Washington Capitals vs. New York IslandersApr 22, 2021

Final / SOThursday, Apr 22, 2021· Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
WSH	0	0	0	0	1	1		WSH	4	14	9	1	28
NYI	0	0	0	0	0	0		NYI	15	7	3	1	26

: WSH 62NYI 39
: WSH 2.43NYI 2.38
PP goals: WSH 0NYI 0
Hits: WSH 25NYI 22
Blocks: WSH 7NYI 17
PIM: WSH 4NYI 6
: WSH 51%NYI 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge New York Islanders 1–0 (SO)

Washington Capitals beat New York Islanders 1–0 in a shootout at NYI. New look for WSH: Eller–Raffl–Sheary skated 10:18 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Raffl–Sheary skated 10:18 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Raffl Sheary
Luck
NYI scored 0 goals on 2.38 expected goals (39 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
WSH scored 0 goals on 2.43 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
John Carlson (WSH) played 27:41, +3:59 up on his 23:42 season average over 51 games.Carlson
PP1
WSH's PP1 (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) went scoreless in 4:21 of 5v4 time with 5 attempts.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov

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 101 of 101 attempts · NYI 39 · WSH 62

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 41% of the game, NYI 32%.

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
	56	41
	2.05	2.39
	1.93	2.29
	5	2
	5	0
	14	10
	+0.002	−0.002
	41%	32%

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

L1Oshie – Backstrom – Mantha
10:3346% CF
L2Eller – Raffl – Sheary
10:1862% CF
L3Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
9:5241% CF
L4Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
8:4044% CF
D1Carlson – Orlov
16:4258% CF
D2Dillon – van Riemsdyk
13:3254% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
13:0467% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
4:21100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Orlov – Wilson – Mantha – Sheary
1:39100% CF
PK1FDowd – Hathaway
1:03
PK2FEller – Wilson
0:48
PK1DChara – Jensen
2:36
PK2DCarlson – Dillon
0:48

Current WSH line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Bailey – Pageau – Beauvillier
11:2156% CF
L2Palmieri – Nelson – Dal Colle
10:1737% CF
L3Komarov – Eberle – Barzal
10:0450% CF
L4Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
7:2336% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
12:5463% CF
D2Leddy – Mayfield
11:2550% CF
D3Greene – Dobson
8:4020% CF

PP1Bailey – Palmieri – Leddy – Nelson – Pulock
2:00100% CF
PP2Eberle – Pageau – Barzal – Beauvillier – Dobson
1:4850% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
3:00
PK2FKomarov – Pageau
1:25
PK1DGreene – Pulock
2:04
PK2DMayfield – Pelech
1:47

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: WSH 1 – 0 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
T.J. Oshie R	L1	2	0.28	0	0	0	19:54	—	—	65	60
Anthony Mantha R	L1	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:17	—	—	67	67
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	0.11	1	0	0	18:13	—	—	59	60
Lars Eller C	L2	1	0.19	2	0	2	16:34	—	—	69	62
Conor Sheary L	L2	5	0.37	0	0	0	14:08	—	—	68	66
Michael Raffl L	L2	2	0.10	2	1	0	13:32	—	—	67	55
Nic Dowd C	L3	1	0.10	3	0	0	14:28	—	—	47	22
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	0	0.02	5	0	0	12:53	—	—	47	22
Carl Hagelin L	L3	3	0.06	0	1	0	12:32	—	—	41	16
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L4	1	0.14	2	0	0	17:36	—	—	50	32
Alex Ovechkin L	L4	4	0.44	3	0	2	17:18	—	—	50	38
Tom Wilson R	L4	4	0.30	0	0	0	17:01	—	—	55	47
John Carlson D	D1	1	0.17	0	1	0	27:41	—	—	55	38
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	1	0.08	1	1	0	22:36	—	—	59	51
Brenden Dillon D	D2	2	0.04	2	1	0	17:13	—	—	57	53
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:28	—	—	54	48
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:55	—	—	63	42
Zdeno Chara D	D3	1	0.04	0	0	0	17:50	—	—	61	34

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	W	26	26	0	.1000	2.38	64:51

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Josh Bailey R	L1	1	0.06	1	0	0	18:44	—	—	60	65
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L1	2	0.17	2	0	0	18:37	—	—	45	46
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	3	0.28	0	1	0	16:25	—	—	50	60
Brock Nelson C	L2	3	0.18	0	0	0	17:15	—	—	32	59
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	3	0.46	1	0	0	14:15	—	—	35	62
Michael Dal Colle L	L2	1	0.08	1	0	0	12:49	—	—	32	59
Mathew Barzal C	L3	2	0.56	0	0	2	17:57	—	—	52	69
Jordan Eberle R	L3	2	0.19	0	0	0	17:56	—	—	48	77
Leo Komarov R	L3	1	0.00	4	0	0	13:57	—	—	48	60
Casey Cizikas C	L4	2	0.09	2	0	0	13:32	—	—	37	31
Cal Clutterbuck R	L4	1	0.01	2	0	0	13:02	—	—	29	26
Matt Martin L	L4	1	0.16	4	1	0	10:45	—	—	37	31
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0.00	0	3	0	23:40	—	—	43	59
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	0.00	1	4	0	23:10	—	—	64	76
Nick Leddy D	D2	2	0.07	0	1	0	24:09	—	—	41	45
Scott Mayfield D	D2	1	0.03	1	2	2	19:32	—	—	45	52
Andy Greene D	D3	1	0.04	3	1	0	18:15	—	—	28	42
Noah Dobson D	D3	0	0.00	0	4	2	15:00	—	—	25	38

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	O	28	28	0	.1000	2.43	65:00

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.