Washington Capitals vs. New York IslandersMar 15, 2018

FinalThursday, Mar 15, 2018· Barclays Center

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Washington CapitalsWSH

7

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New York IslandersNYI

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	3	2	2	7		WSH	9	8	5	22
NYI	2	0	1	3		NYI	12	14	12	38

: WSH 35NYI 68
: WSH 2.30NYI 3.24
PP goals: WSH 1NYI 0
Hits: WSH 12NYI 16
Blocks: WSH 17NYI 9
PIM: WSH 6NYI 2
: WSH 48%NYI 52%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Washington Capitals rout New York Islanders 7–3

Washington Capitals beat New York Islanders 7–3 at NYI. Dmitry Orlov (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. WSH scored 7 goals on 2.30 expected goals (35 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Dmitry Orlov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 20:54.Orlov
Points
Nicklas Backstrom had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:01.Backstrom
Points
Evgeny Kuznetsov had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 19:28.Kuznetsov
Points
T.J. Oshie had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:14.Oshie
Points
Andre Burakovsky had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:57.Burakovsky
Points
Ryan Pulock had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:34.Pulock
Points
Tanner Fritz had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:50.Fritz
Luck
WSH scored 7 goals on 2.30 expected goals (35 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← WSH attacks left (bottom on phones)NYI attacks right (top on phones) →

NYI
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 103 of 103 attempts · NYI 68 · WSH 35

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NYI
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYI pressure
WSH pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: WSH 20% of the game, NYI 56%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NYI

WSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	WSH	NYI
	38	65
	1.66	2.32
	1.64	2.24
	5	13
	4	4
	23	12
	−0.016	+0.016
	20%	56%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
12:4450% CF
L2Oshie – Backstrom – Burakovsky
9:5260% CF
L3Eller – Smith-Pelly – Vrana
6:4930% CF
L4Beagle – Connolly – Stephenson
4:3814% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
18:1237% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
16:5647% CF
D3Orpik – Jerabek
14:2818% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
1:36100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Backstrom – Orlov – Kuznetsov – Connolly
0:11100% CF
PK1FOshie – Backstrom
2:15
PK2FBeagle – Stephenson
1:50
PK1DOrpik – Carlson
2:26
PK2DNiskanen – Orlov
0:44

Current WSH line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Nelson – Beauvillier – Fritz
12:1180% CF
L2Ladd – Eberle – Barzal
12:0974% CF
L3Bailey – Tavares – Lee
11:0452% CF
L4Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Johnston
7:5867% CF
D1Boychuk – Leddy
17:1848% CF
D2Hickey – Pulock
16:0774% CF
D3Davidson – Pelech
13:3468% CF

PP1Bailey – Tavares – Leddy – Lee – Barzal
3:40100% CF
PP2Ladd – Eberle – Nelson – Pulock – Beauvillier
1:42100% CF
PK1FCizikas – Nelson
1:03
PK2FTavares – Beauvillier
0:44
PK1DBoychuk – Pelech
1:03
PK2DHickey – Davidson
0:44

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:19
NYIBrock Nelson (Tanner Fritz, Ryan Pulock)wrist0.13 xG
WSH: Orpik, Eller, Connolly, Vrana, JerabekNYI: Hickey, Nelson, Pulock, Beauvillier, Fritz
WSH 0 – 1 NYI
10:32
WSHLars Eller (Jakub Vrana, Brett Connolly)wrist0.02 xG
WSH: Eller, Connolly, Vrana, Kempny, JerabekNYI: Boychuk, Clutterbuck, Leddy, Nelson, Johnston
WSH 1 – 1 NYI
11:29
WSHT.J. Oshie (Andre Burakovsky, Nicklas Backstrom)wrist0.08 xG
WSH: Oshie, Niskanen, Backstrom, Orlov, BurakovskyNYI: Bailey, Tavares, Lee, Davidson, Pelech
WSH 2 – 1 NYI
12:29
NYIAndrew Ladd (Mathew Barzal, Jordan Eberle)wrist0.13 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Niskanen, Orlov, Kuznetsov, WilsonNYI: Boychuk, Ladd, Eberle, Leddy, Barzal
WSH 2 – 2 NYI
17:17
WSHDmitry Orlov (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Tom Wilson)wrist0.09 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Niskanen, Orlov, Kuznetsov, WilsonNYI: Ladd, Hickey, Eberle, Pulock, Barzal
WSH 3 – 2 NYI

