Washington Capitals (48-26-8 104pts) v. New York Islanders (48-27-7 103pts)
Game Recap:
Tonight, both the Washington Capitals and New York Islanders conclude their regular season against each other as they prepare for the Stanley Cup Playoffs beginning next week. The first period was a very sleep one between both teams as it ended with a 0-0 tie going into the 2nd.
In the second period, the Islanders got on the board first with a goal by Valteri Filpula at the 2:55 mark. That would be the only goal for the period. After two periods, the Islanders would lead 1-0 over the Capitals.
Valteri Filpula of the Islanders would add his second goal of the game to give the Islanders a 2-0 lead at the 10:54 mark. Matt Martin would seal the victory for the Islanders as he scored an empty net goal to make it 3-0. Up next for the Capitals and Islanders is the Stanley Cup playoffs which begin next week. The Capitals this past week clinched the Metropolitan Division and will square off against the Carolina Hurricanes as they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins gaining one point to lock up the third spot in the division. The Islanders will square off against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round as a result of the Penguins gaining an additional point in the standings.
Lineups:
Washington Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin-Evgeny Kuznetsov-Tom Wilson
Carl Hagelin-Lars Eller-Brett Connolly
Jakub Vrana-Travis Boyd-Dmitrij Jaskin
Andre Burakovsky-Nic Dowd-Chandler Stephenson
Dmitri Orlov-Matt Niskanen
Jonas Siegenthaler-Nic Jensen
Brooks Orpik-Christian Djoos
Starter: Phoenix Copley
Scratches: TJ Oshie, Nicklas Backstrom, John Carlson
New York Islanders:
Anders Lee-Mathew barzal-Jordan Eberle
Josh Bailey-Brock Nelson-Tomas Kunhackly
Anthony Beauvillier-Valteri Filpula-Leo Komarov
Matt Martin-Casey Cizikas-Cal Clutterbuck
Nic Leddy-Johnny Boychuk
Adam Pelech-Ryan Pulock
Devon Toewes-Scott Mayfield
Starter- Robin Lenher
Backup- Thomas Greiss
Scratches: Michael Dal Cole,Ross Johnston, Thomas Hickey, Dennis Seidenberg,Luca Sbisa, Andrew Ladd
First Period:
N/A
End of 1st – WAS – 0 NYI – 0
Shots 8 8
Faceoffs 7/12 5/12
PP 0/0 0/0
Second Period:
Washington Penalty-4:50- Carl Hagelin, 2 minutes for Hooking
New York Goal-2:55- Valteri Filpula (16) assisted by Devon Toewes (13) & Anthony Beauvillier (10)
New York Penalty-13:23- Devon Toewes, 2 minutes for Holding
End of 2nd – WAS – 0 NYI- 1
Shots 18 14
Faceoffs 16/27 11/27
PP 0/1 0/1
Third Period:
New York Penalty-6:30- Ryan Pullock, 2 minutes for Hooking
New York Goal-10:54- Valteri Filpula (17) assisted by Adam Pelech (16) & Leo Komarov (20)
New York Goal (empty net)-17:27- Matt Martin (6) assisted by Casey Cizikas (13) & Cal Clutterbuck (15)
End of 3rd – WAS – 0 NYI- 3
Shots 24 29
Faceoffs 22/46 24/46
PP 0/1 0/2
Next Up-Stanley Cup Playoffs Round 1:
Washington Capitals v.s Carolina Hurricanes
New York Islanders v.s Pittsburgh Penguins
