nhl Game Recap
Capitals vs Islanders Final: 3-2 - Recap
Washington skated to a 3-2 victory over New York on Tuesday in NHL action at Capital One Arena.
Washington was an underdog by +113 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 5.5.
Washington got goals from Justin Schultz, Daniel Sprong, and John Carlson in the victory. Carlson opened the scoring at 11:06 of the first period.
Vitek Vanecek stopped 32 of 34 New York shots in the victory.
Mathew Barzal, and Noah Dobson scored for the Islanders, finding the net behind Vitek Vanecek.
Semyon Varlamov stopped 34 of 37 shots for the Islanders, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Washington went 1-for-2, while the Islanders were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
New York lost the shots on goal battle to Washington by a margin of 37-34.