New York Islanders vs. Washington CapitalsMar 16, 2021

FinalTuesday, Mar 16, 2021· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	0	1	1		NYI	11	4	7	22
WSH	0	2	1	3		WSH	7	7	8	22

: NYI 56WSH 48
: NYI 1.96WSH 2.60
PP goals: NYI 1WSH 2
Hits: NYI 30WSH 25
Blocks: NYI 9WSH 18
PIM: NYI 8WSH 4
: NYI 61%WSH 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat New York Islanders 3–1

Washington Capitals beat New York Islanders 3–1 at home. Nicklas Backstrom (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NYI's first power-play unit (Bailey, Leddy, Nelson, Pageau and Wahlstrom) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:58 together.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:30.Ovechkin
Points
Nicklas Backstrom had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:19.Backstrom
PP1
NYI's first power-play unit (Bailey, Leddy, Nelson, Pageau and Wahlstrom) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:58 together.Bailey Leddy Nelson Pageau Wahlstrom
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Vrana) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:17 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Vrana
Usage
Trevor van Riemsdyk (WSH) played 0:51, −17:05 down on his 17:56 season average over 19 games.van Riemsdyk
New line
New look for NYI: Pageau–Czarnik–Wahlstrom skated 10:22 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pageau Czarnik Wahlstrom
Usage
Mathew Barzal (NYI) played 14:59, −3:49 down on his 18:48 season average over 54 games.Barzal
Usage
Matt Martin (NYI) played 8:05, −3:03 down on his 11:08 season average over 53 games.Martin

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

← NYI attacks left (bottom on phones)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →

WSH
NYI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 104 of 104 attempts · WSH 48 · NYI 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
NYI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WSH pressure
NYI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYI 38% of the game, WSH 33%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

NYI

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	NYI	WSH
	55	46
	1.85	1.74
	1.76	1.69
	11	6
	2	2
	14	19
	+0.057	−0.057
	38%	33%

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.

New York Islanders

L1Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier
12:2960% CF
L2Eberle – Barzal – Bellows
10:4965% CF
L3Pageau – Czarnik – Wahlstrom
10:2250% CF
L4Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
6:1850% CF
D1Leddy – Mayfield
14:2556% CF
D2Pelech – Pulock
11:4882% CF
D3Greene – Aho
10:0455% CF

PP1Bailey – Leddy – Nelson – Pageau – Wahlstrom
1:58100% CF
PP2Eberle – Pulock – Barzal – Beauvillier – Bellows
1:06100% CF
PK1FBailey – Nelson
2:30
PK2FClutterbuck – Cizikas
2:09
PK1DGreene – Pulock
2:04
PK2DMayfield – Pelech
1:46

Current NYI line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
11:0253% CF
L2Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom
6:5133% CF
L3Kuznetsov – Vrana – Sprong
6:0220% CF
D1Schultz – Orlov
16:4943% CF
D2Carlson – Dillon
14:5331% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
13:2957% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Vrana
3:17100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Schultz – Kuznetsov – Sheary – Sprong
2:040% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
1:49
PK2FPanik – Hathaway
1:10
PK1DChara – Jensen
2:10
PK2DCarlson – Dillon
0:39

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

10:36
WSHT.J. Oshie (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Alex Ovechkin)backhand0.03 xG
NYI: Leddy, Pageau, Pulock, Czarnik, WahlstromWSH: Chara, Ovechkin, Oshie, Jensen, Kuznetsov
NYI 0 – 1 WSH
15:24
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (Justin Schultz, Nicklas Backstrom)slap0.06 xG
NYI: Greene, Bailey, Nelson, PulockWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Schultz, Sheary
NYI 0 – 2 WSH

3rd period

0:28
WSHNicklas BackstromPP (Jakub Vrana, John Carlson)tip-in0.22 xG
NYI: Clutterbuck, Cizikas, Pelech, PulockWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Vrana
NYI 0 – 3 WSH
4:17
NYIOliver WahlstromPPwrist0.08 xG
NYI: Bailey, Leddy, Nelson, Pageau, WahlstromWSH: Chara, Panik, Jensen, Hathaway
NYI 1 – 3 WSH

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Nelson C	L1	0	0	0	1	0.29	0	0	0	19:51	—	—	57	68
Josh Bailey R	L1	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	2	0	19:13	—	—	57	68
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	0	0	3	0.35	1	0	0	16:50	—	—	64	72
Mathew Barzal C	L2	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	2	14:59	—	—	61	50
Jordan Eberle R	L2	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	1	0	14:40	—	—	57	45
Kieffer Bellows L	L2	0	0	0	1	0.12	6	0	0	12:57	—	—	65	52
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	0	-1	2	0.03	3	0	0	17:07	—	—	46	37
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L3	1	1	-1	5	0.38	2	0	0	14:57	—	—	50	43
Austin Czarnik C	L3	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:45	—	—	48	41
Cal Clutterbuck R	L4	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	13:14	—	—	57	50
Casey Cizikas C	L4	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	2	12:29	—	—	53	49
Matt Martin L	L4	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	8:05	—	—	43	59
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	23:57	—	—	43	44
Scott Mayfield D	D1	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	3	2	18:58	—	—	56	60
Ryan Pulock D	D2	0	0	-1	2	0.11	1	0	0	21:13	—	—	67	52
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	18:35	—	—	73	94
Andy Greene D	D3	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	17:47	—	—	58	53
Sebastian Aho D	D3	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	2	16:27	—	—	44	37

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	L	22	19	3	.864	2.10	58:38

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	4	1	0	17:17	—	—	52	52
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	14:54	—	—	45	57
Garnet Hathaway R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	1	0	0	13:28	—	—	56	59
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.38	0	1	0	21:19	—	—	40	43
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.80	4	0	0	20:30	—	—	52	72
T.J. Oshie R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	0	3	0	20:14	—	—	46	69
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.17	1	0	0	18:33	—	—	47	51
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.17	1	0	2	15:12	—	—	42	32
Daniel Sprong R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	13:07	—	—	35	25
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.09	2	0	2	19:43	—	—	41	52
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	6	0	19:04	—	—	45	53
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.06	0	4	0	21:50	—	—	36	33
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:59	—	—	38	33
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:53	—	—	57	62
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	1	0	0	17:25	—	—	63	63
Conor Sheary L	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	2	1	0	16:08	—	—	42	44
Richard Panik R	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	12:23	—	—	41	35
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0:51	—	—	—	—

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	1.96	59:54

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.