The Islanders will be going for the sweep.
Mathew Barzal swooped over the blue line, cut to the crease and deposited a backhander at 4:28 of overtime as the Islanders beat the Capitals, 2-1, in Sunday’s Game 3 of their best-of-seven, first-round series at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
Game 4 is Tuesday at 8 p.m.
A brilliant Semyon Varlamov made 22 saves, including two stops on Jakub Vrana’s breakaway 40 seconds before Barzal’s winner. Braden Holtby, easily playing his best game of the series, stopped 32 shots for the Capitals.
The Islanders dominated much of the game, certainly the five-on-five play, but went 0-for-5 on the power play while the Capitals were 1-for-2.