Capitals 5-1 Islanders (12 Mar, 2023) Play-by-Play

Washington Capitals

32-28-7, 17-15-3 away

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

New York Islanders

34-26-8, 20-12-3 home

Martin Fehervary shot blocked by Noah Dobson
Scott Mayfield Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
Matt Martin Tip-In Wide of Net
Brock Nelson Wrist Shot Off Goalpost
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Noah Dobson Slap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
Brock Nelson faceoff won against Tom Wilson
Bo Horvat Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
Bo Horvat Snap Shot Wide of Net
Bo Horvat faceoff won against T.J. Oshie
Josh Bailey Slap Shot Wide of Net
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Cal Clutterbuck Backhand Wide of Net
Takeaway by Cal Clutterbuck
Casey Cizikas hit Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Pierre Engvall Goal (13) , assists: none
Casey Cizikas Tip-In Wide of Net
Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Evgeny Kuznetsov
Brock Nelson faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nicklas Backstrom
Alexander Romanov Wrist Shot Over Net
Alexander Romanov Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Sebastian Aho Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Anders Lee hit Martin Fehervary
Alexander Romanov Snap Shot Wide of Net
Cal Clutterbuck hit Alexander Alexeyev
Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Evgeny Kuznetsov
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Giveaway by Anders Lee
Simon Holmstrom Slap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
Bo Horvat Tip-In Wide of Net
Bo Horvat hit Anthony Mantha
Matt Martin hit Alexander Alexeyev
Cal Clutterbuck Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Giveaway by Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
Casey Cizikas Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Casey Cizikas Deflected Wide of Net
Zach Parise Backhand saved by Darcy Kuemper
Noah Dobson hit Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Takeaway by Adam Pelech
Hudson Fasching Holding against Nick Jensen
Casey Cizikas faceoff won against T.J. Oshie
Giveaway by Josh Bailey
Nicklas Backstrom shot blocked by Adam Pelech
Rasmus Sandin shot blocked by Casey Cizikas
Bo Horvat faceoff won against T.J. Oshie
Takeaway by Alexander Romanov
Giveaway by Bo Horvat
Cal Clutterbuck hit Martin Fehervary
Giveaway by Noah Dobson
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Josh Bailey Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Simon Holmstrom Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Takeaway by Bo Horvat
Anders Lee Deflected Wide of Net
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Giveaway by Bo Horvat
Giveaway by Brock Nelson
Brock Nelson Slap Shot Wide of Net
Giveaway by Noah Dobson
Pierre Engvall Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
Cal Clutterbuck Wrist Shot Over Net
Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Scott Mayfield Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
Matt Martin hit Nick Jensen
Matt Martin Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Anders Lee Tip-In Wide of Net
Brock Nelson Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
Anders Lee Holding against Conor Sheary
Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Sebastian Aho hit Tom Wilson
Zach Parise Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
Evgeny Kuznetsov shot blocked by Adam Pelech
Brock Nelson faceoff won against Evgeny Kuznetsov
Casey Cizikas Slashing against Dylan Strome
Rasmus Sandin shot blocked by Bo Horvat
Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Adam Pelech
Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Josh Bailey
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Tom Wilson
Noah Dobson Slap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
Bo Horvat Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
Zach Parise Tip-In saved by Darcy Kuemper
Takeaway by Josh Bailey
Matt Martin hit Rasmus Sandin
Giveaway by Casey Cizikas
Nick Jensen shot blocked by Hudson Fasching
Adam Pelech hit Conor Sheary
Takeaway by Pierre Engvall
Zach Parise Slashing against Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Bo Horvat faceoff won against T.J. Oshie
T.J. Oshie shot blocked by Adam Pelech
Casey Cizikas hit Rasmus Sandin
Alexander Romanov hit Tom Wilson
Dylan Strome shot blocked by Adam Pelech
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Giveaway by Ryan Pulock
Craig Smith shot blocked by Ryan Pulock
Ryan Pulock Deflected saved by Darcy Kuemper
Cal Clutterbuck hit Nick Jensen
Noah Dobson Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
Pierre Engvall Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Takeaway by Ryan Pulock
Bo Horvat Snap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
Matt Martin hit Nic Dowd
Scott Mayfield hit Sonny Milano
Takeaway by Adam Pelech
Cal Clutterbuck hit Matt Irwin
Ryan Pulock hit Craig Smith
Anders Lee hit Nick Jensen
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Giveaway by Anders Lee
Giveaway by Darcy Kuemper
Sonny Milano hit Simon Holmstrom
