New York Islanders vs. Washington CapitalsApr 27, 2021

FinalTuesday, Apr 27, 2021· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	0	0	0		NYI	7	5	6	18
WSH	1	0	0	1		WSH	10	13	10	33

: NYI 45WSH 66
: NYI 2.39WSH 4.12
PP goals: NYI 0WSH 0
Hits: NYI 32WSH 36
Blocks: NYI 16WSH 12
PIM: NYI 11WSH 13
: NYI 40%WSH 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge New York Islanders 1–0

Washington Capitals beat New York Islanders 1–0 at home. Daniel Sprong (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NYI: Zajac–Palmieri–Nelson skated 10:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (29.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for NYI: Zajac–Palmieri–Nelson skated 10:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (29.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zajac Palmieri Nelson
Luck
WSH scored 1 goal on 4.12 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NYI: Bailey–Eberle–Barzal skated 10:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bailey Eberle Barzal
Luck
NYI scored 0 goals on 2.39 expected goals (45 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Anthony Mantha (WSH) played 13:58, −4:14 down on his 18:12 season average over 55 games.Mantha
Usage
Travis Zajac (NYI) played 12:40, −3:51 down on his 16:31 season average over 45 games.Zajac
Usage
Nick Jensen (WSH) played 20:31, +3:16 up on his 17:15 season average over 52 games.Jensen
Usage
Braydon Coburn (NYI) played 13:06, −3:07 down on his 16:13 season average over 18 games.Coburn

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 111 of 111 attempts · WSH 66 · NYI 45

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 26% of the game, WSH 50%.

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
	36	72
	1.49	4.25
	1.34	3.88
	5	24
	4	7
	11	19
	−0.059	+0.059
	26%	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.

New York Islanders

L1Zajac – Palmieri – Nelson
10:4930% CF
L2Bailey – Eberle – Barzal
10:1656% CF
L3Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
8:2357% CF
L4Pageau – Beauvillier – Wahlstrom
7:2020% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
14:4130% CF
D2Leddy – Mayfield
14:1030% CF
D3Coburn – Greene
12:3635% CF

PP1Bailey – Palmieri – Leddy – Nelson – Wahlstrom
2:38100% CF
PP2Eberle – Pageau – Pulock – Barzal – Beauvillier
2:06100% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
0:57
PK2FZajac – Pageau
0:19
PK1DGreene – Mayfield
0:25
PK2DCoburn – Pelech
0:19

Current NYI line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Eller – Raffl – Sheary
12:3974% CF
L2Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
10:1374% CF
L3Kuznetsov – Wilson – Sprong
9:5867% CF
L4Oshie – Backstrom – Mantha
9:3547% CF
D1Carlson – Orlov
15:1273% CF
D2Dillon – van Riemsdyk
14:1661% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
13:5871% CF

PP1Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Wilson
2:31100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
2:11
PK2FEller – Hathaway
1:13
PK1DChara – Jensen
2:34
PK2DCarlson – Dillon
1:26

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:29
WSHDaniel Sprong (Dmitry Orlov, Tom Wilson)wrist0.18 xG
NYI: Bailey, Eberle, Pelech, Pulock, BarzalWSH: Carlson, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Sprong
NYI 0 – 1 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Nelson C	L1	0	0	0.20	1	2	0	18:27	—	—	28	7
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	1	0.39	0	0	0	15:37	—	—	29	7
Travis Zajac C	L1	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	12:40	—	—	29	7
Josh Bailey R	L2	-1	2	0.26	0	1	0	19:31	—	—	38	39
Mathew Barzal C	L2	-1	1	0.29	0	1	0	17:27	—	—	56	51
Jordan Eberle R	L2	-1	3	0.34	1	1	0	17:17	—	—	50	48
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	14:40	—	—	28	20
Cal Clutterbuck R	L3	0	0	0.00	7	0	0	12:50	—	—	46	46
Matt Martin L	L3	0	0	0.00	3	0	5	9:17	—	—	57	80
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L4	0	2	0.26	2	1	2	16:14	—	—	19	19
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L4	0	1	0.17	2	0	0	14:26	—	—	13	7
Anthony Beauvillier R	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	22	27
Ryan Pulock D	D1	-1	3	0.12	3	3	2	22:15	—	—	37	32
Adam Pelech D	D1	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	20:10	—	—	28	21
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	0	0.03	3	0	0	24:19	—	—	33	21
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	0	0.01	2	1	0	17:14	—	—	30	12
Andy Greene D	D3	0	2	0.25	1	3	0	17:21	—	—	33	30
Braydon Coburn D	D3	0	0	0.00	1	3	2	13:06	—	—	35	32

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	L	33	32	1	.970	4.12	58:11

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Lars Eller C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	1	0	17:15	—	—	75	72
Michael Raffl L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	4	1	0	14:25	—	—	72	70
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	0	0	0	13:41	—	—	74	71
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	0	0	15:11	—	—	78	87
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.38	5	1	0	14:50	—	—	72	82
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	4	0	0	12:53	—	—	68	74
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.43	2	1	2	15:47	—	—	71	77
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	0	0	2	14:21	—	—	65	73
Daniel Sprong R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.18	2	0	2	11:23	—	—	57	70
Nicklas Backstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	1	1	0	16:05	—	—	47	68
T.J. Oshie R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.48	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	53	76
Anthony Mantha R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.61	2	0	2	13:58	—	—	53	69
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.15	0	2	0	22:50	—	—	73	87
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.39	1	0	0	19:48	—	—	71	85
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	8	2	0	18:24	—	—	66	78
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	1	0	16:47	—	—	50	64
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	2	0	20:31	—	—	68	54
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	3	0	5	19:05	—	—	71	50

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	18	18	0	.1000	2.39	59:47

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.