Washington Capitals vs. New York IslandersDec 29, 2023

FinalFriday, Dec 29, 2023· UBS Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	0	1	1		WSH	8	9	10	27
NYI	0	2	3	5		NYI	10	12	10	32

: WSH 48NYI 70
: WSH 2.13NYI 3.36
PP goals: WSH 0NYI 0
Hits: WSH 15NYI 25
Blocks: WSH 16NYI 8
PIM: WSH 6NYI 4
: WSH 41%NYI 59%

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. Jean-Gabriel Pageau (NYI) led the scoring with 2G 2A. Martin Fehérváry (WSH) played 2:18, −17:36 down on his 19:54 season average over 65 games.

Points
Jean-Gabriel Pageau had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 15:43.Pageau
Points
Julien Gauthier had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 9:48.Gauthier
Points
Bo Horvat had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:19.Horvat
Usage
Martin Fehérváry (WSH) played 2:18, −17:36 down on his 19:54 season average over 65 games.Fehérváry
New line
New look for WSH: Mantha–Strome–Protas skated 8:37 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Mantha Strome Protas
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New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Wilson–McMichael skated 7:07 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Wilson McMichael
New line
New look for NYI: Clutterbuck–Martin–Fasching skated 8:35 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Clutterbuck Martin Fasching
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New look for WSH: Kuznetsov–Phillips–Lapierre skated 5:15 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (23.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuznetsov Phillips Lapierre

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 118 of 118 attempts · NYI 70 · WSH 48

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 11% 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
	53	73
	2.29	3.19
	2.17	3.04
	13	19
	1	8
	12	26
	−0.068	+0.068
	11%	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

L1Mantha – Strome – Protas
8:3762% CF
L2Ovechkin – Wilson – McMichael
7:0741% CF
L3Dowd – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn
6:5936% CF
L4Kuznetsov – Phillips – Lapierre
5:1523% CF
D1Carlson – Sandin
12:1917% CF
D2Jensen – Edmundson
9:1341% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Sandin – McMichael – Protas
1:01100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Mantha – Strome
0:40
PK1FDowd – Malenstyn
2:39
PK2FKuznetsov – Wilson
1:21
PK1DJensen – Edmundson
1:53
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Sandin
0:43

Current WSH line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Lee – Horvat – Barzal
12:5276% CF
L2Palmieri – Nelson – Engvall
10:4452% CF
L3Clutterbuck – Martin – Fasching
8:3556% CF
L4Pageau – Gauthier – Holmstrom
7:1959% CF
D1Dobson – Romanov
17:0158% CF
D2Reilly – Aho
13:1642% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Bolduc
11:4883% CF

PP1Palmieri – Nelson – Horvat – Barzal – Dobson
2:09100% CF
PP2Lee – Pageau – Reilly – Engvall – Aho
1:160% CF
PK1FPageau – Holmstrom
1:17
PK2FClutterbuck – Horvat
0:32
PK1DAho – Bolduc
1:00
PK2DBortuzzo – Romanov
0:49

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:51
NYIJean-Gabriel Pageau (Alexander Romanov, Julien Gauthier)slap0.04 xG
WSH: Jensen, Kuznetsov, Phillips, Sandin, LapierreNYI: Pageau, Gauthier, Dobson, Romanov, Holmstrom
WSH 0 – 1 NYI
6:01
NYINoah Dobson (Mathew Barzal, Bo Horvat)slap0.05 xG
WSH: Jensen, Mantha, Strome, Sandin, ProtasNYI: Lee, Horvat, Barzal, Dobson, Bolduc
WSH 0 – 2 NYI

