Edgehalla

Washington Capitals vs. New York IslandersOct 11, 2025

Final· UBS Arena
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WSH
4
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NYI
2
Goals123TShots123T
WSH2204WSH914629
NYI0112NYI3132036
WSH 69NYI 71
WSH 4.64NYI 2.43
PP goals
WSH 0NYI 2
Hits
WSH 23NYI 33
Blocks
WSH 20NYI 22
PIM
WSH 4NYI 4
WSH 48%NYI 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat New York Islanders 4–2

Washington Capitals beat New York Islanders 4–2 at NYI. Aliaksei Protas (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 1A. NYI's first power-play unit (Palmieri, Duclair, Horvat, Barzal and Schaefer) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:10 together.

  1. Points
    Aliaksei Protas had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:19.Protas
  2. Points
    Bo Horvat had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:37.Horvat
  3. Points
    Jakob Chychrun had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:45.Chychrun
  4. Points
    Kyle Palmieri had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:41.Palmieri
  5. PP1
    NYI's first power-play unit (Palmieri, Duclair, Horvat, Barzal and Schaefer) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:10 together.PalmieriDuclairHorvatBarzalSchaefer
  6. New line
    New look for NYI: Duclair–Horvat–Heineman skated 9:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DuclairHorvatHeineman
  7. Usage
    Anthony Duclair (NYI) played 19:25, +6:19 up on his 13:06 season average over 61 games.Duclair
  8. Goalie
    Logan Thompson (WSH) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +9 against a season average of 27.4; the win.Thompson

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.

Shot map, WSH at NYI: 140 attempts, 65 on goal, 6 goals, 7.08 expected goals; best chance Connor McMichael at 0.63 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← WSH attacks left (bottom on phones)NYI attacks right (top on phones) →
  • NYI
  • WSH
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 140 of 140 attempts · NYI 71 · WSH 69

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, WSH at NYI: expected goals 2.43 to 4.64 (WSH led the chances), shot attempts 71 to 69, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdNYIWSHFPLPDSnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NYI
  • WSH
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NYIWSHcontrol2nd3rdFehérváry · 1st 1:50Protas · 1st 13:52Leonard · 2nd 9:50Protas · 2nd 15:30Duclair · 2nd 18:51Schaefer · 3rd 4:28
  • 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 49% of the game, NYI 12%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, WSH at NYI: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Ilya Sorokin (56:09) for NYI and Logan Thompson (59:44) for WSH, 6 goals.

NYI
WSH
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

NYI skaters (rows) against WSH skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the NYI side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, NYI rows versus WSH columns: 250 matchups; most common Schaefer vs Roy, 9:36 at 55% xGF.

NYI ↓ · WSH →ProtasWilsonDuboisStromeOvechkinMcMichaelDowdDuhaimeSourdifBeauvillierLeonardLapierreSandinRoyChychrunRiemsdykCarlsonFehérváryL1 BarzalL1 PalmieriL1 LeeL2 HorvatL2 DuclairL2 HeinemanL3 PageauL3 ShabanovL3 HolmstromL4 TsyplakovL4 CizikasL4 GatcombD1 SchaeferD1 MayfieldD2 DeAngeloD2 RomanovD3 PulockD3 Pelech
NYI xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatWSHNYI
6859
3.821.40
3.691.35
178
44
2817
−0.011+0.011
49%12%

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

Current WSH line combinations →

New York Islanders

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 1:50
    WSHMartin Fehérváry (Alex Ovechkin, John Carlson)backhand0.44 xG
    WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Strome, Fehérváry, McMichaelNYI: Palmieri, Horvat, DeAngelo, Romanov, Heineman
    WSH 1 – 0 NYI
  2. 13:52
    WSHAliaksei Protas (Jakob Chychrun, Tom Wilson)snap0.13 xG
    WSH: Wilson, van Riemsdyk, Chychrun, Dubois, ProtasNYI: Pageau, Pelech, Pulock, Holmstrom, Shabanov
    WSH 2 – 0 NYI

2nd period

  1. 9:50
    WSHRyan Leonard (Jakob Chychrun, Aliaksei Protas)wrist0.06 xG
    WSH: Chychrun, Sandin, McMichael, Protas, LeonardNYI: Palmieri, Pageau, Mayfield, Romanov, Holmstrom
    WSH 3 – 0 NYI
  2. 15:30
    WSHAliaksei Protaswrist0.12 xG
    WSH: Wilson, van Riemsdyk, Chychrun, Dubois, ProtasNYI: Pageau, DeAngelo, Romanov, Holmstrom, Shabanov
    WSH 4 – 0 NYI
  3. 18:51
    NYIAnthony DuclairPP (Bo Horvat, Kyle Palmieri)wrist0.06 xG
    WSH: Carlson, Dowd, Duhaime, FehérváryNYI: Palmieri, Duclair, Horvat, DeAngelo, Barzal
    WSH 4 – 1 NYI

3rd period

  1. 4:28
    NYIMatthew SchaeferPP (Kyle Palmieri, Bo Horvat)other0.51 xG
    WSH: Carlson, Wilson, Duhaime, FehérváryNYI: Palmieri, Duclair, Horvat, Barzal, Schaefer
    WSH 4 – 2 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Aliaksei Protas LL1213+350.9300019:19——6983
Tom Wilson RL1011+210.0221019:18——6175
Pierre-Luc Dubois CL1000+240.2401018:30——6478
Dylan Strome CL2000+120.1701018:08——5878
Alex Ovechkin LL2011+120.3320017:28——4870
Connor McMichael LL2000+220.7311016:01——4866
Nic Dowd CL3000010.1901014:22——5793
Brandon Duhaime LL3000000.0060013:50——5893
Justin Sourdif CL3000010.3520012:37——6194
Anthony Beauvillier RL4000040.3310010:52——4460
Ryan Leonard RL4101+120.3530010:01——3960
Hendrix Lapierre CL4000000.030109:09——3045
Rasmus Sandin DD1000+100.0232021:01——3955
Matt Roy DD1000000.0024220:06——4461
Jakob Chychrun DD2022+300.0101219:45——7179
Trevor van Riemsdyk DD2000+200.0100015:02——6272
John Carlson DD3011+120.4903022:44——5783
Martin Fehérváry DD3101+130.4614018:53——5380
WSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Logan Thompson(start)W36342.9442.4359:44

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Mathew Barzal CL1000030.1202221:28——5334
Kyle Palmieri CL1022-220.1622220:41——5526
Anders Lee LL1000020.1601015:42——6143
Bo Horvat CL2022-150.3400020:37——5224
Anthony Duclair LL2101020.1800019:25——4824
Emil Heineman LL2000-120.1560015:54——4316
Jean-Gabriel Pageau CL3000-300.0321015:35——3631
Max Shabanov RL3000-230.2400012:53——4432
Simon Holmstrom RL3000-300.1302012:49——4242
Maxim Tsyplakov RL4000020.0820011:14——3716
Casey Cizikas CL4000000.0070010:57——3916
Marc Gatcomb CL4000010.027008:33——276
Matthew Schaefer DD1101080.7401026:04——5743
Scott Mayfield DD1000-120.0302018:48——5337
Tony DeAngelo DD2000-220.0303018:20——4922
Alexander Romanov DD2000-310.0244016:32——4017
Ryan Pulock DD3000-110.0132017:22——3015
Adam Pelech DD3000-100.0102016:57——3618
NYI goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)L29254.8623.6056:09

Goal anatomy

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

Martin Fehérváry (WSH) 1st 1:50 · assists Alex Ovechkin, John Carlson · Forecheck turnover · 29.2 mph shot.