Martin Fehervary hit Bo Horvat
Alex Ovechkin hit Scott Mayfield
Alex Ovechkin hit Scott Mayfield
Brock Nelson shot blocked by Nicklas Backstrom
Evgeny Kuznetsov Tripping against Kyle Palmieri
Takeaway by Tom Wilson
Trevor van Riemsdyk Backhand saved by Semyon Varlamov
Martin Fehervary Snap Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Pierre Engvall shot blocked by Matt Irwin
Brock Nelson shot blocked by Tom Wilson
Nick Jensen hit Anders Lee
Dylan Strome Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: Rasmus Sandin (21), Trevor van Riemsdyk (13)
Hudson Fasching shot blocked by Evgeny Kuznetsov
Tom Wilson hit Cal Clutterbuck
Nick Jensen hit Cal Clutterbuck
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Josh Bailey
Matt Irwin Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Matt Irwin hit Matt Martin
Sonny Milano Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Giveaway by Darcy Kuemper
Martin Fehervary hit Simon Holmstrom
Tom Wilson hit Scott Mayfield
Martin Fehervary hit Adam Pelech
Conor Sheary Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Casey Cizikas
Rasmus Sandin Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Nic Dowd hit Sebastian Aho
Bo Horvat shot blocked by Nick Jensen
Matt Irwin Slap Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Alex Ovechkin Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Tom Wilson hit Scott Mayfield
Giveaway by Sonny Milano
Giveaway by Dylan Strome
Martin Fehervary hit Kyle Palmieri
Nick Jensen hit Zach Parise
Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin
Trevor van Riemsdyk Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Matt Irwin Slap Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Tom Wilson Wrist Shot Off Goalpost
Conor Sheary Snap Shot Wide of Net
Sonny Milano Wrist Shot Wide of Net
T.J. Oshie Goal (17) Tip-In, assists: Rasmus Sandin (22), Trevor van Riemsdyk (14)
Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Nicolas Aube-Kubel Backhand Wide of Net
Giveaway by Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Trevor van Riemsdyk Deflected saved by Semyon Varlamov
Takeaway by Tom Wilson
Alexander Romanov shot blocked by Nick Jensen
Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Evgeny Kuznetsov Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Takeaway by T.J. Oshie
T.J. Oshie Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin
Anthony Mantha Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Tom Wilson hit Adam Pelech
Conor Sheary Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Nicolas Aube-Kubel hit Alexander Romanov
Alexander Romanov shot blocked by Nic Dowd
Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Casey Cizikas
Casey Cizikas shot blocked by Rasmus Sandin
Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Giveaway by Tom Wilson
Nicklas Backstrom faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Anders Lee shot blocked by Nicklas Backstrom
Craig Smith Holding against Sebastian Aho
Giveaway by T.J. Oshie
Alexander Romanov shot blocked by Dylan Strome
Zach Parise shot blocked by Dylan Strome
Alex Ovechkin Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Anders Lee shot blocked by Rasmus Sandin
Nic Dowd Backhand saved by Semyon Varlamov
Martin Fehervary Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Nicklas Backstrom hit Hudson Fasching
Nicklas Backstrom Holding against Hudson Fasching
Noah Dobson shot blocked by Nic Dowd
Martin Fehervary hit Casey Cizikas
T.J. Oshie hit Cal Clutterbuck
Cal Clutterbuck shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
Kyle Palmieri shot blocked by Rasmus Sandin
Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Josh Bailey
Giveaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk
Nic Dowd hit Alexander Romanov
T.J. Oshie hit Alexander Romanov
T.J. Oshie faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Evgeny Kuznetsov Snap Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Evgeny Kuznetsov Backhand Wide of Net
Nicklas Backstrom faceoff won against Josh Bailey
Alex Ovechkin Tip-In saved by Semyon Varlamov
Anthony Mantha Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Ovechkin (26), Dylan Strome (31)
Conor Sheary faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Nicolas Aube-Kubel Tripping against Sebastian Aho
Bo Horvat shot blocked by Nic Dowd
Bo Horvat shot blocked by Trevor van Riemsdyk
Bo Horvat shot blocked by Trevor van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehervary hit Ryan Pulock
Alexander Alexeyev Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Casey Cizikas
Nic Dowd Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: none
T.J. Oshie Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Giveaway by Sonny Milano
Nicklas Backstrom faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Nicklas Backstrom Goal (4) Tip-In, assists: Rasmus Sandin (23), Anthony Mantha (16)
Ryan Pulock shot blocked by Nic Dowd
Alexander Alexeyev hit Pierre Engvall
Nicklas Backstrom faceoff won against Josh Bailey
Matt Irwin Snap Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Alex Ovechkin Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Tom Wilson Holding against Pierre Engvall

