Washington Capitals vs. New York IslandersApr 1, 2021

FinalThursday, Apr 1, 2021· Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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Washington CapitalsWSH

4

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New York IslandersNYI

8

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	2	0	4		WSH	7	7	8	22
NYI	4	2	2	8		NYI	13	9	11	33

: WSH 47NYI 47
: WSH 2.31NYI 3.12
PP goals: WSH 1NYI 0
Hits: WSH 26NYI 20
Blocks: WSH 8NYI 15
PIM: WSH 19NYI 15
: WSH 50%NYI 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders rout Washington Capitals 8–4

New York Islanders beat Washington Capitals 8–4 at home. Mathew Barzal (NYI) led the scoring with 3G 2A. NYI scored 8 goals on 3.12 expected goals (47 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Mathew Barzal had a hat trick and 2 assists (5 points) on 8 shots in 17:42.Barzal
Points
Jordan Eberle had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 14:48.Eberle
Points
Josh Bailey had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:58.Bailey
Points
John Carlson had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:28.Carlson
Points
Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:47.Nelson
Points
Daniel Sprong had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:00.Sprong
Points
Scott Mayfield had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:01.Mayfield
Luck
NYI scored 8 goals on 3.12 expected goals (47 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 94 of 94 attempts · NYI 47 · WSH 47

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 28% of the game, NYI 34%.

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
	52	54
	2.26	3.70
	2.16	3.58
	4	19
	1	0
	12	23
	−0.023	+0.023
	28%	34%

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

L1Backstrom – Wilson – Sheary
14:3771% CF
L2Ovechkin – Oshie – Kuznetsov
14:1338% CF
L3Eller – Vrana – Sprong
10:0447% CF
L4Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
6:5445% CF
D1Schultz – Orlov
19:3132% CF
D2Carlson – Dillon
15:0068% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
14:1556% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
0:48100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
1:17
PK2FEller – Hathaway
1:10
PK1DCarlson – Dillon
1:55
PK2DChara – Jensen
1:11

Current WSH line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
11:2543% CF
L2Komarov – Eberle – Barzal
10:1879% CF
L3Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier
10:1463% CF
L4Pageau – Johnston – Wahlstrom
8:2025% CF
D1Leddy – Mayfield
17:4063% CF
D2Pelech – Pulock
15:2129% CF
D3Greene – Dobson
8:3250% CF

PP1Komarov – Eberle – Pulock – Barzal – Dobson
1:23
PP2Komarov – Eberle – Martin – Leddy – Barzal
0:57100% CF
PK1FKomarov – Pageau
0:20
PK1DMayfield – Pelech
0:20

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:01
WSHJohn Carlson (Tom Wilson, Conor Sheary)slap0.09 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Carlson, Dillon, Wilson, ShearyNYI: Bailey, Leddy, Nelson, Mayfield, Beauvillier
WSH 1 – 0 NYI
5:02
NYIJordan Eberle (Leo Komarov, Mathew Barzal)wrist0.12 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Carlson, Dowd, Dillon, HathawayNYI: Greene, Komarov, Eberle, Barzal, Dobson
WSH 1 – 1 NYI
16:09
NYIMathew Barzalwrist0.17 xG
WSH: Chara, Backstrom, Dillon, Wilson, ShearyNYI: Greene, Komarov, Eberle, Pulock, Barzal
WSH 1 – 2 NYI
17:32
NYIBrock Nelson (Josh Bailey)wrist0.03 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Schultz, Orlov, KuznetsovNYI: Bailey, Nelson, Pelech, Pulock, Beauvillier
WSH 1 – 3 NYI
17:54
WSHDaniel Sprong (Lars Eller)wrist0.00 xG
WSH: Eller, Carlson, Dillon, Vrana, SprongNYI: Leddy, Pageau, Mayfield, Johnston, Wahlstrom
WSH 2 – 3 NYI
18:53
NYIMathew Barzal (Jordan Eberle, Scott Mayfield)wrist0.02 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Carlson, Dillon, Wilson, ShearyNYI: Komarov, Eberle, Leddy, Mayfield, Barzal
WSH 2 – 4 NYI

2nd period

3:03
NYICasey Cizikas (Cal Clutterbuck)wrist0.02 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Schultz, Jensen, Dowd, HathawayNYI: Greene, Clutterbuck, Martin, Cizikas, Dobson
WSH 2 – 5 NYI
6:47
WSHT.J. OshiePP (Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom)wrist0.02 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, KuznetsovNYI: Komarov, Pageau, Mayfield, Pelech
WSH 3 – 5 NYI
8:08
NYIJordan Eberle (Mathew Barzal, Andy Greene)snap0.17 xG
WSH: Chara, Backstrom, Jensen, Wilson, VranaNYI: Greene, Komarov, Eberle, Pulock, Barzal
WSH 3 – 6 NYI
19:01
WSHJohn Carlson (Jakub Vrana, Daniel Sprong)wrist0.16 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Carlson, Dillon, Vrana, SprongNYI: Greene, Clutterbuck, Nelson, Beauvillier, Dobson
WSH 4 – 6 NYI

3rd period

3:13
NYIJosh Bailey (Brock Nelson, Anthony Beauvillier)wrist0.01 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Carlson, Dillon, Wilson, ShearyNYI: Bailey, Leddy, Nelson, Mayfield, Beauvillier
WSH 4 – 7 NYI
18:54
NYIMathew Barzal (Josh Bailey, Scott Mayfield)tip-in0.07 xG
WSH: Eller, Carlson, Dillon, Vrana, SprongNYI: Bailey, Leddy, Mayfield, Barzal, Beauvillier
WSH 4 – 8 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
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.01	0	0	2	17:40	—	—	68	52
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	1	1	-3	4	0.57	2	0	0	17:10	—	—	65	42
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.00	0	0	0	16:31	—	—	63	46
T.J. Oshie R	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.34	1	1	2	17:31	—	—	33	31
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.17	2	2	0	16:58	—	—	42	38
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:45	—	—	40	37
Lars Eller C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.15	0	1	0	14:33	—	—	44	32
Daniel Sprong R	L3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.13	0	0	0	14:00	—	—	52	45
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.17	1	0	0	12:28	—	—	46	41
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:11	—	—	40	27
Carl Hagelin L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	0	0	11:45	—	—	50	28
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.20	2	1	10	10:08	—	—	36	27
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	22:23	—	—	29	31
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	4	0	0	21:37	—	—	37	43
John Carlson D	D2	2	0	2	-1	2	0.35	2	0	0	20:28	—	—	64	57
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	3	0	0	19:30	—	—	67	55
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	6	0	5	18:32	—	—	46	14
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	0	2	0	16:42	—	—	55	18

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	L	24	18	6	.750	2.24	43:34
Vitek Vanecek	—	9	7	2	.778	0.88	16:26

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Casey Cizikas C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.15	2	0	0	16:55	—	—	35	55
Cal Clutterbuck R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.13	3	0	0	16:14	—	—	35	47
Matt Martin L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.19	3	0	5	15:14	—	—	33	61
Mathew Barzal C	L2	3	2	5	+5	8	0.97	0	0	0	17:42	—	—	65	72
Jordan Eberle R	L2	2	1	3	+4	4	0.41	0	0	0	14:48	—	—	76	95
Leo Komarov R	L2	0	1	1	+4	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:29	—	—	77	95
Josh Bailey R	L3	1	2	3	+2	2	0.11	0	0	0	16:58	—	—	62	69
Brock Nelson C	L3	1	1	2	0	5	0.45	2	0	0	15:47	—	—	52	60
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.21	1	0	0	13:21	—	—	63	57
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	15:53	—	—	22	11
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	1	0	0	11:32	—	—	23	20
Ross Johnston L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	10	10:50	—	—	29	22
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	1	0	22:26	—	—	61	55
Scott Mayfield D	D1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.10	0	1	0	22:01	—	—	65	64
Ryan Pulock D	D2	0	0	0	+3	2	0.13	0	4	0	23:24	—	—	38	65
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	19:15	—	—	36	48
Andy Greene D	D3	0	1	1	+3	2	0.10	0	4	0	17:02	—	—	52	71
Noah Dobson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:45	—	—	50	65

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	W	22	18	4	.818	2.31	60:00

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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.