The Caps didn’t quite get the extra point on the touchdown like they did Thursday night in Brooklyn, but the result will look the same in the standings as the Caps earned another two points against the Islanders. The victory didn’t come without sacrifice though as Evgeny Kuznetsov went down with an injury.
TJ Oshie continued his scoring ways, tipping home an Alex Ovechkin point drive on the power play. Mat Barzal tied things up with a power play marker of his own. Nicklas Backstrom restored the Caps goal advantage with a five-on-three strike. Matt Niskanen doubled that advantage late in the second.
Jakub Vrana put an exclamation mark on things with a highlight roof job. Brock Nelson added a late goal, as did John Tavares. Lars Eller got the empty netter.
Caps beat Islanders 6-3!
— Craig Laughlin (@Laughlin18) March 16, 2018
Sassy Tom Wilson is back and he will miss your participation in this hockey game pic.twitter.com/Z0l6uAWX9l
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) March 17, 2018
Here's another look because we need another look of this Vrana goal pic.twitter.com/FaZmSa3cvA
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) March 17, 2018
#JoeBSuitOfTheNight #CapsIsles Green tie! pic.twitter.com/4T8Ime7kGT
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) March 16, 2018
The Caps next fixture comes at Philadelphia in a rare Sunday evening start. Lots of Metro Division business to finish in March.
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