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| Eastern Conference Quarterfinals - Best of 7 - Game 5 - Series tied at 2-2 | |
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| 75 | NY ISLANDERS | +115 | Ov 5,-135 | +115 | Ov 5,-135 | | 76 | WASHINGTON | -135 | Un 5,+115 | -135 | Un 5,+115 |
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| All Games | 49-37-0 | +3.6 | 49-37 | +3.6 | 39-44 | 3.0 | 33.7 | 2.8 | 28.3 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 23-20-0 | +2.6 | 23-20 | +2.6 | 19-23 | 2.9 | 31.0 | 2.9 | 27.7 | | Last 5 Games | 2-3-0 | -1.8 | 2-3 | -1.8 | 2-3 | 2.8 | 35.8 | 2.6 | 30.4 | | Playoff Games | 2-2-0 | -0.2 | 2-2 | -0.2 | 1-3 | 2.5 | 31.7 | 2.0 | 28.7 | | vs. Division | 23-11-0 | +10.6 | 23-11 | +10.6 | 16-16 | 3.5 | 34.3 | 2.6 | 30.0 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 86 | 262 | 78 | 78 | 92 | 14 | 17 | 2898 | 9.0% | 277 | 50 | 18.1% | 429 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 43 | 123 | 37 | 38 | 41 | 7 | 8 | 1335 | 9.2% | 132 | 22 | 16.7% | 198 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 179 | 7.8% | 13 | 0 | 0.0% | 26 | | Team Stats (Playoffs) | 4 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 127 | 7.9% | 10 | 0 | 0.0% | 18 | | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 34 | 120 | 34 | 35 | 43 | 8 | 10 | 1165 | 10.3% | 103 | 15 | 14.6% | 198 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 238 | 61 | 79 | 90 | 8 | 14 | 2436 | 9.8% | 224 | 49 | 21.9% | 407 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 123 | 33 | 31 | 54 | 5 | 8 | 1193 | 10.3% | 110 | 23 | 20.9% | 204 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 152 | 8.6% | 10 | 2 | 20.0% | 21 | | Stats Against (Playoffs) | | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 7.0% | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | 13 | | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 87 | 27 | 23 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 1020 | 8.5% | 83 | 20 | 24.1% | 152 |
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| JAROSLAV HALAK (All Games) | 63 | 63 | 1788 | 1636 | 91.5% | 3 | 40-23 | +10.4 | 40-23-0 | +10 | 27-33 | | JAROSLAV HALAK (Road Games) | 27 | 27 | 752 | 687 | 91.4% | 0 | 17-10 | +6.7 | 17-10-0 | +6 | 11-15 | | JAROSLAV HALAK (vs. Division) | 27 | 27 | 814 | 753 | 92.5% | 1 | 19-8 | +10.1 | 19-8-0 | +10 | 11-14 | | JAROSLAV HALAK (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 115 | 107 | 93.0% | 0 | 2-2 | -0.2 | 2-2-0 | 0 | 1-3 | | JAROSLAV HALAK (Playoff Games) | 4 | 4 | 115 | 107 | 93.0% | 0 | 2-2 | -0.2 | 2-2-0 | 0 | 1-3 | | CHAD JOHNSON (All Games) | 19 | 17 | 488 | 434 | 88.9% | 1 | 8-9 | -0.8 | 8-9-0 | 0 | 9-8 | | CHAD JOHNSON (Road Games) | 13 | 12 | 338 | 301 | 89.1% | 1 | 5-7 | -0.4 | 5-7-0 | 0 | 5-7 | | CHAD JOHNSON (vs. Division) | 7 | 7 | 204 | 183 | 89.7% | 0 | 4-3 | +0.5 | 4-3-0 | +1 | 5-2 | | MICHAL NEUVIRTH (All Games) | 32 | 32 | 1067 | 975 | 91.4% | 1 | 8-24 | -9.6 | 8-24-0 | -9 | 13-15 | | MICHAL NEUVIRTH (Road Games) | 16 | 16 | 536 | 483 | 90.1% | 1 | 4-12 | -4.9 | 4-12-0 | -5 | 8-6 | | MICHAL NEUVIRTH (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 108 | 96 | 88.9% | 0 | 1-3 | -2.4 | 1-3-0 | -2 | 1-3 | | MICHAL NEUVIRTH (Playoff Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | KEVIN POULIN (All Games) | 1 | 1 | 26 | 23 | 88.5% | 0 | 0-1 | -2 | 0-1-0 | -2 | 1-0 | | KEVIN POULIN (Road Games) | 1 | 1 | 26 | 23 | 88.5% | 0 | 0-1 | -2 | 0-1-0 | -2 | 1-0 | | KEVIN POULIN (vs. Division) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | KEVIN POULIN (Last 4 Games) | 1 | 1 | 26 | 23 | 88.5% | 0 | 0-1 | -2 | 0-1-0 | -2 | 1-0 | | KEVIN POULIN (Playoff Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 |
