New York Islanders at Washington Capitals

Tue, Mar 16, 2021 · Capital One Arena · 2020–21 Regular Season

New York Islanders

1 – 3

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 3–1 on Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at Capital One Arena. Nicklas Backstrom led the way with 2 points. Ilya Samsonov made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 22–22.

Linescore

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

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	10:36	WSH	EV	T.J. Oshie (7) · backhand	Evgeny Kuznetsov (9), Alex Ovechkin (11)	0–1
2nd	15:24	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (12) · slap	Justin Schultz (11), Nicklas Backstrom (21)	0–2
3rd	00:28	WSH	PP	Nicklas Backstrom (12) · tip-in	Jakub Vrana (11), John Carlson (19)	0–3
3rd	04:17	NYI	PP	Oliver Wahlstrom (6) · wrist	Unassisted	1–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	11:03	WSH	Justin Schultz	hooking	2
2nd	03:19	NYI	Casey Cizikas	tripping	2
2nd	13:34	NYI	Mathew Barzal	cross checking	2
2nd	20:00	NYI	Scott Mayfield	roughing	2
3rd	03:01	WSH	Jakub Vrana	holding	2
3rd	04:32	NYI	Sebastian Aho	holding	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NYI 1.96 · WSH 2.88 · xG% NYI 40.5

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Oliver Wahlstrom	R	1	1	-1	0	5	2	0		14:57	18
2	Nick Leddy	D	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		23:57	24
6	Ryan Pulock	D	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		21:13	27
29	Brock Nelson	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	58.3	19:51	23
12	Josh Bailey	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		19:13	23
24	Scott Mayfield	D	0	0	0	2	1	2	3		18:58	22
3	Adam Pelech	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		18:35	26
4	Andy Greene	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2		17:47	23
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0	69.2	17:07	22
18	Anthony Beauvillier	L	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		16:50	20
25	Sebastian Aho	D	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		16:27	25
13	Mathew Barzal	C	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	50.0	14:59	17
7	Jordan Eberle	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	100.0	14:40	17
11	Austin Czarnik	C	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		13:45	17
15	Cal Clutterbuck	R	0	0	0	0	0	6	0		13:14	19
20	Kieffer Bellows	L	0	0	0	0	1	6	0		12:57	16
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	62.5	12:29	18
17	Matt Martin	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		8:05	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Semyon Varlamov	L	22	19	3	.864	58:38

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	46.2	21:19	25
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	1	2	+1	0	2	4	0		20:30	20
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	4		21:50	25
77	T.J. Oshie	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	3	40.0	20:14	21
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0		19:43	24
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	0	25.0	18:33	21
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0		15:12	20
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6		19:04	22
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1		17:53	21
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0		17:25	21
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	35.7	17:17	26
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		16:59	21
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1		16:08	19
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14:54	19
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		13:28	18
10	Daniel Sprong	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		13:07	16
14	Richard Panik	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	100.0	12:23	16
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0:51	3

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ilya Samsonov	W	22	21	1	.955	59:54