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Recap - Islanders Defeat Washington 2-1

The Capitals came up short Sunday against the Islanders, falling 2-1.

New York was favored by -106 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 5.0.

New York got goals from Anders Lee, and Mathew Barzal in the victory. Lee opened the scoring at 14:50 of the first period.

Semyon Varlamov stopped 22 of 23 Washington shots in the victory.

Washington got a goal from Evgeny Kuznetsov in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Braden Holtby stopped 32 of 34 shots for the Capitals, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, New York went 0-for-5, while the Capitals were 1-for-2 with the man advantage.

New York outshot Washington 34-23 in the game.