🏝️ Away Islanders 2-2 in series
1–5
Final
WSH leads 4–3
🦅 Home Capitals 2-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Islanders at Capitals — First Round Game 5

Capitals, First Round Game 5, beat Islanders 5–1 at Capital One Arena on April 23, 2015.

🗓 Thu, Apr 23, 2015 · 18:00 CDT 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2014-15 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

NYI vs WSH · WSH leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
4–1
Final · NYI
Game 2
3–4
Final · WSH
Game 3
1–2
OT · NYI
Game 4
2–1
OT · WSH
Game 5
1–5
Final · WSH
Game 6
1–3
Final · NYI
Game 7
1–2
Final · WSH

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov
2 G, 1 A
7 shots · 16:28 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Jason Chimera
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 15:52 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Karl Alzner
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 16:50 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏝️NYI WSH🦅
23 Shots on goal 41
49 Hits 49
16 Blocked shots 18
5 Takeaways 11
9 Giveaways 8
31 Penalty minutes 9
NYI shooting 4.3% (1/23) WSH shooting 12.2% (5/41)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏝️Islanders
Jaroslav Halak
30/35
.857 SV% · 5 GA · 49:00 TOI
Michal Neuvirth Shutout
6/6
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 11:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
22/23
.957 SV% · 1 GA · 59:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 1st: 49-29-8 (57% win rate, 86 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 47-27-12 (55% win rate, 86 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 2nd: 49-29-8 (57% win rate, 86 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 47-27-12 (55% win rate, 86 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏝️Islanders
L1 Kulemin · Strome · Okposo 17:20
L2 Tavares · Grabovski · Bailey 16:17
L3 Lee · Nielsen · Cizikas 13:48
L4 Martin · Kennedy · Clutterbuck 10:40
D1 Boychuk · Leddy 24:52
D2 Hickey · Strait 19:54
D3 de Haan · Reinhart 14:00
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Ward 18:41
L2 Chimera · Kuznetsov · Brouwer 16:28
L3 Johansson · Burakovsky · Beagle 14:09
L4 Laich · Latta · Wilson 10:01
D1 Niskanen · Green 21:54
D2 Carlson · Orpik 19:20
D3 Gleason · Alzner 16:58

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 21, 2015
🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI
2–1 (OT) · Capitals won
Apr 19, 2015
🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI
1–2 (OT) · Islanders won
Apr 17, 2015
🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH
3–4 · Capitals won
Apr 15, 2015
🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH
4–1 · Islanders won
Feb 21, 2015
🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH
2–3 (SO) · Capitals won

❓ NYI vs WSH, answered

Who won Islanders vs Capitals on April 23, 2015?

Capitals won 5–1.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Capitals?

The final score was Islanders 1, Capitals 5.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Jaroslav Halak made 30 saves on 35 shots (.857 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 22 saves on 23 shots (.957 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

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
🏝️Islanders
Previous game · Apr 21
🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI
2–1 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 25
🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI
1–3 · NYI won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 21
🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI
2–1 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 25
🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI
1–3 · NYI won
Also on April 23, 2015
⚡TBL @ 🐙DET
3–2 final
🪶CHI @ 🐯NSH
2–5 final
🔥CGY @ 🐋VAN
1–2 final
Islanders season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule