Washington Capitals vs. New York IslandersApr 28, 2022

FinalThursday, Apr 28, 2022· UBS Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	0	1	1		WSH	7	13	7	27
NYI	2	0	3	5		NYI	6	10	10	26

: WSH 54NYI 41
: WSH 2.41NYI 2.54
PP goals: WSH 0NYI 3
Hits: WSH 22NYI 13
Blocks: WSH 11NYI 9
PIM: WSH 10NYI 22
: WSH 34%NYI 66%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders rout Washington Capitals 5–1

New York Islanders beat Washington Capitals 5–1 at home. Mathew Barzal (NYI) led the scoring with 0G 3A. NYI's first power-play unit (Lee, Nelson, Pageau, Barzal and Dobson) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:54 together.

Points
Mathew Barzal had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:07.Barzal
Points
Josh Bailey had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:23.Bailey
Points
Noah Dobson had 2 assists (2 points) in 22:32.Dobson
PP1
NYI's first power-play unit (Lee, Nelson, Pageau, Barzal and Dobson) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:54 together.Lee Nelson Pageau Barzal Dobson
New line
New look for NYI: Lee–Pageau–Beauvillier skated 9:39 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (31.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lee Pageau Beauvillier
New line
New look for WSH: Oshie–Kuznetsov–Sheary skated 8:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Oshie Kuznetsov Sheary
Luck
NYI scored 5 goals on 2.54 expected goals (41 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for NYI: Martin–Cizikas–Wahlstrom skated 4:46 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Martin Cizikas Wahlstrom

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 95 of 95 attempts · NYI 41 · 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 32% of the game, NYI 31%.

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	37
	1.90	2.25
	1.83	2.13
	11	7
	6	4
	23	18
	−0.134	+0.134
	32%	31%

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 – Kuznetsov – Sheary
8:1250% CF
L2Dowd – Larsson – Hathaway
7:4086% CF
L3Eller – Mantha – Jonsson-Fjallby
7:3988% CF
L4Backstrom – Johansson – Wilson
7:2955% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
12:2450% CF
D2Schultz – van Riemsdyk
7:1744% CF
D3Orlov – Jensen
5:5755% CF

PP1Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Johansson – Kuznetsov
4:2788% CF
PP2Schultz – Orlov – Wilson – Mantha – Sheary
3:1783% CF
PK1FDowd – Wilson
1:02
PK2FLarsson – Kuznetsov
0:42
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
1:53
PK2DJensen – van Riemsdyk
1:21

Current WSH line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Lee – Pageau – Beauvillier
9:3932% CF
L2Bailey – Nelson – Bellows
9:3155% CF
L3Parise – Palmieri – Barzal
7:4347% CF
L4Martin – Cizikas – Wahlstrom
4:4650% CF
D1Chara – Dobson
9:0835% CF
D2Pelech – Salo
7:1357% CF
D3Greene – Aho
6:3055% CF

PP1Lee – Nelson – Pageau – Barzal – Dobson
2:54100% CF
PP2Lee – Pageau – Pelech – Barzal – Aho
0:29
PK1FParise – Pageau
3:18
PK2FBailey – Cizikas
3:11
PK1DChara – Greene
3:56
PK2DPelech – Dobson
1:33

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:48
NYIBrock NelsonPP (Mathew Barzal, Noah Dobson)wrist0.06 xG
WSH: Carlson, Larsson, Kuznetsov, FehérváryNYI: Lee, Nelson, Pageau, Barzal, Dobson
WSH 0 – 1 NYI
15:34
NYIAnders LeePP (Mathew Barzal, Noah Dobson)tip-in0.14 xG
WSH: Jensen, Wilson, van RiemsdykNYI: Lee, Nelson, Barzal, Dobson
WSH 0 – 2 NYI

3rd period

3:44
NYIJean-Gabriel Pageauwrist0.07 xG
WSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov, ManthaNYI: Parise, Greene, Pageau, Pelech, Aho
WSH 0 – 3 NYI
6:23
NYIKyle PalmieriPP (Josh Bailey, Robin Salo)snap0.10 xG
WSH: Eller, Carlson, Jonsson-Fjallby, FehérváryNYI: Parise, Bailey, Palmieri, Barzal, Salo
WSH 0 – 4 NYI
13:37
NYIJosh Bailey (Mathew Barzal)backhand0.12 xG
WSH: Eller, Jensen, Sheary, van Riemsdyk, Jonsson-FjallbyNYI: Chara, Bailey, Barzal, Bellows, Aho
WSH 0 – 5 NYI
19:18
WSHAxel Jonsson-Fjallby (Anthony Mantha, Martin Fehérváry)wrist0.03 xG
WSH: Eller, Jensen, Mantha, van Riemsdyk, Jonsson-FjallbyNYI: Greene, Bailey, Lee, Nelson, Aho
WSH 1 – 5 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
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.51	3	0	0	19:26	—	—	48	44
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	2	2	0	18:09	—	—	42	20
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:57	—	—	38	27
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	2	0	0	12:48	—	—	88	100
Johan Larsson L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	1	0	11:03	—	—	90	100
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	9:30	—	—	90	100
Anthony Mantha R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	14:10	—	—	80	67
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	13:22	—	—	78	47
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.05	3	0	2	10:14	—	—	78	47
Tom Wilson R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	3	0	18:23	—	—	50	62
Marcus Johansson L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.30	0	1	0	17:33	—	—	50	36
Nicklas Backstrom C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	2	17:13	—	—	47	34
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.27	1	2	2	24:55	—	—	50	37
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.14	1	1	0	18:57	—	—	56	44
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	2	19:06	—	—	61	54
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	16:08	—	—	50	32
Dmitry Orlov D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	2	0	0	19:30	—	—	67	58
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	15:45	—	—	58	53

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	L	26	21	5	.808	2.54	59:31

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.22	1	0	0	20:05	—	—	35	49
Anders Lee L	L1	1	0	1	-1	6	0.61	0	1	0	17:46	—	—	35	45
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:27	—	—	38	44
Brock Nelson C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.35	0	0	0	17:27	—	—	50	65
Josh Bailey R	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.12	0	2	0	15:23	—	—	47	63
Kieffer Bellows L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	2	0	0	11:41	—	—	53	68
Mathew Barzal C	L3	0	3	3	+1	2	0.39	0	0	0	18:07	—	—	48	55
Zach Parise L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.27	0	0	2	14:49	—	—	47	59
Kyle Palmieri C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.34	0	0	0	14:14	—	—	50	61
Casey Cizikas C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:20	—	—	43	42
Matt Martin L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:51	—	—	43	52
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	14	6:16	—	—	43	42
Noah Dobson D	D1	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	22:32	—	—	41	57
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	20:58	—	—	43	59
Robin Salo D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:44	—	—	48	46
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	2	1	6	15:32	—	—	43	61
Andy Greene D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	21:14	—	—	43	43
Sebastian Aho D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:34	—	—	50	64

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	W	27	26	1	.963	2.41	60:00

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.