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| All Games | 47-39-0 | -1 | 47-39 | -1 | 39-43 | 2.9 | 29.5 | 2.5 | 29.0 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 23-19-0 | -7.2 | 23-19 | -7.2 | 21-20 | 3.0 | 29.8 | 2.4 | 27.6 | | Last 5 Games | 2-3-0 | -1.8 | 2-3 | -1.8 | 2-3 | 2.0 | 27.8 | 2.8 | 32.2 | | Playoff Games | 2-2-0 | -0.2 | 2-2 | -0.2 | 1-3 | 2.0 | 28.7 | 2.5 | 31.7 | | vs. Division | 19-15-0 | 0 | 19-15 | 0 | 14-18 | 2.8 | 28.8 | 2.3 | 29.4 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 86 | 250 | 69 | 89 | 81 | 11 | 16 | 2534 | 9.9% | 244 | 61 | 25.0% | 427 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 42 | 125 | 41 | 43 | 36 | 5 | 7 | 1252 | 10.0% | 122 | 33 | 27.0% | 217 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 139 | 7.2% | 8 | 2 | 25.0% | 17 | | Team Stats (Playoffs) | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 7.0% | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | 13 | | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 34 | 96 | 31 | 22 | 38 | 5 | 7 | 978 | 9.8% | 104 | 20 | 19.2% | 164 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 213 | 63 | 76 | 62 | 12 | 10 | 2495 | 8.5% | 276 | 50 | 18.1% | 370 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 100 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 1158 | 8.6% | 127 | 20 | 15.7% | 167 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 14 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 161 | 8.7% | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | 25 | | Stats Against (Playoffs) | | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 127 | 7.9% | 10 | 0 | 0.0% | 18 | | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 79 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 999 | 7.9% | 107 | 17 | 15.9% | 144 |
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| PHILIPP GRUBAUER (All Games) | 2 | 2 | 46 | 41 | 89.1% | 0 | 2-0 | +2 | 2-0-0 | +2 | 1-1 | | PHILIPP GRUBAUER (Home Games) | 2 | 2 | 46 | 41 | 89.1% | 0 | 2-0 | +2 | 2-0-0 | +2 | 1-1 | | PHILIPP GRUBAUER (vs. Division) | 1 | 1 | 21 | 18 | 85.7% | 0 | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0-0 | +1 | 1-0 | | PHILIPP GRUBAUER (Last 4 Games) | 2 | 2 | 46 | 41 | 89.1% | 0 | 2-0 | +2 | 2-0-0 | +2 | 1-1 | | PHILIPP GRUBAUER (Playoff Games) | 1 | 1 | 21 | 18 | 85.7% | 0 | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0-0 | +1 | 1-0 | | BRADEN HOLTBY (All Games) | 76 | 75 | 2149 | 1986 | 92.4% | 9 | 42-33 | +0.2 | 42-33-0 | 0 | 31-41 | | BRADEN HOLTBY (Home Games) | 36 | 36 | 952 | 880 | 92.4% | 6 | 19-17 | -8.2 | 19-17-0 | -8 | 17-18 | | BRADEN HOLTBY (vs. Division) | 32 | 32 | 947 | 878 | 92.7% | 3 | 17-15 | -2 | 17-15-0 | -2 | 12-18 | | BRADEN HOLTBY (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 138 | 129 | 93.5% | 0 | 1-3 | -2.8 | 1-3-0 | -3 | 1-3 | | BRADEN HOLTBY (Playoff Games) | 3 | 3 | 105 | 99 | 94.3% | 0 | 1-2 | -1.2 | 1-2-0 | -1 | 0-3 | | JUSTIN PETERS (All Games) | 12 | 9 | 294 | 259 | 88.1% | 0 | 3-6 | -3.3 | 3-6-0 | -3 | 7-1 | | JUSTIN PETERS (Home Games) | 7 | 4 | 157 | 140 | 89.2% | 0 | 2-2 | -0.9 | 2-2-0 | -1 | 3-1 | | JUSTIN PETERS (vs. Division) | 1 | 1 | 27 | 24 | 88.9% | 0 | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0-0 | +1 | 1-0 | | JUSTIN PETERS (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 2 | 96 | 88 | 91.7% | 0 | 1-1 | +0.6 | 1-1-0 | +1 | 2-0 | | JUSTIN PETERS (Playoff Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 |
