🦅 Away Capitals 20-8-9
2–0
Final
🏝️ Home Islanders 11-12-6
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦅 WSH 1012
🏝️ NYI 0000

Capitals at Islanders

Capitals beat Islanders 2–0 at UBS Arena on January 15, 2022.

🗓 📍 UBS Arena, Elmont 🏒 2021-22 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G
4 shots · 19:19 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Tom Wilson
1 G
3 shots · 22:45 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom
1 A
4 shots · 17:55 TOI

🚨 Scoring

2 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Tom Wilson Go-ahead 1st · 04:35
Assists: Aliaksei Protas · beat Semyon Varlamov
1–0
3rd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin Empty net 3rd · 19:49
Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nicklas Backstrom
2–0

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Eller · Wilson 19:19
L2 Backstrom · Dowd · Kuznetsov 16:21
L3 Protas · Hathaway · Leason 14:16
L4 McMichael · Sprong · Oshie 9:45
D1 Carlson · Fehervary 22:52
D2 Jensen · van Riemsdyk 19:06
D3 Schultz · Irwin 16:10
🏝️Islanders
L1 Lee · Barzal · Wahlstrom 18:21
L2 Nelson · Pageau · Bailey 16:10
L3 Beauvillier · Parise · Cizikas 14:03
L4 Bellows · Martin · Clutterbuck 12:33
D1 Dobson · Mayfield 21:40
D2 Chara · Pelech 17:50
D3 Salo · Greene 16:46

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH NYI🏝️
36 Shots on goal 23
20 Hits 26
11 Blocked shots 14
2 Takeaways 5
6 Giveaways 15
6 Penalty minutes 4
WSH shooting 5.6% (2/36) NYI shooting 0.0% (0/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Vitek Vanecek Shutout
23/23
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏝️Islanders
Semyon Varlamov
34/35
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 58:03 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

2 of 2 goals located
Tom Wilson · 1st 04:35 · 1–0 Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 19:49 · 2–0
WSH NYI
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 6-3-1 (60% win rate, 10 games)
Islanders
Islanders — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-7-2 (10% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-1-3 (33% win rate, 6 games)
Islanders
Islanders — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-5-2 (12% win rate, 8 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 1–0
Apr 272021 🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH 0–1 Apr 242021 🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI 6–3 Apr 222021 🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI 1–0 SO Apr 62021 🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI 0–1 Apr 12021 🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI 4–8
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❓ WSH vs NYI, answered

Who won Capitals vs Islanders on January 15, 2022?

Capitals won 2–0. The final score was Capitals 2, Islanders 0.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Tom Wilson.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Vitek Vanecek made 23 saves on 23 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Semyon Varlamov made 34 saves on 35 shots (.971 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 10 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 7–3 AfterJan 16 🐋VAN @ 🦅WSH 4–2
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeJan 13 😈NJD @ 🏝️NYI 2–3 AfterJan 17 🔔PHI @ 🏝️NYI 1–4
Also on January 15
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