Washington Capitals vs. New York IslandersJan 15, 2022

FinalSaturday, Jan 15, 2022· UBS Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	0	1	2		WSH	16	10	10	36
NYI	0	0	0	0		NYI	7	8	8	23

: WSH 57NYI 43
: WSH 4.59NYI 3.11
PP goals: WSH 0NYI 0
Hits: WSH 20NYI 26
Blocks: WSH 11NYI 14
PIM: WSH 6NYI 4
: WSH 51%NYI 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat New York Islanders 2–0

Washington Capitals beat New York Islanders 2–0 at NYI. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. T.J. Oshie (WSH) played 1:46, −16:03 down on his 17:49 season average over 43 games.

Usage
T.J. Oshie (WSH) played 1:46, −16:03 down on his 17:49 season average over 43 games.Oshie
Luck
NYI scored 0 goals on 3.11 expected goals (43 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NYI: Nelson–Beauvillier–Bellows skated 9:41 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nelson Beauvillier Bellows
New line
New look for WSH: Dowd–Hathaway–Leason skated 8:14 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Hathaway Leason
Luck
WSH scored 2 goals on 4.59 expected goals (57 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NYI: Parise–Pageau–Wahlstrom skated 7:09 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Parise Pageau Wahlstrom
Goalie
Semyon Varlamov (NYI) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +3 against a season average of 31.5; the loss.Varlamov
Usage
Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) played 16:14, −4:06 down on his 20:20 season average over 78 games.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 100 of 100 attempts · NYI 43 · WSH 57

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 36% of the game, NYI 28%.

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
	59	32
	3.85	2.42
	3.55	2.37
	10	7
	1	4
	18	11
	+0.010	−0.010
	36%	28%

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 – Protas
8:4585% CF
L2Dowd – Hathaway – Leason
8:1467% CF
L3Eller – Sprong – McMichael
5:5544% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
14:1762% CF
D2Jensen – van Riemsdyk
12:0562% CF
D3Schultz – Irwin
10:5663% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Wilson
3:01100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Schultz – Sprong – Protas
0:34
PK1FEller – Wilson
1:42
PK2FDowd – Hathaway
1:01
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
3:00
PK2DJensen – van Riemsdyk
2:13

Current WSH line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Bailey – Lee – Barzal
11:3250% CF
L2Nelson – Beauvillier – Bellows
9:4150% CF
L3Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
9:260% CF
L4Parise – Pageau – Wahlstrom
7:0930% CF
D1Chara – Dobson
12:1013% CF
D2Mayfield – Pelech
11:0333% CF
D3Greene – Salo
10:5035% CF

PP1Lee – Pageau – Barzal – Wahlstrom – Dobson
3:43100% CF
PP2Parise – Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier – Salo
0:54
PK1FParise – Pageau
1:35
PK2FClutterbuck – Cizikas
1:32
PK1DMayfield – Pelech
1:49
PK2DChara – Greene
0:45

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:35
WSHTom Wilson (Aliaksei Protas)wrist0.16 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Jensen, Wilson, van Riemsdyk, ProtasNYI: Greene, Bailey, Lee, Barzal, Salo
WSH 1 – 0 NYI

3rd period

19:49
WSHAlex OvechkinEN (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nicklas Backstrom)wrist0.92 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Kuznetsov, van Riemsdyk, FehérváryNYI: Lee, Nelson, Barzal, Beauvillier, Wahlstrom, Dobson
WSH 2 – 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tom Wilson R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.22	3	1	0	22:45	—	—	77	71
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.32	0	1	0	17:55	—	—	65	70
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:55	—	—	68	66
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	16:21	—	—	60	75
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.75	0	2	0	16:05	—	—	56	75
Brett Leason R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	2	14:16	—	—	77	97
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.40	0	0	0	18:49	—	—	64	37
Daniel Sprong R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:35	—	—	57	30
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	9:45	—	—	56	53
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	0	3	0	23:48	—	—	67	51
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	5	0	0	21:56	—	—	61	44
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	1	1	0	19:30	—	—	67	74
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.11	3	2	2	18:41	—	—	64	79
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	2	16:37	—	—	61	58
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	4	0	0	15:43	—	—	65	51
Alex Ovechkin L	—	1	0	1	+1	4	1.58	2	0	0	19:19	—	—	62	54
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	—	0	1	1	+1	2	0.21	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	65	53
T.J. Oshie R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1:46	—	—	50	86

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	23	23	0	.1000	3.11	60:00

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mathew Barzal C	L1	-2	1	0.14	0	0	0	21:40	—	—	44	31
Anders Lee L	L1	-2	2	0.10	1	0	2	18:21	—	—	41	22
Josh Bailey R	L1	-1	1	0.30	1	0	0	15:49	—	—	47	39
Brock Nelson C	L2	-1	2	0.24	0	0	0	16:22	—	—	44	51
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	-1	2	0.27	0	0	0	15:21	—	—	41	46
Kieffer Bellows L	L2	0	2	0.35	1	0	0	13:17	—	—	40	42
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:50	—	—	18	8
Cal Clutterbuck R	L3	0	0	0.00	7	1	0	12:33	—	—	25	10
Matt Martin L	L3	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	11:17	—	—	25	21
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L4	-1	7	1.03	2	0	0	16:42	—	—	29	41
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L4	0	1	0.13	2	0	0	16:10	—	—	24	40
Zach Parise L	L4	0	1	0.19	0	2	0	14:03	—	—	24	48
Noah Dobson D	D1	-1	1	0.22	3	1	0	23:36	—	—	18	25
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	1	0.06	1	2	0	18:14	—	—	28	28
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	19:45	—	—	38	49
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	17:26	—	—	46	54
Robin Salo D	D3	-1	1	0.06	0	1	0	16:54	—	—	41	36
Andy Greene D	D3	-1	0	0.00	1	3	2	16:37	—	—	39	40

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	L	35	34	1	.971	3.68	58:03

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.