New York Islanders @ Washington Capitals

16-7-0, 8-5-0 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Islanders NYI	2	0	0	2
Capitals WSH	2	1	2	5

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

10-8-4, 5-4-3 Home

Ovechkin, Capitals stop streaking Islanders

Alex Ovechkin scored the go-ahead goal, Matt Niskanen had three assists and the Washington Capitals beat the streaking New York Islanders 5-2 on Friday night.

Nov 28, 2015, 09:49 pm - Associated Press

		1	2	3	T
	Islanders	2	0	0	2
	Capitals	2	1	2	5

1st Period		NYI	WSH
11:51	Andre Burakovsky (4) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Matt Niskanen (7), Evgeny Kuznetsov (6)	0	1
18:27	Marcus Johansson (9) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Matt Niskanen (8)	0	2
18:58	John Tavares (10) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nick Leddy (5), Kyle Okposo (15)	1	2
19:33	Anders Lee (5) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Travis Hamonic (3), Casey Cizikas (3)	2	2

2nd Period			NYI	WSH
9:53		Alex Ovechkin (12) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Tom Wilson (3), Nicklas Backstrom (17)	2	3

3rd Period			NYI	WSH
5:56		Evgeny Kuznetsov (2) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Troy Brouwer (6), Marcus Johansson (7)	2	4
18:32		Joel Ward (9) (Empty Net Goal) Assists: John Carlson (11), Matt Niskanen (9)	2	5

ISLANDERS

CAPITALS

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Capitals
2
Islanders
3

Game 1

11/26

Islanders
2
Capitals
5

Game 2

11/28

Capitals
3
Islanders
4

Game 3

12/29

Islanders
2
Capitals
3

Game 4

2/21

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	53	22	7	113
Pittsburgh	41	25	16	98
Philadelphia	43	27	12	98
Washington	43	30	9	95
Columbus	40	30	12	92
NY Islanders	43	34	5	91
New Jersey	42	37	3	87
NY Rangers	34	39	9	77

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New York Islanders @ Washington Capitals

Matt NiskanenD - WSH

Marcus JohanssonLW - WSH

Braden HoltbyG - WSH

Ovechkin, Capitals stop streaking Islanders

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