New York Islanders at Washington Capitals

Sunday, October 4, 2015, 5:00 PM ET Verizon Center, Washington Preseason Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 6–2 on Sunday, October 4, 2015 at home.

Final score, New York Islanders at Washington Capitals
Team	Goals	2015-2016 record
New York Islanders	2	45-27-10
at Washington Capitals	6	56-18-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, New York Islanders at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
New York Islanders	0	1	1	2
Washington Capitals	3	2	1	6

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, New York Islanders at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
New York Islanders	8	3	13	24
Washington Capitals	8	10	8	26

Three stars

J. Carlson, Washington Capitals (1 goal, 3 assists)
E. Kuznetsov, Washington Capitals (1 goal, 3 assists)
A. Ovechkin, Washington Capitals (2 goals)

Scoring summary

Every goal, New York Islanders at Washington Capitals. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	04:40	Washington Capitals	T.J. Oshie (2)	Evgeny Kuznetsov (3), John Carlson (1)	Even strength	NYI 0, WSH 1
1st	06:34	Washington Capitals	Jay Beagle (1)	Tom Wilson (2)	Even strength	NYI 0, WSH 2
1st	07:10	Washington Capitals	Evgeny Kuznetsov (1)	John Carlson (2), Tom Wilson (3)	Even strength	NYI 0, WSH 3
2nd	08:27	New York Islanders	Josh Bailey (1)	Kevin Czuczman (1)	Even strength	NYI 1, WSH 3
2nd	12:50	Washington Capitals	John Carlson (1)	Evgeny Kuznetsov (4), T.J. Oshie (2)	Power play	NYI 1, WSH 4
2nd	18:15	Washington Capitals	Alex Ovechkin (4)	Evgeny Kuznetsov (5), T.J. Oshie (3)	Power play	NYI 1, WSH 5
3rd	09:20	Washington Capitals	Alex Ovechkin (5)	John Carlson (3), Marcus Johansson (1)	Power play	NYI 1, WSH 6
3rd	15:22	New York Islanders	Kyle Okposo (1)	Frans Nielsen (1), Josh Bailey (2)	Even strength	NYI 2, WSH 6

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, New York Islanders at Washington Capitals
Stat	New York Islanders	Washington Capitals
Shots on goal	24	26
Power play	0 of 3	3 of 4
Penalty minutes	10	8
Hits	16	17
Blocked shots	10	19
Giveaways	7	12
Takeaways	4	6
Faceoffs won	22/51 (43.1%)	29/51 (56.9%)

Box score

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Time on ice
Number 12 J. Bailey	R	1	1	2	-1	0	1	0	0	14:43
Number 13 M. Barzal	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17:08
Number 16 S. Bernier	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	10:12
Number 18 R. Strome	C	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	15:27
Number 21 K. Okposo	R	1	0	1	-1	0	1	2	1	15:13
Number 27 A. Lee	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	14:00
Number 29 B. Nelson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	22:20
Number 36 E. Boulton	L	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	08:46
Number 51 F. Nielsen	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0	14:26
Number 53 C. Cizikas	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	12:14
Number 84 M. Grabovski	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	17:49
Number 90 K. Petrov	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17:23
Number 6 R. Pulock	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	19:31
Number 24 K. Czuczman	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	1	16:22
Number 28 M. Zidlicky	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	1	20:40
Number 37 B. Strait	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	2	18:12
Number 42 S. Mayfield	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	2	20:40
Number 50 A. Pelech	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	19:03

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 T. Greiss	18	13	5	.722	40:00	Loss
Number 35 S. Williams	8	7	1	.875	20:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Time on ice
Number 8 A. Ovechkin	L	2	0	2	+1	2	3	0	0	15:47
Number 14 J. Williams	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	17:38
Number 25 J. Chimera	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	14:50
Number 43 T. Wilson	R	0	2	2	+1	2	0	2	0	12:36
Number 46 M. Latta	C	0	0	0	-1	4	1	1	0	12:55
Number 53 S. Collins	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	12:39
Number 65 A. Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	18:21
Number 77 T. Oshie	R	1	2	3	+1	0	3	1	0	17:39
Number 83 J. Beagle	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	08:13
Number 87 L. O'Brien	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	11:42
Number 90 M. Johansson	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	18:06
Number 92 E. Kuznetsov	C	1	3	4	+2	0	2	2	0	16:32
Number 2 M. Niskanen	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	22:00
Number 4 T. Chorney	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2	15:42
Number 9 D. Orlov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	18:36
Number 27 K. Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	19:43
Number 74 J. Carlson	D	1	3	4	+2	0	3	0	3	21:20
Number 88 N. Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	19:16

