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Plenty of goalie Dwayne Roloson's time was spent fixated on Alexander Ovechkin --
but despite a goal from the Great Eight, Roloson's side came out on top.
(AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Mark Streit provided the overtime game-winner -- the Islanders' first overtime score this season. It's the second time this year New York has forced Washington into overtime, and defenseman Tom Poti (a former Islander) isn't quite sure why.
"We seem to have good games against these guys," Poti said. "Six out of eight of our last games against them went to overtime. For whatever reason, we match up well against them."
The Caps got off to a good start: scoring on the ensuing power play after the Islanders' Kyle Okposo got 4 minutes for high-sticking, Alex Ovechkin eventually cashing in with his 14th goal with 58 seconds left on the penalty. Thomas Fleischmann also came up big with two goals in only his second game back on the Caps' roster this season -- the second one came on a smooth power play with assists from Mike Green and Nicklas Backstrom.
After the game, head coach Bruce Boudreau said he thought Fleischmann's presence was why the power play came together. Boudreau has also talked about his team playing too "fancy" before (usually referring to his talented top line), but Poti chose that word as well when talking about the Caps' power play improvement as the game progressed.
"We were trying to make some fancy plays and trying to pass it around too much, and [Boudreau] just kind of stressed that we needed to shoot a little bit more," Poti said.
That being said, Boudreau was far from unhappy with his team's performance -- though he did say he considered breaking up his top line (Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, and Backstrom), but couldn't find a good point during the game to make the switch.
"They came wanting to play. I just thought they were way too fancy and way too cute," Boudreau said. "They could have had four or five goals if they were really sharp, but they weren't. That's why sometimes you break that line up because they look for each other all over the ice. Instead of shooting the puck, they just want to play catch."
Washington will play at home again on Sunday when they host the Blue Jackets.
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