Washington Capitals @ New York Islanders

1-1-0, 1-0-0 Away

Final

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

New York IslandersIslandersNYI

0-2-0, 0-1-0 Home

Protas has 2 goals and an assist as Capitals beat Islanders 4-2

— Aliaksei Protas had two goals and an assist, and the Washington Capitals beat New York 4-2 on Saturday night, spoiling the Islanders’ home opener.

Oct 12, 2025, 03:58 am - AP

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

1st Period			WSH	NYI
1:50		Martin Fehervary (1) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (1), John Carlson (1)	1	0
13:52		Aliaksei Protas (1) Assists: Jakob Chychrun (2), Tom Wilson (1)	2	0

2nd Period		WSH	NYI
9:50	Ryan Leonard (1) Assists: Jakob Chychrun (3), Aliaksei Protas (2)	3	0
15:30	Aliaksei Protas (2) Unassisted	4	0
18:51	Anthony Duclair (1) (Power Play) Assists: Bo Horvat (1), Kyle Palmieri (1)	4	1

3rd Period			WSH	NYI
4:28		Matthew Schaefer (1) (Power Play) Assists: Kyle Palmieri (2), Bo Horvat (2)	4	2

Jean-Gabriel Pageau hit Matt Roy
Giveaway by Mathew Barzal
Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Alexander Romanov
Tony DeAngelo Wrist Shot Wide Right
Alexander Romanov hit Ryan Leonard
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Tony DeAngelo Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Giveaway by Simon Holmstrom
Aliaksei Protas shot blocked by Mathew Barzal
Mathew Barzal faceoff won against Aliaksei Protas
Giveaway by Scott Mayfield
Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Kyle Palmieri
Mathew Barzal faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Giveaway by Matthew Schaefer
Pierre-Luc Dubois shot blocked by Scott Mayfield
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Anthony Beauvillier
Tony DeAngelo Wrist Shot Wide Left
Alexander Romanov hit Ryan Leonard
Giveaway by Max Shabanov
Mathew Barzal faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Emil Heineman hit Connor McMichael
Giveaway by Simon Holmstrom
Justin Sourdif shot blocked by Alexander Romanov
Giveaway by Alexander Romanov
Mathew Barzal faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
Bo Horvat Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Bo Horvat Wrist Shot Wide Left
Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Marc Gatcomb hit Matt Roy
Casey Cizikas hit Matt Roy
Marc Gatcomb hit Justin Sourdif
Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Tony DeAngelo
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Giveaway by Adam Pelech
Simon Holmstrom Snap Shot Wide Right
Anders Lee faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Anders Lee Tip-In Wide Right
Mathew Barzal Hooking against Aliaksei Protas
Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Scott Mayfield Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Connor McMichael shot blocked by Ryan Pulock
Marc Gatcomb hit Rasmus Sandin
Matt Roy shot blocked by Scott Mayfield
Casey Cizikas hit Matt Roy
Kyle Palmieri hit Trevor van Riemsdyk
Mathew Barzal Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Mathew Barzal Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Emil Heineman hit Connor McMichael
Emil Heineman hit Martin Fehervary
Emil Heineman Tip-In Wide Left
Adam Pelech Wrist Shot Wide Left
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
Ryan Pulock hit Ryan Leonard
Max Shabanov Tip-In Wide Left
Max Shabanov Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Max Shabanov Tip-In saved by Logan Thompson
Maxim Tsyplakov Tip-In saved by Logan Thompson
Alexander Romanov hit Justin Sourdif
Marc Gatcomb Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Scott Mayfield Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Giveaway by Anders Lee
Matthew Schaefer Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Rasmus Sandin shot blocked by Mathew Barzal
Connor McMichael shot blocked by Adam Pelech
Ryan Pulock hit Anthony Beauvillier
Emil Heineman hit Dylan Strome
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Anders Lee Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Tom Wilson shot blocked by Kyle Palmieri
Kyle Palmieri Tripping against Aliaksei Protas
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Takeaway by Adam Pelech
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Connor McMichael
Ryan Leonard shot blocked by Simon Holmstrom
Ryan Leonard shot blocked by Alexander Romanov
Emil Heineman hit Brandon Duhaime
Bo Horvat Wrist Shot Wide Left
Kyle Palmieri hit Pierre-Luc Dubois
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
Giveaway by Ryan Pulock
Giveaway by Bo Horvat
Bo Horvat Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Anders Lee Backhand Wide Right
Giveaway by Scott Mayfield
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Tom Wilson shot blocked by Tony DeAngelo
Anthony Duclair Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Brandon Duhaime
Giveaway by Matthew Schaefer
Casey Cizikas hit Matt Roy
Marc Gatcomb hit Rasmus Sandin
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Dylan Strome shot blocked by Alexander Romanov
Giveaway by Max Shabanov
Giveaway by Alexander Romanov
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Anthony Duclair Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Bo Horvat (1), Kyle Palmieri (1)
Matthew Schaefer Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
John Carlson shot blocked by Matthew Schaefer
