Tag: Tom Kuhnhackl

  • Game Recap – 3/1/2019 – Washington Capitals v. New York Islanders

    Game Recap – 3/1/2019 – Washington Capitals v. New York Islanders

    Washington Capitals (36-21-7 79pts) v. New York Islanders (37-19-7 81pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals head to Nassau Coliseum for the first time to take on the New York Islanders, and it would be the Islanders that would get on the board early as Tom Kuhnhackl would score in the opening minutes of the game on a very casual breakaway due to a blown offside by the officials. Then Alex Ovechkin would take a very blatant interference penalty, but the Capitals would kill the penalty off.

     

    A very uneventful second period outside of a Brett Connolly penalty, and some heavy hits on both ends of the ice.

     

    Unlike the second period, the third period would be fast and hectic in the first half of the period. The Capitals would strike early as Jakub Vrana would battle in front of the net and knock in the rebound to tie the game at one, then right away on the powerplay it would be Alex Ovechkin batting the puck and getting a lucky bounce to get his 45th of the season and give the Capitals a 2-1 lead. This would be followed with 3 penalties that would start with a Capitals powerplay, and then end in a Capitals powerplay. Then to ice the game for the Capitals, with Thomas Griess pulled TJ Oshie would clear the puck out of the zone and without paying attention Josh Bailey accidentally shot the puck into his own net to give the Capitals a 3-1 victory.

     

    Lineups:

    Washington Capitals :

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Andre Burakovsky — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Carl Hagelin — Nic Dowd — Travis Boyd

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik — Nick Jensen

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Dmitrij Jaskin, Chandler Stephenson, Christian Djoos

     

    New York Islanders :

    Anders Lee — Brock Nelson — Jordan Eberle

    Tom Kuhnhackl — Mathew Barzal — Josh Bailey

    Anthony Beauvillier — Valtteri Filppula — Leo Komarov

    Ross Johnston — Casey Cizikas — Cal Clutterbuck

    Nick Leddy — Johnny Boychuk

    Adam Pelech — Ryan Pulock

    Devon Toews — Scott Mayfield

    Thomas Greiss

    Robin Lehner

    Scratched: Thomas Hickey, Luca Sbisa, Andrew Ladd, Matt Martin

     

    First Period:

    Islanders Goal – 2:43 – Tom Kuhnhackl (4) from unassisted

    Capitals Penalty – 3:47 – Alex Ovechkin 2 minutes for Interference

     

    End of 1st – WAS – 0       NYI – 1

    Shots              12                09

    Faceoffs         09                07

    Hits               10                  16

    PP                 0/0                 0/1

     

    Second Period:

    Capitals Penalty – 2:53 – Brett Connolly 2 minutes for Tripping

     

    End of 2nd – WAS- 0        NYI- 1

    Shots               19                 13

    Faceoffs          19                 18

    Hits                 21                  29

    PP                   0/0                  0/2

     

    Third Period:

    Capitals Goal – 3:26 – Jakub Vrana (19) from Nicklas Backstrom (46) and Michal Kempny (15)

    Islanders Penalty – 4:21 – Anders Lee 2 minutes for Interference

    Capitals PPG – 4:34 – Alex Ovechkin (45) from TJ Oshie (21) and Evgeny Kuznetsov (42)

    Islanders Penalty – 8:11 – Anthony Beauvillier 2 minutes for Goalie Interference

    Capitals Penalty – 8:26 – John Carlson 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Islanders Penalty – 9:58 – Ryan Pulock 2 minutes for Tripping

    Capitals ENG – 18:32 – TJ Oshie (21) from unassisted

     

    End of 3rd – WAS – 3         NYI – 1

    Shots              29                   21

    Faceoffs        31                    24

    Hits               28                     36

    PP                 1/3                    0/2

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (37-21-7 81pts) @NY Rangers (27-27-4 67pts)

    NY Islanders (37-20-7 81pts) v. Philadelphia (31-26-8 70pts)