The New York Islanders’ modest run of accumulating points — across multiple postponement gaps — came to an end in a 2-0 loss to the Washington Capitals at UBS Arena Saturday afternoon.
While the Isles’ three-game win streak came against weaker teams, the Capitals pose a greater threat as one of the four teams charging away at the top of the Metropolitan Division. In that context, this game looked a little bit like their struggles earlier in the season: Difficulty generating or sustaining offense, and getting outchanced throughout.
Semyon Varlamov delivered a strong performance in goal, but that’s never enough when the rest of the team can’t manage to get one puck past Vitek Vaneck.