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New York Skates Past Washington 5-3 - Recap

Anthony Beauvillier scored twice to lead the Islanders over Washington 5-3 on Monday at Capital One Arena.

New York was an underdog by +153 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.

Anthony Beauvillier(2), Devon Toews, Jordan Eberle, and Leo Komarov each scored for the Islanders in the victory. Beauvillier opened the scoring for New York.

Thomas Greiss stopped 26 of 29 Washington shots in the victory.

Washington got goals from John Carlson, T.J. Oshie, and Lars Eller in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Ilya Samsonov stopped 15 of 20 shots for the Capitals, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, New York went 0-for-2, while the Capitals were 1-for-3 with the man advantage.

Washington lost the shots on goal battle to New York by a margin of 32-29.

Next game, New York takes its act home to face Philadelphia looking for another win. For Washington, they head on the road to face Colorado.