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2023-24 regular season

Islanders at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–1

Capitals beat Islanders 3–2 in overtime at Capital One Arena on December 20, 2023.

NYI – WSH
32–36
Shots on goal
0/3–1/3
Power play
19–17
Hits
19–17
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Hendrix Lapierre
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 09:00 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Dylan Strome
1 G
2 shots · 18:08 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Darcy Kuemper
30 saves
0.938 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Hendrix Lapierre Go-ahead 1st · 09:56
Assists: Aliaksei Protas · beat Semyon Varlamov
0–1
2nd period
🏝️ Hudson Fasching Tying 2nd · 01:03
Assists: Cal Clutterbuck · beat Darcy Kuemper
1–1
🦅 Joel Edmundson Go-ahead 2nd · 13:12
Assists: Anthony Mantha, Hendrix Lapierre · beat Semyon Varlamov
1–2
3rd period
🏝️ Anders Lee Tying 3rd · 12:02
Unassisted · beat Darcy Kuemper
2–2
Overtime
🦅 Dylan Strome PP Go-ahead OT · 01:41
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, John Carlson · beat Semyon Varlamov
2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏝️Islanders
L1 Engvall · Barzal · Horvat 19:51
L2 Lee · Palmieri · Nelson 16:48
L3 Pageau · Cizikas · Holmstrom 13:55
L4 Wahlstrom · Fasching · Clutterbuck 11:07
D1 Dobson · Romanov 26:18
D2 Reilly · Aho 18:12
D3 Bortuzzo · Bolduc 13:44
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Kuznetsov · Wilson 19:01
L2 Dowd · Strome · Aube-Kubel 18:08
L3 Malenstyn · Protas · Phillips 13:10
L4 Miroshnichenko · Lapierre · Mantha 9:30
D1 Carlson · Sandin 22:18
D2 Jensen · Fehervary 19:07
D3 Edmundson · van Riemsdyk 17:28

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏝️NYI WSH🦅
32 Shots on goal 36
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
19 Hits 17
19 Blocked shots 17
8 Takeaways 5
3 Giveaways 10
6 Penalty minutes 6
NYI shooting 6.2% (2/32) WSH shooting 8.3% (3/36)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏝️Islanders
Semyon Varlamov
33/36
.917 SV% · 3 GA · 61:33 TOI
🦅Capitals
Darcy Kuemper
30/32
.938 SV% · 2 GA · 61:41 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Hendrix Lapierre · 1st 09:56 · 0–1 Hudson Fasching · 2nd 01:03 · 1–1 Joel Edmundson · 2nd 13:12 · 1–2 Anders Lee · 3rd 12:02 · 2–2 Dylan Strome · OT 01:41 · 2–3
NYI WSH
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Islanders
Islanders — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-1-1 (33% win rate, 3 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Islanders
Islanders — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-0-3 (57% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 2–1
Nov 112023 🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI 4–1 Nov 22023 🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH 3–0 Apr 102023 🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH 2–5 Mar 292023 🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH 2–1 SO Mar 112023 🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI 5–1
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Who won Islanders vs Capitals on December 20, 2023?

Capitals won 3–2 in overtime. The final score was Islanders 2, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Islanders?

Anders Lee, Hudson Fasching.

Who scored for Capitals?

Dylan Strome, Hendrix Lapierre, Joel Edmundson.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Semyon Varlamov made 33 saves on 36 shots (.917 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Darcy Kuemper made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Islanders vs Capitals season series?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeDec 19 🛢️EDM @ 🏝️NYI 1–3 AfterDec 23 🏝️NYI @ 🌪️CAR 5–4
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 17 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 2–1 AfterDec 21 🦅WSH @ 🧥CBJ 3–2
Also on December 20
🐙DET 2–5 ✈️WPG 🦑SEA 2–1 👑LAK
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