Today at 5 p.m. ET, the New York Islanders (16-6-0, 32 points) and Washington Capitals (9-8-4, 22 points) skate against each other live from the Verizion Center in Washington, D.C. for the second of four meetings this season. The game can be live streamed here. New York fans can hear all of the action on WRHU 88.7 while Washington fans can do the same on WFED 1500.
New York has won five straight games entering tonight's tilt while Washington has dropped two straight contests. The Islanders topped the Capitals 3-2 when these teams played on Wednesday.
The Islanders have been paced by John Tavares this season as he as a team-best 21 points off of nine goals and 12 assists while Brock Nelson has 10 tallies and 10 helpers for 20 points and Kyle Okposo has found the back of the net five times and added 14 assists for 19 points.
Though the Capitals are coming off of a loss, the team felt it played a good game overall on Wednesday.
"I thought we had a lot better net presence [Wednesday]," defenseman Matt Niskanen told NHL.com. "It just seemed like we had one, two guys right in front of the blue paint a lot of the time. We had some point shots that the goalie didn't see, he made saves on that he didn't see, or we just missed the net. A few scrambles around the net too. That's one thing that we've tried to get better at."
Nicklas Backstrom has led the Capitals on the score sheet thus far, notching 21 points off of five goals and 16 assists while Alex Ovechkin has a team-best 11 markers along with nine helpers for 20 points and Marcas Johansson has found the twine eight times and added six assists for 14 points.
In net, Washington is likely to turn to Braden Holtby, who is 7-5-3 with a 2.28 goals-against average and a .915 save percentage.
New York is likely to counter with backup Chad Johnson in the crease and he is 5-2-0 with a 3.33 GAA and a 876 save percentage.
The Islanders and Capitals go head-to-head when they take the ice this afternoon at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.
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