Aliaksei Protas scored twice Saturday night for the Washington Capitals, who never trailed in a 4-2 win over the New York Islanders in Elmont, N.Y.

Martin Fehervary scored the Capitals' first goal while Ryan Leonard scored in the second for Washington, which has split its first two games for the third straight season. Goalie Logan Thompson made 34 saves.

Anthony Duclair scored late in the second and Matthew Schaefer, the No. 1 pick in this year's draft, collected his first NHL goal in the third for the Islanders, who are 0-2-0 for the first time since 2021-22. Goalie Ilya Sorokin recorded 25 saves.

Fehervary opened the scoring just 1:50 after the opening faceoff. Alex Ovechkin's shot from the blue line glanced off a kneeling Alexander Romanov and to Fehervary, who flicked a backhander b

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