Washington Capitals vs. New York IslandersApr 6, 2021

FinalTuesday, Apr 6, 2021· Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	0	0	0		WSH	7	12	10	29
NYI	0	0	1	1		NYI	12	7	20	39

: WSH 54NYI 62
: WSH 2.66NYI 4.04
PP goals: WSH 0NYI 0
Hits: WSH 26NYI 32
Blocks: WSH 10NYI 16
PIM: WSH 4NYI 4
: WSH 49%NYI 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders edge Washington Capitals 1–0

New York Islanders beat Washington Capitals 1–0 at home. Brock Nelson (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. NYI scored 1 goal on 4.04 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
NYI scored 1 goal on 4.04 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Vitek Vanecek (WSH) faced 39 shots and stopped 38 (.974), +11 against a season average of 27.9; the loss.Vanecek
Luck
WSH scored 0 goals on 2.66 expected goals (54 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NYI: Pageau–Bellows–Wahlstrom skated 6:17 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pageau Bellows Wahlstrom
Usage
Zdeno Chara (WSH) played 13:39, −4:46 down on his 18:25 season average over 54 games.Chara
Usage
Carl Hagelin (WSH) played 9:30, −4:41 down on his 14:11 season average over 55 games.Hagelin
Usage
Nick Jensen (WSH) played 13:07, −4:16 down on his 17:23 season average over 52 games.Jensen
Usage
Nic Dowd (WSH) played 10:39, −3:47 down on his 14:26 season average over 55 games.Dowd

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 116 of 116 attempts · NYI 62 · WSH 54

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 24% of the game, NYI 41%.

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
	54	66
	2.72	4.11
	2.68	3.88
	12	28
	2	6
	7	18
	−0.020	+0.020
	24%	41%

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 – Oshie – Kuznetsov
12:2865% CF
L2Backstrom – Wilson – Sheary
8:5650% CF
L3Eller – Vrana – Sprong
7:1656% CF
L4Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
6:5127% CF
D1Schultz – Orlov
19:5960% CF
D2Carlson – Dillon
16:5433% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
10:3330% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
2:38100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Sheary – Vrana
1:01
PK1FDowd – Hathaway
1:38
PK2FHagelin – Eller
1:07
PK1DChara – Jensen
2:15
PK2DCarlson – Dillon
1:34

Current WSH line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier
12:1748% CF
L2Komarov – Eberle – Barzal
10:0659% CF
L3Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
6:5175% CF
L4Pageau – Bellows – Wahlstrom
6:1758% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
13:3452% CF
D2Leddy – Mayfield
10:3944% CF
D3Greene – Dobson
9:1472% CF

PP1Eberle – Martin – Leddy – Barzal – Beauvillier
2:2083% CF
PP2Bailey – Nelson – Pageau – Pulock – Wahlstrom
1:25100% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
2:33
PK2FKomarov – Pageau
1:04
PK1DMayfield – Pelech
1:23
PK2DGreene – Pulock
0:37

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

13:05
NYIBrock Nelson (Josh Bailey, Ryan Pulock)wrist0.02 xG
WSH: Chara, Ovechkin, Jensen, Kuznetsov, SprongNYI: Greene, Bailey, Nelson, Pulock, Beauvillier
WSH 0 – 1 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	-1	2	0.20	4	0	0	22:16	—	—	55	37
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	-1	2	0.26	0	0	0	19:52	—	—	53	37
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	1	0.29	1	0	0	18:52	—	—	63	45
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	17:32	—	—	36	45
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	4	0.42	1	2	2	17:29	—	—	39	41
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	4	0.42	0	0	0	16:19	—	—	48	49
Lars Eller C	L3	0	1	0.16	0	1	0	14:59	—	—	50	44
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:15	—	—	39	38
Daniel Sprong R	L3	-1	3	0.27	0	0	0	12:46	—	—	45	39
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0.04	1	0	0	10:39	—	—	33	27
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	10:04	—	—	29	30
Carl Hagelin L	L4	0	1	0.17	2	0	2	9:30	—	—	31	30
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	0.04	3	2	0	21:59	—	—	59	46
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	3	0.19	2	1	0	21:10	—	—	60	47
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	0.03	3	2	0	25:22	—	—	32	35
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	18:58	—	—	37	39
Zdeno Chara D	D3	-1	4	0.08	1	1	0	13:39	—	—	32	34
Nick Jensen D	D3	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:07	—	—	30	31

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	L	39	38	1	.974	4.04	58:12

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Nelson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.66	0	1	0	17:42	—	—	40	52
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.16	3	1	2	17:27	—	—	55	62
Josh Bailey R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:11	—	—	48	57
Mathew Barzal C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.65	1	0	2	18:37	—	—	64	76
Jordan Eberle R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	0	0	0	15:25	—	—	64	75
Leo Komarov R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	2	0	0	13:19	—	—	58	73
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	1	0	0	16:19	—	—	47	27
Cal Clutterbuck R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	7	1	0	16:01	—	—	55	39
Matt Martin L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.38	2	0	0	11:39	—	—	63	73
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	0	0	15:51	—	—	60	57
Kieffer Bellows L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	3	1	0	10:16	—	—	52	47
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	2	0	0	9:48	—	—	53	54
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.32	2	1	0	23:09	—	—	59	70
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	3	0	21:35	—	—	50	57
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	2	3	0	19:37	—	—	46	36
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	1	0	18:51	—	—	39	44
Andy Greene D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	4	0	18:44	—	—	70	73
Noah Dobson D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	0	0	14:30	—	—	61	69

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	W	29	29	0	.1000	2.66	59:59

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.