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| 3/28/2015 | ANAHEIM | 2-3 | L | 0, -125 | L | 5.5 ev | U | | 3/29/2015 | DETROIT | 5-4 | W | 0, -140 | W | 5.5 ev | O | | 4/2/2015 | at COLUMBUS | 3-4 | L | 0, -130 | L | 5.5 ev | O | | 4/4/2015 | BUFFALO | 3-0 | W | 0, -415 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 4/7/2015 | at PHILADELPHIA | 4-5 | L | 0, -125 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 4/10/2015 | at PITTSBURGH | 3-1 | W | 0, +150 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 4/11/2015 | COLUMBUS | 4-5 | L | 0, -160 | L | 5.5 ov | O | | 4/15/2015 | at WASHINGTON | 4-1 | W | 0, +115 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 4/17/2015 | at WASHINGTON | 3-4 | L | 0, +100 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 4/19/2015 | WASHINGTON | 2-1 | W | 0, -140 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 4/21/2015 | WASHINGTON | 1-2 | L | 0, -135 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 4/23/2015 | at WASHINGTON | | | 4/25/2015 | WASHINGTON | |
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| 3/28/2015 | NASHVILLE | 3-4 | L | 0, -130 | L | 5 ov | O | | 3/29/2015 | at NY RANGERS | 5-2 | W | 0, +125 | W | 5 ev | O | | 3/31/2015 | CAROLINA | 4-2 | W | 0, -205 | W | 5 ov | O | | 4/2/2015 | at MONTREAL | 5-4 | W | 0, +110 | W | 5 ov | O | | 4/4/2015 | at OTTAWA | 3-4 | L | 0, -105 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 4/5/2015 | at DETROIT | 2-1 | W | 0, +125 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 4/8/2015 | BOSTON | 3-0 | W | 0, +100 | W | 5 un | U | | 4/11/2015 | NY RANGERS | 2-4 | L | 0, -155 | L | 5 ev | O | | 4/15/2015 | NY ISLANDERS | 1-4 | L | 0, -135 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 4/17/2015 | NY ISLANDERS | 4-3 | W | 0, -120 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 4/19/2015 | at NY ISLANDERS | 1-2 | L | 0, +120 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 4/21/2015 | at NY ISLANDERS | 2-1 | W | 0, +115 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 4/23/2015 | NY ISLANDERS | | | 4/25/2015 | at NY ISLANDERS | |
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| |  | NY ISLANDERS: LAST SEASON: 34-37-11, 79 points. Missed the playoffs by finishing eighth in Metropolitan Division and 14th in Eastern Conference.
COACH: Jack Capuano, fifth season with Islanders (118-120-39).
ADDED: G Jaroslav Halak, G Chad Johnson, C Cory Conacher, RW Jack Skille, LW Harry Zolnierczyk, C Mikhail Grabovski, LW Nikolai Kulemin.
LOST: G Evgeni Nabokov, D Radek Martinek.
PLAYER TO WATCH: John Tavares. The 24-year-old star center with the C on his sweater is back after missing New York's final 22 games last season due to a knee injury sustained while playing for Canada in the Olympics. He was second on the team with 66 points - including 24 goals - despite playing in only 59 games. The Islanders have made the playoffs only once (2013) since he was selected with the No. 1 pick in the 2009 draft.
OUTLOOK: This will be a year of nostalgia for the Islanders as they play their final season at the Nassau Coliseum - their home since joining the NHL in 1972 where four straight Stanley Cup champions were built from 1980-83. They will move to Brooklyn's Barclays Center next season. Since 2004, the Islanders have reached the playoffs just twice (2007 and 2013) and were eliminated in the first round both times. The task doesn't get any easier in the eight-team Metropolitan Division with perennial powerhouse Pittsburgh and the rival New York Rangers, who reached the Stanley Cup finals last season. Halak will shoulder a lot of the burden, along with Tavares, as he replaces veteran Evgeni Nabokov in goal. | | WASHINGTON: LAST SEASON: 38-30-14, 90 points. Missed the playoffs by finishing ninth in the Eastern Conference.