Marc Gatcomb hit Matt Roy
Casey Cizikas hit Matt Roy
Maxim Tsyplakov hit Nic Dowd
Casey Cizikas hit Matt Roy
Marc Gatcomb hit Nic Dowd
Brandon Duhaime shot blocked by Ryan Pulock
Tom Wilson shot blocked by Adam Pelech
Alexander Romanov Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Matthew Schaefer Wrist Shot Wide Left
Jean-Gabriel Pageau Wrist Shot Wide Left
Jean-Gabriel Pageau hit Ryan Leonard
Nic Dowd shot blocked by Tony DeAngelo
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Tom Wilson
Giveaway by Kyle Palmieri
Kyle Palmieri Wrist Shot Hit Left Post
Kyle Palmieri Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Bo Horvat Deflected saved by Logan Thompson
Bo Horvat Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Matthew Schaefer Goal (1) Poke, assists: Kyle Palmieri (2), Bo Horvat (2)
Bo Horvat Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Matthew Schaefer Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Matthew Schaefer Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Emil Heineman hit Jakob Chychrun
Alexander Romanov hit Jakob Chychrun
Casey Cizikas hit John Carlson
Marc Gatcomb hit Brandon Duhaime
Matthew Schaefer Tip-In saved by Logan Thompson
Scott Mayfield shot blocked by Anders Lee
Kyle Palmieri Backhand Wide Left
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Maxim Tsyplakov Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Casey Cizikas hit Brandon Duhaime
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Giveaway by Casey Cizikas
Kyle Palmieri faceoff won against Brandon Duhaime
Max Shabanov Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Tony DeAngelo Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Matthew Schaefer Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Simon Holmstrom
Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Anders Lee
Takeaway by Tony DeAngelo
Giveaway by Maxim Tsyplakov
Ryan Pulock hit Aliaksei Protas
Takeaway by Kyle Palmieri
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Ryan Pulock Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Emil Heineman Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Emil Heineman Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Maxim Tsyplakov hit Aliaksei Protas
Anders Lee Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Kyle Palmieri Deflected saved by Logan Thompson
Mathew Barzal Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Matthew Schaefer Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Giveaway by Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Rasmus Sandin hit Max Shabanov
Giveaway by Tom Wilson
John Carlson Snap Shot Wide Right
Martin Fehervary Goal (1) Backhand, assists: Alex Ovechkin (1), John Carlson (1)
Takeaway by Aliaksei Protas
Anthony Duclair shot blocked by Hendrix Lapierre
Brandon Duhaime hit Tony DeAngelo
Off-side
Justin Sourdif hit Alexander Romanov
Justin Sourdif hit Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Goalie Stopped
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Puck in Netting
Puck in Netting
Trevor van Riemsdyk shot blocked by Pierre-Luc Dubois
Tom Wilson hit Matthew Schaefer
Aliaksei Protas Snap Shot Above Crossbar
Rasmus Sandin hit Bo Horvat
Ryan Pulock shot blocked by Matt Roy
Anthony Duclair shot blocked by Connor McMichael
Matt Roy hit Anthony Duclair
Alex Ovechkin hit Adam Pelech
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Simon Holmstrom shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
Anthony Beauvillier Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Anthony Beauvillier Backhand saved by Ilya Sorokin
Puck in Netting
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Mathew Barzal
Pierre-Luc Dubois Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Goalie Stopped
Giveaway by Aliaksei Protas
Giveaway by Tom Wilson
Martin Fehervary Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Icing
Matthew Schaefer shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
Takeaway by Anthony Beauvillier
Matthew Schaefer shot blocked by John Carlson
Pierre-Luc Dubois Slap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
High Stick
Aliaksei Protas Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Jakob Chychrun (2), Tom Wilson (1)
Alex Ovechkin Tip-In saved by Ilya Sorokin
Ryan Leonard Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Hendrix Lapierre Snap Shot Wide Left
Giveaway by Anthony Beauvillier
Adam Pelech shot blocked by Matt Roy
Ryan Pulock shot blocked by Rasmus Sandin
Alexander Romanov shot blocked by Nic Dowd
Puck in Netting
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Casey Cizikas
Puck in Benches
Trevor van Riemsdyk Snap Shot Wide Left
Puck in Benches
Giveaway by Ryan Leonard
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin
Puck in Benches
Nic Dowd Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Rasmus Sandin shot blocked by Brandon Duhaime
Justin Sourdif Wrist Shot Wide Left
Icing
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Mathew Barzal
Icing
Takeaway by Ryan Leonard
Giveaway by Matt Roy
Ryan Leonard hit Scott Mayfield
Goalie Stopped
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Maxim Tsyplakov
Brandon Duhaime hit Marc Gatcomb
Goalie Stopped
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Mathew Barzal
Mathew Barzal shot blocked by John Carlson
Puck in Netting
