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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Washington 4, NY Islanders 1
When: 7:30 PM ET, Saturday, November 11, 2023
Where: UBS Arena, Elmont, New York
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Jordan Samuels-Thomas
Linesmen: Travis Gawryletz, Kilian McNamara
Attendance: 16519
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 1214
NY Islanders 1001
Periods:
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1
Washington   NY Islanders
  0:00 Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat. 0:12  
  0:13 Simon Holmstrom blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin.
Rasmus Sandin shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 0:16  
Tom Wilson blocks shot from Alexander Romanov. 0:32  
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Brock Nelson. 0:51  
  1:04 Brock Nelson shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
  1:05 Pierre Engvall shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
  1:24 Kyle Palmieri hits Nicolas Aube-Kubel.
  1:36 Anders Lee hits Lucas Johansen.
  1:38 Samuel Bolduc shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
  2:06 Giveaway by Scott Mayfield.
  2:34 Sebastian Aho blocks shot from Nick Jensen.
Tom Wilson hits Bo Horvat. 3:09  
Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 3:24  
  3:39 Pierre Engvall shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Brock Nelson. 3:42  
  3:51 Scott Mayfield blocks shot from Beck Malenstyn.
Shot by Nicolas Aube-Kubel misses the net 4:22  
Takeaway by Dylan Strome. 4:46  
  5:11 Sebastian Aho blocks shot from Alexander Alexeyev.
Connor McMichael shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 5:52  
  5:52 Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Shot by Evgeny Kuznetsov misses the net 6:14  
  6:33 Simon Holmstrom shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
  6:41 Mathew Barzal shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
Giveaway by John Carlson. 6:42  
Shot by Connor McMichael misses the net 7:15  
Giveaway by Nicolas Aube-Kubel. 7:44  
Hardy Haman Aktell hits Cal Clutterbuck. 8:46  
Shot by Sonny Milano misses the net 8:58  
  9:14 Scott Mayfield blocks shot from Sonny Milano.
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat. 9:16  
Alex Ovechkin scores. Assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov. 9:18  
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat. 9:18  
Alex Ovechkin hits Ryan Pulock. 9:27  
  9:27 Ryan Pulock blocks shot from Tom Wilson.
  9:33 Takeaway by Ryan Pulock.
  9:36 Scott Mayfield wins the faceoff against Hunter Shepard.
  10:14 Scott Mayfield shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
Giveaway by Hardy Haman Aktell. 10:57  
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat. 11:15  
Lucas Johansen blocks shot from Mathew Barzal. 11:21  
  11:23 Brock Nelson wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
  11:36 Giveaway by Kyle Palmieri.
  11:50 Shot by Pierre Engvall misses the net
Giveaway by Nick Jensen. 12:30  
Dylan Strome shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 12:34  
Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas. 12:35  
Giveaway by Sonny Milano. 13:01  
  13:10 Casey Cizikas hits Alexander Alexeyev.
Dylan Strome shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 13:12  
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat. 13:13  
  13:45 Giveaway by Mathew Barzal.
  14:53 Pierre Engvall blocks shot from Aliaksei Protas.
  15:14 Shot by Alexander Romanov misses the net
  15:25 Shot by Kyle Palmieri misses the net
Hardy Haman Aktell blocks shot from Pierre Engvall. 15:30  
Connor McMichael shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 15:38  
Beck Malenstyn hits Scott Mayfield. 16:02  
  16:13 Scott Mayfield shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
Giveaway by Hunter Shepard. 16:15  
  16:15 Shot by Cal Clutterbuck misses the net
  16:20 Cal Clutterbuck hits Nicolas Aube-Kubel.
  16:24 Shot by Scott Mayfield misses the net
  16:26 Matt Martin shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
  16:26 Matt Martin blocks shot from Sonny Milano.
T.J. Oshie shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 17:02  
  17:11 Giveaway by Simon Holmstrom.
  17:33 Shot by Bo Horvat misses the net
  17:38 Alexander Romanov shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
Tom Wilson hits Jean-Gabriel Pageau. 18:13  
  18:19 Shot by Alexander Romanov misses the net
  18:44 Anders Lee shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Brock Nelson. 18:47  
Nicolas Aube-Kubel blocks shot from Noah Dobson. 18:49  
Nicolas Aube-Kubel shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 18:53  
  18:56 Casey Cizikas wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome.
  19:05 Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome.
  19:16 Shot by Mathew Barzal misses the net
Giveaway by Hunter Shepard. 19:17  
  19:17 Alexander Romanov scores. Assisted by Bo Horvat.
