nhl Game Recap
Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders Recap - Capitals Win 6-3
Daniel Sprong scored a pair of goals against the Islanders as Washington handed New York a 6-3 defeat on Saturday at Nassau Coliseum.
The Capitals were a +118 underdog in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 5.5.
Washington got goals from Daniel Sprong(2), T.J. Oshie, Garnet Hathaway, Nic Dowd, and Evgeny Kuznetsov in the victory. Hathaway opened the scoring at 2:33 of the first period.
Ilya Samsonov turned in a 21-save effort for the Capitals.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Anthony Beauvillier, and Adam Pelech scored for the Islanders, finding the net behind Ilya Samsonov.
Ilya Sorokin stopped 24 of 30 shots for the Islanders, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Washington scored 0 times on 1 chances on the power play, while New York went 2-for-2 with the man advantage.
New York lost the shots on goal battle to Washington by a margin of 30-24.