Dylan Strome scores in OT and Hendrix Lapierre has objective, help as Capitals beat Islanders 3-2
WASHINGTON — Washington Capitals gamers already reached their locker room after Dylan Strome scored on the ability play in additional time to provide them a 3-2 victory over the New York Islanders.
Or did he?
Officials reviewed the play to see if Tom Wilson redirected the puck with a excessive stick, which might have negated the objective. Veteran defenseman John Carlson didn’t know the way far to get undressed, however coaches had been assured it was a objective, so he and his teammates went about their manner.
They had been proper, and Strome’s team-leading thirteenth objective 1:41 into 3-on-3 OT stood as much as the video inquiry to provide the Capitals a second consecutive victory.
“We’ve gotten a couple wrong this year, so you never really know,” Strome mentioned after his second additional time objective of the season. “Happy it was a goal. I felt pretty confident after I saw the replay. It looked like it was below his shoulder. That’s the rule, so we’ll take it.”
Before additional time, Hendrix Lapierre scored a objective and assisted on Joel Edmundson’s first of the season. The trio of Lapierre, Aliaksei Protas and Anthony Mantha was the Capitals‘ best line all game, pinning the Islanders in their own end on numerous shifts and scoring on two of them.
Lapierre, back in the NHL after a stint in the minors, was only centering it because Connor McMichael was a late scratch with an illness.
Alex Ovechkin set up Strome’s objective. Ovechkin’s career-worst objective drought reached 14 video games, however his crew remains to be 7-5-2 throughout this stretch due to scoring depth and an infusion of youth.
The Capitals obtained a giant dose of that with the return of Lapierre, 21, and the NHL debut of 19-year-old Ivan Miroshnichenko, their 2022 first-round decide. Miroshnichenko, who was identified with and beat Hodgkin lymphoma final 12 months, took a solo lap initially of warmups and skated on the third line with Matthew Phillips and fellow Russian Evgeny Kuznetsov.
“We see how hard those guys have been working to try to get NHL ready,” mentioned Darcy Kuemper, who made 30 saves. “They bring a lot of energy and a lot of life and are making a lot of plays for us.”
Edmundson, the defenseman acquired within the offseason for measurement and depth who was sidelined when he broke his proper hand in a coaching camp scrimmage, just isn’t identified for his offense, however he nonetheless obtained a shot by from the purpose to attain for the primary time in 28 video games courting to March 13.
The Islanders had been taking part in on the second of back-to-back nights and appeared prefer it at occasions. Backup Semyon Varlamov was stable in stopping 33 of the 36 photographs he confronted. Hudson Fasching scored early within the second interval and captain Anders Lee tied it with eight minutes left in regulation to assist New York decide up some extent.
“It was a gritty point,” Lee mentioned. “Considering the circumstances, how the game was going, how we were feeling, it wasn’t our best game. But we found a way to end the game 2-2 and give ourselves a chance in overtime. You’re going to have nights where you’ve got to find a way just to tie it up and give yourself a chance at the end.”
UP NEXT
Islanders: Visit Carolina on Saturday.
Capitals: Visit Columbus on Thursday.