CAPITALS

ISLANDERS

TIME		WSH	NYI
0:00	Start of 1st Period	0	0
0:00	Dylan Strome faceoff won against Bo Horvat	0	0
0:19	Giveaway by Darcy Kuemper	0	0
0:39	Martin Fehervary shot blocked by Noah Dobson	0	0
0:44	Sonny Milano hit Simon Holmstrom	0	0
0:50	Martin Fehervary hit Bo Horvat	0	0
1:03	Alex Ovechkin hit Scott Mayfield	0	0
1:20	Scott Mayfield Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper	0	0
1:20	Alex Ovechkin hit Scott Mayfield	0	0
1:28	Matt Martin Tip-In Wide of Net	0	0
1:59	Brock Nelson Wrist Shot Off Goalpost	0	0
2:07	Brock Nelson shot blocked by Nicklas Backstrom	0	0
2:08	Evgeny Kuznetsov Tripping against Kyle Palmieri	0	0
2:08	Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nic Dowd	0	0
2:20	Noah Dobson Slap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper	0	0
2:21	Goalie Stopped (after SOG)	0	0
2:21	Brock Nelson faceoff won against Tom Wilson	0	0
2:33	Bo Horvat Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper	0	0
2:40	Bo Horvat Snap Shot Wide of Net	0	0
2:54	Takeaway by Tom Wilson	0	0
2:58	Trevor van Riemsdyk Backhand saved by Semyon Varlamov	0	0
3:01	Martin Fehervary Snap Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov	0	0
3:02	Goalie Stopped (after SOG)	0	0
3:02	Bo Horvat faceoff won against T.J. Oshie	0	0
3:16	Josh Bailey Slap Shot Wide of Net	0	0
3:34	Pierre Engvall shot blocked by Matt Irwin	0	0
3:35	Puck in Netting	0	0
3:35	Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nic Dowd	0	0
3:40	Brock Nelson shot blocked by Tom Wilson	0	0
4:00	Nick Jensen hit Anders Lee	0	0
4:45	Cal Clutterbuck Backhand Wide of Net	0	0
4:47	Takeaway by Cal Clutterbuck	0	0
4:51	Casey Cizikas hit Nicolas Aube-Kubel	0	0
5:18	Pierre Engvall Goal (13) , assists: none	0	1
5:18	Nicklas Backstrom faceoff won against Brock Nelson	0	1
6:41	Dylan Strome Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: Rasmus Sandin (21), Trevor van Riemsdyk (13)	1	1
6:41	Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Casey Cizikas	1	1
6:50	Hudson Fasching shot blocked by Evgeny Kuznetsov	1	1
7:29	Casey Cizikas Tip-In Wide of Net	1	1
7:32	Tom Wilson hit Cal Clutterbuck	1	1
7:41	Nick Jensen hit Cal Clutterbuck	1	1
7:42	Puck Frozen	1	1
7:42	Nic Dowd faceoff won against Josh Bailey	1	1
8:20	Matt Irwin Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov	1	1
8:48	Icing	1	1
8:48	Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Evgeny Kuznetsov	1	1
8:58	Matt Irwin hit Matt Martin	1	1
9:12	Offside	1	1
9:12	Brock Nelson faceoff won against Dylan Strome	1	1
9:26	Sonny Milano Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov	1	1
9:27	Goalie Stopped (after SOG)	1	1
9:27	Bo Horvat faceoff won against Dylan Strome	1	1
9:47	Puck in Netting	1	1
9:47	Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nicklas Backstrom	1	1
10:01	Giveaway by Darcy Kuemper	1	1