  19:17 Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  19:38 Ryan Pulock blocks shot from Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  19:48 Ryan Pulock shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
Alexander Alexeyev blocks shot from Hudson Fasching. 19:54  
  19:56 Shot by Jean-Gabriel Pageau misses the net
Alexander Alexeyev penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Anders Lee. 19:58  
  19:58 Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
2
Washington   NY Islanders
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat. 0:00  
John Carlson blocks shot from Bo Horvat. 0:27  
Lucas Johansen blocks shot from Brock Nelson. 0:54  
Takeaway by Nick Jensen. 1:34  
John Carlson blocks shot from Ryan Pulock. 1:57  
  2:02 Anders Lee shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas. 2:02  
  2:17 Cal Clutterbuck hits Rasmus Sandin.
  2:29 Alexander Romanov hits Rasmus Sandin.
  2:38 Takeaway by Cal Clutterbuck.
  2:51 Bo Horvat shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat. 2:58  
  3:18 Shot by Sebastian Aho misses the net
  3:39 Shot by Mathew Barzal misses the net
John Carlson blocks shot from Noah Dobson. 3:44  
Matthew Phillips blocks shot from Mathew Barzal. 3:53  
  4:14 Noah Dobson shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
  4:29 Shot by Mathew Barzal misses the net
Nicolas Aube-Kubel shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 4:40  
  4:43 Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
  4:52 Jean-Gabriel Pageau shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
  5:08 Giveaway by Anders Lee.
Nic Dowd shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 5:09  
Lucas Johansen shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 6:02  
  6:17 Ryan Pulock shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
  6:18 Pierre Engvall shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
  6:28 Alexander Romanov shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat. 6:31  
Nick Jensen shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 6:51  
Takeaway by Dylan Strome. 7:02  
  7:17 Sebastian Aho penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Sonny Milano.
Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas. 7:17  
John Carlson shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 7:19  
Takeaway by Dylan Strome. 7:31  
Shot by T.J. Oshie misses the net 7:47  
Giveaway by Tom Wilson. 8:12  
  8:32 Giveaway by Alexander Romanov.
Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 8:43  
Shot by Tom Wilson misses the net 8:45  
Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 9:09  
  9:11 Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
Nic Dowd shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 9:34  
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat. 9:35  
Connor McMichael blocks shot from Anders Lee. 9:38  
  9:45 Shot by Samuel Bolduc misses the net
  10:25 Shot by Anders Lee misses the net
  10:26 Takeaway by Mathew Barzal.
Takeaway by Tom Wilson. 11:14  
  11:22 Brock Nelson shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
  11:27 Takeaway by Kyle Palmieri.
Takeaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov. 11:28  
  11:41 Sebastian Aho hits Sonny Milano.
  11:51 Shot by Pierre Engvall misses the net
  12:03 Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Connor McMichael.
Connor McMichael hits Jean-Gabriel Pageau. 12:42  
  12:55 Giveaway by Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
John Carlson shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 13:01  
Nicolas Aube-Kubel shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 13:02  
Nic Dowd scores. Assisted by Nicolas Aube-Kubel and John Carlson. 13:05  
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat. 13:05  
John Carlson hits Simon Holmstrom. 13:50  
Lucas Johansen blocks shot from Sebastian Aho. 14:16  
  14:27 Cal Clutterbuck hits Tom Wilson.
Nick Jensen blocks shot from Sebastian Aho. 14:43  
  14:56 Brock Nelson wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome.
Dylan Strome blocks shot from Brock Nelson. 15:00  
  15:18 Sebastian Aho shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Brock Nelson. 15:19  
  15:47 Kyle Palmieri hits Nic Dowd.
Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 16:27  
  16:38 Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Alex Ovechkin hits Hudson Fasching. 16:48  
  17:01 Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
  17:14 Giveaway by Noah Dobson.
Nicolas Aube-Kubel hits Noah Dobson. 17:23  
Shot by Beck Malenstyn misses the net 17:33  
  17:45 Bo Horvat shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
Rasmus Sandin blocks shot from Mathew Barzal. 18:29  
Dylan Strome shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 18:38  
Aliaksei Protas scores. Assisted by Matthew Phillips and Connor McMichael. 19:20  
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau. 19:20  
  19:53 Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Lucas Johansen blocks shot from Mathew Barzal. 19:55  
3
Washington   NY Islanders
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat. 0:00  
  0:08 Mathew Barzal hits Nick Jensen.
  0:26 Mathew Barzal shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Brock Nelson. 0:28  
Takeaway by Nic Dowd. 0:47  
John Carlson blocks shot from Kyle Palmieri. 0:57  
Shot by T.J. Oshie misses the net 1:25  
Giveaway by Hunter Shepard. 2:11  
  2:13 Shot by Noah Dobson misses the net
  2:28 Matt Martin hits Connor McMichael.
