Washington Capitals Come Back Again, Down New York Islanders, 5-4 (OT); Tom Wilson Scores Two, Jakob Chychrun Gets Game-Winner


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The Washington Capitals defeated the New York Islanders by a score of 5-4 in overtime at Capital One Arena on Friday to improve to 16-6-1 (.717 points percentage) this season. Goaltender Logan Thompson made 20 saves in the win.

Washington’s Lines

Aliaksei Protas – Dylan Strome – Taylor Raddysh
Connor McMichael – Pierre-Luc Dubois – Tom Wilson
Hendrix Lapierre – Lars Eller – Andrew Mangiapane
Brandon Duhaime – Nic Dowd – Ivan Miroshnichenko

Martin Fehervary – John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin – Matt Roy
Jakob Chychrun – Trevor Van Riemsdyk

Thompson
Charlie Lindgren

  • Scratched
    • LW Jakub Vrana
    • D Dylan McIlrath
    • D Alexander Alexeyev
  • Injured
    • LW Alex Ovechkin (fractured fibula)
    • LW Sonny Milano (upper-body)
    • C Nicklas Backstrom (hip)
    • RW T.J. Oshie (back)

New York’s Lines

Anders Lee – Bo Horvat – Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Maxim Tsyplakov – Brock Nelson – Kyle Palmieri
Pierre Engvall – Casey Cizikas – Simon Holmstrom
Hudson Fasching – Kyle MacLean – Oliver Wahlstrom

Alexander Romanov – Noah Dobson
Isaiah George – Ryan Pulock
Dennis Cholowski – Scott Mayfield

Semyon Varlamov
Ilya Sorokin

  • Scratched
    • LW Matt Martin
    • D Grant Hutton
  • Injured
    • LW Anthony Duclair (lower-body)
    • C Mathew Barzal (lower-body)
    • D Adam Pelech (jaw)
    • C Jean-Gabriel Pageau (lower-body)

First Period

Scoring

  • 3:36, 1-0 New York: Holmstrom ripped one over the blocker of Thompson and to the top corner with a wrister from the right dot after Lee set him up from the right half-wall.
  • 4:50, 1-1: Dowd backhanded a shot over the left pad of Varlamov all alone in from to finish a triangular passing play with Miroshnichenko and Duhaime. Three of Duhaime’s four assists this season have been on goals scored by Dowd.
  • 12:10, 2-1 Washington (PPG): Wilson one-timed a feed by McMichael, who was on the right side of the goal-line, from the slot to finish a three-way passing play that also featured Strome along the right half-wall. Wilson has now scored power-play goals in back-to-back games and his four power-play goals this season are tied with Ovechkin for the team lead. Strome has now tallied at least one point in 19 of Washington’s 23 games this season, including 10 multi-point performances. Strome’s 25 assists are tied for third in the NHL, trailing only Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon (28) and Vegas Golden Knights center Jack Eichel (26).

Stats

  • 12-11 Washington in shots
  • .652 New York on faceoffs
  • Washington scored once on two power plays
    • New York did not on either of their two
  • 5-4 Washington in hits
  • 6-4 New York in blocked shots
  • 5-3 New York in giveaways
  • 3-3 in takeaways
Graphic: Natural StatTrick

Second Period

Scoring

  • 1:15, 2-2: Lee tipped Dobson’s wrist shot from the side of the goal and the puck bounced under the glove of Thompson and in.
  • Carlson buried a rebound at the side of the goal at 14:05 but the goal was waved off due to goaltender interference. It was the third marker that Carlson scored but got called back this season.
  • 16:28, 3-2 New York: After Protas turned the puck over to Dobson at the blueline, Dobson chipped the puck ahead to Lee, who sent it to the left dot to Horvat and Horvat dished it cross-ice to MacLean. MacLean buried it under the pad of Thompson.
  • 18:09, 4-2: Holmstrom tipped in a wrist shot by Cholowski from the point in front of the blue paint and the shot went under the blocker of Thompson and in.

Stats

  • 21-17 New York in shots
  • .581 New York on faceoffs
  • Washington did not score on a power play in the second
  • 15-12 New York in hits
  • 13-7 New York in blocked shots
  • 9-6 New York in giveaways
  • 6-5 Washington in takeaways

Third Period

Scoring

  • 1:20, 4-3 (PPG): Strome ripped a wrist shot over the glove of Varlamov to the top left corner from the left dot after Chychrun fed him from the top. Chychrun extended his point and assist streak to three games (1-4-5). Chychrun has recorded nine points (four goals) in his last 10 games since returning from an upper-body injury on November 9. Strome, who leads the Capitals with 33 points (eight goals) in 23 games this season, has recorded his 11th multi-point game of the season (1-1-2).
  • 7:24, 4-4: Wilson one-timed a slapper under the blocker of Varlamov at the side of the goal to finish a triangular passing play with Van Riemsdyk and McMichael in the offensive zone. It marks McMichael’s second multi-assist performance of the season and the fourth of his career. McMichael recorded his first career three-point game. Wilson has scored three goals in his last two games and has recorded six points (three goals) in his last five games. Van Riemsdyk registered his 11th assist of the season. Van Riemsdyk ranks second among Capitals blueliners in assists and tied for third in points.

Stats

  • 24-24 in shots
    • 7-3 Washington in the third
  • .573 New York on faceoffs
  • Washington went two-for-four on the power play
    • New York did not score on three opportunities
  • 21-21 in hits
  • 19-14 New York in blocked shots
  • 11-8 New York in giveaways
  • 9-7 Washington in takeaways

Overtime

Scoring

  • 1:20, 5-4 Washington: Chychrun roared up the ice after getting a drop pass and ripped one over the blocker of Varlamov.

Shots: 26-24 Washington, including 1-0 in overtime

Washington got within a point behind the New Jersey Devils (with three games in hand) for the Metropolitan Division lead but drew into a tie with the Carolina Hurricanes (with both teams having played 23 this season) for second.

Next game: Saturday at New Jersey (7 PM ET, Monumental Sports Network in-market, ESPN+ out-of-market)

By Harrison Brown

About Harrison Brown

Harrison is a diehard Caps fan and a hockey fanatic with a passion for sports writing. He attended his first game at age 8 and has been a season ticket holder since the 2010-2011 season. His fondest Caps memory was watching the Capitals hoist the Stanley Cup in Las Vegas. In his spare time, he enjoys travel, photography, and hanging out with his two dogs. Follow Harrison on Twitter @HarrisonB927077





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