J-G Pageau had four points, linemate Julien Gauthier had three and Ilya Sorokin came 18 seconds short of a shutout as the Islanders responded to an embarrassing home loss on Wednesday by thoroughly brushing aside the Washington Capitals with a 5-1 win at Elmont on Friday night.
After losing 7-0 a couple nights prior, the Islanders made a dent in repairing that damage to their goal differential, though a late goal broke the shutout and took just a bit of the satisfaction from an otherwise great night.
All five Islanders goals were off the rush and counterattack, an artifact that will probably drive the Capitals coaching staff to the video room.