R	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	100.0	7:05	13
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0		19:31	27
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	2	50.0	19:28	24
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	+1	2	3	1	2	47.1	19:23	24
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		17:21	23
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	68.4	17:01	22
26	Daniel Winnik	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		16:43	21
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	0		16:01	22
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1		15:40	19
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	2		14:39	20

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	28	26	2	.929	60:00

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
2	Nick Leddy	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1		21:24	23
4	Dennis Seidenberg	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	2		19:53	22
29	Brock Nelson	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	50.0	17:35	22
86	Nikolay Kulemin	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0		13:20	23
15	Cal Clutterbuck	R	0	1	1	+2	2	3	4	0		12:33	23
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	1	57.1	11:03	20
91	John Tavares	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	53.8	21:52	24
12	Josh Bailey	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		21:08	23
3	Travis Hamonic	D	0	0	0	+1	2	3	3	3		20:24	23
55	Johnny Boychuk	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	2		20:06	25
44	Calvin de Haan	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2		18:15	22
27	Anders Lee	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		18:03	22
14	Thomas Hickey	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	5		17:28	23
16	Andrew Ladd	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1		15:29	23
18	Ryan Strome	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	50.0	13:14	16
11	Shane Prince	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1		12:54	19
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	0		11:08	17
72	Anthony Beauvillier	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20.0	11:07	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Jaroslav Halak	L	38	34	4	.895	58:20