🦅 Away Capitals 17-13-2 before this game

1–3

Final

🏝️ Home Islanders 10-19-4 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
WSH	0	1	0	1
NYI	0	2	1	3

Capitals at Islanders

Islanders beat Capitals 3–1 at UBS Arena on December 23, 1995.

🗓 Sat, Dec 23, 1995 · 18:00 CST 📍 UBS Arena, Elmont 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏝️ NYI

Travis Green

2 G

4 shots · +1

2nd star 🏝️ NYI

Derek King

1 G

1 shots · +1

3rd star 🏝️ NYI

Marty Mcinnis

1 A

3 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

2nd period

🏝️ Derek King Go-ahead 2nd · 00:36

Assists: Marty Mcinnis, Patrick Flatley

0–1

🦅 Pat Peake PP Tying 2nd · 04:23

Assists: Michal Pivonka, Peter Bondra

1–1

🏝️ Travis Green Go-ahead 2nd · 18:19

Assists: Ziggy Palffy, Milan Tichy

1–2

3rd period

🏝️ Travis Green PP 3rd · 09:26

Assists: Mathieu Schneider, Wendel Clark

1–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH NYI🏝️

22 Shots on goal 20

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

10 Penalty minutes 8

WSH shooting 4.5% (1/22) NYI shooting 15.0% (3/20)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Olie Kolzig

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:28 TOI

🏝️Islanders

Tommy Soderstrom

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 17-13-2 (53% win rate, 32 games)

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 10-19-4 (30% win rate, 33 games)

After 2nd — 1–2

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

Dec 14, 1995

🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH

3–4 (OT) · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs NYI, answered

Who won Capitals vs Islanders on December 23, 1995?

Islanders won 3–1.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Islanders?

The final score was Capitals 1, Islanders 3.

Who scored for Capitals?

Pat Peake.

Who scored for Islanders?

Travis Green (2), Derek King.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Tommy Soderstrom made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Islanders played?

At UBS Arena in Elmont, the Islanders home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Islanders season series?

Capitals lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Dec 22

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Dec 21

Also on December 23, 1995

Capitals season page Islanders season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule