Washington Capitals vs. New York IslandersJan 18, 2020

FinalSaturday, Jan 18, 2020· NYCB Live/Nassau Coliseum

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Washington CapitalsWSH

6

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New York IslandersNYI

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	0	5	6		WSH	11	8	11	30
NYI	2	2	0	4		NYI	11	11	7	29

: WSH 63NYI 40
: WSH 2.43NYI 2.69
PP goals: WSH 2NYI 2
Hits: WSH 24NYI 28
Blocks: WSH 7NYI 21
PIM: WSH 8NYI 10
: WSH 56%NYI 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat New York Islanders 6–4

Washington Capitals beat New York Islanders 6–4 at NYI. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 3G 0A. NYI's first power-play unit (Eberle, Lee, Nelson, Toews and Barzal) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:49 together.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had a hat trick (3 points) on 3 shots in 23:19.Ovechkin
Points
Devon Toews had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 22:42.Toews
Points
Anthony Beauvillier had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:09.Beauvillier
Points
John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:02.Carlson
PP1
NYI's first power-play unit (Eberle, Lee, Nelson, Toews and Barzal) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:49 together.Eberle Lee Nelson Toews Barzal
Luck
WSH scored 6 goals on 2.43 expected goals (63 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Derick Brassard (NYI) played 7:49, −5:58 down on his 13:47 season average over 65 games.Brassard
Usage
Anthony Beauvillier (NYI) played 12:09, −5:11 down on his 17:20 season average over 67 games.Beauvillier

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 40 · WSH 63

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 35% of the game, NYI 23%.

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
	48	36
	1.42	1.93
	1.29	1.82
	7	10
	2	4
	19	20
	+0.052	−0.051
	35%	23%

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 – Backstrom – Wilson
9:3086% CF
L2Oshie – Kuznetsov – Vrana
6:3055% CF
L3Dowd – Leipsic – Hathaway
5:4217% CF
L4Hagelin – Eller – Panik
4:410% CF
D1Carlson – Kempny
10:4327% CF
D2Orlov – Jensen
9:2055% CF
D3Gudas – Siegenthaler
9:1471% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
4:52100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Orlov – Kuznetsov – Wilson
1:16
PK1FDowd – Wilson
1:15
PK2FHagelin – Eller
0:37
PK1DGudas – Siegenthaler
1:00
PK2DOrlov – Kempny
0:00

Current WSH line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Eberle – Lee – Barzal
10:5058% CF
L2Komarov – Martin – Cizikas
10:0338% CF
L3Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier
9:2440% CF
L4Brassard – Kuhnhackl – Johnston
4:1550% CF
D1Leddy – Pulock
10:4738% CF
D2Mayfield – Toews
9:2273% CF
D3Boychuk – Dobson
5:5325% CF

PP1Eberle – Lee – Nelson – Toews – Barzal
1:49100% CF
PP2Bailey – Eberle – Lee – Pulock – Barzal
1:37100% CF
PK1FBailey – Nelson
3:05
PK2FCizikas – Kuhnhackl
2:15
PK1DBoychuk – Mayfield
4:57
PK2DLeddy – Pulock
1:38

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:22
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (Nicklas Backstrom)wrist0.06 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Jensen, Wilson, KempnyNYI: Komarov, Martin, Leddy, Cizikas, Pulock
WSH 1 – 0 NYI
13:11
NYIBrock Nelson (Anthony Beauvillier, Josh Bailey)wrist0.11 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Eller, Carlson, Orlov, PanikNYI: Bailey, Nelson, Mayfield, Pulock, Beauvillier
WSH 1 – 1 NYI
15:49
NYICasey CizikasPP (Anthony Beauvillier, Devon Toews)wrist0.06 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Orlov, Dowd, Gudas, WilsonNYI: Brassard, Cizikas, Mayfield, Toews, Beauvillier
WSH 1 – 2 NYI