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 70 B. Holtby	24	22	2	.917	59:57	Win

Penalties

Penalties, New York Islanders at Washington Capitals
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	17:25	Washington Capitals	Michael Latta	High sticking	2
2nd	11:24	New York Islanders	Marek Zidlicky	High sticking	2
2nd	15:06	Washington Capitals	Alex Ovechkin	Interference	2
2nd	17:02	New York Islanders	Eric Boulton	Slashing	2
3rd	01:06	Washington Capitals	Tom Wilson	Interference	2
3rd	03:40	New York Islanders	Casey Cizikas	Illegal check to head	2
3rd	08:36	New York Islanders	Ryan Strome	Slashing	2
3rd	19:32	New York Islanders	Ryan Strome	High sticking	2
3rd	19:32	Washington Capitals	Michael Latta	Roughing	2

Game information

New York Islanders head coach: Jack Capuano
Washington Capitals head coach: Barry Trotz
Referees: Thomas John Luxmore, Francois St-Laurent
Linesmen: Tim Nowak, Matt MacPherson
New York Islanders scratches: Matt Carkner, Vladimir Gorbunov, Dimitri Altarev, Roman Kuhtinov, Johnny Boychuk, Alexei Stonkus, Dimitri Chernykh, Evgeni Tunik, Igor Volkov, Jaroslav Halak, Bracken Kearns, Jase Weslosky, Cal Clutterbuck, Nikolay Kulemin, Thomas Hickey, Justin Vaive, Travis Hamonic, James Wright, Matt Martin, John Tavares, Calvin de Haan, Nick Leddy, Louis Leblanc, Taylor Beck, Ben Holmstrom, Justin Florek, Joe Whitney, Alan Quine, Tom Nilsson, Christopher Gibson, Mike Halmo, Sebastian Collberg, Matthew Finn, Doyle Somerby, Loic Leduc, Jake Bischoff, Jesse Graham, Kyle Burroughs, Viktor Crus Rydberg, Taylor Cammarata, Carter Verhaeghe, Eamon McAdam, Ross Johnston, Parker Milner, Tyler Barnes, Michael Dal Colle, Joshua Ho-Sang, Ilya Sorokin, Linus Soderstrom, Devon Toews, Kyle Schempp, Connor Graham, Ryan Pilon, Parker Wotherspoon, Anthony Beauvillier, Mitchell Vande Sompel, Andong Song, Petter Hansson
Washington Capitals scratches: Sergei Zimakov, Maxim Orlov, Igor Shadilov, Brooks Orpik, Dan Ellis, Ivan Nepriayev, Derek Roy, Brooks Laich, Igor Ignatushkin, Chris Bourque, Justin Peters, Michail Yunkov, Peter Guggisberg, Mark Dekanich, Nicklas Backstrom, Paul Carey, Mike Moore, Aaron Ness, Max Sauve, Zach Sill, Chris Brown, Garrett Mitchell, Austin Fyten, Ryan Stanton, Joey Leach, Stanislav Galiev, Caleb Herbert, Erik Burgdoerfer, Carter Camper, Garrett Haar, Travis Boyd, Chandler Stephenson, Connor Carrick, Thomas Di Pauli, Riley Barber, Sergey Kostenko, Christian Djoos, Alex Basso, Dustin Gazley, Brian Pinho, Tyler Lewington, Madison Bowey, Zachary Sanford, Miles Koules, Nathan Walker, Robert Shea, Jakub Vrana, Vitek Vanecek, Shane Gersich, Steven Spinner, Kevin Elgestal, Cole Wilson, Taran Kozun, Jonas Siegenthaler, Connor Hobbs, Ilya Samsonov, Colby Williams, Tim McGauley, Cody Murphy, Daniel Gibb, Trevor Cox, Keoni Texeira

2015-2016 season series

Every New York Islanders and Washington Capitals game in the 2015-2016 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Washington Capitals 3 at New York Islanders 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Washington Capitals at New York Islanders, Mon, Sep 28, 2015
New York Islanders 2 at Washington Capitals 6	Final Preseason	Game page: New York Islanders at Washington Capitals, Sun, Oct 4, 2015