2nd period

3:12
WSHAndre Burakovsky (Jakub Jerabek, Matt Niskanen)tip-in0.04 xG
WSH: Oshie, Niskanen, Backstrom, Burakovsky, JerabekNYI: Boychuk, Clutterbuck, Leddy, Cizikas, Johnston
WSH 4 – 2 NYI
10:22
WSHNicklas BackstromPP (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov)tip-in0.16 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Orlov, Kuznetsov, ConnollyNYI: Hickey, Tavares, Davidson, Beauvillier
WSH 5 – 2 NYI

3rd period

15:41
WSHJohn Carlson (Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov)wrist0.12 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, KempnyNYI: Boychuk, Eberle, Leddy, Johnston, Barzal
WSH 6 – 2 NYI
16:33
NYIRyan Pulock (Tanner Fritz)slap0.01 xG
WSH: Orpik, Eller, Beagle, Stephenson, JerabekNYI: Hickey, Nelson, Pulock, Beauvillier, Fritz
WSH 6 – 3 NYI
18:06
WSHT.J. OshieEN (Dmitry Orlov, Nicklas Backstrom)wrist0.70 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Niskanen, Backstrom, OrlovNYI: Bailey, Tavares, Leddy, Lee, Davidson, Barzal
WSH 7 – 3 NYI

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	3	3	+1	1	0.14	1	0	0	19:28	—	—	50	60
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.20	0	0	0	18:44	—	—	50	66
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	3	1	2	16:57	—	—	36	54
T.J. Oshie R	L2	2	0	2	+3	3	0.87	2	0	0	17:14	—	—	52	59
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	1	2	3	+3	2	0.32	0	1	0	17:01	—	—	48	63
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.10	0	1	0	12:57	—	—	64	76
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:55	—	—	30	24
Lars Eller C	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	13:03	—	—	22	31
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	9:38	—	—	27	26
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:32	—	—	18	0
Chandler Stephenson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:26	—	—	10	0
Brett Connolly R	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:18	—	—	23	3
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	0	3	2	22:28	—	—	39	57
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	1	2	3	+2	2	0.09	0	1	0	20:54	—	—	36	54
John Carlson D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.20	1	1	0	22:12	—	—	46	54
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.07	0	4	2	18:19	—	—	49	54
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:22	—	—	18	12
Jakub Jerabek D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	15:32	—	—	25	17

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	W	38	35	3	.921	3.24	60:00

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	0	0	+2	4	0.49	3	0	0	17:49	—	—	83	82
Brock Nelson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.17	0	1	0	17:40	—	—	71	65
Tanner Fritz C	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.09	0	0	0	13:50	—	—	77	81
Mathew Barzal C	L2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:37	—	—	60	41
Andrew Ladd L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.35	0	0	0	15:54	—	—	68	46
Jordan Eberle R	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.10	1	0	0	15:43	—	—	71	47
John Tavares C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.30	0	0	0	18:12	—	—	56	62
Josh Bailey R	L3	0	0	0	-2	5	0.43	0	0	0	17:01	—	—	56	60
Anders Lee L	L3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.45	0	1	0	16:19	—	—	54	60
Cal Clutterbuck R	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.17	1	1	2	12:18	—	—	48	53
Ross Johnston L	L4	0	0	0	-3	0	0.03	0	0	0	11:11	—	—	52	52
Casey Cizikas C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	2	1	0	9:54	—	—	67	71
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.16	2	0	0	21:52	—	—	50	46
Johnny Boychuk D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.05	3	2	0	21:06	—	—	44	37
Ryan Pulock D	D2	1	1	2	+1	4	0.12	1	2	0	20:34	—	—	70	69
Thomas Hickey D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	1	0	0	16:55	—	—	74	71
Brandon Davidson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:56	—	—	65	52
Adam Pelech D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	0	1	0	16:51	—	—	64	68

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Christopher Gibson(start)	L	12	7	5	.583	0.88	30:22
Jaroslav Halak	—	9	8	1	.889	0.71	29:09

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.