Chris Clark scored the deciding goal in the 11th round of the shootout, and backup goalie Semyon Varlamov came on in relief and carried the Washington Capitals to a 5-4 comeback victory over the New York Islanders. Alexander Semin scored two regulation goals for the Capitals, who played their fourth straight game without top scorer Alex Ovechkin (upper body strain), and added one in the second round of the shootout. Semin gave the Capitals a 1-0 lead just 8 seconds in, but the Islanders ended starting goalie Jose Theodore's night with three quick goals.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Goalies
Sat 10/24	NYI	Was 3 - 2	W: Theodore L: Roloson
Fri 10/30	Was	NYI 4 - 3	W: Roloson L: Theodore
Wed 11/11	Was	Was 4 - 5	W: Varlamov L: Roloson
Date	Home	Time (ET)
Tue 1/26	NYI	7:00 pm

Game Stats

Islanders (6-6-6) Season Stats | Roster FORWARDS Name G A S +/- PIM S. Bergenheim 1 0 2 1 0 T. Hunter 1 0 2 1 0 M. Moulson 1 0 2 1 0 F. Nielsen 0 1 2 1 0 R. Schremp 0 1 1 1 0 J. Tavares 0 1 3 0 0 J. Bailey 0 0 1 0 2 T. Jackman 0 0 2 0 2 R. Park 0 0 1 0 0 J. Sim 0 0 2 -1 2 J. Tambellini 0 0 3 -1 0 N. Thompson 0 0 3 0 0		Capitals (11-3-4) Season Stats | Roster FORWARDS Name G A S +/- PIM A. Semin 2 0 11 0 0 E. Fehr 1 0 2 1 0 T. Fleischmann 1 0 2 -2 0 N. Backstrom 0 1 2 -2 0 C. Clark 0 1 2 1 0 M. Knuble 0 1 1 -2 0 B. Morrison 0 1 1 0 2 M. Bradley 0 0 2 0 0 B. Laich 0 0 5 0 0 Q. Laing 0 0 0 0 0 M. Perreault 0 0 0 1 0 D. Steckel 0 0 1 0 2
DEFENSEMEN Name G A S +/- PIM M. Streit 1 1 4 1 0 B. Gervais 0 1 1 1 0 J. Hillen 0 0 1 0 0 F. Meyer 0 0 0 0 0 A. Sutton 0 0 0 1 0 B. Witt 0 0 1 -1 0		DEFENSEMEN Name G A S +/- PIM M. Green 0 2 2 0 0 J. Erskine 0 0 2 0 0 M. Jurcina 0 0 4 -1 2 S. Morrisonn 0 0 1 0 0 B. Pothier 0 0 2 0 0 T. Poti 0 0 1 -1 0
GOALTENDER Name S SV GA SV% D. Roloson 41 37 4 .902		GOALTENDER Name S SV GA SV% S. Varlamov(W, 6-1) 26 25 1 .962 J. Theodore 5 2 3 .400

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PLAYER NEWS

Islanders Dwayne Roloson (NYI - Goaltender) News: Roloson got tagged with a 4-1 loss against the Blues Saturday. [+] Impact: The Isles opened up the scoring just five minutes into the contest, but the Blues went on to score four unanswered goals. It was just the second time this season Roloson has lost in regulation (6-2-5). (RotoWire - Nov 22, 2009) Josh Bailey (NYI) News: Bailey opened up the scoring of Saturday's game against the Blues with his fifth goal of the season. [+] Impact: Bailey has lit the lamp in two straight games and now has eight points on the season. If interested, look his way for short-term value. (RotoWire - Nov 22, 2009) Blake Comeau (NYI) News: Comeau was scratched from Saturday's game against the Blues. [+] Impact: Comeau had gone pointless in four games and has five points (and a minus-3 rating) this season. He's not producing enough to consider using him in most fantasy formats. (RotoWire - Nov 22, 2009)

Capitals Alex Ovechkin (WAS - Left Wing) News: Ovechkin scored in regulation in Washington's 2-1 shootout loss to Toronto on Saturday night. [+] Impact: Ovechkin took a nifty pass from streaking defenseman Mike Green and beat Vesa Toskala with the kind of quick, hard shot. Ovechkin has 16 goals in 17 career games against Toronto. (STATS - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Tom Poti (WAS - Defense) News: Poti is out for Washington with an upper-body injury. [+] Impact: It is unclear when he will return for Washington. (STATS - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Semyon Varlamov (WAS - G) News: Semyon Varlamov was spectacular on Saturday night, stopping 38-of-39 shots, but not spectacular enough, as Washington lost 2-1 in a shootout to the Maple Leafs.  [+] Impact: The loss dropped him to a still-sterling 8-1-1 on the season. (Fanball - Sat. Nov 21, 2009)

Injury Report

Islanders Player Injury Status R Martinek Torn right ACL IR D Weight Upper-body injury IR M Flood Lower-body injury IR J Reich Broken wrist IR R DiPietro Knee surgery IR

Capitals Player Injury Status T Poti Upper-body injury day-to-day S Morrisonn Upper-body injury day-to-day Q Laing Broken jaw IR A Semin Right wrist injury IR B Gordon Back IR J Theodore Personal reasons day-to-day M Knuble Broken finger IR M Jurcina Pulled leg muscle IR