COACH: Barry Trotz, 1st season with Capitals; 16th overall in NHL, 557-479-60-100.
ADDED: Trotz, GM Brian MacLellan, D Brooks Orpik, D Matt Niskanen, G Justin Peters.
LOST: Coach Adam Oates, GM George McPhee, C Mikhail Grabovski, LW Dustin Penner, G Jaroslav Halak.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Alex Ovechkin, as always. The three-time league MVP led the NHL with 51 goals last season, but his plus-minus of minus-35 was third-worst in the league. Trotz plans to move Ovechkin back to left wing and also hopes to cajole more of a team game from the Russian forward.
OUTLOOK: It was deflating enough for the talented Capitals to lose in the early rounds of the playoffs every year, but last season they didn't make the postseason at all, a failure that cost Oates and McPhee their jobs. Orpik and Niskanen should stabilize the blue line, but nothing is more crucial in Washington than the relationship between Ovechkin and the coach du jour. Trotz is Ovechkin's first NHL head coach with prior head coaching experience elsewhere in the league, giving him the cachet to make demands of his players - and to expect them to be met. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NHL PLAYOFF PREVIEW (NY ISLANDERS-WASHINGTON) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Islanders-Capitals Preview* ============================
By JACK CASSIDY STATS Writer
Ny Islanders At Washington, Game Five, 7:00 p.m. EDT
Given the star power at each team's captain position, Nicklas Backstrom could have potentially been overshadowed in the first-round series between the New York Islanders and Washington Capitals.
Instead, he's been the most productive player on the ice.
With six points through four games and the overtime goal in his latest, Backstrom and the Capitals will look to take a 3-2 lead over the New York Islanders when the series moves back to Washington on Thursday night.
Backstrom had an NHL-leading 60 assists and that play-making proficiency has carried over into the playoffs as he's helped set up three more in his last three games.
"It's not a shock for us," goaltender Braden Holtby said. "He makes our team click. He's everything you want in a player and a teammate."
His scoring ability has also been prominent. The eighth-year center has three goals this series and rifled the overtime winner past Jaroslav Halak in Tuesday's 2-1 victory. Alex Ovechkin also scored for the Capitals, who rebounded from John Tavares' overtime winner in Game 3 to tie the series.
"You talk about your top guys, I thought Nick Backstrom was all-world," coach Barry Trotz told the Capitals' official website. "They both produced. (Ovechkin) and Nicky have played together for a long time, but Backy was the guy today. He was outstanding."
Washington's penalty kill was equally impressive, staving off three consecutive penalties in the second period with the score tied. To Trotz, that effort could stand out as a turning point in the series.
"You don't know what they are until everything's all said and done, so we'll see, but it was a big moment," Trotz said. "Back-to-back-to-back, you're getting pressured in a hostile environment, and the guys stepped up and got it done. I don't know if that will be a moment or not, but it might be."
Tavares was held without a point Tuesday for the first time since March 28, but could get a boost when the series returns to Washington. He has amassed five points in four games at the Verizon Center this season, including an assist in both games 1 and 2.
Josh Bailey has four points in those four in the nation's capital while Ryan Strome has scored three goals.
"We gotta respond and we have to find a way to win another one there," Tavares said. "It's playoff hockey. It's a lot of adversity, mentally and physically it's a challenge making sure you're ready to play and understanding what you're up against. We'll regroup and be ready for Thursday."
Halak stopped 28 shots in Game 4 to raise his career playoff save percentage to .925, which ranks sixth among active goalies with at least 15 postseason starts.
Holtby's .932 save percentage ranks third in that category. He was absent for Game 2 due to illness, but has surrendered only six goals on 105 shots in his three appearances.
His worst outing of the playoffs came in Game 1, when the Islanders scored three times on 26 shots for a 4-1 victory.
"They're a very good team," Holtby said. "They're very fast, very physical, a lot like us. I don't think there's been any shocks this series. We've prepared well and it's just a matter of us executing."
The Capitals have not won a playoff series since 2012, but are 6-2 in their last eight postseason home games.
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| | Last Updated: 5/18/2024 1:03:10 AM EST. |
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