Game

Capitals at Islanders

Capitals 4, Islanders 2 · first star Aliaksei Protas (2 G, 1 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Washington Capitals 4 at New York Islanders 2

Capitals WSH

4 FINAL 2

Islanders NYI

Saturday, October 11, 2025 · 7:00 PM ET · UBS Arena, Elmont

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Capitals	2	2	0	4	29
Islanders	0	1	1	2	36

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Capitals attack left, Islanders attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 4 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: WSH 29, NYI 36.

WSH in red NYI in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Capitals 29 shots on goal (4 goals, 15 missed, 25 blocked) attacking left; Islanders 36 shots on goal (2 goals, 14 missed, 21 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	WSH SOG	WSH G	WSH ATT	NYI SOG	NYI G	NYI ATT
1st	9	2	22	3	0	17
2nd	14	2	28	13	1	23
3rd	6	0	19	20	1	31
Total	29	4	69	36	2	71

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	WSH SOG	WSH G	NYI SOG	NYI G
Even strength	25	4	27	0
Power play	4	0	8	2
Short-handed	0	0	1	0

Attempt share by period

Islanders took 50.7% of the shot attempts, and 46.2% of the 106 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Islanders and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Capitals hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Capitals at Islanders
Period	NYI CF%	NYI FF%
1st	43.6	38.1
2nd	45.1	50.0
3rd	62.0	64.9
Game	50.7	53.2

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

01:50 Martin Fehérváry (1) Alex Ovechkin (1), John Carlson (1) · backhand 1–0
13:52 Aliaksei Protas (1) Jakob Chychrun (2), Tom Wilson (1) · snap 2–0

2nd period

09:50 Ryan Leonard (1) Jakob Chychrun (3), Aliaksei Protas (2) · wrist 3–0
15:30 Aliaksei Protas (2) Unassisted · wrist 4–0
18:51 Anthony Duclair (1) PP Bo Horvat (1), Kyle Palmieri (1) · wrist 4–1

3rd period

04:28 Matthew Schaefer (1) PP Kyle Palmieri (2), Bo Horvat (2) · poke 4–2

Three stars

Aliaksei Protas WSH · C #21 · 2 G, 1 A
Martin Fehérváry WSH · D #42 · 1 G, 0 A
Matthew Schaefer NYI · D #48 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	17:47	NYI	Mathew Barzal	hooking	2	Aliaksei Protas
2nd	07:44	NYI	Kyle Palmieri	tripping	2	Aliaksei Protas
2nd	18:43	WSH	Jakob Chychrun	elbowing	2	Matthew Schaefer
3rd	03:26	WSH	Matt Roy	slashing	2	Simon Holmstrom
3rd	04:28	WSH	Bench	delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2	—

Boxscore

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	2	1	3	+3	5	0	0	0	0.0	19:19
Jakob Chychrun #6	D	0	2	2	+3	0	0	1	2	0.0	19:45
Ryan Leonard #9	R	1	0	1	+1	2	3	0	0	0.0	10:01
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	1	0	1	+1	3	1	4	0	0.0	18:53
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	0	0.0	17:28
Tom Wilson #43	R	0	1	1	+2	1	2	1	0	0.0	19:18
John Carlson #74	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	3	0	0.0	22:44
Dylan Strome #17	C	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	55.0	18:08
Hendrix Lapierre #29	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	09:09
Justin Sourdif #34	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	12:37
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	56.2	14:22
Pierre-Luc Dubois #80	C	0	0	0	+2	4	0	1	0	56.2	18:30
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0.0	13:50
Connor McMichael #24	L	0	0	0	+2	2	1	1	0	0.0	16:01
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	10:52
Matt Roy #3	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0.0	20:06
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	0	0.0	21:01
Trevor van Riemsdyk #57	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0.0	15:02

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Logan Thompson #48	W	36	34	2	.944	27/27	6/8	59:44

New York Islanders

Islanders skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Bo Horvat #14	C	0	2	2	-1	5	0	0	0	55.0	20:37
Kyle Palmieri #21	C	0	2	2	-2	2	2	2	2	100.0	20:41
Anthony Duclair #11	L	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	19:25
Matthew Schaefer #48	D	1	0	1	0	8	0	1	0	0.0	26:04
Casey Cizikas #53	C	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	37.5	10:57
Jean-Gabriel Pageau #44	C	0	0	0	-3	0	2	1	0	75.0	15:35
Marc Gatcomb #16	C	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0.0	08:33
Mathew Barzal #13	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	28.6	21:28
Anders Lee #27	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	100.0	15:42
Emil Heineman #51	L	0	0	0	-1	2	6	0	0	0.0	15:54
Max Shabanov #49	R	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	0.0	12:53
Maxim Tsyplakov #7	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	11:14
Simon Holmstrom #10	R	0	0	0	-3	0	0	2	0	0.0	12:49
Adam Pelech #3	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0.0	16:57
Alexander Romanov #28	D	0	0	0	-3	1	4	4	0	0.0	16:32
Ryan Pulock #6	D	0	0	0	-1	1	3	2	0	0.0	17:22
Scott Mayfield #24	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	0.0	18:48
Tony DeAngelo #77	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	3	0	0.0	18:20

Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Ilya Sorokin #30	L	29	25	4	.862	21/25	4/4	56:09

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.