GAME 77 REVIEW: Green's Pair Beats Isle's Three of a Kind

Mike Green scored a pair of power play goals 1:23 apart in the third period to lead the Washington Capitals over the league-worst New York Islanders 5-3 before 18,277 at Verizon Center. It's just the eighth time in history the 30-goal mark has been reached by a defenseman.Once again, the Capitals (47-23-7-101, first in Southeast, second in East) found themselves playing down to lower competition