The National Hockey League (NHL) regular season game between the New York Islanders and the Washington Capitals has concluded at the UBS Arena in New York. The match ended with the victory of the capital with a score of 5:1.
In the sixth minute of the first period, striker Pierre Engvall scored the Islanders’ first goal. A minute and a half later, Washington Dylan Strome equalized on the scoreboard. Towards the end of the first twenty minutes, Capitals forward TJ Oshie put his team ahead. In the fifth minute of the third period, Anthony Manta’s forward doubled the advantage of the capital team. In the 13th minute, Washington’s Nick Dowd made the score 4:1. Then Niklas Backstrom scored the fifth goal for Washington. Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin had one assist in this match.
Thus, “Washington” ranks 10th in the NHL Eastern Conference standings with 71 points. The Islanders are in eighth place in the East with 76 points.
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