Tonight, Barry Trotz makes his return to Washington, D.C. where he won his first Stanley Cup last year, as the Islanders take on the Capitals at 7:30pm.  Both teams have been very good lately and are sitting in the top-three of the Metropolitan Division.
In their last 10 games, the Islanders have a record of 8-2-0 and have beaten the Toronto Maple Leafs and the league-leading Tampa Bay Lightning during that stretch.  The two losses were only by one goal (4-3 loss to Carolina and 2-1 loss to Rangers).  If the Isles pull away with a win tonight, they will sit atop the Metropolitan Division.
The Capitals however, are 4-4-2 in their last 10 games including two blowout losses to the Nashville Predators (6-3 and 7-2).  Still, they are tied for the number one spot in the Metropolitan Division with Columbus.
This is the second night of a back-to-back for the Isles as they played last night at the Coliseum in a 4-1 win against the Devils.  The Capitals though, were given two days off after a 7-2 loss to the Predators on Tuesday night.
The Leaders:
Goals:
NYI- Anders Lee (27)
WSH- Alex Ovechkin (33)
Assists:  
NYI- Mat Barzal (30)
WSH- John Carlson (37)
Points:  
NYI- Mat Barzal (43)
WSH- Alex Ovechkin (52)
Plus/Minus: 
NYI- Anders Lee (+16)
WSH- Michal Kempny (+25)
PIM:  
NYI- Scott Mayfield (44)
WSH- Tom Wilson (56)
Save %:  
NYI- Robin Lehner (.928)
WSH- Braden Holtby (.912)
Tonight’s Lineup:
NYI
Lee-Nelson-Eberle
Beauvillier-Barzal-Bailey
Dal Colle-Filppula-Komarov
Martin-Cizikas-Clutterbuck
Leddy-Boychuk
Pelech-Pulock
Toews-Mayfield
TBD
WSH
Ovechkin-Backstrom-Wilson
Vrana-Kuznetsov-Oshie
Burakovski-Eller-Connolly
Stephenson-Dowd-Smith-Pelly
Kempny-Carlson
Orlov-Niskanen
Orpik-Siegenthaler
Holtby
NYI:
27-15-4  58 pts
3rd in Metro. Division
WSH:
27-14-5  59 pts
2nd in Metro. Division
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