3rd period

10:10
NYIJulien Gauthier (Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Bo Horvat)wrist0.10 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Jensen, Edmundson, Mantha, LapierreNYI: Bortuzzo, Pageau, Horvat, Gauthier, Bolduc
WSH 0 – 3 NYI
10:28
NYIJulien Gauthier (Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Samuel Bolduc)backhand0.24 xG
WSH: Jensen, Dowd, Edmundson, Malenstyn, PhillipsNYI: Bortuzzo, Pageau, Gauthier, Bolduc, Holmstrom
WSH 0 – 4 NYI
14:26
NYIJean-Gabriel Pageau (Simon Holmstrom)wrist0.20 xG
WSH: Wilson, van Riemsdyk, Strome, Sandin, LapierreNYI: Pageau, Gauthier, Dobson, Romanov, Holmstrom
WSH 0 – 5 NYI
19:42
WSHNicolas Aube-Kubel (Rasmus Sandin, Nick Jensen)backhand0.02 xG
WSH: Jensen, Aube-Kubel, Phillips, Sandin, LapierreNYI: Bortuzzo, Martin, Palmieri, Nelson, Bolduc
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
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	0	2	20:01	—	—	43	41
Anthony Mantha R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.33	1	0	0	16:06	—	—	52	53
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.27	0	0	0	15:10	—	—	50	53
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	4	0	0	17:06	—	—	48	53
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	1	0	14:13	—	—	37	49
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	1	2	13:56	—	—	38	46
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.09	1	0	0	14:36	—	—	48	24
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	1	1	0	14:09	—	—	39	16
Beck Malenstyn L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	13:16	—	—	39	16
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	16:20	—	—	40	59
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.36	0	1	0	11:22	—	—	36	52
Matthew Phillips R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	9:25	—	—	21	10
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	5	0	28:06	—	—	36	42
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.14	0	1	2	24:22	—	—	26	30
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	1	1	-3	2	0.03	3	3	0	22:53	—	—	45	33
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.07	0	0	0	21:49	—	—	59	67
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	0	0	0	18:52	—	—	53	40
Martin Fehérváry D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	2:18	—	—	50	27

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper	L	29	24	5	.828	3.24	53:14
Charlie Lindgren(start)	—	3	3	0	.1000	0.12	6:46

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.22	0	0	0	19:45	—	—	68	70
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.12	0	0	0	19:19	—	—	74	71
Anders Lee L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.64	1	0	0	16:38	—	—	67	73
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	2	16:58	—	—	47	40
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	1	0	16:11	—	—	48	42
Pierre Engvall L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.37	0	1	0	14:13	—	—	50	54
Cal Clutterbuck R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:52	—	—	43	38
Hudson Fasching R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	2	1	0	11:58	—	—	53	45
Matt Martin L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	4	0	0	11:32	—	—	50	40
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L4	2	2	4	+4	4	0.54	1	1	0	15:43	—	—	57	73
Simon Holmstrom R	L4	0	1	1	+3	1	0.35	0	1	0	12:55	—	—	50	47
Julien Gauthier R	L4	2	1	3	+4	2	0.35	3	0	0	9:48	—	—	65	73
Noah Dobson D	D1	1	0	1	+3	3	0.12	2	0	2	25:16	—	—	56	46
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.10	2	2	0	21:27	—	—	58	59
Sebastian Aho D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	19:07	—	—	44	35
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	16:57	—	—	43	51
Samuel Bolduc D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.08	3	0	0	17:41	—	—	75	74
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	76	84

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	W	27	26	1	.963	2.13	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Jean-Gabriel Pageau (NYI) 2nd 4:51 · assists Alexander Romanov, Julien Gauthier · Odd-man rush · carried in · 4-on-2 at the blue line · 60.0 mph shot · 2.7 s from entry to goal.

Jean-Gabriel Pageau · 2nd 4:51 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 60.0 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s
Type: one-timer

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Noah Dobson · 2nd 6:01 · NYI

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 66.9 mph
Distance: 46 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Julien Gauthier · 3rd 10:10 · NYI

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 58.3 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s
Type: rebound

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Julien Gauthier · 3rd 10:28 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 16.3 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Jean-Gabriel Pageau · 3rd 14:26 · NYI

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.3 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

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Nicolas Aube-Kubel · 3rd 19:42 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.7 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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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.