New York Islanders at Washington Capitals

Thu, Jan 28, 2021 · Capital One Arena · 2020–21 Regular Season

New York Islanders

3 – 6

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 6–3 on Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at Capital One Arena. Conor Sheary scored twice. Vitek Vanecek made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 30–23.

Linescore

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

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	09:50	NYI	EV	Oliver Wahlstrom (1) · wrist	Jean-Gabriel Pageau (2)	1–0
1st	10:08	NYI	EV	Casey Cizikas (1) · tip-in	Cal Clutterbuck (2)	2–0
1st	17:39	NYI	PP	Anders Lee (3) · wrist	Mathew Barzal (4), Noah Dobson (4)	3–0
2nd	09:07	WSH	EV	Conor Sheary (1) · wrist	John Carlson (6), Brenden Dillon (3)	3–1
2nd	10:20	WSH	EV	Conor Sheary (2) · tip-in	Zdeno Chara (2), Richard Panik (2)	3–2
2nd	11:11	WSH	EV	Garnet Hathaway (2) · wrist	Carl Hagelin (1), Nic Dowd (1)	3–3
2nd	14:16	WSH	PP	John Carlson (3) · slap	Justin Schultz (3), Nicklas Backstrom (5)	3–4
2nd	18:30	WSH	EV	Zdeno Chara (1) · slap	Justin Schultz (4), Michael Sgarbossa (1)	3–5
3rd	19:41	WSH	EV EN	Tom Wilson (4) · wrist	T.J. Oshie (5), Nicklas Backstrom (6)	3–6

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	11:08	WSH	Garnet Hathaway	holding	2
1st	12:39	NYI	Brock Nelson	high sticking	2
1st	16:50	WSH	Tom Wilson	tripping	2
2nd	12:56	NYI	Oliver Wahlstrom	hooking	2
3rd	16:48	WSH	Richard Panik	interference	2
3rd	18:12	NYI	Ryan Pulock	tripping	2
3rd	18:12	NYI	Mathew Barzal	misconduct	10

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NYI 2.10 · WSH 2.53 · xG% NYI 45.4

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Noah Dobson	D	0	1	1	-1	0	5	2	1		21:34	23
13	Mathew Barzal	C	0	1	1	-1	10	1	0	0	40.0	20:03	21
27	Anders Lee	L	1	0	1	-1	0	4	0	0	40.0	19:09	22
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	70.0	14:10	19
15	Cal Clutterbuck	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0		13:31	19
53	Casey Cizikas	C	1	0	1	-1	0	3	1	0	72.7	12:38	19
26	Oliver Wahlstrom	R	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	0		10:51	16
6	Ryan Pulock	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2		22:41	25
2	Nick Leddy	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		21:30	23
3	Adam Pelech	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3		21:23	23
7	Jordan Eberle	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	0		19:42	22
12	Josh Bailey	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	100.0	16:26	18
29	Brock Nelson	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	3	47.1	16:20	21
24	Scott Mayfield	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	2		16:20	20
4	Andy Greene	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		16:07	23
47	Leo Komarov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		12:36	17
20	Kieffer Bellows	L	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	0		12:07	15
17	Matt Martin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		10:44	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Semyon Varlamov	L	22	17	5	.773	57:19

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
74	John Carlson	D	1	1	2	+1	0	2	0	1		25:38	24
33	Zdeno Chara	D	1	1	2	+2	0	1	2	3		22:55	25
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	28.6	18:47	21
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	2		14:31	17
73	Conor Sheary	L	2	0	2	+1	0	2	0	1		9:07	15
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	2		21:52	25
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1	65.2	18:43	28
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	0	1	0	2	1	3	0		18:15	23
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0		17:54	24
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1	25.0	15:34	19
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	1		15:14	23
14	Richard Panik	R	0	1	1	+1	2	3	1	1		11:37	18
23	Michael Sgarbossa	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	42.9	10:47	13
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2		19:28	25
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	100.0	18:01	22
34	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		15:36	21
10	Daniel Sprong	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		10:29	12
28	Daniel Carr	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2		10:00	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	30	27	3	.900	60:00