2nd period

9:31
NYIJordan EberlePP (Mathew Barzal, Devon Toews)backhand0.14 xG
WSH: Dowd, Gudas, Wilson, KempnyNYI: Eberle, Lee, Nelson, Toews, Barzal
WSH 1 – 3 NYI
17:25
NYIDevon Toews (Leo Komarov, Derick Brassard)wrist0.17 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Eller, Orlov, Panik, GudasNYI: Komarov, Brassard, Pulock, Johnston, Toews
WSH 1 – 4 NYI

3rd period

2:33
WSHCarl HagelinPP (Richard Panik, Nick Jensen)wrist0.03 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Orlov, Panik, Jensen, DowdNYI: Boychuk, Kuhnhackl, Johnston, Toews, Barzal
WSH 2 – 4 NYI
5:18
WSHAlex Ovechkin (John Carlson)wrist0.04 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Orlov, Dowd, HathawayNYI: Eberle, Lee, Mayfield, Pulock, Barzal
WSH 3 – 4 NYI
14:32
WSHTom Wilson (Dmitry Orlov, John Carlson)tip-in0.06 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Orlov, WilsonNYI: Komarov, Martin, Leddy, Cizikas, Pulock
WSH 4 – 4 NYI
17:30
WSHJakub Vranawrist0.02 xG
WSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Vrana, KempnyNYI: Bailey, Nelson, Pulock, Toews, Beauvillier
WSH 5 – 4 NYI
19:04
WSHAlex Ovechkin (T.J. Oshie)wrist0.00 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Eller, Carlson, OrlovNYI: Bailey, Eberle, Lee, Pulock, Toews, Barzal
WSH 6 – 4 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
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	3	0	3	+4	3	0.35	4	0	2	23:19	—	—	89	98
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	1	1	+3	4	0.29	0	1	0	18:12	—	—	94	100
Tom Wilson R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.25	4	0	0	15:53	—	—	73	88
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.46	1	0	0	19:49	—	—	71	82
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	1	0	17:27	—	—	59	61
Jakub Vrana L	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.34	2	0	0	15:51	—	—	56	55
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:46	—	—	65	51
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	11:54	—	—	58	34
Brendan Leipsic L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	6:50	—	—	17	36
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	22	10
Carl Hagelin L	L4	1	0	1	-2	3	0.08	0	0	2	12:15	—	—	31	1
Richard Panik R	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:09	—	—	10	0
John Carlson D	D1	0	2	2	+3	5	0.45	1	0	0	24:02	—	—	54	40
Michal Kempny D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.13	0	0	0	20:25	—	—	35	24
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	1	0	21:25	—	—	55	33
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:14	—	—	50	30
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	3	2	2	17:10	—	—	67	51
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	14:13	—	—	67	47

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	—	22	18	4	.818	2.24	40:00
Ilya Samsonov	W	7	7	0	.1000	0.45	20:00

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	1	1	-3	2	0.17	0	0	0	21:16	—	—	52	82
Anders Lee L	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.42	1	0	0	19:35	—	—	57	82
Jordan Eberle R	L1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.35	0	2	2	17:50	—	—	62	85
Leo Komarov R	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	4	0	2	16:01	—	—	41	57
Casey Cizikas C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.32	4	0	0	15:57	—	—	29	33
Matt Martin L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.16	7	1	4	13:15	—	—	36	50
Brock Nelson C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.13	0	1	0	19:41	—	—	32	49
Josh Bailey R	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.22	1	0	0	17:38	—	—	39	60
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	2	2	+1	2	0.18	1	1	0	12:09	—	—	31	64
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:19	—	—	14	1
Derick Brassard C	L4	0	1	1	+2	2	0.10	3	0	0	7:49	—	—	56	80
Ross Johnston L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	6:56	—	—	71	82
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.34	2	4	0	22:44	—	—	47	58
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	1	1	2	20:00	—	—	29	22
Devon Toews D	D2	1	2	3	-1	2	0.20	0	1	0	22:42	—	—	56	85
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	20:26	—	—	50	56
Johnny Boychuk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	7	0	22:16	—	—	20	35
Noah Dobson D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	1	0	8:12	—	—	50	75

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	L	29	24	5	.828	2.43	58:19

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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.