Washington Capitals vs. New York IslandersApr 6, 2025

FinalSunday, Apr 6, 2025· UBS Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	0	1		WSH	8	9	12	29
NYI	2	1	1	4		NYI	5	8	9	22

: WSH 60NYI 64
: WSH 2.19NYI 3.78
PP goals: WSH 1NYI 0
Hits: WSH 20NYI 26
Blocks: WSH 22NYI 18
PIM: WSH 4NYI 4
: WSH 42%NYI 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders beat Washington Capitals 4–1

New York Islanders beat Washington Capitals 4–1 at home. Marc Gatcomb (NYI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:01 together.

Points
Marc Gatcomb had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 11:00.Gatcomb
Points
Kyle MacLean had 2 assists (2 points) in 11:07.MacLean
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:01 together.Ovechkin Carlson Wilson Strome Chychrun
New line
New look for WSH: Dubois–McMichael–Leonard skated 10:09 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dubois McMichael Leonard
Usage
Noah Dobson (NYI) played 19:30, −3:50 down on his 23:20 season average over 70 games.Dobson
Cats
Marc Gatcomb (NYI) threw 6 hits and blocked 1 shot, a night for hits leagues.Gatcomb

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 124 of 124 attempts · NYI 64 · WSH 60

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 16% of the game, NYI 50%.

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
	68	66
	2.40	3.66
	2.33	3.56
	14	14
	6	6
	20	20
	−0.042	+0.042
	16%	50%

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 – Wilson – Strome
10:5347% CF
L2Dubois – McMichael – Leonard
10:0941% CF
L3Eller – Mangiapane – Raddysh
7:1958% CF
L4Dowd – Beauvillier – Duhaime
6:4144% CF
D1Carlson – Sandin
14:5440% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
13:4966% CF
D3Roy – Fehérváry
13:4846% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun
2:01100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Mangiapane – Dubois – Sandin – McMichael
0:16
PK1FDuhaime – McMichael
1:00
PK2FEller – Wilson
0:47
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
1:08
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
0:49

Current WSH line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Palmieri – Lee – Horvat
13:1557% CF
L2Pageau – Holmstrom – Tsyplakov
12:1249% CF
L3Cizikas – Fasching – Engvall
12:0745% CF
L4Martin – MacLean – Gatcomb
9:0826% CF
D1DeAngelo – Romanov
17:4758% CF
D2Mayfield – Dobson
14:5632% CF
D3Pelech – Pulock
14:4051% CF

PP1Palmieri – Lee – Horvat – DeAngelo – Dobson
2:09100% CF
PP2Pageau – Pulock – Dobson – Holmstrom – Tsyplakov
0:40100% CF
PK1FPageau – Holmstrom
1:10
PK2FCizikas – Horvat
0:48
PK1DPelech – Pulock
1:14
PK2DMayfield – Romanov
0:55

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	3	0	0	18:17	—	—	50	30
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	0	1	-1	5	0.33	0	0	0	16:10	—	—	49	26
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.11	1	1	0	15:17	—	—	47	28
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	17:39	—	—	51	39
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	1	2	16:20	—	—	46	20
Ryan Leonard R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	5	1	0	14:21	—	—	43	21
Andrew Mangiapane L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	1	0	0	13:44	—	—	60	48
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	0	0	12:50	—	—	62	61
Taylor Raddysh R	L3	0	0	0	-2	5	0.42	1	0	0	11:11	—	—	60	51
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:54	—	—	56	86
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.34	0	1	2	13:48	—	—	56	87
Anthony Beauvillier R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	1	3	0	12:49	—	—	47	85
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	3	0	21:22	—	—	43	31
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	4	0	20:23	—	—	43	23
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	1	2	0	19:37	—	—	62	56
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	1	0	17:19	—	—	67	61
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	2	0	20:31	—	—	47	41
Matt Roy D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.09	2	3	0	20:28	—	—	47	34

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	22	18	4	.818	3.78	60:00

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bo Horvat C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	1.02	1	1	0	18:37	—	—	59	73
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.40	0	0	2	18:12	—	—	59	70
Anders Lee L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.23	1	1	0	16:47	—	—	61	76
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.65	0	2	0	16:38	—	—	51	73
Simon Holmstrom R	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	1	0	0	16:21	—	—	54	76
Maxim Tsyplakov R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.40	1	1	0	16:11	—	—	51	72
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	14:43	—	—	50	36
Pierre Engvall L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	2	1	0	14:26	—	—	48	28
Hudson Fasching R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	13:46	—	—	45	28
Kyle MacLean C	L4	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	3	1	0	11:07	—	—	26	38
Marc Gatcomb C	L4	2	0	2	+2	4	0.40	6	1	0	11:00	—	—	26	38
Matt Martin L	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:39	—	—	26	38
Tony DeAngelo D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.26	0	2	0	24:06	—	—	55	71
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.10	2	2	0	20:34	—	—	60	75
Noah Dobson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	1	0	19:30	—	—	35	37
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	2	0	19:01	—	—	35	31
Ryan Pulock D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	3	1	0	18:41	—	—	46	64
Adam Pelech D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	0	0	0	18:15	—	—	54	66

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	2.19	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Bo Horvat (NYI) 1st 7:06 · assists Simon Holmstrom, Anders Lee · Point shot · 28.5 mph shot.

Bo Horvat · 1st 7:06 · NYI

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 28.5 mph
Distance: 59 ft

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Marc Gatcomb · 1st 9:00 · NYI

Play: deflection
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 42.9 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s
Type: one-timer

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Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 7:26 · WSH PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 5-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 72.0 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Marc Gatcomb · 2nd 10:26 · NYI

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.3 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 4.8 s

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Jean-Gabriel Pageau · 3rd 4:20 · NYI

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 9.2 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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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.

Washington Capitals vs. New York IslandersApr 6, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

New York Islanders beat Washington Capitals 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Washington Capitals

New York Islanders

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Washington Capitals

New York Islanders

Goal anatomy

Bo Horvat · 1st 7:06 · NYI

Marc Gatcomb · 1st 9:00 · NYI

Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 7:26 · WSH PP

Marc Gatcomb · 2nd 10:26 · NYI

Jean-Gabriel Pageau · 3rd 4:20 · NYI