| Washington 0 2 2 0_5 | |
| N.Y. Islanders 2 2 0 0_4 | |
| Washington won shootout 2-1 | |
| First Period_1, N.Y. Islanders, Moulson 30 (MacDonald, Okposo), 8:54. 2, N.Y. Islanders, Hamonic 2 (Tavares, Nielsen), 19:39 (pp). Penalties_Schultz, Was (delay of game), :12 | Beagle, Was (hooking), 19:13. |
| Second Period_3, N.Y. Islanders, Tavares 29 (Streit, Hamonic), 9:05 (pp). 4, Washington, Knuble 4 (Wideman, Aucoin), 9:33. 5, N.Y. Islanders, Tavares 30 (Okposo, Hamonic), 11:44. 6, Washington, Ovechkin 28 (Laich, Johansson), 19:07. Penalties_Beagle, Was (tripping), 5:39 | Ovechkin, Was (hooking), 8:59. |
| Third Period_7, Washington, Orlov 3 (Johansson, Aucoin), 1:51. 8, Washington, Ovechkin 29 (Aucoin, Ward), 10:15. Penalties_Beagle, Was (tripping), 7:40. | |
| Overtime_None. Penalties_None. | |
| Shootout_Washington 2 (Semin NG, Ovechkin G, Orlov NG, Hendricks G), N.Y. Islanders 1 (Nielsen NG, Tavares G, Moulson NG, Streit NG). | |
| Shots on Goal_Washington 4-11-11-2_28. N.Y. Islanders 10-11-7-2_30. | |
| Power-play opportunities_Washington 0 of 0 | N.Y. Islanders 2 of 5. |
| Goalies_Washington, Neuvirth 11-11-4 (30 shots-26 saves). N.Y. Islanders, Nabokov 16-17-3 (28-24). | |
| A_11,488 (16,234). T_2:37. | |
| Referees_Dean Morton, Don Van Massenhoven. Linesmen_Derek Amell, David Brisebois. |