Tom Wilson hits Sebastian Aho. 2:45  
  3:22 Shot by Mathew Barzal misses the net
Beck Malenstyn hits Ryan Pulock. 3:42  
Takeaway by Nicolas Aube-Kubel. 4:00  
Alexander Alexeyev hits Pierre Engvall. 4:07  
  4:15 Samuel Bolduc hits Nic Dowd.
  4:41 Noah Dobson shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau. 4:43  
  5:13 Shot by Sebastian Aho misses the net
  5:35 Simon Holmstrom shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
  5:47 Ryan Pulock hits Aliaksei Protas.
  6:04 Ryan Pulock hits Matthew Phillips.
  6:10 Casey Cizikas wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Takeaway by Alex Ovechkin. 6:32  
  6:49 Casey Cizikas shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
  6:50 Casey Cizikas shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
  6:52 Brock Nelson wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
Nicolas Aube-Kubel blocks shot from Sebastian Aho. 6:54  
Beck Malenstyn blocks shot from Noah Dobson. 7:00  
  7:02 Brock Nelson wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
Beck Malenstyn blocks shot from Noah Dobson. 7:04  
  7:10 Sebastian Aho hits Beck Malenstyn.
  7:27 Shot by Pierre Engvall misses the net
Beck Malenstyn blocks shot from Noah Dobson. 7:31  
Takeaway by Beck Malenstyn. 7:49  
Takeaway by T.J. Oshie. 7:59  
Nick Jensen shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 8:09  
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau. 8:33  
  8:37 Shot by Anders Lee misses the net
  8:42 Shot by Samuel Bolduc misses the net
Beck Malenstyn shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 8:58  
Takeaway by Beck Malenstyn. 9:17  
  9:45 Cal Clutterbuck hits Matthew Phillips.
  10:29 Giveaway by Brock Nelson.
Sonny Milano shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 10:53  
Giveaway by John Carlson. 11:13  
  11:16 Kyle Palmieri shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
  11:38 Kyle Palmieri shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
  12:03 Takeaway by Simon Holmstrom.
  12:07 Sebastian Aho shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
Beck Malenstyn hits Sebastian Aho. 12:13  
T.J. Oshie shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 12:15  
Nick Jensen hits Jean-Gabriel Pageau. 13:05  
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Brock Nelson. 13:19  
Nick Jensen blocks shot from Brock Nelson. 13:30  
Alex Ovechkin hits Alexander Romanov. 13:52  
  14:01 Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  14:02 Noah Dobson shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
  14:04 Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
Takeaway by Nicolas Aube-Kubel. 14:11  
Giveaway by Nicolas Aube-Kubel. 14:16  
Beck Malenstyn shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov. 14:20  
Beck Malenstyn blocks shot from Noah Dobson. 14:26  
  14:30 Mathew Barzal shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
  14:45 Brock Nelson wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
Beck Malenstyn blocks shot from Alexander Romanov. 14:47  
  15:06 Shot by Ryan Pulock misses the net
  15:24 Alexander Romanov shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
  15:32 Ryan Pulock shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
  15:37 Pierre Engvall shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
Rasmus Sandin blocks shot from Hudson Fasching. 15:42  
Nic Dowd blocks shot from Brock Nelson. 15:46  
  16:04 Noah Dobson blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin.
  16:05 Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  16:29 Giveaway by Noah Dobson.
Shot by Alex Ovechkin misses the net 16:50  
Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat. 16:52  
  16:59 Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome.
Alex Ovechkin blocks shot from Noah Dobson. 17:11  
  17:19 Shot by Mathew Barzal misses the net
Alex Ovechkin hits Noah Dobson. 17:23  
  17:28 Shot by Bo Horvat misses the net
Shot by Tom Wilson misses the net 17:41  
  17:43 Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome.
  17:45 Ryan Pulock shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
  17:55 Anders Lee shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
Nick Jensen blocks shot from Brock Nelson. 18:08  
  19:00 Giveaway by Kyle Palmieri.
  19:09 Kyle Palmieri hits John Carlson.
T.J. Oshie hits Sebastian Aho. 19:18  
  19:25 Noah Dobson shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard.
  19:27 Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
Beck Malenstyn blocks shot from Ryan Pulock. 19:29  
Alex Ovechkin scores on an empty net. Assisted by Beck Malenstyn and Rasmus Sandin. 19:55  
  19:55 Casey Cizikas wins the faceoff against Connor McMichael.