New York Islanders @ Washington Capitals

EASTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND - GAME 2 • Series tied 1-1

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Final

	1	2	3	T
Islanders NYI	1	2	0	3
Capitals WSH	0	2	2	4

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

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Karl Alzner, Marcus Johansson, Anders Lee

Caps rally past Isles with fill-in goalie Grubauer

Nicklas Backstrom had a goal and two assists, leading the Washington Capitals and fill-in goalie Philipp Grubauer past the New York Islanders 4-3 Friday night to even their first-round series.

Apr 18, 2015, 12:13 am - Associated Press

NBCSN		1	2	3	T
	Islanders	1	2	0	3
	Capitals	0	2	2	4

1st Period			NYI	WSH
5:14		Cal Clutterbuck (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Matt Martin (1)	1	0

2nd Period		NYI	WSH
3:24	Ryan Strome (2) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: John Tavares (2), Lubomir Visnovsky (1)	2	0
11:26	Karl Alzner (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Mike Green (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1)	2	1
14:09	Kyle Okposo (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Josh Bailey (2), Calvin de Haan (1)	3	1
16:09	Alex Ovechkin (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Matt Niskanen (1), Nicklas Backstrom (2)	3	2

3rd Period			NYI	WSH
3:44		Nicklas Backstrom (1) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: John Carlson (1)	3	3
7:37		Jason Chimera (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Jay Beagle (1), Matt Niskanen (2)	3	4

ISLANDERS

CAPITALS

Islanders
4
Capitals
1

Game 1

4/15

Islanders
3
Capitals
4

Game 2

4/17

Capitals
1
Islanders
2

Game 3

4/19

Capitals
2
Islanders
1

Game 4

4/21

Islanders
1
Capitals
5

Game 5

4/23

Capitals
1
Islanders
3

Game 6

4/25

Islanders
1
Capitals
2

Game 7

4/27

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

Nicklas BackstromC - WSH

Jason ChimeraLW - WSH

Matt NiskanenD - WSH

Caps rally past Isles with fill-in goalie Grubauer

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Mammoth sign defenseman John Marino to 8-year, $54M extension

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