BC-HKN--Islanders-Capita.

• Author: Brown, Steve
• Position: Sports

Byline: Steve Brown

Capitals 6 , Islanders 2

N.Y. Islanders 1 1 0 -- 2

Washington 0 5 1 -- 6

 First Period -- 1, N.Y. Islanders, Tavares 7 (Nielsen, Okposo), 5:58. Penalties -- Grabovski, Was (high-sticking), 3:58; Bouchard, NYI (hooking), 11:37; Green, Was (hooking), 18:09.

 Second Period -- 2, Washington, Carlson 2, 3:06. 3, Washington, Ovechkin 11 (Backstrom), 4:21 (pp). 4, N.Y. Islanders, Okposo 5 (Tavares, MacDonald), 4:38. 5, Washington, Johansson 1 (Brouwer, Backstrom), 6:50 (pp). 6, Washington, Urbom 1 (Wilson, Oleksy), 8:10. 7, Washington, Ovechkin 12 (Johansson, Backstrom), 17:18 (pp). Penalties -- Clutterbuck, NYI (tripping), 4:18; Carkner, NYI (slashing), 6:15; Vanek, NYI (interference), 16:57.

 Third Period -- 8, Washington, Wilson 1 (Ovechkin, Grabovski), 15:59 (pp). Penalties -- Oleksy, Was (tripping), 2:12; Chimera, Was (holding stick), 6:04; Wilson, Was (interference), 12:15; Hickey, NYI...