10:04	Alexander Romanov Wrist Shot Over Net	1	1
10:17	Alexander Romanov Wrist Shot Wide of Net	1	1
10:28	Martin Fehervary hit Simon Holmstrom	1	1
10:51	Tom Wilson hit Scott Mayfield	1	1
11:03	Martin Fehervary hit Adam Pelech	1	1
11:29	Sebastian Aho Wrist Shot Wide of Net	1	1
11:40	Conor Sheary Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov	1	1
11:41	Goalie Stopped (after SOG)	1	1
11:41	Dylan Strome faceoff won against Casey Cizikas	1	1
12:02	Rasmus Sandin Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov	1	1
12:47	Nic Dowd hit Sebastian Aho	1	1
12:56	Bo Horvat shot blocked by Nick Jensen	1	1
13:10	Anders Lee hit Martin Fehervary	1	1
13:22	Alexander Romanov Snap Shot Wide of Net	1	1
13:48	Cal Clutterbuck hit Alexander Alexeyev	1	1
14:14	Matt Irwin Slap Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov	1	1
14:15	Goalie Stopped (after SOG)	1	1
14:15	Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Evgeny Kuznetsov	1	1
14:16	Alex Ovechkin Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov	1	1
14:48	Tom Wilson hit Scott Mayfield	1	1
15:23	Giveaway by Sonny Milano	1	1
15:35	Giveaway by Dylan Strome	1	1
15:36	Martin Fehervary hit Kyle Palmieri	1	1
15:45	Nick Jensen hit Zach Parise	1	1
15:58	Icing	1	1
15:58	Bo Horvat faceoff won against Dylan Strome	1	1
16:13	Giveaway by Anders Lee	1	1
16:21	Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin	1	1
16:23	Simon Holmstrom Slap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper	1	1
16:25	Bo Horvat Tip-In Wide of Net	1	1
16:37	Bo Horvat hit Anthony Mantha	1	1
16:56	Trevor van Riemsdyk Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov	1	1
17:33	Matt Irwin Slap Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov	1	1
17:46	Tom Wilson Wrist Shot Off Goalpost	1	1
18:02	Matt Martin hit Alexander Alexeyev	1	1
18:32	Conor Sheary Snap Shot Wide of Net	1	1
19:04	Sonny Milano Wrist Shot Wide of Net	1	1
19:13	T.J. Oshie Goal (17) Tip-In, assists: Rasmus Sandin (22), Trevor van Riemsdyk (14)	2	1
19:13	Josh Bailey faceoff won against Nicklas Backstrom	2	1
19:19	Puck in Crowd	2	1
19:19	Nicklas Backstrom faceoff won against Josh Bailey	2	1
19:44	Cal Clutterbuck Wrist Shot Wide of Net	2	1
20:00	End of 1st Period	2	1

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-0

Capitals
4
Islanders
3

Game 1

17/1

Capitals
5
Islanders
1

Game 2

12/3

Islanders
2
Capitals
1

Game 3

30/3

Islanders
2
Capitals
5

Game 4

11/4

UBS Arena

12:30 AM, 12 March 2023

Elmont, NY

Attendance: 17,255

Referees:
Wes McCauley
Beau Halkidis

Linesmen:
Tyson Baker
Julien Fournier

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	14	5	0	28
New Jersey	13	7	2	28
Washington	13	5	1	27
NY Rangers	12	5	1	25
NY Islanders	7	8	5	19
Columbus	8	9	2	18
Philadelphia	8	10	2	18
Pittsburgh	7	10	4	18

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