With Holtby ill, Capitals start Grubauer in Game 2 vs. Isles (Yahoo Sports)

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After tying team records with 73 starts, 41 wins and nine shutouts this season, Washington Capitals goalie Braden Holtby missed Game 2 of the playoffs against the New York Islanders on Friday night because of illness, replaced by a rookie. The Capitals announced a half-hour before the start of the second game in the Eastern Conference first-round series that Philipp Grubauer would start in net, hours after he was recalled from Hershey of the AHL. Grubauer played in only one NHL game all season, Washington's 3-2 shootout victory against the Anaheim Ducks on Feb. 6. The 23-year-old German is 7-6-5 with a 2.44 goals-against average and a .924 save percentage in 20 career appearances for the Capitals.

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