🦅 Away Capitals 29-7-3
4–1
Final
🏝️ Home Islanders 22-13-5
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦅 WSH 2114
🏝️ NYI 0101

Capitals at Islanders

Capitals beat Islanders 4–1 at UBS Arena on January 7, 2016.

🗓 📍 UBS Arena, Elmont 🏒 2015-16 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 17:49 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G
8 shots · 16:36 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Braden Holtby
34 saves
0.971 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Jason Chimera Go-ahead 1st · 05:45
Assists: Marcus Johansson · beat Jaroslav Halak
1–0
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 1st · 15:45
Assists: Karl Alzner · beat Jaroslav Halak
2–0
2nd period
🏝️ Brock Nelson 2nd · 01:59
Assists: Ryan Strome, Mikhail Grabovski · beat Braden Holtby
2–1
🦅 Nate Schmidt 2nd · 15:54
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom · beat Jaroslav Halak
3–1
3rd period
🦅 Nicklas Backstrom Empty net 3rd · 17:18
Unassisted
4–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Kuznetsov · Backstrom · Williams 18:24
L2 Ovechkin · Johansson · Oshie 16:36
L3 Burakovsky · Chimera · Laich 13:41
L4 Latta · Wilson · Galiev 10:35
D1 Niskanen · Orlov 24:23
D2 Alzner · Schmidt 20:57
D3 Chorney · Ness 12:40
🏝️Islanders
L1 Lee · Tavares · Bailey 18:21
L2 Nielsen · Nelson · Okposo 15:56
L3 Kulemin · Grabovski · Strome 14:02
L4 Martin · Cizikas · Clutterbuck 11:23
D1 de Haan · Pelech 23:12
D2 Leddy · Hamonic 20:22
D3 Hickey · Zidlicky 15:10

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH NYI🏝️
38 Shots on goal 35
25 Hits 21
19 Blocked shots 14
10 Takeaways 12
9 Giveaways 8
6 Penalty minutes 6
WSH shooting 10.5% (4/38) NYI shooting 2.9% (1/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
34/35
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏝️Islanders
Jaroslav Halak
34/37
.919 SV% · 3 GA · 59:52 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Jason Chimera · 1st 05:45 · 1–0 Alex Ovechkin · 1st 15:45 · 2–0 Brock Nelson · 2nd 01:59 · 2–1 Nate Schmidt · 2nd 15:54 · 3–1 Nicklas Backstrom · 3rd 17:18 · 4–1
WSH NYI
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
Islanders
Islanders — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-2-1 (0% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 3–1
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 11-0 (100% win rate, 11 games)
Islanders
Islanders — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-4-1 (0% win rate, 5 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 1–0
Apr 272015 🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH 1–2 Apr 252015 🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI 1–3 Apr 232015 🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH 1–5 Apr 212015 🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI 2–1 OT Apr 192015 🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI 1–2 OT
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Who won Capitals vs Islanders on January 7, 2016?

Capitals won 4–1. The final score was Capitals 4, Islanders 1.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Jason Chimera, Nate Schmidt, Nicklas Backstrom.

Who scored for Islanders?

Brock Nelson.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 34 saves on 35 shots (.971 save percentage).

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Jaroslav Halak made 34 saves on 37 shots (.919 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeJan 5 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 3–2 AfterJan 9 🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR 4–3
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeJan 3 ⭐DAL @ 🏝️NYI 5–6 AfterJan 9 🏝️NYI @ 🔔PHI 0–4
Also on January 7
🐆FLA 3–2 🏛️OTT 🔔PHI 4–3 🌲MIN ✈️WPG 1–2 ⭐DAL 🌵ARI 2–1 🔥CGY 🍁TOR 1–2 👑LAK 🐙DET 2–1 🦈SJS
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