Schedule and 2014-15 Results
Regular Season Records: Washington 45-26-11=101pts, New York Islanders 47-28-7=101pts
Game 1 on Wednesday, 15 April: New York Islanders win at Washington, 4-goals-1
Game 2 on Friday, 17 April: New York Islanders lose at Washington, 4-goals-3
Game 3 on Sunday, 19 April: Washington loses at New York Islanders, 2-goals-1 (OT)
Game 4 on Tuesday, 21 April: Washington wins at New York Islanders, 2-goals-1 (OT)
Game 5 on Thursday, 23 April: New York Islanders lose at Washington, 5-goals-1
Game 6 on Saturday, 25 April: Washington loses at New York Islanders, 3-goals-1
Game 7 on Monday, 27 April: New York Islanders lose at Washington, 2-goals-1

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 7: The Washington Capitals hosted and bested the New York Islanders 2-goals-1 to complete a 4-games-3 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1257 victory. With the series 1257 win, the Washington Capitals improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 12-22 overall and 9-12 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1257 loss, the New York Islanders see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 21-18 overall and 2-9 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Washington Capitals in series 1257 was LWLWWLW: Series 1257 thus becomes the seventh NHL Preliminary-round series, the 12th NHL series (all rounds), and the 22nd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The last team to follow the LWLWWLW win order to completion in the Preliminary round was also the Washington Capitals, in 2012.

After Game 6: The New York Islanders hosted and defeated the Washington Capitals 3-goals-1 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1257 at 3-games-all. When tied 3-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Washington Capitals have a Game 7 record of 3-9, while the New York Islanders have a Game 7 record of 3-4.

After Game 5: The Washington Capitals hosted and defeated the New York Islanders 5-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1257 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Washington Capitals have a series record of 6-5 and a Game 6 record of 5-6 (with an active three-Game 6 losing streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the New York Islanders have a series record of 3-7 and a Game 6 record of 6-4.

After Game 4: The Washington Capitals visited and topped the New York Islanders 2-goals-1 in overtime to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1257 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Washington Capitals have a series record of 3-9 and a Game 5 record of 4-8, while the New York Islanders have a series record of 4-5 and a Game 5 record of 4-5 (with an active four-Game 5 losing streak).

After Game 3: The New York Islanders hosted and defeated the Washington Capitals 2-goals-1 in overtime to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1257 lead of 2-games-1.

After Game 2: The Washington Capitals hosted and defeated the New York Islanders 4-goals-3 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1257 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Washington Capitals have a series record of 8-12 and a Game 3 record of 9-11, while the New York Islanders have a series record of 7-8 (with an active four-series losing streak) and a Game 3 record of 5-10 (with an active five-Game 3 losing streak). Washington trailed at home by two goals as late as 16:08 into the second period. In the history of best-of-7 format NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2014, inclusive, home teams such as Washington which trailed by two goals as late as 16:08 into the second period had a game record of 37-305 (.108).

After Game 1: The New York Islanders visited and defeated the Washington Capitals 4-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1257 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the New York Islanders have a series record of 14-3 and a Game 2 record of 12-5 (with an active three-Game 2 losing streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Washington Capitals have a series record of 6-8 and a Game 2 record of 8-6.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2014-15 NHL regular season, the Washington Capitals finished tied in points with the New York Islanders. From 1939 through the 2014 NHL Finals round, when NHL teams were tied with their best-of-7 playoff series opponents in regular-season points but have home-ice advantage through a tiebreaker, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 11-7 (.611) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1257 is the 34th best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Washington Capitals, and the 39th for the New York Islanders. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Washington Capitals have an all-rounds series record of 11-22, a Preliminary-round series record of 8-12, and a Game 1 record of 19-14, while the New York Islanders have an all-rounds series record of 21-17 (with an active seven-series losing streak), a Preliminary-round series record of 2-8 (with an active six-series losing streak), and a Game 1 record of 17-21. Series 1257 is the fourth best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Washington Capitals and the New York Islanders. The New York Islanders have won all three previous best-of-7 NHL playoff series between the two teams.