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Mathew Barzal
Giveaway by Martin Fehérváry
Kyle Palmieri shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
Icing
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Mathew Barzal
Alex Ovechkin Tip-In Hit Left Post
Takeaway by Connor McMichael
Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin
Anthony Beauvillier Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Ryan Leonard Slap Shot High and Wide Left
Dylan Strome Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Goalie Stopped
Puck in Benches
Pierre-Luc Dubois Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Alex Ovechkin hit Casey Cizikas
Dylan Strome Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Goalie Stopped
Connor McMichael Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Connor McMichael Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Ryan Leonard Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Jakob Chychrun (3), Aliaksei Protas (2)
Tom Wilson hit Anders Lee
Icing
Off-side
Ryan Leonard hit Alexander Romanov
Jakob Chychrun Snap Shot High and Wide Right
Giveaway by Dylan Strome
Martin Fehervary hit Anthony Duclair
Icing
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Mathew Barzal
Giveaway by Nic Dowd
Giveaway by Justin Sourdif
Aliaksei Protas Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Goalie Stopped
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Pierre-Luc Dubois Deflected saved by Ilya Sorokin
Goalie Stopped
Aliaksei Protas Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goalie Stopped
Brandon Duhaime hit Anthony Duclair
Brandon Duhaime hit Matthew Schaefer
John Carlson Tip-In saved by Ilya Sorokin
Puck Frozen - Skater
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Mathew Barzal
Takeaway by Tom Wilson
Aliaksei Protas Backhand saved by Ilya Sorokin
Goalie Stopped
Connor McMichael hit Tony DeAngelo
Jakob Chychrun Elbowing against Matthew Schaefer
Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin
Emil Heineman shot blocked by Matt Roy
Matthew Schaefer shot blocked by Dylan Strome
Scott Mayfield shot blocked by Rasmus Sandin
Aliaksei Protas Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Brandon Duhaime hit Scott Mayfield
Icing
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Mathew Barzal
Matt Roy Slashing against Simon Holmstrom
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Puck in Netting
Kyle Palmieri shot blocked by Tom Wilson
Timeout - Visitor
Challenge Vis - missed stoppage - goal
Delaying Game - Unsucc. chlg served by Alex Ovechkin
Goalie Stopped
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Mathew Barzal
Matthew Schaefer shot blocked by Pierre-Luc Dubois
Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin
Justin Sourdif Wrist Shot Wide Right
Brandon Duhaime hit Tony DeAngelo
Anthony Beauvillier Tip-In saved by Ilya Sorokin
Anthony Beauvillier hit Casey Cizikas
Ryan Leonard hit Matthew Schaefer
Icing
Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Takeaway by Jakob Chychrun
Off-side
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Casey Cizikas
Rasmus Sandin Snap Shot Wide Left
Max Shabanov shot blocked by Matt Roy
Puck in Netting
Icing
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Tom Wilson Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Pierre-Luc Dubois Snap Shot Failed Bank Attempt
John Carlson Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Goalie Stopped
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Casey Cizikas
Puck in Crowd
Martin Fehervary Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Justin Sourdif Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Goalie Stopped
On-Ice Official
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Rasmus Sandin Snap Shot Wide Right
Goalie Stopped
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Matt Roy hit Emil Heineman
Giveaway by Dylan Strome
Puck in Netting
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Icing
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Aliaksei Protas Tip-In Hit Left Post
Giveaway by Jakob Chychrun
Connor McMichael Snap Shot Wide Right
Icing
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Anthony Duclair shot blocked by Jakob Chychrun
Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Alex Ovechkin
John Carlson Wrist Shot Wide Right
Icing
Matthew Schaefer shot blocked by John Carlson
Kyle Palmieri shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
On-Ice Official
Goalie Stopped
Rasmus Sandin hit Anders Lee
Giveaway by Matt Roy

CAPITALS

ISLANDERS

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

Capitals
4
Islanders
2

Game 1

12/10

Islanders
3
Capitals
1

Game 2

31/10

Capitals
4
Islanders
1

Game 3

30/11

Islanders
Capitals

Game 4

3/2

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	23	11	3	49
NY Islanders	21	13	4	46
Philadelphia	19	10	7	45
Washington	20	13	5	45
New Jersey	20	16	2	42
NY Rangers	19	17	4	42
Pittsburgh	15	12	9	39
Columbus	15	15	6	36

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Washington Capitals @ New York Islanders

Stars of the Game

Aliaksei ProtasC - WSH

Martin FehervaryD - WSH

Matthew SchaeferD - NYI

Game Information

Video Highlights

Protas has 2 goals and an assist as Capitals beat Islanders 4-2

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

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